GameStop Opens Store, Tournament Center

Grapevine, Texas, GameStop Corp. said Tuesday it has opened its first combined store and game tournament center. The 4,000-sq.-ft. center, in San Jose, Calif., will have video-game tournaments most weekends and includes 24-networked game stations.

The company will hold its first tournament at noon Saturday. It will feature the “Madden NFL ’08” video game, and the winner will get $1,000 worth of GameStop goods.