– The latest talk about this year’s WWE SummerSlam pay-per-view is that it will take place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. For those wondering why WWE won’t be moving SummerSlam to Madison Square Garden, it’s because the costs of running televised events, or in this case a pay-per-view event, at MSG are much higher than other venues. SummerSlam was originally scheduled to emanate from the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey until the arena was shut down earlier this year.
– Below are some recent WWE attendance figures:
February 27th for WWE NXT in Jacksonville, FL drew a sellout of 500 fans
February 27th at Madison Square Garden in NYC drew 12,000 fans
February 28th in Toronto drew a sellout of 8,000 fans
February 28th in Bridgeport, CT drew 5,600 fans
March 1st in Buffalo, NY drew 5,500 fans
March 1st in Uniondale, NY drew 6,000 fans
March 2nd for RAW in Newark, NJ drew a sellout of 11,900 fans
(Credit: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)