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Hawaii public libraries open doors to esports

Aug 25, 2022 | News, News Coverage, Programs, TRUE ESports + Tech Lab

Featured photo by: Ryan Kawailani Ozawa
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Waipahu Public Library is home to the first esports and tech lab, broadening the onramp to the burgeoning global gaming industry.

“Who knows,” said Hawaii Governor David Ige. “I might not have become governor if this was available in Pearl City when I was a junior in high school.”

The state’s top executive was at Waipahu Public Library, inside the Waipahu Civic Center, presiding over the grand opening of the first — but by all accounts, certainly not the last — public esports and technology lab in the islands.

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Hawaii public libraries open doors to esports at Waipahu Public Library