Dreamhack Dallas reports a record 44k attendees — what’s next?

DreamHack is an institution in the games industry — a 90s LAN party that grew into a massive event network spanning multiple continents. One of its newer branches is DreamHack Dallas — 2023 marks only the third time the event has been held. However, it’s already drawing large crowds: This year’s event drew around 44,000 attendees … one of them being me. I got to see some of the bigger events

The first DreamHack event in Dallas was held in 2019. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the in-person event didn’t return in 2020 and 2021. However, it returned to the city in 2022. For the 2023 event, DreamHack held several high profile gaming tournaments, a concert, a cosplay competition, a LAN party — there was a wide variety of attractions on offer.