{"id":87976,"date":"2024-05-29T12:13:05","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T20:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zennioptical.com\/blog\/?p=87976"},"modified":"2025-02-01T07:09:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T15:09:16","slug":"zenni-optical-announces-partnership-with-evo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ca.zennioptical.com\/blog\/zenni-optical-announces-partnership-with-evo\/","title":{"rendered":"Zenni\u00ae Optical Announces Partnership with Evo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"prntac\"><i>Zenni named \u2018Official Eyewear\u2019 of the largest fighting game tournament.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"prntac\">Zenni Optical, the world\u2019s leading online eyewear retailer, today announced a partnership with Evo, the world\u2019s largest fighting game tournament. This collaboration designates Zenni as the Official Eyewear of Evo, bringing together style and innovation to the competitive fighting game community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fighting game community represents some of the most passionate gamers in the world,\u201d said\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Robb Chiarini<\/span>, Head of Gaming, Sports, &amp; Events at Zenni Optical. \u201cEvo is the epitome of inclusion; from the casual enthusiast to the professional competitor, everyone is welcome. That connection between accessibility and devotion could not be more aligned with Zenni\u2019s values and we are proud to partner with Evo in elevating eye-health awareness and education in the FGC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zenni will be the first eyewear brand to partner with Evo. Through this collaboration, Zenni will be an official partner for all Evo events, including Evo Japan and Evo 2024 taking place in\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Las Vegas<\/span>\u00a0this July, launching eye-health awareness and educational content alongside a new Evo-branded eyewear collection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvo is thrilled to welcome Zenni Optical as our Official Eyewear Partner,\u201d said\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Rick Thiher<\/span>, General Manager of Evo. \u201cZenni\u2019s mission of providing affordable eyewear coupled with their innovative technology like the Blokz+ Tints blue light protection will help Evo\u2019s players get one step closer to the perfect matches they\u2019re fighting for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>About Evo<br class=\"dnr\"><\/b>The Evolution Championship Series (Evo) represents the largest and longest-running fighting game tournaments on Earth. Evo brings together the best of the best from around the world in an electric showcase of skill and fun, as players and fans gather to honor the competitive spirit in an open bracket format that reveals the world\u2019s strongest fighting game players. Evo was founded in 2002 after a series of local arcade tournaments run by\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Tom and Tony Cannon<\/span>\u00a0were first held in 1996.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"author":109,"featured_media":87980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[158,181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-room","category-zenni-gaming"],"acf":[],"contentshake_article_id":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ca.zennioptical.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ca.zennioptical.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ca.zennioptical.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ca.zennioptical.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/109"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ca.zennioptical.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87976"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ca.zennioptical.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96581,"href":"https:\/\/ca.zennioptical.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87976\/revisions\/96581"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ca.zennioptical.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ca.zennioptical.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ca.zennioptical.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ca.zennioptical.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}