Post by Chip on Apr 18, 2013 13:58:04 GMT -5
just found this on PulseWrestling....
From The Orlando Sentinel:
A new World Wrestling Entertainment training center in east Orange County will have seven wrestling rings and a sound stage where both wrestlers and Full Sail University students can learn about TV production.
The new center, which also will have strength-and-conditioning and physical-therapy areas, will replace a similar one in Tampa, WWE executive Paul Levesque said in an interview.
“Orlando will be the home to the future of WWE,” Levesque said.
Details of the 26,000-square-foot WWE Performance Center were outlined this morning during a news conference at the Forsyth Central Commerce Park in east Orange County, the site of the training center, which may open as early as summer.
Gov. Rick Scott, Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs and Levesque, better known as Triple H, took part in the announcement.
The center is expected to employ about 100 people, but Sean Helton, a spokesman for Enterprise Florida, said the project will create only 16 new full-time jobs. He said the WWE is not receiving any incentive funding from the state.
www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-wwe-training-center-orlando-20130417,0,4561069.story
pretty big for the company to be honest,
its obvious they are trying to build a real empire from the ground up. but i wonder how this kind of thing will affect other indy promotions, because WWE obviously will be looking for talent all over the place.
I wonder if they will ever try to move WWE HQ to Florida? It just wouldn't seem right, but it seems like everyone loves FL.
From The Orlando Sentinel:
A new World Wrestling Entertainment training center in east Orange County will have seven wrestling rings and a sound stage where both wrestlers and Full Sail University students can learn about TV production.
The new center, which also will have strength-and-conditioning and physical-therapy areas, will replace a similar one in Tampa, WWE executive Paul Levesque said in an interview.
“Orlando will be the home to the future of WWE,” Levesque said.
Details of the 26,000-square-foot WWE Performance Center were outlined this morning during a news conference at the Forsyth Central Commerce Park in east Orange County, the site of the training center, which may open as early as summer.
Gov. Rick Scott, Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs and Levesque, better known as Triple H, took part in the announcement.
The center is expected to employ about 100 people, but Sean Helton, a spokesman for Enterprise Florida, said the project will create only 16 new full-time jobs. He said the WWE is not receiving any incentive funding from the state.
www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-wwe-training-center-orlando-20130417,0,4561069.story
pretty big for the company to be honest,
its obvious they are trying to build a real empire from the ground up. but i wonder how this kind of thing will affect other indy promotions, because WWE obviously will be looking for talent all over the place.
I wonder if they will ever try to move WWE HQ to Florida? It just wouldn't seem right, but it seems like everyone loves FL.
