“First of all, I want to thank the Crown Prince [Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia], who supported us… without him, we can not do anything. And with his support, especially also for WWE, this will happen in our country.
“And before eight years ago, I meet my father [Prince Turki, a member of the House of Saud and a long-time, high-ranking Saudi official], Vince McMahon, and Triple H, in my home when I was the Minister of Sport in my country. And I say to them, ‘Let’s go and have change into the future doing big project together,’ and I hope we deliver now some of what we say.
”Before couples of years, my close friend, Nick Khan, became the President of WWE — and now, we are saying to him that, ‘You’re continuing the legacy of Vince McMahon, and you delivered for us a very big project, and very big surprise will come in this year and next year, inshallah [an Arabic phrase meaning ‘God willing’].’ I see WrestleMania in Vegas… bringing 200,000 people to Vegas, and bringing $1.5 billion for the city. This is very important for us. For the first time in our region, the big event in the history of entertainment is in our city, in our country, and this is very big to us.“
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