WWE will celebrate Survivor Series 2025 at Petco Park in San Diego, California (United States) on November 29. To prepare the great party that will be home to one of the largest premium events of the world's largest wrestling company, The city will make a great investment. Next, we know all the details thanks to the exclusive information of our partner Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics.
► San Diego will house Survivor Series
The San Diego Tourist Marketing District (SDTMD) —A agency financed through a 2 % charge on stays in local hotels – approved $ 650,000 in June to help take Survivor Series from WWE to Petco Park. However, the documents show that the event has a total budget of $ 5 millionsince WWE seeks more and more substantial payments by the host cities to take their main events.
The documents reviewed by Wrestlenomicsobtained through requests for public access to the city and shared by the SDTMD, show that the San Diego Padres presented a budget for the event that includes $ 4.25 million in additional expensesapart from the $ 650,000 of the SDTMD destined to cover the “IDB Fee” (offer rate). A total budget of $ 5 million.
That figure was not additionally confirmed by representatives of WWE, the parents or the tourism authority of San Diego (SDTA). Nor did they answer questions about which organization would contribute the funds outside the SDTMD. The SDTMD sent the consultations to the parents.
The SDTA is a separate organization of the SDTMD, although it receives most of its financing from the latter. It seems to have played a key role in negotiations with WWE.
Parents's request to SDTMD was submitted by Jaclyn Lashsenior vice president of special events of the team. The order detailed a total budget of $ 5 million and requested $ 650,000 in support to ensure the event. A related spreadsheet showed $ 4.9 million in broken costs, including games for “entertainment” and “special event production.” The 2026 Fiscal Report of the SDTMD confirms the participation of the parents in Survivor Series and indicates $ 4.35 million in contributions not from SDTMD For the event. It is not uncommon for the host organization to cover or reimburse expenses to the promoter company – in this case, WWE.
WWE executives and his parent company, TKOhave frequently summoned the payments for headquarters and local incentives as an increasingly important part of their business strategy. If $ 5 million are specified in support, Survivor Series 2025 would be one of the most lucrative agreements WWE with a host city, comparable to this year's WrestleMania, before that event received $ 4.3 million in additional tax credits.
In an email in September 2024, obtained through a public application, Kavin slate deckSDTA sales director, he said they were “in the final stages of negotiation” with WWE at that time. Schieferdecker said Monday that the parents and the Petco Park were the ones who worked to take Survivor Series to San Diego.
The event was officially announced by WWE in April. Survivor Series will be carried out in Petco Park on November 29, 2025. It will be the First time this annual event is held in a stadium.
No other WWE events have been announced on nearby dates, but the records allude to Friday Night SmackDownwhich is usually held in the same city on Friday before the Premium Live Events. Neither local organizations nor WWE responded if SmackDown is scheduled for November 28, 2025 at Pechanga Arenawhere WWE celebrated an episode of Monday Night Raw Earlier this year.
The SDTMD estimates that Survivor Series will generate 18,000 hotel nights y $ 3.6 million in income For the city's hotel sector.
It is not clear what kind of financial agreement exists, if there is, between WWE and the parents, or between WWE and the SDTA. Even so, if WWE receives the Complete $ 5 millionthe agreement with San Diego would rival the incentives of its greatest events.
In their application, parents highlighted the economic impact of other WWE events in host cities, including a impulse of $ 25.1 million in Cardiff, Walesfor Clash at the Castley $ 214.6 million in Los Angeles to WrestleMania 2023. The document mentions “approximately 80,000 fans every night” for Wrestlemania in the, according to the figures announced by WWE, although WrestleTix estimated that something more than 67,000 tickets per night.
The application also cited hotel income from other events: $ 6.6 million in San Antonio during the Royal Rumble 2023y $ 7.3 million in Las Vegas during Summerslam 2021.
With a contribution of $650,000the support of the SDTMD to Survivor Series is among the elderly in fiscal year 2026. However, the Investment return (ROI) projected from 5.5 to 1 is considerably below the average of the agency, which is 14.9 a 1 For other listed events.
He wondered if this lower ROI is compensated with the promotional value of the national or global television exhibition. Survivor Series will be transmitted globally in Peacock and Netflix. Does this type of transmission provide real marketing value for a city like San Diego? The executive director of the SDTMD, Colleen Andersonhe replied that the transmission scope is a factor secondary For the organization.
“The global media coverage that specifically shows the city of San Diego as a desirable destination is a factor that is considered, but it is not decisive,” he said in an email statement. “Income by hotel nights during periods of low hotel occupancy is the main consideration when granting subsidies.”
As for WWE's public, he added:
“What interests us most is the probability that this audience travels and staying the night In San Diego for a historically slower period, while participating in this historical event. ”
The SDTMD plans to publish an annual report that will include Metrics after the eventlike hotel nights, hotel and ROI income. Anderson indicated that this report is usually published in Januarycovering the previous fiscal year that ends in June.
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