{"id":41661,"date":"2025-03-16T23:12:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T03:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=41661"},"modified":"2025-03-16T23:12:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T03:12:48","slug":"whats-on-in-esports-for-week-beginning-march-17-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/whats-on-in-esports-for-week-beginning-march-17-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s on in esports for week beginning March 17, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another week of esports kicks off on March 17, 2025, with <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/\" title=\"Counter-Strike 2 betting guide\">Counter-Strike 2<\/a> taking the spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>The next event on the CS2 esports calendar will be BLAST Open Spring, which is scheduled to run from March 19-30 in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Lisbon, Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>The second Major of the 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/call-of-duty\/\" title=\"Call of Duty betting guide\">Call of Duty<\/a> season will be held across the weekend in Dallas, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, two more <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/valorant\/\" title=\"VALORANT betting guide\">VALORANT<\/a> Champions Tour leagues will kick off during the week.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<ul class=\"pageList mb arrows\">\n<li>\n<h2>BLAST Open Spring<\/h2>\n<p>Following a successful start to the new era of the BLAST Premier Series at BLAST Bounty Spring in Copenhagen, 16 of the world&#8217;s best CS2 squads will compete in the US$400,000 BLAST Open Spring event.<\/p>\n<p>The group stage will be held at the BLAST Studios in Denmark before the six teams that qualify for the playoffs head to Lisbon, Portugal, to compete in the single-elimination bracket.<\/p>\n<p>After claiming their second trophy of 2025 at ESL Pro League Season 21, Team Vitality will enter the tournament as the $3.50 favourite with <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/go\/ggbet-sport\/\"  title=\"Claim bonus at GG Bet\"  target=\"_blank\">GG Bet<\/a>. 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