Kellie
05-19-2009, 02:35 AM
ESPN and other media outlets have picked up on the conflict between WWE, the Pepsi Center and the Denver Nuggets. ESPN notes that Pepsi Center officials told the ABC TV affiliate Channel 7 in Denver that the Nuggets game against the LA Lakers would be played as scheduled and that they are working with WWE to reschedule or move their event.
We haven't heard anymore on the offer that was reportedly made to WWE to hold RAW in the Denver Coliseum, a much smaller building. Pepsi Center officials have said that once a decision is made regarding WWE's RAW event, a news release will be sent out so we'll keep you updated.
WWE spokesman Robert Zimmerman says the company secured the Pepsi Center on August 15th of 2008 and have already sold more than 10,000 tickets for it. Zimmerman said the Pepsi Center confirmed in March with WWE that they wanted to keep the May 25th RAW date and sent WWE a contract on April 15th, the final night of the NBA regular season. WWE signed and returned the contract then put tickets on sale April 11th.
It seems unlikely that RAW will be canceled altogether but between changing tickets over and everything else they would have to do to move to the smaller Denver Coliseum, it would be a major headache.
On a related note, CBS4 in Denver tried to contact Kroenke Sport Enterprises for a comment on Vince McMahon's shot at the Nuggets and Pepsi Center owner Stan Kroenke but they declined to comment.
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We haven't heard anymore on the offer that was reportedly made to WWE to hold RAW in the Denver Coliseum, a much smaller building. Pepsi Center officials have said that once a decision is made regarding WWE's RAW event, a news release will be sent out so we'll keep you updated.
WWE spokesman Robert Zimmerman says the company secured the Pepsi Center on August 15th of 2008 and have already sold more than 10,000 tickets for it. Zimmerman said the Pepsi Center confirmed in March with WWE that they wanted to keep the May 25th RAW date and sent WWE a contract on April 15th, the final night of the NBA regular season. WWE signed and returned the contract then put tickets on sale April 11th.
It seems unlikely that RAW will be canceled altogether but between changing tickets over and everything else they would have to do to move to the smaller Denver Coliseum, it would be a major headache.
On a related note, CBS4 in Denver tried to contact Kroenke Sport Enterprises for a comment on Vince McMahon's shot at the Nuggets and Pepsi Center owner Stan Kroenke but they declined to comment.
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