Tony Khan explains why All Elite Wrestling has frequently visited the Northeast.
Since the company was founded in 2019, AEW has made a point of frequently holding both Dynamite and Rampage events in the Northeast area. The company has hosted a large number events in areas like Boston, New York, New Jersey, and Pittsburgh.
On the recent AEW Full Gear media call, AEW owner Tony Khan revealed that the company has saved millions of dollars by consistently hosting events in the area, as many northeast events bring in lots of financial success for the company.
“As far as running here in the New York/New Jersey area, specifically in New Jersey in Newark at the Prudential Center, there arw fans from the Tri-State area. We set up shows here and had Grand Slam, [which was] one of our biggest TV events of the year at Arthur Ashe Stadium, which has been an amazing venue for us. Then of course AEW Full Gear, this show Saturday night, which is such a stacked event. They’ve both been huge financial successes. From a live event standpoint and a commercial standpoint, I expect Full Gear will be a big success on Saturday night. We hit over a million dollars in ticket sales for [the event at] Arthur Ashe Stadium and we’re closing in on over a million dollar in sales here. Frankly, there were major cost savings that people might not think about in routing everything mostly in the Northeast and that’s why there has been so many shows in the Northeast recently because we’ve saved million of dollars between Grand Slam and Full Gear, which were both big financial successes and million dollar tent pole shows. We saved millions of dollars in between those shows by routing everything. Now moving West, I’m really excited to move the show West too.”
After the Full Gear pay-per-view on Saturday, AEW will mainly stay away from the Northeast area, as the company is set to visit states like Texas, Colorado, Oregon, and California in the coming weeks. The promotion will host a Dynamite/Rampage taping from Indianapolis, Indiana on November 30, 2022.
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