TKO President Mark Shapiro says he has “no regrets” about WrestleMania 42 taking place in Las Vegas
While speaking to Yahoo Finance , TKO President Mark Shapiro commented on WrestleMania 42 returning to Las Vegas after WrestleMania 41 took place in the same location…
“Some of the challenges we had there is usually we move WrestleMania year after year to a new spot, and that allows us to obviously grow and see the kind of economic impact we would expect.
Maybe it’s a mistake I made because Vegas was so huge last year and such a winner for our fans and the product that I said to Nick Khan, who runs WWE, ‘We got to go back to Vegas next year. Like, we have to move New Orleans down the road and we got to come back to Vegas.’
I mean, Las Vegas—I don’t need to tell you—is the mecca for great events. More and more events are moving there. Music has residencies, and more and more sports teams, evidenced by the National Hockey League and soon-to-be Major League Baseball, are popping up there with teams to come.
Obviously, the Las Vegas Raiders are a massive success in Las Vegas.
So, absolutely no regrets on going back there. But the only reason you’re hearing some of the ‘Hey, it’s not what it was last year,’ is because we’re not benefiting from the first-mover experience.”