WTC will change venue for its 2025 edition! Our new venue is:
P1 Tenniscenter Proleb
located at
Landesstraße 36, 8712 Proleb, Austria
This venue has already hosted an event with 360 40K players in April of 2024 with Alpine Cup. By the time WTC 2025 happens, it will have hosted at least 2 more such events, Alpine Cup 2025 (400 players) and AoS Worlds 2025 (250 players).
How to get to the venue
Complimentary Shuttle busses will be arranged from both the center of Leoben and from Living Campus Hotel (SHUTTLE ROUTE 1 – SHUTTLE ROUTE 2) , each morning before games start and each evening after games are over. Additionally there are over 100+ parking spots available in the venue for teams arriving with their cars. (Already implemented with great success in April 2024.)
Arriving to Leoben
BY CAR
For most countries within Continental Europe, driving to Leoben is an option. Leoben is very accessible because of its central location in Austria.
Parking is widely available in city and the venue, we recommend arriving to the town with your car to your accommodation and then taking the shuttle busses (SHUTTLE ROUTE 1 – SHUTTLE ROUTE 2) we will arrange each morning and evening for the tournament.
BY TRAIN
Austria has a very developed rail system and the Leoben train station is within walking distance to both to our offered accommodations and the city center. Name of the station is “Leoben Hbf”.
BY PLANE
The closest two airports are the Wien-Schwechat and Graz-Thalerhof. After the flight you can come to Leoben by Train.
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Just search for the connection from “Vienna Airport” or “Graz Airport” to “Leoben Hbf” from the link below, for both airports the train station is in the arrival terminal itself and it is a very convenient journey even with luggage.
We also arranged transportation with busses directly from the airports. These busses will pick up the players from the airport and take them to their hotels.
Vienne to Leoben: 1h 45min
Graz to Leoben: 50min
Accommodation
We have arranged special deals for WTC players where you will be be able to stay in a few accommodations near the event venue. WTC will be making the room reservation itself so rooms for players are guaranteed. The rooms will be available from the WTC website and not from a third party at reduced rates.
- Living Campus is a hotel with 200 people capacity, its only 20 minutes walking away from city center and has been a great place for Alpine Cup Players for the last 3 years. This hotel comes with many meeting rooms and relaxing oppurtunities for players.
- Hotel Kongress is a hotel with 130 people capacity. It is located in the city center itself. The hotel comes with seminar rooms that can be reserved ahead of time.
- Hotel Kindler is a hotel with 110 people capacity. It is located in the city center along with Hotel Kongress.
From all of the options above we will arrange shuttle busses (SHUTTLE ROUTE 1 – SHUTTLE ROUTE 2) that players can take each morning and after the games are over.
It is also possible to arrange private apartments that allow that each allow 6 to 8 people to stay at once. WTC can connect the players with the apartments for convenience.
In addition, there are more than a dozen other hotels in Leoben for players to choose from. Such as the luxurious Asia Hotel & Spa along with many other options. (LINK)
Living Campus
Hotel Kongress
Hotel Kindler
Eating and Gastronomy
Considering its population size, Leoben has a lot of restaurants and bars in its central square. We can also arrange any of these restaurants each night to keep open their kitchens longer or to have semi-official gatherings.
(Note: In Leoben restaurants have winter and summer opening hours. In winter most restaurants close their kitchen by 21:00, but in summer kitchens are open at least until 22:00, this can be extended even further by the news of a 4-500 person coming to town. We will of course work to make sure that every player has a wide selection of options both lunch and dinner.)
- San Marco – Italian
- Arkadenhof – Austrian Traditional
- Schwarzer Hund – Austrian Traditional
- Zur Sonne – Chinese
(These are not the only restaurants available, just 4 that we think are the best.)
Along with many other restaurants and eateries. (LINK)
The following video is from a late August 2024 Leoben event, we can coordinate the city management to organize similar events with food trucks in the town center during WTC.
For evenings, there are several cafes and bars within the town center, ranging from rooftop cocktail bars to dance bars.
The above listed are just some of the favourite, there are many other options for entertainment and chilling available. (LINK)
Gatherings
All of the linked above restaurants and bars are located within a few hundred metres of each other. So imagine all the WTC coming together in just one area every evening for a week, wherever you look you see other players in a restaurant or bar as far as you can see.
We can designate one of these places for each evening as a gathering spot, making sure everyone is aware of where to be for any given night.
The bar Segafredo already granted us space everyday for both inside and outside for gatherings and specials for us
Mon- Thu until 00:00
Fri – Sun open end
Questions & Answers
Q: Is Vienna Airport difficult to get to for non European players?
A: Not at all. There are direct flights from Chicago, Boston, New York, Washington, Montreal and Toronto for players from North America. On top of that there are direct flights from Shanghai, Shenzen, Bangkok and Taipei as well.
Vienna Airport is also very well connected to several airline hubs, there are several flights from Istanbul and more than 10 flights from Frankfurt everyday. There are also direct flights from Dubai and Doha twice a day each.
(PS: From Frankfurt flying to Graz might be a better option depending on your schedule. Graz to Leoben is a journey that takes less than an hour.)
Q: Does the Leoben venue have enough facilities? Will WTC be the same quality event that we are used to?
A: Yes, the same venue already hosted a 360 player 40K event this April, and by the time WTC happens Kev and Isik will have at least 2 more events hosted in that same venue to make sure everything will be as good as possible. (Leoben 40K – Alpine Cup and AoS Worlds)
Q: Will we have to wait the entire break period to get drinks/food?
A: Of course not, there is a permanent bar right in the next room of the playing hall. So there will be at least 2 bars serving drinks at any given time. There is also a bar planned in the frontyard with table service being a thing during the games.
Q: Are you sure shuttle busses will be enough to get the players to the venue and back? Will there be any shuttles for us, and will we have to wait for all games to be over to be able to get back to hotels?
A: Yes, We will have two shuttle busses doing rings for several hours in the morning to make sure all players arrive in venue on time. And shuttle service from venue back to town will start before all the games are over, so if your games end early you can get back to town without waiting.
This specifically applies for the first week of WTC where non-40K games don’t start and end at the same time. Shuttle service will run frequent (every 20 min from each venue/hotel) enough to make sure each player has several oppurtunities to get to the venue and back.
Q: I heard that there is nowhere to eat in Leoben but a McDonald’s in the evening, is that true?
A: That is certainly not the case, specially during the summer. In summer the kitchens of the restaurants are open until 22:00 and we will make sure that there is always a place to eat for each gaming day. We can ask the restaurants to stay open for even longer and they would gladly extend their times by an hour.
In addition venue will also have food available to order in the evenings in the attached restaurant.
Q: What happens if the weather is bad? Will we be stuck in the hall?
A: We will be setting up big tents both in the front and the back of the venue to make sure people have outside chill-out areas. We already have an area reserved for dedicated team tables. So even with the worst possible weather players will have ample space to relax between games.
Q: Will spreading the event into two weeks not reduce the big event factor? Can you make sure the event is run properly for the whole 10+ days?
A: We are aware the events maximum player number will be limited at 500 at any given time, but we are sure WTC will still be a great event. And now that the event is spread out over two weeks, it means players who are willing can attend multiple events!
And when it comes to two weeks event running, only a handful of people would need to be there all the time. We are confident that we can make sure with the local help on site we will make the event work just fine.
Q: Leoben seems difficult and expensive to get to, will WTC in Leoben cost players a lot?
A: No, Leoben is a very affordable and accessible town. From continental Europe it is easy to get to by train and car. For flights there are two airports that you can go which has rail terminals to take trains to Leoben.
And after getting to Leoben you will notice it is very easy to get around, with the town center being less than 20 minute walking from even the farthest accomodations; with food and drink prices being very affordable.
If you come with a car, after your arrival you most likely won’t need it until the event ends thanks to the proximity of everything and the shuttle busses.
Q: What about our companions that are not interested in gaming? Will they have things to do throughout the week?
A: Yes, we actually have this list of “Things to do in Leoben” already done.
General List of Attractions
Beer Museum and Brewery Tour
Asian Spa Leoben
Hiking Oppurtunities
Open Pit Mine Tour
European wonder Green Lake
In addition to these, we can also connect willing players/companions with guided tours that are offered by city management of Leoben. We have done this already in 2024 April.