WWE held a press conference on Wednesday to announce that they would move next week's Raw to the Staples Center in Los Angeles because of a conflict with the Pepsi Center in Denver, which had booked two events for the same night. WWE Chairman Vince McMahon said many arenas, including Madison Square Garden, called and offered to host Raw. He chose Staples Center, which also was available Tuesday night for its second night of programming. The reason for moving the SmackDown and ECW tapings on Tuesday night was that it would be impossible to move the production equipment from Los Angeles to Colorado Springs in one night.
The WWE chairman criticized Kroenke Sports, which owns the Pepsi Center, for not being more helpful when the conflict arose over the weekend. While Kroenke Sports claims McMahon had previously agreed to a deal to shift the event to Sunday. But during the press conference at the Staples Center, WWE Executive Vice President Shane McMahon said the Kroenke offer came too late.
"They tried to be amicable but we're really at such a loss of words because we were expecting a capacity crowd. Had sold 11,000 as of last week," he said. "We've been on sale since August so everyone knew we were coming. We built everything around it. That's what we do. We promote and build the event."
At the press conference, Shane McMahon also played down the idea of going after Kroenke Sports legally.
Sources: PWInsider & various news sites
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