All Elite Wrestling is pulling out all the stops for its first event in New York City. AEW Dynamite: Grand Slam will take place at a jam-packed Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens on Wednesday, marking the ascendant wrestling promotion’s first trip to the five boroughs. It will also be the first time that the signature U.S. Open venue has hosted a wrestling show.
Grand Slam is expected to draw AEW’s largest crowd ever, perhaps more than 20,000 people. (The venue has more than 23,000 seats, but some will be blocked off to accommodate the stage and production equipment.