WrestleMania® Sets Record
April 08 2019 - 12:19AM
Business Wire
WWE® (NYSE:WWE) announced tonight that WrestleMania 35
broke the record for MetLife Stadium’s highest-grossing
entertainment event. WWE’s annual pop-culture extravaganza
grossed $16.9 million, surpassing the venue’s previous record of
$12.3 million set by WrestleMania 29 in 2013 as a sold-out crowd of
82,265 fans from all 50 states and 68 countries converged on
MetLife Stadium.
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WrestleMania 35 was the second highest-grossing event in WWE
history, only behind WrestleMania 32 at AT&T Stadium in
Texas.
As part of the weeklong WrestleMania celebration, WWE will host
five consecutive nights of events at MetLife Stadium in East
Rutherford, NJ and Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
“WWE outdid themselves by creating an even more
exciting WrestleMania than we experienced six years ago,” said
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy. “The WWE Universe helped deliver
significant economic results to New Jersey, and we look forward to
the opportunity of hosting WrestleMania again in the
future.”
“We are thrilled that WrestleMania’s return to WWE’s ‘front
yard’ delivered incredible results,” said WWE Executive Vice
President of Special Events John Saboor. “This would not have been
possible without the tireless support of Governor Murphy and our
public and private sector partners throughout the New York and New
Jersey region. We now turn our attention to next year, where
WrestleMania will make a historic Tampa Bay debut.”
WrestleMania 36 takes place on Sunday, April 5, 2020 from
Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, FL. Ticket information will be
announced later this year.
Top Ten All-Time Attendance Records at
WrestleMania:
- 101,763: WrestleMania 32, AT&T
Stadium, Arlington, TX, April 3, 2016
- 93,173: WrestleMania 3, Pontiac
Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan, March 29, 1987
- 82,265: WrestleMania 35, MetLife
Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, April 7, 2019
- 80,676: WrestleMania 29, MetLife
Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, April 7, 2013
- 80,103: WrestleMania 23, Ford Field,
Detroit, Michigan, April 1, 2007
- 78,363: WrestleMania 28, Sun Life
Stadium, Miami, Florida, April 1, 2012
- 78,133: WrestleMania 34, Mercedes-Benz
Superdome, New Orleans, LA, April 8, 2018
- 76,976: WrestleMania 31, Levi’s
Stadium, Santa Clara, California, March 29, 2015
- 75,245: WrestleMania 33, Orlando Citrus
Bowl, Orlando, Florida, April 2, 2017
- 75,167: WrestleMania 30, Mercedes-Benz
Superdome, New Orleans, LA, April 6, 2014
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