BREAKING: WWE Releases Statement On New Venue For WWE ThunderDome
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2020 has been a crazy year. Despite all the challenges, professional wrestling has continued to thrive with WWE and AEW producing shows every week. The pandemic brought upon significant logistical and venue changes, including the debut of the WWE ThunderDome.
WWE moved to the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida as the nation went into lockdown, but it was never a significant place for weekly shows to happen, at least for WWE’s flagship shows.
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Four months after producing weekly programming from the Performance Center, WWE finally shifted base to the Amway Center in Orlando where they debuted the all-new fan experience – the WWE ThunderDome.
WWE ThunderDome moves from Orlando!
WWE announced its long-term residency at the Amway Center when they debuted in August. WrestleVotes reported last month that WWE would have leave the Amway Center by Dec 1, 2020. They also reported WWE were looking for venues in North Carolina, Texas, and Illinois.
ThunderDome update: source states WWE is set to leave the Amway Center by the 1st of December. Arenas in North Carolina, Texas & Illinois were discussed over the weekend. WWE needs to find a spot where NO team plays + able to house the weight & power requirements of the setup.
— WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) October 26, 2020
WWE finally broke the ice regarding the WWE ThunderDome moving from Orlando. They officially reported last night that the WWE ThunderDome would move to the Tropicana Field in Tampa Bay, Florida, starting with Friday Night SmackDown on December 11th!
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BREAKING: #WWEThunderDome will head to Tropicana Field in Tampa Bay as it begins a new residency starting with #SmackDown on Friday, Dec. 11 at 8/7 C on @FOXTV!https://t.co/4yKzshtH4u
— WWE (@WWE) November 19, 2020
Tropicana Field is the home of the Tampa Bay Pirates and now will be home for WWE Raw, WWE SmackDown and every Pay-Per-View event for the foreseeable future, which includes the Royal Rumble! WWE announced that there will be only essential personnel in attendance, ruling out the possibility of fans appearing for now.
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The Tropicana Field has a capacity to hold over 40,000 fans in attendance. One can only imagine the atmosphere if they allowed fans. The WWE ThunderDome is surely going to be electric in there.
The best part is ‘The Trop’ has a dome-shaped design, making it very fitting for the WWE ThunderDome to call it a home now!
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