Tony Khan has revealed that British Taylor Swift fans have been granted extra shows due to his willingness to adjust logistics plans for AEW All In.
As seen on the Wembley Stadium website, All In takes place on August 25th 2024 and follows 5 sold-out Taylor Swift shows that will take place from August 15-20th. However, two of the shows were only added recently due to Khan making changes to his own set-up.
Speaking with The Daily Mail, Khan reveals that he was approached to load in the equipment needed for AEW All In faster so that the extra shows would be possible. The AEW President stated that he was happy to oblige and feels honoured to be following Taylor Swift in London:
‘If you look at the calendar of Wembley Stadium events for August of 2024, you’ll see that scheduled ahead of us is Taylor Swift and Taylor Swift being scheduled at Wembley Stadium ahead of AEW is a big deal.
‘And I have some interesting stories about how all of this came to be and where we’re at. It’s very, very fun.’So, when Wembley approached us about our load-in and about these Taylor Swift shows, there was an opportunity for them to add more shows and we are going to do everything we can to abbreviate our load in time.
‘So basically, they came to us and said it would help us out a lot if you could load in your show faster because we’d have the opportunity to have more Taylor Swift shows, and could you guys do that? And we said, well, it’ll be costly and very challenging, and we really would like to help you out. And so yeah, I will. ‘And I think there’s so many great Taylor Swift fans and Wembley’s been great to us. We have a great relationship and it’s going to cost more, and we will double our efforts and hopefully score points with a lot of great fans and a great community of Taylor Swift fans.
Khan continued, revealing that the process will cost extra and there will be less time to set up the ring and staging area, but he feels that this will benefit him and the company in the long run due to “good karma”:
‘So, if we can make more Taylor Swift shows in London possible by speeding up our load-in and I pay a little bit extra to do so, but we still have a great event at Wembley. Everybody wins. And I’m not going to get crushed or killed in the process, so I’m fine with that. And I think a little bit of extra money and a little bit of extra human power getting the show put on, it’s worth it.’
From a logistical standpoint, that’ll be a little bit of a different challenge. We won’t have as much time to set up as we did, but I’m also happy to accommodate that because I think that’s going to be good karma for us.
With issues regarding AEW frequently hitting the headlines in 2023, Khan will be hoping that this “good Karma” comes sooner rather than later.
In a separate interview about AEW All In, Tony Khan clarified whether or not there will be more UK shows in 2024. With AEW All In tickets set to go on sale on December 1st, how many tickets were sold in the presale?
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