Bro that announcement was so long and repeated so many words that I thought my KZfaq skipped backwards.

That is a great venue for them, it’s small and it sucks.

AEW = Arena Empty Wrestling

By that 3rd show. That arena is going to be a ghost town

I love Cornette because Texas Stadium has been closed for about 15 years and Reunion Arena has been closed for at least 20.

They're trying to put a positive spin on this, but having to run a 2500 seat venue multiple times while ratings & attendance is tanking is just another L.

Jim was right the 1st time, Cowboys do play in Arlington now

Given AEW's current ratings, they might've been better off partnering with the Cemetary of Arlington instead of the City of Arlington

they got a residency at a video game arena. thats fitting.

July 20th? They are going against Tyson vs Paul in the neighboring zip code. WTF?

yt cut the title off, thought they were going to arlington virginia probably have a livelier crowd at the national cemetery

It has "stadium" in the name, but it's officially classified as a theater. 2.5k seats is not a bad size for where AEW is at with their attendance numbers, right now. If they get the booking right (yeah, I know...), as well as the pricing, and can get a little bit of an "event spirit" buzz and a renewed wave of enthusiasm going, this might be an opportunity to turn the current negative development around. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington has a population of 7.6 million people in total. If they can't do something like this there, they can't do it anywhere. Hopping all over the map, from three-quarters empty venues to four-fifths empty venues, isn't exactly a successful business strategy for them in 2024. Counterpoint: It's yet another cross-promotional event (series) from a company that has already done way too many of those in the last five years, with way too many belts and way too many champions between AEW, ROH, NJPW, CMLL. Sometimes you can't even figure out anymore, which belts are contested in which promotion - for example when ROH Championships are contested on AEW TV. The whole "American Triple Crown" thing with Eddie Kingston went nowhere and just fizzled out. AEW really needs to figure out how to do solid club gigs and rebuilt from there, before they attempt their own Lollapalooza.

It's pretty hilarious that AEW is going to physically wrestle in an esports arena, when Fight Forever was such a flop no esports series would touch it.

Texas Stadium was in Irving TX, but closed 15 years ago. Jerry World, aka AT&T Stadium, is where the Dallas Cowboys now play is in Arlington TX. Arlington is in between Dallas & Fort Worth.

What a damn shame. For what could have been a truly viable alternative to WWE.... now its this.

does this not scream how bad they are failing that they are not even using there home turf, and are trying to get 2500 in texas, after 2 or 3 weeks they may struggle for 1000 people

Damn im from dfw and have never heard of this arena

I know two promoters that ran fan conventions at the eSports Stadium. Both showrunners moved to larger venues, while AEW... goes from 20k arenas, to a spot that holds 2.5k in the main room, and another 2.5k+ in the halls and ballrooms, max. Ironically, this could have been absolutely perfect for Fyter Fest.

finally jim gives us the state - there is an Arlington in VA as well.

I'll tell you what, that's Hank Hill's hood. That boy Tony ain't right.

"Wait, so you're saying we don't need to focus on the hard cam anymore?! We can talk to every side of the arena now?!?! Wow"

The esports arena qualifies definitely as a smaller venue. I went to a anime convention there a couple of years ago. If they are taping where I think they are taping in that building then it's going to definitely be intimate.

So AEW are doing their own Impact Zone, basically.

The Esport is down the hill from Chocktaw Stadium (former Rangers home base). It's nice...really small. If they can take advantage of the stage setup and all of the light rigging, it could turn out really nice.

Bobby Hill confirmed ALL ELITE I tell yuh whut

I just looked up the facility. 2,500 seating capacity. The video highlights make it look like they can arrange chairs in any configuration needed. This could be perfect for AEW, at least at the start of the run.

I love Jim's exasperated - *"Oooh boy..."* @ 0:05

I live here and I have never even heard of it until now. I just looked it up and it is over near where the Rangers and Cowboys play. It’s a smaller circular arena where the matter where you sit it looks like they were all good seats because of the size.

E-Sports arena. Perfect for an E-Fed like AEW.

I knew they meant Texas, but there's also Arlington, Virginia, a suburb of DC...

Only good thing is that it's like 10 minutes from DFW airport.

im sorry, but this type of announcement would be great for OVW but a death knell for a nationwide promotion

The newer Stadium is in Arlington.

So, is it in Arlington or not?!

It’s a smart move to run 2500-seat venues & hopefully fill them up instead of booking 10,000-seat buildings where they’re lucky to sell 3-4,000 tickets. But doing it at the same “arena” every week , I think they may wear out their welcome quickly. You already have Daily’s Place… what’s so special about this place in Texas ?

Putting Collision on a smaller regional stage is the right call. Make it different from Dynamite, give it a new life and style. But you have to drop the jokes from Dynamite. And that’s the problem, Tony Khan will never drop the jokes from his main show…

While it's smart that Tony is finally booking a 2500-seat venue, booking the same venue for 6 shows in a row is going to kill off any hype. There is no way they are going to be able to keep attendance at the same level for 6 shows. They will see massive burnout.

Basically they are doing 6 weeks of shows in Arlington to cut cost before they go to Wembley. And all of Dallas's sports team ( besides the Mavs and Stars ) stadiums are in Arlington ( The Cowboys and Rangers )

A shit load of dates in Arlington that nobody is going to buy a ticket to see and nobody is going to watch lol

I live close by, and the venue is down the street from the Cowboy's stadium and the Texas Ranger's stadium. It's a small building. I think theyve even been to Maverick stadium some years back but it didnt sell well. They may sell out this the first date but after that nobody will care. This area isnt AEW territory

"WWE has 2 PPV called Summerslam and Survivor Series, I have both in one name called Summer Series!" - Tony Khan probably

Dallas cowboys stadium is located in Arlington

AEW running a small venue that has a chance at selling out is much better than them running a large venue that has no chance of selling out.

Okay… so I feel like this would have been a perfect time for the bash. As the original bash was a tour, not a ppv. But jcp did not do the bash in one town. They did it across the country

I almost feel bad for abandoning ROH, but I feel worse for not watching more of it before Tony Khan became the owner.

AEW should sell a modestly-priced season ticket and offer incentives (meet & greets, backstage tours, merch, etc.) to those who actually use 'em.

Arlington, TX is where I go to get propane and propane accessories.

So I take it the old Sportatorium is not available? (the ghost of the Von Erich’s would haunt them)

What is Anthony Phan doing in the Dynamite zone

Maybe it's Arlington National Cemetery and they can bury the promotion when the shows are over.

Ok, Arlington is the Third largest city in the DFW MetroPlex. It's larger than Pittsburgh or Green Bay. It's centrally located in the 4 largest market in US. eSports is the former Convention Center and has been used by ROH in the past. This is a risk and DFW is a hard market to draw in and they are just north Choctaw Stadium (formerly The Ballpark in Arlington) and the current Globe Life Field. So lots of competition for $$$

at first I thought it meant Arlington VA

It actually works a consistent spot for his lesser shows is good while having Dynamite at bigger venues around the area

Arlington the Cemetary? lol Wait, there are more people there than at All Effete show these days...

Arlington is where the Cowboys and the Texas Rangers play

Ya know if Toony Con made his announcement shorter his writing staff may be able to work on the wrestling.....

I still doubt whether Tony accepts that there's something seriously wrong with the product he produces, despite all the money spent that they're reduced to a residency at a small venue they may still not fill.

Is path to All In their version of Road to Wrestlemania...?

Was this a plug? Brian went heavy on pushing it.

Wouldn't Las Vegas or Philadelphia be a better choice for residency?

It's not a stadium....it holds 2,500 people lol

What city is this taking place in?

I’m surprised Tony isn’t renting AT&T stadium

Looking at the website for the arena and some articles I wonder which jokers are going to convince Tony to let them brawl through the public gaming center and destroy a few computer gaming stations xD

At this rate they might as well run in kilgore which is my hometown and its a ghost town. Their audience numbers are so low

There's a great propane salesman in Arlington.

Had to do my research since I mixed up Arlington TX with Arlington VA, but isn’t that the local represented in “King Of The Hill”? That boy Khan ain’t right.

Why does AEW have All out PPV one week after All In PPV? It makes no sense. At least wait a month between.

Where is it? 😂😂😂

Arlington is the town in King of the Hill, no? When it comes to Tony, that boy ain't right.

Are they going to be flying guys in 6 times ? Or buying out a hotel for a month? Either way you slice it, I don't know how much money that can possibly save.

Would make more sence to by the ECW Arena and run it for ROH make it ROH's home base Tony could buy it making the local ECW fans return and around the world to see it.. While buying a small place in Chicago for Collision and Keeping Dynamite on the fking move every week there are 50 States Cananda Mexico UK use them all ONCE a year for a show and maybe run the PPV in same area within 300 miles

I mean at least give TK this: It's good for cost cutting since he's using smaller arena for the collision shows. 2500 seater means he can make a return...maybe. It's fair business, but it's sad when cutting yourself down to 2500 seater arenas is a good idea.

On Sunday, aew will have its first ppv with a women's main event Pillow nightingale vs Mid-cedes no money It will be for a secondary women's title and not the heavyweight title That's aew booking for you

Book the Sportatorium

They should’ve been doing this since last year once Punk left.

It just means they found a sucker willing to pay them kinda like wwe gets for Wrestlemania except all those night put together will draw less

E Sports Stadium? Couldn't book Globe Life or Jerry World so they go to the Ballpark, where the Rangers used to play.

This came on autoplay and I didn't look at the title/only half-listened at first, so I heard Harlingen TX, and wondered how bad it could be over at AEDub if they're playing the desertified shithole border town Nick Stahl (brilliant actor btw) grew up in and desperately fled.

claiming AeW wrestling is in your hometown for a week or more might be the best money laundering scheme since mattress stores

They'll have George Dubya Bush to throw a first pitch there too. True story. ... ... ... Or maybe he is going through a table, this or the other

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Arlington isn't a small city.

It's too late for this. They should have been organized like this and hype shit up in 2021 or 2022 with Punk on board. Not now whrn they are setting up for 3,000 people at most for Dynamite tapings. Reality is going to catch up with AEW hard.

I commented on a channel about Tony Kahn/AEW and mentioned about this. People are really trying to rationalize how THIS will not backfire. They've booked 6 shows, in one city, in one venue during the summer and expecting it to be a success.

Is it really in Arlington??

They actually called it The Path To...? I know calling it The Road To... would just sound like copying WWE , but actually try. Hell, AEW Summer Series sounds better.

Trying to piggyback off the mike Tyson fight

THEATRE ENTRANCE Puppet Show And AEW

The AEW snoozefest just announced

AEW is scheduled to have 9 PPVs this year. They charge people $50 for it and there is usually one maybe two good matches on the entire card with the rest being crap or just meh.

I live in Arlington. We’re the pit stop between Dallas and Ft Worth. Always have been since the pioneer days. I’m guessing this show will be at UTA like TNA has done house shows in the past. Good thing too. If they tried booking anywhere else in DFW they’d draw at most 2k people.

What? AEW permanent residency at the E-Fed Stadium? 😭😭😭

Arlington TX is where Six Flags is (or was). Don't know if it is still open.

I live In Arlington, so AeW is coming and no one knows what that is 😂. 2 wrestlemanias were held here at AT&T stadium

Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever SOLD OUT the College Park Center when they came to town, whereas AEW struggled to put butts in the seats of that same building. I guess the brand that allegedly "saved wrestling" isn't as "game changing" after all. Also, I love how AEW fans ridiculed WWE and TNA for doing this exact same thing with their NXT and IMPACT! tapings, but they got ecstatic on social media after AEW announced this.

Dallas is perfect for this brand right now. It’s kinda in the middle of the US so people can travel to events & it’s full of delusional sports fans.

AT&T Stadium(Cowboys) is in Arlington.

ATT stadium is and rangers stadium is in arlington

Just give the snowman booker of the year already lmao 🤣😂