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WWE ThunderDome Expenses Revealed

Published 08/26/2020, 8:00 AM EDT

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Last week, WWE shifted all it’s programming (except NXT) from their Performance Centre to Amway Centre in Orlando. Dubbing the arena as “WWE ThunderDome,” the producers promised to put on a visual and virtual spectacle each week.

With advanced pyrotechnics, lasers, and LED boards for virtual fan interaction, we would say WWE is delivering on their promise. However, the expenses of ThunderDome were only speculated up till this point. Earlier, it was reported that the arena is on WWE’s lease till October for almost $500,000.

WWE ThunderDome Expenses REVEALED

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Fans now have an idea of the enormous bills WWE is paying to keep the show going. All credit goes to a recent report of My News 13 Orlando’s Jon Alba and Greg Angel.

Greg Angel tweeted a copy of WWE’s lease agreement with Amway Center. The tweet reveals that WWE and Amway Centre are on a deal till October 31st. The agreement is on unless both sides decide to mutually extend it or shorten it with two weeks’ notice.

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— Jon Alba (@JonAlba) August 26, 2020

WWE’s move-in date into the arena was August 14th.

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The deal also gives out a spoiler. The agreement reveals that a PPV event is scheduled for September 27. This event hasn’t been announced by WWE yet.

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The promotion is paying at least $200,000 to rent the Amway Center. When broken down, it shows – WWE is currently paying $12,500 for Sunday events, $10,000 for Monday and Friday events, $7,500 for any other days they use the building, and $2,500 for dark days.

WWE now shoots their shows in the Amway Centre, starting with last week’s Friday Night SmackDown. The arena is definitely an upgrade from the Performance Centre.

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Angana Roy is a WWE and AEW author for EssentiallySports, having published more than 800 professional wrestling articles. She is currently pursuing higher studies in English language and literature from the University of Calcutta and has over three years of experience in journalism. As a life-long fan of the sports entertainment brand of pro-wrestling, her work consists of live coverage of weekly shows, PPVs, speculating the future course of storylines and everything in between.
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