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Details of AEW & City of Arlington’s Summer Series financial arrangement revealed

Posted on by Josh Nason

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

AEW partnering with City of Arlington for six-show ‘Summer Series’

Posted on by Ian Carey

There will be six wrestling events under the AEW/ROH banner in Arlington, Texas this summer.

On Thursday, AEW announced a “historic partnership” with the city that will see five episodes of AEW Collision and the ROH Death Before Dishonor pay-per-view take place at Arlington’s Esports Arena.

Esports Arena is a 100,000-square-foot venue that holds up to 2500 spectators for gaming events. Khan told The Dallas News that his company has “an exciting plan to utilize the esports stadium to make it a natural home to pro wrestling.”

“We’ve taken some venues historically that had never hosted wrestling before, and found dynamic ways to utilize them, and I know that we’re going to do that again here in Arlington,” Khan added.

“We are thrilled to partner with the City of Arlington for AEW’s first-ever events at Esports Stadium. This AEW summer series will add to the rich legacy of major professional wrestling events held in the great state of Texas and serve as the ultimate springboard for AEW: All In London on August 25 at Wembley Stadium,” Khan said in a statement.  “This partnership would not have been possible without the tireless support of Matt Wilson, Justin Grimsley, the Arlington Sports Commission and City of Arlington teams and of course, our incredibly passionate fanbase throughout Texas.”

AEW Summer Series schedule —

  • 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

Additional ROH tapings could be added at a later date as well.

“This is a partnership, and this is a deal where we felt like there was some great opportunity to showcase not only that building, but showcase Arlington,” Arlington Sports Commission executive director Matt Wilson told The Dallas News.

“I think the feeling of being able to be up close and personal in a smaller venue like this builds some excitement for the fans to be able to be in there. So, I’m very confident in our ability to sell [tickets for such a large number of shows] and sell them very well.”