WWE WRESTLEMANIA UPDATE FROM TAMPA (SECOND UPDATE)

The Hillsborough County, Florida Government held a briefing this afternoon at the Hillsborough Counrty Public Safety Operations Complex to discuss the local response to the coronavirus outbreak and major events slated for the Tampa area, including Wrestlemania 36.

In regard to Wrestlemania, Hillsbough County official, Lesley "Les" Miller, Jr. stated that WWE held their own press conference at 1:30 PM and that he was not aware of what WWE's announcement and messaging was coming from that conference.

UPDATE 2:18 PM - PWInsider.com has reached out to WWE and was told by a spokesperson that that Miller spoke in error and that there was no WWE press conference this afternoon.

Mayor Castor and the other officials later stated that they have several weeks until Wrestlemania and do not need to make a decision at this time. "We know that right now WrestleMania is out about three weeks, and we came to the conclusionright now we don't want to pull that plug," said Miller. "However, we wanted to give it at least a week to see what was going to happen, if the WWE was going to do anything at all. And if they don't, at that point I would suggest we do bring this body back together in an emergency meeting to discuss what we do at that point in time."

So, that if WWE does not make a decision on their own, the Commission will reconvene next week.





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