Don't forget, there was already a football stadium just outside Black Moon City. It wasn't exactly a complicated project, and after these two or three months, the stadium was basically complete.
Once the thought occurred to him, Zhou Xu acted on it immediately and issued an order.
Now, over at the Prairie Military District, only the semifinals and final remained to be played.
Zhou Xu directly instructed them to hold the semifinals and final in Black Moon City.
The Prairie Military District's tournament format wasn't complicated. There were no round-robin or points-based matches. The semifinals only required three games to determine the top two teams and the third-place team. According to the Prairie Military District's original plan, all three matches would be played in a single day.
Then, after waiting until the next rest day the following week, they would play the final and determine the champion. That would be that.
But Zhou Xu felt that this schedule was too tightly packed. The two teams competing for third place would effectively be playing two matches in one day, without even having time to catch their breath.
At the same time, handling things this way would certainly prevent the publicity and resulting economic benefits from reaching their full potential.
Thus, he made arrangements for only one match to be played on each rest day, starting from the semifinals.
In other words, it would take three weeks to determine the top two teams and the third-place team, with the final held in the fourth week—a total of roughly one month from start to finish.
Zhou Xu's purpose in doing this was self-evident. He wanted the people of Black Moon City to be able to set aside some time every week to enter the stadium and watch the matches, allowing the influence of