WWE set a new all-time record with the revenue generated from last year’s WrestleMania.
According to Pollstar data obtained by Brandon Thurston of PostWrestling.com, WrestleMania 41 in Las Vegas garnered a record-breaking $66,074,558 in combined ticket sales for its two nights at Allegiant Stadium.
With sales at around $33 million a night, that would far exceed the previous record previously held by WrestleMania 40 night two, at $19.7m.
The April 19th and 20th shows sold 113,412 tickets in total. However, stadium-reported attendance was higher — 58,538 on Saturday and 60,103 on Sunday, which is just over 5,000 more combined.
Since TKO has taken over WWE in the merger with UFC, the umbrella company has been all about business and many fans have complained that the ticket prices have reached unreasonable levels.
In fact, the average ticket price for last year’s WrestleMania was about $635, nearly double of WrestleMania 40, which had itself roughly doubled the WrestleMania 39 in LA.
In addition to reported $66 million in ticket sales, WWE received a $5 million site fee from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and qualified for $4.2 million in Nevada film tax credits for a total of $9.2 million.
