Evo 2016
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| Location | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
| Dates | July 15–17, 2016 |
| Venue(s) | Las Vegas Convention Center; Mandalay Bay Events Center |
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| Attendance | 15,000 |
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The 2016 Evolution Championship Series (commonly referred to as Evo 2016 or EVO 2016) was a fighting game event held in Las Vegas on July 15–17. Being hosted on the twentieth anniversary of the Evolution Championship Series, the event offered tournaments for various video games, including Street Fighter V, Super Smash Bros. Melee, and Pokkén Tournament. Participation reached record-breaking numbers, with over 5,000 people registering for the Street Fighter competition alone. 2016 was the first time the Evo Grand Finals were held in an arena and were broadcast by ESPN2 in addition to Twitch.tv.
The Street Fighter V competition was won by Infiltration, winning over $50,000 USD, with second place going to Fuudo. Hungrybox won the Super Smash Bros. Melee competition for the first time, defeating previous champion Armada with a one-stock difference. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U was won by Elliot "Ally" Carroza-Oyarce for the first time.
The elimination rounds of each game took place in the Las Vegas Convention Center on July 15 and 16, 2016. The grand finals were held in the 12,000-seat Mandalay Bay Events Center and featured five of the nine games: Street Fighter V, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Marvel vs Capcom, Mortal Kombat X, and Guilty Gear. This was the first year the first rounds of Evo took place in a convention center rather than a ballroom. Street Fighter broadcaster Ryan "Gootecks" Gutierrez stated to ESPN that "for it to be at the convention center is a huge step in the right direction. Evo is a little more spread out this year, but that's what happens to large events in Las Vegas."
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