Titan Towers

Titan Towers[3] is an office building located in Stamford, Connecticut, United States. It serves as a global headquarters for the American professional wrestling promotion, World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE). While the interior is not accessible to the general public, WWE fans and visitors frequently visit or view the exterior of Titan Towers on a regular basis.[4]

For Teen Titans fictional headquarters, see Titans Tower.
For the mountain in Utah, see Titan Tower (Fisher Towers).
1241 East Main Street
Titan Towers in 2012
Location in Connecticut
Location in the United States
Alternative namesTitan Tower
WWE Headquarters
1241 East Main Street
General information
StatusComplete
TypeOffices and television studios
Architectural styleInternational style
Address1241 East Main Street
Town or cityStamford, Connecticut
CountryUnited States
Coordinates41.0592°N 73.5097°W / 41.0592; -73.5097
Current tenantsWWE
Opened1981 (1981)
OwnerWWE
Height84.8 ft (25.85 m)[1]
Technical details
Floor count8[2]
Floor area94,248 sq ft (8,800 m2)
Grounds1.19 acres (0.48 hectares)[2]
Other information
Parking300[2]
Website
corporate.wwe.com

Overview

Built in 1981, the 94,248 sq ft (8,800 m2) building consists of four stories of office space and four levels of parking.[2] The building was acquired by Titan Sports, Inc. in 1985 to house offices of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Though the building originally had only one flagpole with the United States flag, it later housed a second flag that featured the company's logo on a black background. The main exterior logo has also changed over the years.

On September 7, 1995, the rooftop of Titan Towers was used for one of the scenes of the opening intro of WWF Monday Night Raw. This scene featured Yokozuna, The Undertaker, Razor Ramon and several other wrestlers.[5]

In 1999, Titan Towers was featured in a 30-second television commercial that consisted of Stone Cold Steve Austin, Sable, The Rock, Kane, The Undertaker, Mankind, Chyna and Vince McMahon during Super Bowl XXXIII.[6] That same year, on the June 14 edition of Raw is War, Austin took a kayfabe role as CEO overseeing day-to-day operations within the WWF.[7]

During the August 21, 2006 episode of Raw, D-Generation X defaced Titan Towers by tagging the "DX" logo on one of the sides of the building.[8]

In the build-up to Extreme Rules in 2013, Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman visited Titan Towers on May 13 in which they vandalized Triple H's office and attacked nearby employees of WWE.[9]

On March 20, 2019, the company announced they will sell Titan Towers, and relocate their headquarters to 677 Washington Boulevard in Stamford, Connecticut by 2021.[10]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Titan Towers began to be used as an alternative location for selected matches during pay-per-views (as opposed to the WWE Performance Center); WrestleMania 36's "Firefly Fun House" match between Bray Wyatt and John Cena was filmed at Titan Towers using props and set pieces in storage,[11] while WWE announced that the two eponymous ladder matches at Money in the Bank would take place on its premises, with the participants needing to make it to the rooftop in order to locate the Money in the Bank briefcase.[12]

References
  1. "1241 East Main Street". Emporis. May 29, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  2. "1241 E Main St". LoopNet. CoStar Group. May 11, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  3. Damage, Brian (October 14, 2014). "Lifestyles of the Rich And The McMahons". ringthedamnbell.wordpress.com. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  4. Donahue, Alan (February 7, 2017). "15 Things You Didn't Know About The WWE's Headquarters In Stamford". thesportster.com. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  5. "How Raw ended up on the roof of WWE Headquarters - What you need to know..." YouTube. WWE. August 29, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  6. Foley, Matt (February 5, 2017). "WHEN WWE HIJACKED THE HALFTIME SHOW". OZY. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  7. Mendhe, Abhilash (May 4, 2020). "Stone Cold takes over". sportskeeda.com. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  8. Mendhe, Abhilash (May 4, 2020). "DX sends a message to Vince McMahon". sportskeeda.com. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  9. "Brock Lesnar involved in incident at WWE HQ; stunned employees comment". WWE.com. May 6, 2013. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  10. Rose, Bryan (March 20, 2019). "WWE MOVING HEADQUARTERS, SELLING TITAN TOWERS". f4wonline.com. Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  11. Alvarez, Bryan (April 6, 2020). "WOR: WRESTLEMANIA 36 NIGHT TWO, PLUS ALL THE NEWS!". f4wonline.com. Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  12. "WWE Superstars will climb the corporate ladder at WWE Money In The Bank". WWE.com. April 17, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
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