Vegas Tourism Spots May Not Be Able To Show WrestleMania (Patreon)

WrestleMania watchalongs may be in jeopardy in Las Vegas.

Every year when WrestleMania visits a host city, a number of talent end up getting additional work hosting WrestleMania watchalongs in that (or other) cities. This is also common for MMA PPVs, Royal Rumbles and other big shows.

That could be coming to an end, locally, as we’re told that the distributor of the WrestleMania broadcasts have informed a number of Las Vegas establishments that they’ll be unable to broadcast WrestleMania, even if they pay the licensing fee. They were told it was a new protocol in place for places within 50 miles of the event, believed to be done to increase ticket sales for the show. 

There are a number of talent who have already agreed to deals for such. One source familiar with the situation felt like this undermined one of the points of the event being brought to the city, which was to spike Vegas tourism. 

One person tied to a venue said that while some smaller scale operations my try to bypass that rule in Las Vegas, it would affect their UFC business, which is big.

Fightful reached out to WWE for comment, but didn't get a response