Olympia Weekend Announces Record Prize Money, Expanded Expo And Celebrity Appearances!
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The fitness industry’s most celebrated tradition returns to\u00a0Las Vegas<\/span>September 12-15<\/span>\u00a0with the world’s most prestigious physique titles on the line. \u00a0Olympia Weekend is set to award more than\u00a0$1.4 million<\/span>\u00a0in prize money, eclipsing its previous mark,\u00a0making this year’s event the most lucrative bodybuilding and fitness championship of all time<\/b>.\u00a0 In addition to a\u00a0$400,000<\/span>\u00a0prize to the Mr.\u00a0Olympia<\/span>\u00a0winner, the event has increased prize money in several other divisions, including all four\u00a0Olympia<\/span>\u00a0women’s competitions.<\/p>\n Chief\u00a0Olympia<\/span>\u00a0Officer\u00a0Dan Solomon<\/span>\u00a0explains, “Despite constant changes in the global fitness community, we’ve remained laser focused, growing the\u00a0Olympia<\/span>\u00a0in every way possible, with increases in overall sponsorships, expo attractions, prize money and stage production.”<\/p>\n When American Media took over management of Olympia Weekend in 2004, the lineup included a total of 63 competitors.\u00a0 Here in 2019, the event will include 176 pro competitors, each receiving flights, hotels, meal allowances, and the chance to compete for their sport’s most lucrative title at the Orleans Arena.<\/p>\n In addition to the Friday and Saturday evening arena production, more than 65,000 fitness enthusiasts will attend the Olympia Fitness & Performance Expo at the\u00a0Las Vegas<\/span>\u00a0Convention Center, featuring many of the fitness industry’s most innovative brands, product giveaways and celebrity appearances, including a confirmed appearance by\u00a0Mark Wahlberg<\/span><\/b>.<\/p>\n “Olympia Weekend is an incredible tradition.” says Wahlberg. “If you attend the\u00a0Olympia<\/span>\u00a0you’ll leave with enough inspiration and energy to fuel an entire year of workouts and I’m excited to showcase my brands there. The\u00a0Olympia<\/span>\u00a0has grown into something really special.”<\/p>\n This year marks the 55th edition of the Mr.\u00a0Olympia<\/span>\u00a0contest. VIP Packages and floor seating at the arena have sold out, but good seats are still available at MrOlympia.com. Expo passes can also be purchased in advance at MrOlympia.com, as well as upon arrival at the convention center.<\/p>\n The main expo stage features the preliminary judging for the\u00a0Olympia<\/span>\u00a0competitions plus a series of events including the OG Pole Fitness Championship, Wheelchair Olympia, a celebration of female bodybuilding presented by Wings of Strength, and the highly anticipated release of the new book by bodybuilding legend\u00a0Ronnie Coleman<\/span>.\u00a0 This year’s expo also marks the arrival of a Fit Fashion event, Spartan Race, The Performix Pro Skateboarding Showdown, along with the return of several martial arts, strength and endurance events taking place throughout the two-day expo.<\/p>\n It all gets underway on\u00a0September 12<\/span>th<\/sup>\u00a0as Trifecta Presents Joe Weider’s Olympia Fitness & Performance Weekend brought to you by Wings of Strength.\u00a0 For more information, including updated schedules and tickets, visit MrOlympia.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Olympia Weekend Announces Record Prize Money, Expanded Expo And Celebrity Appearances!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2593,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,107],"tags":[106],"class_list":["post-2794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-olympia","tag-2019-olympia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getbig.com\/headlines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getbig.com\/headlines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getbig.com\/headlines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getbig.com\/headlines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getbig.com\/headlines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2794"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.getbig.com\/headlines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2797,"href":"https:\/\/www.getbig.com\/headlines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2794\/revisions\/2797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getbig.com\/headlines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getbig.com\/headlines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getbig.com\/headlines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getbig.com\/headlines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}