After a long wait and a lot of fighting from the San Antonio government, and WWE themselves, the amount and incentives WWE received to bring the Royal Rumble in Texas to Texas in the year 2023 have been revealed.
Brandon Thurston, of Wrestlenomics, reported that WWE received $546.710.74 ($250,000 cash) for its January mainstay event at the Alamodome. The non-cash part covered other event-related costs. The full amount was submitted to the Texas Governor’s Office as reimbursement.
The amount is similar to what WWE received from Tampa/St. The amount is in line with what WWE received from Tampa/St.
Thurston had to fight the release of the information through the Freedom of Information Act. “The agreement has been subject of multiple reviews by the Texas Attorney General. Both WWE and the San Antonio Government claimed that the contract constituted trade secrets.”
WWE has been suing the Attorney General’s office since February over the question of whether or not the contract should be made public. Thurston pointed out that this lawsuit is still ongoing despite the fact that the contract is available on his website in its entirety.
Thurston believes that the “novelties”, which WWE provides to the city, are venue merchandise sales. WWE also takes a small cut of each ticket sale to offset maintenance and transit costs.
Thurston reported that the event brought in $7.3 million from the sale of 44,569 tickets.
San Antonio gave WWE more than $500,000 cash and incentives for the 2023 Royal Rumble in todays Wrestling news, Chatalong Chatbox, Results will be Hidden inside a spoiler Button so you will not bet spoiled about direct results.
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