The REAL Reason Why AEW Isn't Using Craven Cottage For All In
Tony Khan reveals why All In will take place at Wembley Stadium rather than Craven Cottage.
Considering how Tony Khan and his father Shahid own Fulham Football Club, many presumed that AEW's first foray into the United Kingdom would see the promotion utilise Fulham's Craven Cottage stadium. Now, Tony has detailed why that is not the case.
Of course, AEW's first UK show will emanate from Wembley Stadium a week from today, with All In being hyped as the biggest event in wrestling history.
For Wembley, All In has sold in the region of 80,000 tickets. Where Craven Cottage is concerned, the capacity for football matches is just over 20,000, though that number would obviously be higher for a wrestling event, but nowhere near that 80,000 region.
Speaking to Uproxx Sports, Tony Khan has explained how he did consider Craven Cottage for All In, but that it simply would've "cost millions more" to run the event at Fulham's home rather than at the mammoth Wembley Stadium.
As the AEW President detailed:
“There’s two places I thought about. One is also very dear to my heart, and that’s Craven Cottage. Wembley is, for a pro wrestling event, the more economical choice for many reasons. In that, you can have much more capacity for attendance since Wembley is a larger stadium by far, and also, the same wonderful charms of Craven Cottage and all the history of that magnificent venue. [Craven Cottage] poses so many challenges to loading in a pro wrestling event and it would cost millions more to produce the event at Craven Cottage than at Wembley.”
This same interview saw Khan also label All In the "single biggest opportunity" in the lifespan of All Elite Wrestling.
Headlined by Adam Cole challenging MJF for the AEW World Championship, All In takes place next Sunday.