Televised WWE Smackdown Brings National Spotlight to Evansville and Ford Center

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Evansville, Ind. – Thousands of WWE fans funneled into the Ford Center on Wednesday night to take part in SmackDown, Evansville’s first televised WWE event since 2000. The atmosphere was electric as WWE Superstars like John Cena, Christian, Sheamus, Aberto Del Rio and many others took to the ring as championships were put on the line. Ford Center was transformed with thousands of lights, high-definition screens and impressive pyro displays, looking its best for a national televised audience. “It’s always a pleasure to welcome WWE back to the Ford Center and to host their televised SmackDown show. This world-class production will showcase the City of Evansville and its Ford Center on a national level when it is aired on the Syfy channel,” stated Executive Director Scott Schoenike. Fans can see the broadcast in its entirety this Friday, June 29 at 7 p.m. (CST) on the Syfy channel. Ford Center continues to bring a diverse lineup of strong upcoming performances such as James Taylor July 11, Trespass America Festival featuring Five Finger Death Punch July 31, World’s Toughest Rodeo September 1, Brad Paisley October 4, Journey November 8 and Disney Live! Mickey’s Music Festival November 11.

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  1. If that doesn’t attract YPs like was promised, then I don’t know what will attract them. I want to be homesick for wrestling.

  3. Record Editor Mike Klocke speaks at “Stockton is Magnificent” event.

    http://youtu.be/vs1QHBrXHqg

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    The even at which Editor Klocke is speaking took place on March 15th, 2011. Last week the time period for Stockton to mediate its debts came to an end and the city has adopted a bankruptcy budget.

    Klocke’s newspaper, The Record, is based in Stockton. You will forgive me if I seem a little peeved that if the editor of the Record had been more “pro-active” in his reporting on city government over the years, he might not be on a stage honing his apologetic skills.

    The same can be said of Evansville, which has half the population of Stockton and paid over twice the price for our arena than Stockton did for theirs.

    Stockton cannot meet their current debt service. The city is bankrupt.

    Don’t you think it is high time that local “news organizations” take a hard look at Evansville government, before it is too late and we become another Stockton?

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  4. This can only be a good thing for Evansville. I’m sure it was an electrifying event.

  5. A little early on the article. Thousands of fan funneled into the Ford Center on Wednesday night. Must have started at noon today.

  7. “This entry was posted on June 27, 2012 at 5:59 am and is filed under Events. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.”

    I have to question that thousands of people were there at 6AM.

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