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**Jordan** · 07-19-2021, 07:25 PM

If WWE ran Vegas every week you'd be looking at filling likely 2,500/4,000 tickets a week, twice a week depending on the size of the venue they choose. They certainly won't be selling all of the tickets and many would be giveaways from hotels and casinos. Vegas is also not a strong wrestling market tradionally. Think of merchandise sales too. The live event merchandise would drop considerably.

WWE should always be a road show, just look at the history of doing a show in one location and the complacency and staleness that comes from it (AEW, WWE, TNA).

Now I could see how the argument could be make that live gates and lives merchandise isn't nearly as much of a pull for the bottom line as their tv rights deals so perhaps there is math out there that could make this Vegas concept work. But I would hate to see it simply because of the complacency and over saturation it can have on the audience. Yes I know Vegas would provide mostly tourists for attendance but there would be a loud local fan base that comes often just as in TBA, AEW and NXT.

When WCW was going to be revived by Bischoff and Fusient there was an idea to move to The Joint in Vegas which for them at the time I think would have been a great idea. Their live gates were super low and I think selling or promoting 1,500/2,500 tickets would have been a possibility.

But for WWE I think it would be a major recession move. Just look at things now, ticket sales for WWE are much better than before the pandemic and if they capitalize and give good shows they can actually rebuild towns that they've lost over the years. Texas clearly proving to be an ace market for WWE right now where as New York proving to have lost a lot of interest.

07-19-2021, 07:25 PM	#9
Jordan It's a blood match! Posts: 27,385	If WWE ran Vegas every week you'd be looking at filling likely 2,500/4,000 tickets a week, twice a week depending on the size of the venue they choose. They certainly won't be selling all of the tickets and many would be giveaways from hotels and casinos. Vegas is also not a strong wrestling market tradionally. Think of merchandise sales too. The live event merchandise would drop considerably. WWE should always be a road show, just look at the history of doing a show in one location and the complacency and staleness that comes from it (AEW, WWE, TNA). Now I could see how the argument could be make that live gates and lives merchandise isn't nearly as much of a pull for the bottom line as their tv rights deals so perhaps there is math out there that could make this Vegas concept work. But I would hate to see it simply because of the complacency and over saturation it can have on the audience. Yes I know Vegas would provide mostly tourists for attendance but there would be a loud local fan base that comes often just as in TBA, AEW and NXT. When WCW was going to be revived by Bischoff and Fusient there was an idea to move to The Joint in Vegas which for them at the time I think would have been a great idea. Their live gates were super low and I think selling or promoting 1,500/2,500 tickets would have been a possibility. But for WWE I think it would be a major recession move. Just look at things now, ticket sales for WWE are much better than before the pandemic and if they capitalize and give good shows they can actually rebuild towns that they've lost over the years. Texas clearly proving to be an ace market for WWE right now where as New York proving to have lost a lot of interest.