Details of AEW & City of Arlington’s Summer Series financial arrangement revealed
AEW is getting a great financial deal from Arlington, Texas, to hold their upcoming Summer Series later this summer.
Revealed by Wrestlenomics via a public records request, the company will pay $232,000 to bring five AEW Collision shows in July and August (four live and one taped) to the Esports Arena in addition to this year’s Ring of Honor Death Before Dishonor. Two additional ROH tapings might be part of the deal according to documents Brandon Thurston acquired.
The venue contract states AEW’s costs to the Arlington Expo Center as $112,000 and $120,000 to Esports Venues for use of the broadcast suite and equipment. The rate comes at a 50% discount with Thurston noting the local tourism group might help offset those costs with cash or other financial incentives according to a term sheet.
The only non-live Collision will be taped on Thursday, August 1st, as Collision will air early on that WWE SummerSlam Saturday, according to the schedule.
“City records show the venue will be scaled for 1,290 seats, with an average on-sale price of $45.02, meaning the maximum gate for one event would be $58,080,” Thurston wrote.
At one point, there were discussions of AEW perhaps subletting the space to either CMLL or NJPW according to emails in the documentation but it’s unclear if those conversations went anywhere.
Here’s the full schedule of announced shows:
- Saturday, July 20: AEW Collision
- Friday, July 26: ROH Death Before Dishonor
- Saturday, July 27: AEW Collision
- Thursday, August 1: AEW Collision (Taped to air Saturday, August 3)
- Saturday, August 10: AEW Collision
- Saturday, August 17: AEW Collision