WWE has hosted two pay-per-view events a week apart in the form of SummerSlam and Payback on two consecutive Sundays from the ThunderDome. It now appears that the company will be waiting even longer before getting to their next pay-per-view, down the line.
Clash Of Champions is WWE’s September pay-per-view event which takes place at the Amway Center inside the ThunderDome. The event previously had a September 20th date, but now it has been pushed back a week later.
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It was first reported by PW Insider, that WWE has moved the 2020 WWE Clash of Champions event to September 27th from the ThunderDome which was later confirmed. There is no confirmation as to why the company made this change but they didn’t have any problem with the booking due to the alteration as the host venue would be the same.
Thus, Clash of Champions will be getting one extra week to complete the buildup as WWE has paid a heavy amount to build the ThunderDome to make it worth a watch and thus pull up the ratings like never before. Reports suggest that the company has been spending a lot while hosting the weekly shows and pay-per-views.
Just got full contract between WWE and City of Orlando.
Deal extends 78 days until October 31.
WWE is getting a great deal. Paying at least $200K to rent Amway Center.
$12.5K for Sunday events
$10K for Monday/Friday events
$7.5K for any days WWE works inside Amway@MyNews13 https://t.co/gJi8jNT2GW pic.twitter.com/MSDKXSoG87— Greg Angel (@NewsGuyGreg) August 25, 2020
An Orlando-based reporter for Spectrum News 13, Greg Angel, released a copy of the full contract between WWE and the city of Orlando for the ThunderDome. WWE is paying $12.5K for events on Sundays and $10K for RAW and Smackdown events.
WWE is also paying $7.5K for any days they work inside the venue and $2,500 for days those will be counted as non-working days. The current deal for the venue owned by the City of Orlando runs through October 31st, but it can always be extended based on the COVID situation and the company’s future plans.
Orlando-based reporter Jon Alba has revealed that the reason the deal wasn’t for a longer timespan is that there’s a chance that NBA’s Orlando Magic could be returning to the ThunderDome aka Amway Center, later this year.
“A thought on the #WWE and Amway Center situation: Perhaps a reason the City of Orlando has not commented on WWE potentially extending its lease at the arena could be the uncertainty of the next #NBA season. The #Magic are the primary tenants and would get priority,” Alba Tweeted.
Bryan Alvarez of F4WOnline also commented on how much money WWE spending for the ThunderDome Amway Center,
“They are paying a whopping $450 thousand dollars to run this Thunderdome from now until the end of October,” Alvarez said. “The cost to run a live RAW before the pandemic was over a million dollars an episode.”