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What’s the Story?
Cody Rhodes and The Young Bucks’ plans to hold a wrestling show that seats 10,000 people are still in effect and the locations may come down to Chicago, Illinois or Los Angeles, California according to Cage Side Seats.
In Case You Didn’t Know
One of the reasons why the Bullet Club members are looking to host an event with 10,000 seat capacities is due to an exchange between Rhodes and Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Meltzer responded to a fan question saying ROH probably couldn’t draw 10,000 fans to an arena which lead to Rhodes taking the comments as a challenge that he said he and The Young Bucks would take on.
The Heart of the Matter
If they want the show to draw Chicago fans, they could follow WWE’s trend of running the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois and branding the show from Chicago. The Allstate Arena has a capacity of over 18,000 people for professional wrestling shows and would have more than enough seats for the Bullet Club members to utilise.
The only two venues in the heart of Chicago are the United Center which held 23,000 fans for the WWE back at SummerSlam 1994 or the newly built Wintrust Arena which has a seating capacity of 10,000.
However, if Rhodes and The Young Bucks were to run the event in Los Angeles, then they would have a much greater variety of venues to host their programs.
The Pauley Pavilion Center can hold 13,000 people for basketball games, so it could hold even more for a professional wrestling event. The Galen Center has a threshold of just over 10,000 fans for basketball games and also has never held a professional wrestling event there.
The WWE frequents the Staples Center which has a capacity of 21,000 fans and has more than enough seating for an event which seeks to have 10,000 fans in attendance.
Lastly, the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena can hold up to 16,000 fans for a professional wrestling event, but has not been used for wrestling shows since the AAA When Worlds Collide; a joint event between AAA and WCW from 1994.
What’s Next?
Rhodes said that a formal announcement regarding the show would be coming soon.
Rhodes and The Young Bucks are looking to work with ROH for the show, but there has been no news regarding that situation.
Author’s Take
As a Chicagoan, I would like to see another professional wrestling event for the city, but the factor that will seal the deal will be the prices the venues charge.
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