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Press Release / December 22, 2023 / by IMPACT Wrestling Staff

Numerous Matches Confirmed For Countdown Show, Including Singles and Tag Team Action plus a Championship Match

Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling is back, bigger, better and longer than ever at the HARD TO KILL pay-per-view extravaganza on Saturday, January 13, 2024, at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The new-look TNA era kicks off with a special 1-Hour COUNTDOWN TO HARD TO KILL Show, starting at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, airing exclusively on the TNA+ app and, in the coming weeks, TNA will announce perks for new TNA+ subscribers.

The Countdown Show features a one-on-one battle of former IMPACT Wrestling World Champions, RICH SWANN vs. STEVE MACLIN. Also scheduled for the Countdown Show: TNA Originals ERIC YOUNG and KAZARIAN team up against BRIAN MYERS and EDDIE EDWARDS (with ALISHA EDWARDS).

Plus, TOMMY DREAMER will defend the Digital Media Championship on the Countdown Show against CRAZZY STEVE.

Additional matches for the Countdown Show will be announced in the coming weeks – and the only way to see the first matches of the new era of TNA Wrestling is to download the app and subscribe.

TNA Wrestling in early December announced that it has partnered with Endeavor Streaming to deliver its global, on-demand streaming service, TNA+, starting on Friday, January 5.

Endeavor Streaming will power the new TNA+ app to deliver an enhanced user experience to all fans across the top streaming platforms, as well as mobile and connected devices.

TNA+ will be available at TNAWrestling.com, via iOS, tvOS and Android mobile apps, as well as big screen devices such as Android TV, Fire TV and Roku, with more platforms to follow. Subscribers will have the choice of a “Special Attraction” membership tier that features access to the full TNA/IMPACT Wrestling library and all TNA+ special PPV programming other than the 4-tent pole annual events offered at a price of $9.99 monthly or $95.99 per year, and a “World Championship” membership tier that includes all the perks of the Special Attraction tier, plus the 4-tent pole PPV events, offered at a price of $219.99 per year. Further details and subscription information for the new service can be found at TNAwrestling.com.

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Miriam Adelson buys $2 billion stake in NBA Dallas Mavericks

Las Vegas Sands casino controlling shareholder Miriam Adelson is reportedly selling a $2 billion stake in the company to buy the Dallas Mavericks NBA franchise, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

"We have been advised by the selling stockholders that they currently intend to use the net proceeds from this offering, along with additional cash on hand, to fund the purchase of a majority interest in a professional sports franchise pursuant to a binding purchase agreement, subject to customary league approvals," the Sands said in the filing.

While the SEC filing did not name the Mavericks as the purchase target, Sportico reported the Adelson family was buying a majority stake in the team but that owner Mark Cuban would continue to retain operational control of it. The Dallas Morning News also reported the story.

The stock sale will reduce Adelson's stake in the casino company by 4%. Miriam Adelson is the widow Las Vegas Sands founder Sheldon Adelson who died in 2021. She has had no corporate involvement in the company but her son-in-law Patrick Dumont is president of the Sands and a member of the company's board of directors.

Adelson, 78, is the widow of Sheldon Adelson, the founder of Las Vegas Sands who died in 2021. She has no role with the corporate side of the company, but through a trust and her personal shares, she controls 56.4% of the Sands. Miriam Adelson is ranked at No. 24 on the Forbes 400 with a net worth of $32.3 billion.

She has cut back on her husband's political donations. When he was alive, Sheldon Adelson was among the GOP's largest donors, although Miriam Adelson has met with presidential hopeful Nikki Haley and former President Donald Trump, the front runner in next year's election.

Las Vegas, long considered a prime market for professional sports, has added a handful of teams and high profile events to the city in recent years. Formula One has added a stop in Las Vegas to its Grand Prix race tour.

Major League Baseball recently approved the relocation of the Oakland Athletics to a $1.5 billion stadium planned for the Strip that is scheduled to open in 2028 following in the footsteps of their pro football counterparts and stadium mates.

The Raiders moved from Oakland to Las Vegas for the 2020 NFL season, which led the NFL to award Super Bowl LVIII to Allegiant Stadium in February. With the A's move, Oakland County Coliseum, long a central focus of competitive professional sports in its heyday, will now sit empty.

The Vegas Golden Knights, an expansion team in the National Hockey League, began play at T-Mobile Arena in 2017.

The Adelson family had a hand in bringing the Raiders to Las Vegas, but Sheldon Adelson, who had committed $650 million to help build Allegiant Stadium, pulled his funding after the state Legislature passed a $750 million measure tied to a hotel tax on the Strip.

The NBA has been widely thought to be considering expanding to Las Vegas. Oak View Group CEO Tim Leiweke is planning a 20,000 seat arena built to NBA specifications, part of a $10 billion resort and entertainment complex on land leased to him by the son of the Sands Chairman and CEO.

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Las Vegas Sands Eyes Macau Big-Time

Hard times on the Las Vegas Strip don't stop Las Vegas Sands from pursuing largest ever loan for a Macau project.

Sheldon Adelson is a person of vision. When the American billionaire businessman looks ahead to the future, and east to China, he sees a 20,000 room hotel and casino complex. A closer look reveals 3,000 table games and 20,000 slot machines.

The project, worth $12 billion, will most likely set Macau as the world's biggest gambling hub for years to come, a title it already holds since overtaking the Las Vegas Strip in 2006.

Financing the deal
Adelson's Las Vegas Sands (LVS) is the world's largest casino company. To finance the project it is reported that it may borrow $7 billion. No deal is yet to be formally announced, but if it goes through it will be its biggest outstanding loan.

It is also said that Las Vegas Sands may replace another loan, of $3.3 billion, to finance the Venetian casino resort project, also in Macau.

Macau
Macau is the only region in China where gambling is legal. Analysts expect the supply of gaming tables in Macau to increase by 20 to 30 percent next year. This may serve as justification for the large investment on behalf of Mr. Adelson.

Industry analysts and executives further expect Macau to maintain its revenue growth for an even greater period of three years or even more.

Las Vegas
Meanwhile in Las Vegas,Strip casino revenue fell for the fourth straight month in April, according to the Nevada Gaming Control Board.

Fuel costs are only one reason for the decreased revenue, as is the housing slump and the larger economic recession. These factors hurt not only gambling patterns, but conventions as well.

Joseph Greff, an analyst at JP Morgan Securities, warned a week ago of the "magnitude and duration" of the Strip's problems.

LVS market performance
Greff's comments, as in stating that "We expect this summer to be one of the worst on record, with meaningfully discounted room rates and special discounted package deals," have actually affected the Las Vegas Sands stock.

LVS shares fell to the lowest price since January 2006 last week, including a 59% drop in 2008.

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