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What do you think of MY picks for the next few WrestleManias?

March 18th, 2011 1 comment

WrestleMania XXVII is confirmed for Atlanta, but later on down the road, I am considering the following locations for upcoming WrestleManias:

WrestleMania XXVIII (28)- April 2, 2012; BC Place in Vancouver, Canada (the same city that hosted the 2010 Winter Games last Feb.) Seating capacity: 64,000-69,000.
WrestleMania 2X9 (29)- March 25, 2013; The Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. Seating capacity: 72,000.
WrestleMania 30- March 31, 2014; New Meadowlands Stadium in New York. Seating Capacity: about 68,500.
WrestleMania XXXI (31)- April 6, 2015; Tiger Stadium in Death Valley, California. Seating Capacity: 85,000.
WrestleMania XXXII (32)- March 29, 2016; Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. Seating Capacity: 66,600.
WrestleMania 33- April 4, 2017; The Big House in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Seating Capacity: 107,000. (the previous record of 93,000+ for WMIII, set in ’87, will be broken. This will also be the first WrestleMania with a seating capacity of at least 100,000.)
WrestleMania 34- April 3, 2018; The Staples Center in Los Angeles. Seating Capacity: 25,000.
WrestleMania XXXV (35)- April 2, 2019; Wembley Stadium in London, England. Seating Capacity: 99,000. (This also marks the First WrestleMania to take place outside of North America.)
WrestleMania 2020 (36)- April 1, 2020; Univ. Of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. (a decade in the making) Seating Capacity: 75,000.

I’m not a Nostradamus, but I’m not no Edgar Cayce, neither; however, this is merely a prediction. Tell me what you think and give me some feedback, if necessary. Try not to mistake this question for a planetarium this time, okay?

Number 30 would be at the MSG that’s where numbers 1,10,20 were held so i think thats where 30 would be held but apart from that everything else sounds fine

Movie Review – Michael Jackson’s This Is It(2009)

February 16th, 2010 No comments

Michael Jackson’s This Is It (commonly called as This Is It) is a 2009 American documentary/concert feature film directed by Kenny Ortega and starring Michael Jackson, Kenny Ortega, Orianthi Panagaris. It documents Michael Jackson’s rehearsals and preparation for the series of concert of the same name programmed to start on July 13, 2009, but canceled due to his death eighteen days prior on June 25. The film is now the maximum grossing concert movie and documentary in the history of pictures.

The picture consists of Jackson rehearsing musical numbers and guiding his group, and extra behind the scenes footage including artiste auditions and costume design. Ortega devoted the film to Jackson’s three children. The footage was filmed at both the Staples Center arena and The Forum in Los Angeles, California. Despite originally being set for October 30, the movie’s release date was rescheduled for October 28, 2009 due to a strong demand by Jackson’s fans. The feature film was given a wide global release and a limited two-week theatrical run from October 28, to November 12, 2009. Tickets went on sale a month early on September 27, 2009, to gratify a high anticipated demand; to date, the movie has broken various records via tickets both pre-sale and sales worldwide.

Since the movie’s confirmation, AEG Live has faced disapproval; mostly consisting of lies that they had only made the film to make a gain. Many members of Jackson’s family had confirmed that they didn’t support the picture and some family members went as far as to try to stop the film agreement in August. The picture has also been encircled by several controversies, as well as allegations regarding the look of body doubles in place of Jackson; which Sony denied, and an fury from Jackson fans; with some going as far as to start a protest against the feature film. On August 10, 2009, a judge approved a deal between Jackson’s property, concert promoter AEG Live, and Sony Pictures. The contract allowed Sony to edit the hundreds of hours of preparation footage needed to create the picture. Sony subsequently paid $60 million for the feature film rights.

The preview premiered during the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards on September 13, 2009, along with the concurrent launching of the feature film’s official website. The film was released to mainly positive reviews from both critics and Jackson fans; the picture’s portrayal of Jackson and his performances were normally praised, while disapproval mainly consisted of both critics and fans having felt that the feature film was made just to gain off Jackson’s death and that Jackson wouldn’t have wanted the movie released because he was a “perfectionist”. In the feature film’s opening weekend it grossed over $23 million – in the United States alone – making the picture number one at the box office and making it the fifth maximum-grossing Halloween debut. The picture’s worldwide revenue gross was in total $252.4 million during its theatrical run making it the maximum grossing documentary or concert film of all time.

It was released on October 28, 2009. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 80% of 162 critics have given the picture a positive review, with a rating average of 7.1 out of 10. In the second week, it was out grossed by A Christmas Carol.

Mitsha