Wrestlemania venues

**NeanderCarl** · 06-20-2008, 08:41 PM

I'm guessing as the arenas are announced a year in advance, and are probably arranged and booked probably 18 months in advance, they just follow the trends. Wrestling seemed to be on a downward swing around 2003/4, and Vince didn't want another embarrassing repeat of WrestleMania 7, where he announced it would take place at the 100,000 seat LA Memorial Coliseum and instead was forced to move it to the 20,000 seat LA Arena the weekend of the show.

The WWE have done a great job, almost unnoticed, during the last 5 years of turning WrestleMania into THE premier wrestling festival in the world. Activities begin mid week and continue through to the Tuesday tapings the week after, fans flock from worldwide, you have the Hall of Fame, the brunches, Axxcess, all the trimmings... so now, whatever the domestic climate, WrestleMania will sell shitloads of tickets. They can afford to book larger arenas because even if the bottom falls out of the business, they get SO many overseas fans at Mania they will not find themselves embarrassed come the day of broadcast as they did in 1991.

**DaveWadding** · 06-21-2008, 04:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Class Act Carl

Vince didn't want another embarrassing repeat of WrestleMania 7, where he announced it would take place at the 100,000 seat LA Memorial Coliseum and instead was forced to move it to the 20,000 seat LA Arena the weekend of the show.

Death threats...bomb threats. Sgt Slaughter Iraqi turncoat!!!

Also, to claify my earlier quote: I havent seen 24 yet (or 23 for that matter, actually) and the Pontiac Silverdome was a DOME and hence fully indoors.

06-20-2008, 08:41 PM	#1
NeanderCarl That's Not My Name Posts: 9,086	I'm guessing as the arenas are announced a year in advance, and are probably arranged and booked probably 18 months in advance, they just follow the trends. Wrestling seemed to be on a downward swing around 2003/4, and Vince didn't want another embarrassing repeat of WrestleMania 7, where he announced it would take place at the 100,000 seat LA Memorial Coliseum and instead was forced to move it to the 20,000 seat LA Arena the weekend of the show. The WWE have done a great job, almost unnoticed, during the last 5 years of turning WrestleMania into THE premier wrestling festival in the world. Activities begin mid week and continue through to the Tuesday tapings the week after, fans flock from worldwide, you have the Hall of Fame, the brunches, Axxcess, all the trimmings... so now, whatever the domestic climate, WrestleMania will sell shitloads of tickets. They can afford to book larger arenas because even if the bottom falls out of the business, they get SO many overseas fans at Mania they will not find themselves embarrassed come the day of broadcast as they did in 1991.