WWE SHOCKER: WWE Live in Saudi Arabia Rescheduled
WWE today announced that the WWE Live shows that were to take place at the Green Halls Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on February 13, 14 and 15 have been rescheduled to take place on April 17, 18 and 19. The change was made to accommodate the annual ceremony for the national Al Janadriyah Heritage and Cultural Festival which will now take place at the same venue. WWE remains committed to bringing WWE LIVE™ to Saudi Arabia for the first time ever and rescheduled its shows out of respect for the Festival and its cultural importance to Saudi fans. Fans who have already purchased tickets will be contacted directly and will receive either a new ticket with the same seating designation or a refund. Tickets for the new dates will go on sale today (January 29 2014) at 12pm KSA time from www.ticketmaster.ae.
Fans attending the shows will be able to see their favorite Superstars, including John Cena™, Randy Orton™, Alberto Del Rio™, Mark Henry™, Ryback™, The Miz™, Dolph Ziggler™, Kofi Kingston™ and many more.**
WWE has a strong TV presence in Saudi Arabia with its flagship weekly shows, WWE Raw® and WWE SmackDown®. WWE Raw is broadcast on MBC and the Abu Dhabi Sports Channel, and WWE SmackDown can be seen on OSN.
The event also represents a significant milestone for FLASH Entertainment headquartered in Abu Dhabi who, alongside their local Saudi partners Time Events, has worked with WWE to bring WWE LIVE™ events to the Middle East.
“Time Events & FLASH Entertainment respect the local traditions of the market and are focused on bringing the highest-quality, global entertainment to the Kingdom, starting with WWE Live in April,” said Ahmed Mashhadi, Managing Director, Time Events. “WWE’s fans are our number one priority, and we will work to ensure they have a spectacular experience.”
MBC Action has now been confirmed as an exclusive media partner for the events and MBC FM as the radio partner.
Tickets for the April shows can be purchased from www.ticketmaster.ae and at ground locations, to be announced soon.
** Talent line-up subject to change
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About Flash
Based in Abu Dhabi, FLASH Entertainment is the region’s premier live events company, with a proven track record in delivering world-class events from movie premieres and classical shows to international sports events and megastar music concerts. FLASH offers comprehensive event management solutions from concepts and designs through to coordinating every stage of production. The company is committed to providing the region with diverse entertainment programmes, grass roots creativity and stimulating the local economy and events’ industry.
In just 5 years, FLASH has diversified its business portfolio developing entertainment that has seen close to two million fans through the doors. Partnering with leading international sports and entertainment organizations such as Live Nation, Cream and UFC, the company is well on its way to achieve its mission of growing from the region’s premier live events company, to a globally recognized peerless entertainment organization. FLASH owns a 10% stake in UFC and manages a multi-million-dirham portfolio of assets including the du Arena and du Forum on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi.
About Time Events
Based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, TIME Events was born as a reaction to the shortage of on-ground entertainment in the kingdom. With a growing number of local talents in Saudi who couldn’t reach the right audience, as well as the growing demands for international talents to be hosted in KSA, the market pushed TIME International Holding Co. to establish TIME Events in early 2013, towards filling that gap in the entertainment industry and to offer more than what people expect. During 2013 TIME Events has developed and organized “Laffat Al Bisht Comedy Tour”, the first Saudi comedy act to tour the US & UK, a public and private workshop given by the world renowned author and advisor “Deepak Chopra” in UAE and the “Polish Humanitarian Action Art Auction” in Riyadh that raised more than SAR 200,000 for the Syrian Refugees. The company is devoted in providing the public with diverse event content, giving them a long lasting positive experience that they can share with their friends and families, whereby TIME Events goal is to build a sustainable entertainment industry that fuels economy growth.