The vision for the esports program was born in the summer of 2016. With our successful School of Game Development, thriving gaming community, and our location in the heart of San Francisco Academy of Art is the perfect place for esports to thrive and grow. Our ArtU Esports Lounge was opened on September 19, 2016, and the program officially started. Since then, we have refined our esports program to bring the gaming community closer together through hundreds of events, collegiate competitions, and esports education. Our commitment is to be the best collegiate esports program in the world.