Report: WWE ThunderDome Leaving Tropicana Field On 2 April
WWE must find a new home for its ThunderDome before WrestleMania 37 week...
WWE will end its ThunderDome residency at Tropicana Field in Tampa, Florida after the 2 April episode of SmackDown.
This is according to Spectrum Sports 360's Jon Alba, who has confirmed that current plans call for WWE to move on from that date, as the Tampa Bay Rays need the building for the upcoming MLB season.
Per Alba, work on reconfiguring the Tropicana Field for baseball has already commenced. The Rays are set to play their first home game at the building on 9 April.
The 2 April date was described as a "hard out."
As reported on 12 March, WWE is expected to stay somewhere in the Tampa area for its next ThunderDome location, with the nearby Yuengling Center pinpointed as a potential location. Alba's sources have confirmed that this is likely still the case.
The ThunderDome has been located at Tropicana Field since debuting at the baseball stadium on 11 December 2020. It had previously been housed instead Orlando's Amway Center, a smaller basketball arena. The Yuengling Center is a 10,411-capacity facility located on the University of South Florida's campus that should theoretically be available now that USF's college basketball season has finished.