Fans at Wrestlemania 37 told to evacuate seats due to severe weather
As fans were entering Raymond James Stadium for WWE Wrestlemania 37, an announcement was made that fans would need to evacuate their seats due to severe weather. At around 5:45 Eastern time, the official twitter account for the stadium stated that fans could return to their seats. Stephanie McMahon later tweeted that the show would be starting promptly at 8:00 PM Eastern.
Bryan Alvarez of F4WOnline.com noted that WWE crew members were working on fixing minor damage to the set prior to the Kickoff show.
Night One of #WrestleMania starts TONIGHT promptly at 8pm EST! Stream live exclusively on @peacockTV in the U.S. and on @WWENetwork everywhere else.
— Stephanie McMahon (@StephMcMahon) April 10, 2021
WEATHER UPDATE: lightning threat has passed, all parking and gates are back OPEN! Fans may return to their seats. Free parking at HCC is now closed. Thanks for being patient fans!
— RaymondJames Stadium (@RJStadium) April 10, 2021
@RajGiri_303 just told us to evacuate our seats due to the weather pic.twitter.com/Uzb0bFxklk
— Justin J. Lopez (@stellar_jl319) April 10, 2021
— Ryan Satin (@ryansatin) April 10, 2021
Stage in deep shit pic.twitter.com/XlkdkPaHqT
— Bryan Alvarez (@bryanalvarez) April 10, 2021
Doesn’t look good at all..
Really hope the weather picks up in Tampa 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼#WrestleMania pic.twitter.com/ffXcx1nyKR— Simon (@SimonTHFC9983) April 10, 2021
They’ve announced they’re letting fans back in and fans cheer: #WrestleMania pic.twitter.com/aj0uAm0spQ
— WrestleOps (@WrestleOps) April 10, 2021