-- WWE recently announced that next year's WrestleMania 41 will head to Las Vegas' Allegiant Stadium and the region is already hard at work pumping in dollars into the event as well as promoting it regionally. In an article released today, it was noted that The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) has approved $5 million for WWE to "sponsor the event" which would presumably amount to a site fee paid by the authority to hold the event in Vegas.
-- Lisa Motley, VP of LVCVA, stated that the week long spectacle would attract 300 media outlets from 12 nations and that the group anticipates "more than 180,000 WrestleMania fans will occupy 144,000 incremental room nights over that time period" while highlighting all the associated events that come with WrestleMania - including the Hall of Fame, WWE Smackdown the night before WrestleMania, WWE Raw the night after as well as an NXT show and the fan-centric "WWE World" experience as the Las Vegas Convention Center. Motley also confirmed that Raw and Smackdown would take place “at an MGM Resorts venue." As noted in a previous article, the city is expecting WrestleMania to bring in tourists during a weekend that is traditionally low and Motley confirmed that.
-- It has been no secret that WWE has been handing out their premium live events to destinations that are paying attractive site fees. TKO VP Mark Shapiro had previously announced that Elimination Chamber in Perth, Australia brought in a record site fee, rumored to be $16 million though as part of the WWE-Saudi Arabia deal, it is believed PLEs in that country pay WWE $50 million per event. It is believed that last year's Backlash in Puerto Rico pulled in $1.8 million, Clash at the Castle in 2022 got $3 million and Tampa ponied up $500,000 for this year's Royal Rumble.
