2025 Red Bull Home Ground is taking top VALORANT teams to New York City

2025 Red Bull Home Ground is heading to New York City for the first time during the VCT off-season.

This will be the fifth edition of the event, taking place from November 13th to 16th at Hammerstein Ballroom at the Manhattan Center.

“Known for its grand Beaux-Arts architecture and storied history hosting icons like The Grateful Dead and Guns N’ Roses, the venue offers a perfect blend of classic New York legacy and modern spectacle for this high-stakes tournament,” Red Bull stated in an official statement.

Red Bull Home Ground 2025 will feature six invited teams, including T1, Fnatic, G2 Esports, Sentinels and ZETA DIVISION, with the final team to be revealed at a later date. They will be joined by two teams advancing from the Play-In Stage.

Apart from this, Red Bull will also organise global qualifiers across India, the USA, Spain, Turkey, Chile, Egypt, Belgium, Germany, South Africa, the Netherlands, Japan and EMEA. This will serve as a great chance for up-and-coming talent to compete against the best VALORANT teams in the world.

On November 13th and 14th, teams coming from the qualifiers, along with the invited ones, will compete at Play-Ins in best-of-one series. The Main Stage event will follow on November 15th and 16th, where the top eight teams will go head-to-head for the trophy.

Coming in as the defending champions, T1 will be looking to defend its title. However, the team will be facing tough competition from VCT EMEA Stage 1 champions Fnatic, as well as Stage 1 Americas winners and Masters Bangkok runners-up, G2 Esports.

Tickets for the 2025 Main Stage event are now available on the Ticketmaster website, although the Play-In Stage will not have an audience. Thoose who can’t make it to New York can catch the action live at Red Bull Gaming’s official Twitch and YouTube channels.