PRESS RELEASE
Santiago de Chile, Chile, October 7, 2023.
The Pan American Racquetball Confederation – PARC and Federación Panamericana de Squash – FPS are excited to announce they will jointly present Racket:Next at the XIX Pan American Games Santiago 2023 during the Pan American Esports Championships. The virtual reality racquet game Racket:Next [aka Racket:Nx] was approved by the International Racquetball Federation Executive Committee as a fully sanctioned sport effective April 1, 2022, and was showcased during The World Games Birmingham 2022. The Executive Committee of the Federación Panamericana de Squash – FPS, with the full support of the World Squash Federation – WSF, has partnered with PARC in the presentation of this amazing Esports during the XIX Pan American Games Santiago 2023. Panam Sports and the Global Esports Federation invited PARC and the FPS to participate with Racket:Next in the Pan American Esports Championships for the first time as demonstration sport.
The demonstrations will be open to the public from October 21 to 31 at the National Stadium in Santiago de Chile, Chile, where it will be surrounded by the top Racquetball and Squash players from across the Americas and Caribbean and is guaranteed to create an sensationalenvironment of action, movement andpassion for traditional sports through this incredible new e-sports; Racket:Next
About the Pan American Racquetball Confederation:
The Pan American Racquetball Confederation – PARC is the governing body for all continental sanctioned racquetball events. It is a member of ACODEPA and Panam Sports. Racquetball has been part of the Pan American Sports Program since 1995.For more information:
www.panamericanracquetball.com
facebook.com/panamericanracquetball
instagram.com/panamericanracquetball
About the Federacion Panamericana de Squash- FPS:
The Federación Panamericana de Squash- FPS is the governing body for all continental sanctioned squash events. It is a member of ACODEPA and Panam Sports. Squash has been part of the Pan American Sports Program since1995.For more information:
www.panamsquash.com
facebook.com/Federacion-Panamericana-de-Squash
instagram.com/panamsquash
About Racket Next:
Racket:Next has already surpassed 300,000 players worldwide, led by the fastest-growing VR headset, the Meta Quest 2, in which it’s been a top-rated title since its launch in 2019. We have witnessed a surge of players on emerging China-based platforms. For more information:
www.racketnext.com
racketnext@gmail.com
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