Tony Khan has brought episodes of AEW Dynamite and Collision to much more intimate venues so far in 2025.
All Elite Wrestling President Tony Khan was a recent guest on the Battleground Podcast. When asked about the company running weekly TV in smaller venues in recent months, Khan explained how running Daily’s Place has inspired the company to check out other unique venues for Dynamite and Collision across the country.
“Well, I think it just depends on the venue,” Tony Khan admitted. “And I think for the pay-per-views, packing it in and bringing in 10, 12,000 fans, sometimes more. Even the world attendance record we set in Wembley Stadium, over 81,000 tickets sold for AEW All In London.
“These are great venues, great events. But it’s also great to see wrestling presented as we’ve been doing it on TV in recent months, in some of these great theaters and amphitheaters. AEW is primarily our TV has been known for a lot of great wrestling, a lot of great wrestlers because AEW is where the best wrestle, but the venue that’s probably most associated with AEW television is Daily’s Place, which is an amphitheater. It’s a unique viewing experience.
Tony Khan believes Daily’s Place will always be number one in AEW’s heart
“So then in recent months, we visited all these great theaters across America, and we’ve been able to find some of that same spirit, some of that same excited passion, and that packed house in these intimate venues, like you said, Tim, where you’ve got Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Recently, we had a great experience at the Andrew Brady Theater in Cincinnati, and people really clearly loved seeing that. We were just at the Virgin Theater in Las Vegas, and we’ve gone to some really great venues across different cities.
“Phoenix was a fantastic one, and I’m looking forward to going to Boston and running the Fenway Music Hall there, and lots of great venues like that. Daily’s Place will always be number one in our hearts, I think, but lots of great places across America where we get that same energy, and it’s like you said, it’s different energy from these great pay-per-views in these huge arenas and stadiums. So I really enjoy it.”
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