The Ohio State University Esports Arena - Lincoln Tower
Video Tour
Reservations
Student Organizations can use this form to reserve space for events. (outside organizations are unable to reserve space at this time)
For inquiries about event reservations please contact Dr. John Price at price.1743@osu.edu
Location
210 Lincoln Tower, 1800 Cannon Drive, Columbus, OH 43210
Spring Semester 2023
Monday, January 9 - Sunday, April 30, 2023
Hours of operation
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Monday – Wednesday | 2 p.m. – 11 p.m.
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Thursday – Friday | 2 p.m. – 1 a.m.
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Saturday | 12 p.m. – 1 a.m.
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Sunday | 12 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Special Holiday Hours and Closings
- December 11 – January 8 | CLOSED
- March 13 - 19 | CLOSED
- April 9th | CLOSED
*CLOSED during home football games.
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For more information, contact esports@osu.edu
Operated by the Office of Student Life, the arena serves all enrolled Ohio State students. Your BuckID is required for check-in and check-out equipment. You will find up-to-date COVID-19 information on the Safe and Healthy Buckeyes website.
The arena is also home to Ohio State’s premier esports teams competing in League of Legends, Overwatch, Rocket League, and the recently added Valorant team.
Equipment
The facility offers a mix of gaming computers, consoles, and two virtual reality systems.
Students can check out a variety of console controllers, headsets, and console games for free with a valid BuckID (and are enrolled in at least 4 credit hrs)
80 Alienware (Dell Technologies) PCs for Gaming
- Processors: 9th Gen Intel Core i7 9700 (8-core/8-Thread)
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 2080 OC with 8GB GDDR6
- RAM: 32GB DDR4, 2933MHz Dual Channel HyperX RAM
- Storage: 512GB M.2 PCIe Solid State Drive
Gaming Consoles
- Nintendo Switch
- Sony PlayStation 4 Pro
- Microsoft Xbox One S
Virtual Reality
- Steam Index
- HP Reverb
Available PC Games* (gamers will need to have their own game accounts and logins)
- Apex Legends
- Call of Duty: Warzone
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Counter Strike: Global Offensive
- Crab Game
- Destiny 2
- Escape From Tarkov
- Halo Infinite
- League of Legends
- Overwatch
- Fortnite
- PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
- Minecraft
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege
- osu!
- Rocket League
- Valorant
Available Console Games
- FIFA 19
- NBA2K20
- Madden NFL 20
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- Mario Party
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- Street Fighter V
- Call of Duty: Black Ops III