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WSOP Unveils 25,000‑Square‑Foot Mothership to Stage Summer Coverage

The giant, high‑tech production set signals a push to turn poker into a spectator-driven broadcast product and will host the Main Event production for ESPN this summer.

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The new set is flash, brash, and suitably spectacular.
There's plenty of room for spectators – and today's a good day to rail with the $25K Heads-Up Championship playing now.
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Overview

  • The WSOP publicly revealed the new 'mothership' on Friday, with the set immediately hosting the $25,000 Heads‑Up Championship as its first streamed event.
  • The production footprint covers more than 25,000 square feet, was built with roughly 8,000 man‑hours, and features about 12,000 LED tiles, 17 feature tables and a dedicated broadcast desk.
  • A new daily pregame show, WSOP Countdown, hosted by Jeff Platt, Joe Stapleton and Norman Chad, will originate from the set and the venue will stream feature tables throughout the series.
  • The Main Event opens July 2 and will pause at nine players for a delayed live final table that ESPN will air in August, with the mothership serving as the centerpiece for that broadcast.
  • Observers say the build and production spend are an early, visible signal of WSOP’s new direction under GGPoker‑linked management and aim to make poker a closer, arena-style spectator experience with free public entry.