Riot why are the games earlier?

bruh 4 am est was already too damn early but WHY ON GODS GREEN EARTH ARE TOMORROW SATURDAY AND SUNDAYS GAMES AT 3 AM????????????????????????????????????????????????

Do they want even less people to watch the Grand Finals?

I'm assuming its because the matches following the Upper Final will be BO5 and will take longer so they're starting earlier. Maybe this first week is just a test run to see viewership at 2 am.

Matches are moving to the Mercedez Benz Arena so they are most likely prioritizing physical crowd attendance, also as #2 mentioned Upper Final is a BO5

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