AEW Grand Slam Australia Expected To Change Venue
AEW Grand Slam Australia set to undergo a significant change.
With AEW set to head to Brisbane, Australia for Grand Slam on Saturday 15 February 2025, it looks as if there might be a significant change to those plans.
As per Fightful Select, a change of venue is "likely" for Grand Slam, with a formal announcement on this expected to be made "sooner rather than later".
Currently, Grand Slam is still publicly advertised to take place from Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium, the home of the Brisbane Broncos, Dolphins, Queensland Maroons, and Queensland Reds rugby teams. For rugby, the stadium has a 52,500 capacity, while the record attendance stands at just shy of 60,000 people for an Ed Sheeran concert in February 2023.
In terms of tickets sold for AEW Grand Slam Australia as of this writing, WrestleTix notes that initial VIP sales were encouraging but more recently the seating map has undergone significant changes, with many tickets removed and several sections made untrackable.
AEW President Tony Khan was asked about Grand Slam Australia ticket sales during the recent pre-Full Gear press call, to which he said how "thousands" of tickets had been sold so far. This follows a comment from The Wrestling Observer's Dave Meltzer in late September that ticket sales at that point were "not good".
AEW Grand Slam Australia
The previous four AEW Grand Slam events have all taken place at New York City's Arthur Ashe Stadium in September, although it was announced during this year's All In that the next Grand Slam would emanate from Australia in February 2025.
Grand Slam 2025 will be AEW's first-ever show in Australia and only the company's fourth event to take place outside of North America, following in the footsteps of the two All In pay-per-views from Wembley Stadium and a Cardiff, Wales Dynamite taping to tie in with this year's All In. All prior Grand Slams have been spread out as a two-show spectacle that's played out across a live AEW Dynamite and a taped-on-the-same-night AEW Collision.
At this stage, it's unclear whether AEW Grand Slam will air as a live PPV, with Tony Khan now non-committal on that topic due to the time difference with the United States. Previously, it had been announced that Grand Slam Australia would be a PPV, although it appears that is very much up in the air right now. It was likewise announced that this next Grand Slam would be one single-night event rather than following the format of being spread across a Dynamite and a Collision.
There is no word right now as to where AEW is looking at moving Grand Slam Australia to, but it certainly looks as if the event will no longer be taking place from Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium.