How to Watch BLAST R6 Major Salt Lake City 2026

The BLAST R6 Major Salt Lake City 2026 runs May 8-17 at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Organizers say official streams in multiple languages will carry matches globally. Single-day spectator tickets start at $55, and a three-day Elite Package is available for $279 and includes early venue access and a merch bundle. Twenty teams will compete across nine days, with the final eight playing on the live Salt Lake stage.

The event uses a three-phase format. Phase 1 is a Play-In on May 8-9 using a GSL double-elimination bracket to decide four spots. Phase 2 is a Swiss-style double-elimination stage from May 10-13 with 16 teams. Phase 3 is live Playoffs and Finals for the top eight from May 15-17. All matches are best-of-three except the Grand Final, which is best-of-five. The total prize pool is $600,000; the winner earns $200,000 and the runner-up $102,000.

The confirmed field includes G2 Esports, Virtus.pro, FaZe Clan, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Shopify Rebellion, FURIA Esports, EDward Gaming, Weibo Gaming, DarkZero Esports and Four Angry Men, among others. Wolves Esports cannot attend due to visa issues; its Phase 1 matches will be recorded as forfeits, the team will be assigned 20th place and will receive the prize money and Six Invitational points tied to that placement. Ubisoft arranged emergency stand-ins for four teams: EDward Gaming will use Noah (Noa) Urwitz for Cheng (Direction) Yabing; Wildcard Gaming will field Matthew (Hotancold) Stevens for Adrian Tryka; Twisted Minds will use Abdulrahman (Guardz) Alsaeedi for Abdullah (Dov2hkiin) Alsaeedi; and Five Fears will deploy Sam (Fenix) Spencer as a player in place of their coach. Players who resolve travel or visa issues during the event may rejoin their squads and compete.

Matches will stream on official Rainbow Six channels across Twitch, YouTube, TikTok and Steam in English, with additional Portuguese, French, Japanese and Chinese coverage. Organizers will list selected co-streamers and creators on official Rainbow Six Esports channels. Viewers watching on official Twitch channels and selected co-streams can earn Twitch Drops, including esports packs, charms, operator card backgrounds and weapon skins; viewers must link their Twitch and Ubisoft accounts to claim rewards. Players who use the event’s Match Predictions feature can win an in-game skin and a Year 11 Season 2 battle pass.

Ubisoft will host a Year 11 Season 2 reveal panel on Sunday, May 17 at 2:30 p.m. PT / 3:30 p.m. MT / 5:30 p.m. ET / 11:30 p.m. CET; watching the reveal live or via official watch parties will unlock an exclusive charm. On-site offerings at the Salt Palace include a Year 11 Season 2 demo booth, a merch store and elite pick-up area, meet-and-greet zones, photo opportunities, a cosplayers’ changing room, food vendors and a media village.

The prize pool for this Major is $600,000, reduced from $750,000 at prior events in the series. Despite travel and visa issues affecting several squads, the scheduled nine-day event will proceed with the listed teams and emergency stand-ins handling roster gaps where needed.