Holy Crap...WWE can have shows at the Dome!

[Chainsaw]

> SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY LIFTS BAN ON WWE LIVE EVENTS AT THE DOME
- The Post-Standard newspaper in Syracuse is carrying a story about WWE
making their debut at the Carrier Dome at the Syracuse University after
being banned from the location for the past ten years. "We're actively
trying to pursue some different types of events, and this has been out there
for years," Dome director Pat Campbell said. "We changed our philosophy
somewhat," Campbell added. "It's a no-brainer for us to do this here.
There's a good market in Syracuse for it, and there's a lot of interest by
the organization to come here." University officials banned WWE from coming
to the Dome because they thought professional wrestling didn't fit the
university's academic image at the time. "We're really excited about it. We
think it's going to be a lot of fun, and quite unique," he concluded,
guaranteeing that there will be a spectacle. The Carrier Dome holds over
33,000 fans.

As a upstater, I've always wondered why the WWE always had to go to the OnCenter, and could never have a PPV at the Dome. Now I know. Now it's just a matter of seeing if 33,000 plus (adding in floor seat capacity) can actually show up for a show.

[crash1984]

I doubt WWE would go there for something like Backlash but could see them doing Summerslam or Survivor Series from there next year.

[molson5]

It would have worked during the attitude era but it might be too late now. When was the last non-mania dome show? 33,000 is only the half-dome capacity for basketball (without floor seats).

[CJ Denton is Egon]

Why were they banned?

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Aug 10, 2009 8:54:54 GMT -5 CJ Denton is Egon said:

Why were they banned?

Mentions in the article it's about them not thinking it's educational. Which I guess means you can learn things from basketball besides how to count by twos and be an overpaid egomaniac.

[Widow's Peak]

They announced this at the house show in Verona. Hopefully this will lead to them taping an episode of RAW/Smackdown there at some point. I would love to see a PPV come to the Dome, but that might be wishful thinking.

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The bad thing is that it's a little too big to host a normal show or PPV, but a bit too small to host wrestlemania.

I guess they could have a Raw there or something and just tape off a bunch of the upper seats then not have the camera show that high.

[Widow's Peak]

Aug 10, 2009 15:34:08 GMT -5 @bootytime said:

The bad thing is that it's a little too big to host a normal show or PPV, but a bit too small to host wrestlemania.

I guess they could have a Raw there or something and just tape off a bunch of the upper seats then not have the camera show that high.

Maybe not Wrestlemania, but it could probably host SummerSlam or one of the B PPVs.

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Aug 10, 2009 15:38:52 GMT -5 Widow's Peak said:

Aug 10, 2009 15:34:08 GMT -5 @bootytime said:

The bad thing is that it's a little too big to host a normal show or PPV, but a bit too small to host wrestlemania.

I guess they could have a Raw there or something and just tape off a bunch of the upper seats then not have the camera show that high.

Maybe not Wrestlemania, but it could probably host SummerSlam or one of the B PPVs.

Does stuff like Summerslam and the Royal Rumble draw a 30k or so crowd? The attendance for wrestlemanias are regularly mentioned on here but I have no idea on the others.

[Widow's Peak]

The last couple of SummerSlams have had around 15-20 thousand. They have done a few WrestleManias in smaller venues, so it wouldn't be out of the question (30,000 is still a pretty big crowd). However, Syracuse isn't exactly a glamorous, big market city.