(Bloomberg) — Zhu Hao, an office worker in his early 20s, recently checked into a hotel in China’s southern city of Shenzhen for a weekend escape with a couple of buddies. Their plan: Play video games until early morning, order in and maybe take a break with a quick massage.
“It’s boring to play by myself,” said Zhu, who loves gaming getaways so much they’ve become a near weekly routine. “And here at the hotel, my parents can’t nag me or interrupt my gaming.”
The Jinnang E-Sports Pan-Entertainment Hotel, where Zhu and his friends stayed, is one of hundreds across the city catering to diehard gamers intent on playing titles such as League of Legends or PUBG Battlegrounds against other groups online. It offers dorm-like…
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