The official Pokémon website announced that Pokkén Tournament would be one of the playable games at the Evo Championship Series in Las Vegas, Nevada in July 2016. The Evolution Championship Series is a yearly esport event that focuses on fighting games.

Pokkén Tournament Comes to Evo!

Play in a Pokkén Tournament Championship Series event at Evo 2016, the largest fighting game tournament in the world!

This July, Pokkén Tournament joins the roster of fighting games at the Evo Championship Series in Las Vegas, Nevada! Evo is the premier fighting game event, drawing thousands of players from across the globe to compete for prizes and glory. Major cash prizes will be on the line for the top finishers. With Pokkén Tournament joining the action for the first time, players will be facing a tough, new challenge! There will be an entrance fee to compete at Evo, and players will need to bring their own controllers.

Evo will be one of the big events in the Pokkén Tournament Championship Series, where players will compete for prizes, as well as invitations and travel awards to the Pokkén Tournament World Championships this August in San Francisco, California! Also, look forward to a Pokkén Tournament Championship Series event at the Pokémon US National Championships.

Sources: http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/pokken-tournament-comes-to-evo/ and http://evo.shoryuken.com/