WrestleCon No Longer on the Line for Hotel Bookings

Mar 17, 2020 - by James Walsh

Things have worked out in the end for WrestleCon, who will no longer be held responsible for the six-figure hotel reservations bill they were dealt by Marriott after the convention had to be cancelled. As we previously noted, the convention got an email from Marriott which said they were liable for $114,000 in “damages” due to their having to cancel their many hotel reservations after WrestleMania was moved out of Tampa. 

Following the hefty Twitter campaign promoted by Chris Jericho directed at the Marriott to let WrestleCon out of their charges, the convention noted tonight that they will not have to pay the charges: 

5:46pm update. Thanks to Marriott Westshore for agreeing to honor the Force Majeure clause and not holding either our guests or WC responsible for the liquidated damages. The Emergency Declaration by Gov DeSantis to cancel events over the next 30 days was a major factor. We’d also like to thank the NY Yankees and Steinbrenner Field for agreeing today to return our rental payment, in full, due to circumstances. They are an outstanding organization and if we are able to return to Tampa in the future, they will be our first phone call. We anxiously await the decision of The Ritz and the Bus company we paid to complete the list of venues and services that we contracted to use in Tampa. And although they specifically mentioned that the social media campaign led by @IAmJericho had absolutely nothing to do with their decision making process, we appreciate both Chris and our Twitter audience for having our back… now back to issuing refunds… 

WrestleCon 
@wrestlecon 
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5:46pm update. Thanks to Marriott Westshore for agreeing to honor the Force Majeure clause and not holding either our guests or WC responsible for the liquidated damages. The Emergency Declaration by Gov DeSantis to cancel events over the next 30 days was a major factor. 

WrestleCon 
@wrestlecon 
We’d also like to thank the NY Yankees and Steinbrenner Field for agreeing today to return our rental payment, in full, due to circumstances. They are an outstanding organization and if we are able to return to Tampa in the future, they will be our first phone call. 

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