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STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 12, 2002--World Wrestling Entertainment's Global Warning Tour in Melbourne, Australia, broke the attendance record at Colonial Stadium on Saturday, August 10.
More than 56,700 people were at the event, breaking the previous attendance record. The Global Warning Tour Melbourne grossed approximately $5.7 million Australian dollars (US$3 million).
More than 8,000 fans attended the two-day WWE Fan Frenzy(TM) leading up to the live event at Colonial Stadium. The fan festival included
WWE(TM) Superstar autographs, exclusive WWE(TM) memorabilia, merchandise and collectibles, and an arena size X-Box interactive area.
"We received a tremendous response from our fans in Australia and we thank them for their support and hospitality," said Roger
Marment, WWE's Executive Vice President, International Business Development. "We are looking forward to an encore performance next year. This tour has kick started our business in Australia, and is another example of the international strength of our brand."
MERCHANDISE
There will be an official WWE ShopZone store at Fan Frenzy selling a wide range of
T-Shirts that have never been available in Australia
before!
Many of these shirts are the most popular selling on the ShopZone website and real fans will instantly
recognise them.
These Include:
THE ROCK U BRING THE ASS.........WE BRING THE
WHUPPIN!
KURT ANGLE YOU SUCK - IT'S TRUE!
HULK HOGAN HULKAMANIA - IS STILL
RUNNIN' WILD
TRIPLE H SCREW THE RULES! - PLAY THE GAME
UNDERTAKER BIG EVIL RED DEVIL
NWO NWO LOGO
WWE GET THE 'F' OUT!
Plus the OFFICIAL GLOBAL WARNING TOUR SHIRTS!
*Subject to availability - These shirts will also be sold from official merchandise outlets at Global Warning. Outlets on the Spencer St Footbridge and outside Gate
1 will open at midday on Saturday August
10th.
ShopZone @ Fan Frenzy will also stock some exclusive items including, Fan Frenzy Shirts, Long Sleeve Polar Fleece's, Back Packs and a limited release of new FOZZY shirts.
FAN
FRENZY
Fan
Frenzy takes place at the Crown
Showroom on Thursday August 8 and
Friday August 9. Eight two-hour
sessions of Fan Frenzy are
happening over the two days.
WWE Fan Frenzy resembles Fan
Axxess, the interactive fan
experience that has preceded
WrestleMania in recent years.
WrestleMania is the biggest event
on the sports-entertainment
calendar. This year’s Fan Axxess,
in Toronto, attracted more than
30,000 fans in three days. Like
Axxess, Fan Frenzy features a wide
range of interactive exhibits.
One
of the most popular features of
Axxess, the Fantasy Play-by-Play,
will also be available in the
Crown Showroom. Fans, sitting in
front of a big-screen television
that shows exciting in-ring
action, can call the match just
like WWE commentators. They even
walk away with a free videotape of
their performance.
But
perhaps the most popular of all
features at Fan Frenzy will be the
Autograph Booths that allow fans
to see their favorite Superstars
up close and in person. Several
Superstars will sign autographs at
each Fan Frenzy session, a fact
that pleases WWE fans and
Superstars alike.
At
the Hall of Fame exhibit, fans can
spread their palms into the
sprawling life size hand moulds
from Andre the Giant and the Big
Show. Fans can get an even better
understanding of the Superstars
size and physique by snapping
their pictures next to life-sized
cutouts.
History
buffs aren’t the only ones
who’ll have plenty to do at Fan
Frenzy. The festival has plenty to
offer technophiles, beginning with
an arena-sized screen plugged into
the Microsoft XBOX that will allow
gamers the chance to compete on
the hot new video game “WWE
RAW.” Several other XBOX kiosks
will be spread throughout the
showroom, allowing fans to test
their skills against one another.
The lucky fan that defeats all the
other challengers gets the
ultimate prize of competing
against a WWE Superstar.
Live
Band ‘Pacer 21’ fresh from the
‘Vans Warped Tour’ features in
every session whilst roaming
hostesses applying temporary
tattoos to Fans who want to make
their mark.
Also
planned for Fan Frenzy is a
ring-like stage where Superstars
will appear to answer fans’
questions. A select few will even
get called into the ring to
compete for prizes in competition
officiated by the WWE Superstars.
Several
other areas, such as Body Slam and
The Cage allow fans to interact
with Superstars while competing
against each other in WWE trivia
and physical competitions.
Add
to this, the opportunity to
purchase Official Global Warning
Tour Melbourne Merchandise in the
Shop zone and the range of WWE
DVD’s at the Shock Shop, and you
have an event that no wrestling
fan can afford to miss!
PRE
SHOW FUNCTION
The perfect start to the ultimate show!
Wine, dine and meet the WWE Superstars!
The Global Warning Tour Melbourne is set to explode at Colonial Stadium on Saturday August 10 for one night only! This will be a night of fun, fury and
ADRENALIN-based World Wrestling Entertainment™.
Before you experience the ELECTRICITY at Global Warning, join Russell Gilbert as he hosts the only Official WWE Pre Show Hospitality Function.
Tickets are just $280* per person and include:
-
Entertainment by Russell Gilbert
- Exclusive Hospitality with Buffet
- Complimentary Bar
- Personal appearance by 5 WWE Superstars
- WWE VIP Pack (including exclusive VIP shirt, Event Programme & Cap - valued at over $100)
So don’t miss this amazing chance to get up close and personal with your favourite WWE Superstars before they explode on to the world-class wrestling stage! Be one of the
lucky few to attend the Official WWE Pre Show Hospitality Function at the Live Wire Lounge, Colonial Stadium, from 3pm to 5pm in what will kick off a truly historic night!
FAN
FRENZY
Crown
Casino was overwhelmed by WWE fans who this morning lined up in one the longest
lines crown has ever seen!
Fans
started queuing from 4am Friday morning, the line stretching from the crown
showroom to the carpark! Kane walked the entire line giving fans high fives as
thousands of fans brought tickets to Fan Frenzy.
Kane
& Terri made an appearance at Toys 'R' Us Melbourne Central.
Toys
'R' Us Chatswood was jammed packed Thursday, WWFDU fans getting the chance to
jump in line first!
Over
1000 fans jammed packed Myer Melbourne Tuesday to see Kane & Terri make
their first public appearance in Australia.
WWE
representative Roger Marment welcomed fans and promised that "Fan
Frenzy" will be another huge event part of the Global Warning Tour banner.
Fans
asked Kane & Terri questions who both were very warm to the HOT crowd that
went crazy when they joined the stage. Terri says she was asked to wear the
"Fan Frenzy" T-Shirt but instead rubs the t-shirt all over herself and
throws it to the crowd!
Crown
Casinos official site has listed ticket prices for Fan Frenzy at $45.00
includes booking fee & GST - Transaction fee applies to phone charge and
internet bookings - $7.50 per booking (not per ticket).
THE STAGE IS SET, NEW TICKETS ON
SALE THURSDAY 18th JULY
After an exhaustive creative process the production elements of the explosive
entertainment spectacular of the year, Global Warning Melbourne Tour have been finalized. The stage configuration and production design of the World Wrestling Entertainment event Global Warning Melbourne Tour will provide all fans with a great view of all the action on August 10 at Colonial Stadium.
With the announcement of the stadium configuration and production elements confirmed World Wrestling Entertainment and Dainty Consolidated Entertainment are please to announce that there will be additional tickets made available and ready for fans who missed out on the initial ticket rush.
WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT™
SUPERSTARS, KANE™ AND TERRI™ ARE COMING TO MELBOURNE TO LAUNCH FAN FRENZY TUESDAY 9 JULY
Tuesday 9th July, 12 noon at Myer Melbourne WWE Superstars KANE™ and TERRI™ will officially launch Fan Frenzy™, the ultimate fan experience for all WWE fans.
Fan Frenzy™ will be held at the Crown Casino Showroom on Thursday 8 August and Friday 9 August as part of week long Global Warning Tour Melbourne festival. Fan
Frenzy will feature a number of interactive exhibits and attractions
including :
Superstars of the WWE who will be available to sign autographs and take questions from the audience.
Exclusive WWE memorabilia, merchandise and collectibles.
The virtual match caller - commentate on a match between your favourite WWE Superstars.
An arena size X-Box interactive
area Tickets for this event are limited with approximately 8000 on sale for the 2 day event. Fan Frenzy™ will be conducted over four 2 hour sessions per day with WWE Superstars at each session.
Tickets for Fan Frenzy a not to be missed event go on sale Friday 12 July and will only be available at the Ticketek outlet at Crown Casino Showroom from 11.00am.
WWE Superstars KANE™ and TERRI™ will be at the Showroom from 11.00am to issue the first tickets and take calls from fans on Triple M's Steve Bedwell show. From 1.00pm tickets will be available by phone and on line at
www.ticketek.com.au
FAN FRENZY SESSION
TIMES :
11.00am - 1.00pm
2.00pm - 4.00pm
5.00pm - 7.00pm
8.00pm - 10.00pm
HULK
HOGAN COMMENTS
Q. What can the fans expect when Hulkamania
runs wild on Australia?
"The
fans can expect a life-changing
experience if they're fortunate
enough to get into the arena. They
won't even need a seat because
when Hulk Hogan hits the ring in
Australia, brother, everybody will
be standing from the moment I
enter the building. It's going to
be wild, it's going to be crazy,
and I actually feel sorry for the
victim who is going to be across
the ring from me. Because there's
no way that I can miss a step,
slip on a banana peel or lose a
match with all the Australian
Hulkamaniacs who have been my fans
for over 20 years in my corner.
I'm finally coming to Australia to
party with all the Hulkamaniacs,
and the party's going to happen
right in the middle of the WWE
ring".
Q.
On Smackdown and at the
pay-per-views, you appear to have
been totally blown away by the fan
warmth and loyalty displayed in
since returning to the WWE and
rightly so. Can you put into words
your inner thoughts and emotions
in respect of this phenomenon?
"It's
such an emotional high to see
these fans who have believed and
have followed my career. They're
living with me in this body. And
when I go out to that ring, I'm
not out there by myself. It's such
a high to hear how excited they
are, to hear how loyal they are
and to hear the love that they
have for Hulkamania. It's
something that's the base of WWE.
It's the base of
sports-entertainment. Every time I
go to the ring, the Hulkamaniacs
are so loud that I actually have
to use hand signs to get them to
calm down so I can talk. It's the
craziest thing I've ever seen.
I've seen Stone Cold Steve Austin
hit the ring. That's a phenomenon.
I've seen The Rock hit the ring. I
definitely can smell what The Rock
is cookin'. I've seen the
Undertaker, with the 10 years of
devastation and destruction. I've
seen Triple H, the consummate
professional. But without a doubt,
you can put all those together,
and there's no way they can
overpower the emotional, real
excitement that the Hulkamaniacs
generate. It's unbelievable".
Q.
I realise this will be your first
time to Australia but will it be
your last time down with the WWE?
How long will Hulk Hogan remain
active as an in-ring competitor?
"I
don't know. I thought that this
would be a really short burst of
energy. I thought that being 48
years old and trying to run day
and night that I couldn't keep up.
But now that I've gotten on this
roll - now that this Hulkamania
thing has gotten so powerful - I
forget about the wrist that hurts,
the bad shoulder, the knee that
used to hurt. I forget about the
sore back or the broken ribs. This
whole deal, when I go out there,
turns me from just a mortal man to
some crazy energy form. I don't
know how long it's going to last.
I'm not in charge of that anymore.
I mean, I'm the servant to this
Hulkamania excitement. I'm going
to follow the fans' lead. When
they get tired of seeing me - when
they get tired of cheering, when
they get silent, or when they
start booing me - that's when I'll
leave. But until then, I'm just
going to go ahead and ride this
high. This is just like catching
the magic carpet. I don't know
when it's going to stop".
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The WWE sold more than 43,000
tickets this week for the Global
Warning Tour, coming to Colonial
Stadium in Melbourne on August 10.
Investigation on the Ticketmaster7
website suggests the only tickets
left are Endzone or top deck
$29.95 (cheap) seats. The fans are
set to raise the roof at Colonial
and the tour promises to be a big
money-spinner for the WWE.
PRESS
RELEASE
"STAMFORD,
Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23,
2002--World Wrestling
Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: WWF)
today announced that its upcoming
WWE(TM) Global Warning Tour
Melbourne presented by Xbox sold
out within the first 48 hours of
going on sale.
Fans
purchased more than 47,000 tickets
for the WWE(TM) event scheduled
for Melbourne's Colonial Stadium
on Saturday, August 10, 2002.
Additional tickets may become
available pending stadium
configuration.
"Australia
is a strong market for us,"
said Roger Marment, Executive Vice
President of International
Business Development at WWE, Inc.
"The holding of a mega-event
marks a major push into the market
that encompasses all elements of
our business. We are very pleased
to have Xbox as a sponsor of the
event and will be making further
announcements shortly regarding
new home video and DVD
distribution arrangements,
licensing partnerships and
sponsorship commitments."
The
Ticketmaster7 Internet site,
ticketmaster7.com, the national
Call Centre, and Outlet network
were swamped with loyal WWE(TM)
fans from all over the world eager
to get their hands on the hottest
ticket in town. The demand was so
huge that Telstra recorded over
150,000 callers attempting to
secure tickets via the phone in
the first hour.
Ticketmaster7's
Managing Director, Maria O'Connor
was impressed by the magnitude of
WWE(TM) fans desperate to secure
tickets and said, "in my 20
years in the ticketing industry I
have not witnessed such a large
number of avid fans so desperate
to secure tickets. With all points
of distribution experiencing heavy
demand, ticketmaster7.com
continued to be the preferred
point of sale, demonstrating that
the Internet creates equity and
access for thousands of patrons
purchasing tickets
simultaneously."
OFFICIAL
COMMENT
"The
response to WWE Global Warning
Tour Melbourne has been
overwhelming and all currently
available tickets have now been
sold.
Over
the coming months, as the
production elements of the show
are confirmed, more tickets may
become available for sale".
ARTICLE -
Global Warning Turns To Meltdown
"Just
how big is the big, big wrasslin'
Global Warning show which hits
Colonial in August?
Bloody
huge, according to the folk at
Telstra and Ticketmaster.
According to our information, the
phone network bounced back 150,000
calls for tickets in the first
hour.
That's
right - 150,000 in 60 minutes.
Let's
see, by our rough calculations,
that's about 42 calls per
second.......and they're just the
calls that didn't get through.
All
the primo seats, including the
$750 diamond ringside tickets for
the first 12 rows went pronto and
the poor folk at Ticketmaster had
to deal with many wrasslin' fans
who missed out. They weren't
happy.
Maybe
next time they should just chuck
all the tickets into a ring and
let the fans fight amongst themselves".
TICKET PRICES
World
Wrestling Entertainment™ has
announced that Colonial Stadium
would host the only Australian
show on their Global Warning Tour
on Saturday 10th August 2002.
Ticket prices are as followed :
Endzone:
$29.95 including fees
Skydeck: $49.95 including
fees
Silver: $99.95 including
fees
Gold: $109.95 including
fees
Premium: $199.95 including
fees
Fightdeck: $199.95
including fees
Platinum: $275.00 including
fees
Diamond: $750.00 including
fees.
Endzone - The top of the house, up above the end of the field, and around the stage. You may not see the front of the entrance stage but that vision will be shown on the Stadiums huge video screens.
Skydeck - Top of the house, up above the action and the spectacle, perfect for families and priced accordingly.
Silver - The second level of the grandstands, some of the best seats in the house, in the West and South of the grandstands.
Gold - The lower elevation seating on the East, South and West sides of the field. These sections will be hydraulically moved out into the arena for this event to bring you closer to the action.
Premium - The Medallion Club area of premium seating in the second level on the Western side of the ground.
Fightdeck - The arena floor, down among the action including the areas near the entrance stage and runway.
Platinum - The next ten rows around the ring enclosures on the East, South and West side of the ring
enclosure.
Diamond - The first twelve rows around the ring enclosure. The ticket price includes a special souvenir ticket pass and your own special event folding chair which can be taken home with you at the end of the show.
Press Release : A GALAXY OF WRESTLING
SUPERSTARS IN MELBOURNE FOR THE GLOBAL WARNING TOUR! TICKETS ON SALE MONDAY MAY
20
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc™ today announced an extraordinary talent
line up for the Global Warning Tour Melbourne to be held at Colonial Stadium, on
Saturday August 10.
Today's initial talent announcement
includes:
HOLLYWOOD HULK HOGAN · KURT ANGLE · TRIPLE H
· CHRIS JERICHO · MARK HENRY · DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE · EDGE · RIKISHI· D-VON
DUDLEY · BILLY KIDMAN · CHRISTIAN · FAAROOQ · TAZZ · GODFATHER· STACY
KEIBLER · TORRIE WILSON. With many more Superstars to be announced shortly.
The combination of this incredible line up of Superstars and the explosive
production that has become synonymous with all World Wrestling Entertainment™
(WWE) live shows will create an event spectacular unlike anything ever seen in
Australia.
WWE Chairman, Mr. Vince McMahon said, 'I
promised our Australian fans a show they will never forget. With the talent we
have already confirmed, I know the Global Warning Tour Melbourne event will
raise the roof off Colonial Stadium.'
Dainty Consolidated Entertainment Chairman, Mr. Paul Dainty said, 'Today's
announcement of talent will make the Global Warning Tour Melbourne event a
benchmark for future live events in Australia.'
Tickets go on general sale Monday 20 May through Ticketmaster7.
Ticket prices range from $29.95 through to
$275.00 with diamond, corporate dining and travel packages also available.
Mr Dainty said, 'The ticket prices cater to all
WWE fans, with more than 50% of the venue on sale for under $100.00. Colonial
Stadium is a brilliant venue for viewing and with the Global Warning Tour
Melbourne event being held 'in the round', 50% of the Stadium will be closer
than a traditional concert event. The Global Warning Tour Melbourne is brought to
you by XBOX.
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