# Game On

> An esports venue bought out for the afternoon. A seeded tournament across four titles, live casting, and a trophy — for the half of the workforce that will never sign up for a sports day.

Package G-04 from Offsyte, corporate recreation in the UAE · [Indoor & Summer-safe](https://offsyte.ae/catalog/indoor-and-summer-team-building/) · Web page: https://offsyte.ae/packages/game-on/

- **Duration:** 4 hrs
- **Ideal start time:** 14:00 — a weekday afternoon buyout is when the venue is empty
- **Departure window:** 12:00–17:00
- **Group size:** 20 min — 60 max
- **Emirate / venue:** Dubai — esports and VR venue, private buyout
- **Season:** Year-round. Fully indoor — a core summer package.
- **Booking lead time:** 10 days

## Price per person, excluding 5% VAT

| Group size | Per person | Billed for at least |
| --- | ---: | ---: |
| 20–29 people | AED 690 | 25 people |
| 30–49 people | AED 620 | — |
| 50+ people | AED 560 | — |

A group smaller than a band's "billed for at least" figure is still served, and is invoiced for that many people.
Where a larger band costs less in total, it is quoted instead: groups of 27–29 are billed as 30 people at the rate for 30–49 people; groups of 46–49 are billed as 50 people at the rate for 50+ people.

Payment: 50% advance on signature. 100% cleared 3 working days before the event. Numbers lock 7 days prior.

## Why this is not the retail version

A walk-in hour at a Dubai esports lounge is **AED 60–90**. Sixty people could book one for AED 5,000 and play whatever they liked.

They would also be in a public venue on somebody else's schedule, playing four separate things with no shared result, and the twenty people who do not game would stand at the back for two hours. That last group is the entire design problem.

**The rotation is what solves it.** Four stations, teams score at every one, and the titles are chosen so that being good at games helps at two of them and not at the other two. A VR co-op puzzle and a racing sim reward completely different people, which is what keeps a mixed room in the tournament at 16:30 rather than watching it.

**Live casting the final to the room is the other half.** Two teams play, everybody else watches on a screen with a host commentating, and for ten minutes the whole company is in one room caring about the same thing. That is what a buyout and a host buy that a walk-in booking cannot.

**Where it fits in the catalog:** this is the summer package for a younger or technical workforce. G-03 Snow Day is the novelty, H-01 is the easy one, D-05 is the one for a senior team. **This is the one that reaches the people who quietly opt out of F-01 Corporate Games** — and every company has a lot of them.

## Timeline

- **14:00** — Transfer from client office. Arrival, branded welcome, teams and draw published
- **14:20** — Station briefing. Four titles explained — one racing, one football, one shooter-free team title, one VR co-op
- **14:40** — Round one. Teams rotate through all four stations, scoring points at each
- **15:40** — Sliders and pizza station opens. Standings called
- **16:10** — Round two — reverse rotation, double points
- **17:00** — Grand final on the main stage, cast live to the room screen
- **17:30** — Trophy presentation and group photograph
- **18:00** — Transfer back

## Included

- Return transfer from client office
- Private venue buyout — all stations, no members of the public
- Four titles across rotating stations, including VR
- Tournament host and live casting setup — the final is cast to the room
- Seeded draw, live scoreboard, points across all four stations
- Sliders, pizza and soft-drink station
- Trophies and individual awards
- Branded welcome setup and station signage
- Photographer, half day — 40+ retouched stills within 5 working days
- Same-day 60-second social edit
- Event coordinator on site

## Not included

- Alcohol
- Titles rated 18+ or with combat themes — deliberately excluded, see below
- Individual headsets to keep
- 5% VAT

## Weather and backup plan

- **Trigger:** None — indoor venue, short transfer.
- **Fallback:** Venue failure moves to a contracted alternate esports venue at 48 hours' notice. Hardware failure on the day is the more realistic risk and is covered by the venue's spare stations, which are a contracted term rather than assumed.
- **You are told by:** Immediate if the venue moves.

## Customisation options

- Extend to 6 hrs with a league format: AED 150/person
- Professional caster and full production: AED 3,800/event
- VR-only format for smaller groups: Priced on request
- Custom in-game team branding and skins: AED 2,400/event
- Branded team jerseys: AED 55/person
- Retro arcade zone added to the rotation: AED 2,800/event
- Post-tournament dinner: AED 65–90/person
- Videographer + edited reel: AED 1,200

## Questions about Game On

### How much does Game On cost per person?

AED 690 per person for 20–29 people; AED 620 per person for 30–49 people; AED 560 per person for 50+ people. All figures exclude 5% VAT. A group below a band's minimum chargeable size is billed at that minimum: 25 people in the 20–29 band. Where a larger band costs less in total, it is quoted instead: groups of 27–29 are billed as 30 people at the rate for 30–49 people; groups of 46–49 are billed as 50 people at the rate for 50+ people.

### How long does Game On take, and when does it start?

4 hrs. Ideal start: 14:00 — a weekday afternoon buyout is when the venue is empty. Departure window: 12:00–17:00.

### What is not included in Game On?

Alcohol; Titles rated 18+ or with combat themes — deliberately excluded, see below; Individual headsets to keep; 5% VAT. These are stated before enquiry rather than raised at invoice time.

### What happens to Game On if the weather turns?

Trigger: None — indoor venue, short transfer. Fallback: Venue failure moves to a contracted alternate esports venue at 48 hours' notice. Hardware failure on the day is the more realistic risk and is covered by the venue's spare stations, which are a contracted term rather than assumed. You are told: Immediate if the venue moves.

### How far in advance do we need to book Game On?

The booking lead time is 10 days. Ramadan and December dates book out first.

## Read before you book

- [Escape rooms for team building in Dubai](https://offsyte.ae/blog/escape-room-team-building-dubai/): Why a team of 30 can't do one escape room together, when a facilitated version earns the extra cost, and real prices from AED 420 a person.
- [Warehouse event space in Dubai, priced per head](https://offsyte.ae/blog/warehouse-event-space-dubai/): What an Al Quoz warehouse event space costs per day, how many people it holds, and the seven lines the day rate leaves out — one of which rules out summer.
- [Team building games that work with adults](https://offsyte.ae/blog/team-building-games-for-adults/): Why most team building games fail with a room of adult professionals, the five rules that separate the ones that work, and what each format costs per person.
- [Indoor team building activities in Dubai](https://offsyte.ae/blog/indoor-team-building-dubai/): What works indoors for a corporate team in Dubai — priced, with real group sizes — and why the indoor list is the year-round list, not just the summer one.

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