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WrestleMania 28 generates $102.7 million in economic impact for the city of Miami

Colin Vassallo — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:53:30 +0000

WWE today announced that WrestleMania 28 generated a record-breaking $102.7 million in economic impact for the city of Miami and Miami-Dade County this past April, according to a study conducted by the Enigma Research Corporation.

This new record for WrestleMania’s economic impact represents a $40 million increase over WrestleMania 27 in Atlanta. WrestleMania 28 also generated approximately $15.3 million in local, state and county taxes.

“WrestleMania Week brought tens-of-thousands of fans from across the globe to sample the beautiful hotels, restaurants and businesses of Miami,” said Jose “Pepe” Diaz, Miami-Dade County Commissioner and Chairman of the Miami-Dade Sports Commission. “Our economy, as well as our community, significantly benefited from the week of events, and we thank WWE for shining their international spotlight on our wonderful city.”

Key highlights from the study include: $102.7 million of direct, indirect and induced impact derived from spending by non-locals visiting specifically for WrestleMania XXVIII; 71% of fans that attended WrestleMania were from outside the Miami area and stayed an average of four nights; The economic impact derived from WrestleMania Week was equal to the creation of 1,020 full-time jobs for the area; $6.9 million was spent by non-locals at Miami and Miami-Dade County restaurants.

WrestleMania had an attendance of 78,363 fans from all 50 states and 36 countries.

Rating for WrestleMania 28 special on NBC

Colin Vassallo — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:13:17 +0000

The WrestleMania special Rock vs Cena on NBC this past Saturday did just a 0.9 rating and an average of 2,720,000 viewers.

The yearly special was considered to be something extra special this year with the marquee match between the two however it failed to live up to the expectations and even lost out to last year’s WrestleMania special which did 3,640,000 viewers.

The show placed NBC in third place in network ratings for the night behind CBS and ABC. (Rating from Zap2It.com)

Rock vs Cena one hour special tonight on NBC

Colin Vassallo — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 21:59:51 +0000

If for some reason you missed the Rock vs Cena match at WrestleMania, tonight its your chance to watch it for free on broadcast television.

Starting at 9PM ET, NBC will be airing a one hour Rock vs Cena special including the full match that closed the pay-per-view.

The preview says that this will be a never-before-seen look at the historic match with footage from the year-long angle mixed with some of the most popular music from today.

Rock vs Cena special to air on NBC on August 25

Colin Vassallo — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 09:25:24 +0000

NBC issued a press release yesterday announcing that for the fourth consecutive year, a WrestleMania special will be coming network television.

The one hour WrestleMania 28: Rock vs Cena show will be airing on Saturday, August 25 at 9PM ET on NBC. Rock vs Cena will chronicle the yearlong journey to this epic match including exclusive, never-before-seen footage and will showcase the entire Rock vs Cena match for the first time ever on broadcast television.