World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has announced that it will move its WrestleMania 37 event from the Los Angeles area – where 1 million people are currently testing positive for the coronavirus – to Tampa Bay, Florida.
The annual event was originally scheduled to take place on March 28 in Inglewood, SoFi Stadium, California – the first WrestleMania area since 2005 in LA – but due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on southern California, WrestleMania will take place on 10 and April 11 at Tampa Raymond James Stadium, which will also host Super Bowl LV on February 7.
In addition, WWE has revealed that WrestleMania 38 will land on April 3, 2022 at Dallas, Texas’ AT&T Stadium, with Los Angeles finally ending up at a WrestleMania in April 2023.
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It’s unclear if there will be any restrictions on fans when WrestleMania 37 arrives in Tampa Bay in less than two months; WWE announces availability and security protocols for WrestleMania 37 in the coming weeks.
‘Florida is excited to have WrestleMania back to Tampa in April at Raymond James Stadium. “Florida has continued to work with professional sports and entertainment to work safely while earning income and protecting jobs,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said in a statement. “WrestleMania will bring tens of millions of dollars to the Tampa area and we look forward to hosting more sports and entertainment events in Florida this year.”
Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts Jr. added: ‘The city of Inglewood is looking forward to the opportunity to host WrestleMania in 2023 and is celebrating the postponement of this year’s event to Tampa Bay so they can have their real WrestleMania moment. have. Our time will come. ”