The UFC isn’t the only event in town this week in Jacksonville, Florida.
While UFC 249 is just three days away, All Elite Wrestling (AEW) is resuming operations and airing their Dynamite show live on TNT on Wednesday from Daily’s Place. They had previously filmed episodes of their show there back in March, prior to Florida’s stay-at-home order which initially forbade sporting events and other non-essential businesses from operating. Now that Florida has deemed sports with a national audience “essential,” they’re back in Jacksonville after previously recording several shows in Georgia.
What makes this week’s event all the more notable is that AEW personnel are apparently staying at the same hotel as fighters and staff for UFC 249, per ESPN’s Ariel Helwani.