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WWE Plans to Have Live Audience at WrestleMania 37, Stephanie McMahon Says
Jan 19, 2021
WWE is looking to have live fans for WrestleMania 37 in April at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
"I'm thrilled and excited because, hopefully, this will be the first opportunity for us to have our fans back in attendance," WWE chief brand officer Stephanie McMahon said to TMZ Sports. "That's the current plan. Of course, ticket information is not available yet 'cause we're still trying to figure out all the different machinations."
Raymond James Stadium is hosting Super Bowl LV on Feb. 7. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in December he was unsure of what the NFL's attendance policy will be.
McMahon told TMZ Sports that WWE will be looking to the Super Bowl as a guide.
"We're gonna learn a lot from [the NFL] logistically, etc., and really best practices, what works, what doesn't work," she said. "But, man, we can't wait to come in and for two nights hopefully really rock that pirate ship."
WrestleMania 37 was originally slated for SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
However, strict state regulations on large gatherings took that option off the table if WWE wanted to have fans on hand. The Showcase of the Immortals will now be hitting Southern California in April 2023.
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WWE Announces Tampa, Arlington, Los Angeles as Future WrestleMania Venues in Video
Jan 17, 2021
IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR WWE - A record crowd of 101,763 fans from all 50 states and 35 countries at WrestleMania 32 at AT&T Stadium on Sunday, April 3, 2016, in Arlington, Texas. (Brandon Wade/AP Images for WWE)
WWE announced locations for WrestleManias 37, 38 and 39 on Saturday:
Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, Florida, will be the home for WrestleMania 37, which will be held on Saturday, April 10, and Sunday, April 11, copying the two-night format that WWE adopted for WrestleMania 36 last year.
Los Angeles' SoFi Stadium was originally supposed to host WrestleMania 37, but California state health regulations mandate that fans cannot attend sporting events amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
WrestleMania will return to Arlington, Texas, and AT&T Stadium for the 38th edition of pro wrestling's premier event, which will occur on April 3, 2022. WrestleMania 32 was also held at AT&T Stadium, the home of the Dallas Cowboys. A WrestleMania-record 101,763 fans were in attendance, per Joey Hayden of the Dallas Morning News.
SoFi Stadium may no longer be the WrestleMania 37 host, but WWE will head to L.A. for WrestleMania 39 on April 2, 2023.
For now, WWE's next pay-per-view will be Royal Rumble, set for Sunday, Jan. 31, at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida.
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