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BHOP Esports
Hawthorn Mall

Welcome to BHOP at Hawthorn Mall, a PC lounge and home to the legendary BHOP Dance and Rhythm lounges.

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Address

506 Hawthorn Ctr

Vernon Hills IL 60061

Location

Entrance between Macy's and JCPenney

Hours

BHOP Hawthorn Google Profile

Our Services

New Storefront now open at Hawthorn Mall!

Community Events

Saturdays 3pm

Weekly Smash Ultimate and Melee event happening every Saturday at 3pm at BHOP Hawthorn. Join our Discord to keep up with the latest updates!

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Every 3rd Friday of the month 7pm

Monthly Rhythm and Dance event happening every 3rd Friday 7pm-3am at BHOP Hawthorn. Join our Discord to keep up with the latest updates!

December 13th Saturday

CS2 LAN! Find the ruleset here and registration link here.

Join us for a fun day of fragging!

November Friday 7th - Sunday 9th

Annual Smash Ultimate, Melee, and Dance Games event November 7-9, 2025 at the Great Wolf Lodge in Gurnee, IL. Join our Discord to keep up with the latest updates!

Community Initiatives

BHOP is a partner of Tech Campus and provides internship opportunities for high school students, providing real work experiences in computer science, video game design, and cybersecurity.

BHOP serves as a worksite for SGA's Workforce Development program, equipping youth and young adults for the workforce. The program features an introductory business course and an 180 hour worksite placement at BHOP: https://sga-youth.org/what-we-do/programs-services/workforce-development.html

BHOP Esports is the proud designer of the CLC Esports arena, providing custom-PC setups for the dedicated training space:

https://clclancers.com/news/2024/12/17/e-sports-clc-lancers-make-history-in-thrilling-first-esports-season.aspx

BHOP is also a proud supporter of College of Lake County's Esports program, providing training and competition facilities and support for their esports teams. On game days, you can find the Lancers competing at BHOP Gurnee.

What's Inside
BHOP Hawthorn

List of Games

Peripherals

27-inch 240hz 1440p Gaming Monitor

COLAMY XL Gaming Chair

Razer Viper 20,000 DPI Mouse

HyperX Cloud II Gaming Headset

Epomaker F75 Gasket Mechanical Keyboard

PC Specs

AMD Ryzen 7800X3D W/Liquid Cooling

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Graphics Card

HyperX® 32 GB DDR5-6000MHz RAM

WD Black 2 TB PCIe® NVMe™ TLC M.2 SSD

Seasonic 750 W 80+ Platinum PSU

AT&T Fiber Ultra-Fast Internet

PC Stations

PS1 | PS2 | PS4 | PS5

Racing Simulator | Time Crisis | Guitar Hero | Rock Band

Original | 360 | Series S | Series X

Play Xbox Live 1.0 like it's 2003!

NES | SNES | N64 | GameCube | Wii | Switch

Console Stations

Dance Lounge

Rhythm Lounge

For all inquiries, please email us at:

admin@bhopesports.com

To make a group reservation, click here

To speak with BHOP Hawthorn Front Desk, call or text:

(224) 360-1352

To speak with BHOP Gurnee Front Desk, call or text:

(224) 360-1169

BHOP Pro Teams

BHOP Esports is the proud home of competitive esports teams in Valorant, CounterStrike, Super Smash Ultimate, and Fighting Games. Our world-class players represent the North American region in international tournaments and are consistently championship contenders in domestic competitions. They are regarded as some of the best talents in the United States.