AEW star and current ROH World Champion Chris Jericho, during an interview with Z100 in New York, prior to ROH Final Battle, was asked about AEW holding shows at smaller venues.
Jericho said the following:
“The worst thing you can ever do, in any business, is overprice yourself or overextend yourself. We’re at a place where, to go to some of the middle-sized venues, not in every city, but in some of them, it’s a very smart move for many reasons, but most importantly, the vibe of the fans. You want to put 10,000 people into an arena, and if you can, you do. If you’re down to 5,000, but you go to a 4,000 seat arena, it increases demand and makes the show more exciting and translates better on TV. Right now, with all of the different choices that people have to buy tickets to go shows, we’re smart to move to different sized venues because it makes it cooler. We have always had the cool factor in AEW, especially when we started. Then going into the pandemic and coming out of the pandemic. One way is the supply and demand. If you have this many tickets for sale and they’re gone, it makes the product hotter and you continue to grow.”
You can watch the full interview below:
AEW held last Friday’s ROH Final Battle PPV, Collision and the tapings for the 12/25 Dynamite and 12/27 Rampage at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York. All three shows sold out with just over 1,400 fans for each show.
In January and February, per the events page on AEW’s website, the promotion will hold Dynamite and Collision at smaller venues.
Quote source: Fightful