WrestleMania 37 has a new date and location, meaning fans are likely to attend.
The company announced Saturday that WrestleMania 37 has been moved to April 10-11 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida – which was scheduled to host WrestleMania 36 ahead of the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
WrestleMania 37 was originally scheduled to take place on March 27 at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. The home of the Rams and Chargers will now host WrestleMania 39 on April 2, 2023. WrestleMania 38 will take place April 3, 2022 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
WWE said, in collaboration with local partner and government officials, it will announce the availability of tickets and security protocols for WrestleMania 37 in the coming weeks.
“Florida is delighted to welcome WrestleMania back to Tampa at Raymond James Stadium in April,” Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said in a statement. Florida has continued to work with professional sports and entertainment to operate safely while generating revenue and protecting jobs. WrestleMania will bring tens of millions of dollars to Tampa and we look forward to hosting more sports and entertainment events in Florida this year. “
Under DeSantis, Florida was one of the states where fans could attend sporting events during the pandemic. In October, he reportedly allowed the states’ sports teams to fully fill their stadiums, but the Jaguars, Dolphins and Buccaneers all limited attendance to about 25 percent. For Raymond James Stadium, that’s about 16,000 people.
California, on the other hand, has very strict rules for fans going to games during the pandemic. They were not allowed into SoFi Stadium for the NFL season and the San Francisco 49ers were forced to play home games outside of Levi’s Stadium late in the season after local health officials ‘temporarily’ banned all sports involving proximity and physical contact from people from the outside. household. AT&T Stadium had allowed fans on a 25 percent capacity for Cowboys games.
“The City of Inglewood is looking forward to the opportunity to host WrestleMania in 2023 and is celebrating postponing this year’s event to Tampa Bay so they can have their rightful WrestleMania moment. Our time will come, ”said Mayor James T. Butts Jr. from Inglewood.
WWE has allowed a small number of fans to attend their NXT shows at the Performance Center in Tampa, but “Monday Night Raw” and “Friday Night SmackDown” have been running without live fans since March. WrestleMania 36 was held at WWE’s Performance Center for two nights.
“We thank Governor on behalf of everyone at WWE [Ron] DeSantis, [Tampa] mayor [Jane] Castor, [Arlington] mayor [Jeff] Williams and Mayor Butts for their courtesy and flexibility in what was a concerted effort to bring the next three WrestleManias to these iconic stadiums in their world-class cities, ”said Vince McMahon, WWE Chairman & CEO.