{"id":165663,"date":"2023-09-13T12:41:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T17:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=165663"},"modified":"2023-09-13T12:41:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T17:41:14","slug":"wwe-announces-the-royal-rumble-next-year-will-be-in-tampa-bay-at-tropicana-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/09\/13\/wwe-announces-the-royal-rumble-next-year-will-be-in-tampa-bay-at-tropicana-field\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE announces the Royal Rumble next year will be in Tampa Bay at Tropicana Field"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1011737448\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>WWE announced today that next January&#8217;s Royal Rumble event will emanate from Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla. while Raw the next night will be in Tampa, Fla. at Amalie Arena. The stadium can hold up to 42,000 for a baseball game.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the first time the Royal Rumble will be in Tampa Bay since 1995.<\/p>\n<p>The following is the full press release.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">TAMPA BAY TO HOST 2024 ROYAL RUMBLE<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Royal Rumble Heads to St. Petersburg-Clearwater on Saturday, Jan. 27 at Tropicana Field<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Monday Night Raw to Take Place in Tampa on Jan. 29 at Amalie Arena<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">STAMFORD, Conn., September 13, 2023 \u2013 WWE, part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), in conjunction with the Tampa Bay Rays, Visit St. Pete\/Clearwater and the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, today announced that Tampa Bay will host the 37th Royal Rumble in 2024.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">WWE will head to town for an entire weekend of events across St. Petersburg, Clearwater and Tampa, Fla., highlighted by the Royal Rumble on Saturday, January 27 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. Two days later, Monday Night Raw will emanate from Amalie Arena in Tampa on January 29. This marks the first time that Royal Rumble will be held in Tampa Bay in front of fans since 1995.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cTampa Bay has long been a terrific market for WWE,\u201d said WWE Executive Vice President of Live Events John Porco. \u201cThanks to our partners at the Tampa Bay Rays, Visit St. Pete\/Clearwater and the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, we look forward to a fantastic schedule of events in January.\u201d<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2895008619\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cWe are excited to welcome WWE back to Tropicana Field for the 2024 Royal Rumble,\u201d said Tampa Bay Rays President Matt Silverman. \u201cThe Royal Rumble will provide first-class sports entertainment to both those seeing the action in person and watching as part of a worldwide television audience. This event will bring visitors from around the globe to experience the beauty of our area and all it has to offer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cAs a leader in event production and promotion, we are thrilled to collaborate with WWE to bring Royal Rumble to our destination,\u201d Caleb Peterson, Visit St. Pete\/Clearwater Senior Business Development Manager. \u201cWe look forward to welcoming all of the WWE fans to our community, a community that will certainly match their energy and enthusiasm for sports entertainment. A special thank you to our community partners &#8211; the Tampa Bay Rays, City of St. Petersburg, and Tampa Bay Sports Commission &#8211; for their role in creating this unique opportunity for our destination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cTeam Tampa Bay loved hosting WrestleMania 37 two years ago and we\u2019re now beyond excited to have the opportunity to collaborate again with our longtime friends at WWE,\u201d said Rob Higgins, Tampa Bay Sports Commission Executive Director. \u201cRoyal Rumble Weekend in January of 2024 will be a phenomenal regional effort that spans Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties including both Tropicana Field and Amalie Arena. Together, we\u2019re focused on making sure that WWE Universe is treated to a weekend that\u2019s filled with memories that last a lifetime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Royal Rumble will be headlined by the 30-man and 30-woman Royal Rumble matches, with the winners of both receiving a Championship match opportunity at WrestleMania 40.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The announcement comes on the heels of this year\u2019s record-setting Royal Rumble which took place in San Antonio, Texas. The event became WWE\u2019s highest-grossing and most-viewed Royal Rumble in company history and set an all-time gate record at more than $7.7 million, far surpassing the previous Royal Rumble high in 2017 by more than 50 percent.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>RECOMMENDED NEXT:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/09\/12\/wwe-officially-now-part-of-new-tko-company-with-ufc-endeavor-becomes-majority-owner-mcmahon-still-controls-wwe\/\">WWE officially now part of new TKO company with UFC, Endeavor becomes majority owner, McMahon still controls WWE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OR CHECK THIS OUT AT PROWRESTLING.NET:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2023\/09\/12\/nick-khan-comments-on-potential-wwe-interest-in-cm-punk\/\">Nick Khan comments on potential WWE interest in CM Punk<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-513667705\"><div id=\"pwtor-1136328733\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>WWE announced today that next January&#8217;s Royal Rumble event will emanate from Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla. while Raw the next night will be in Tampa, Fla. at Amalie Arena. 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