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Post by Jindrak Mark on Mar 21, 2022 23:21:11 GMT -5
They did legit 93K for the first Mania in Arlington. It's a legitimately gigantic stadium. Interesting, I feel like the recent Observers have said they sold 58-59K out of a possible 80K. They claimed 101,000. Meltzer says they actually sold around 80,000 tickets though. Sorry scrap this, I thought you were talking about the 2016 number.
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Post by Raw is Doodie101 on Mar 21, 2022 23:30:41 GMT -5
They did legit 93K for the first Mania in Arlington. It's a legitimately gigantic stadium. Interesting, I feel like the recent Observers have said they sold 58-59K out of a possible 80K. From Feb: “They got it from like 47 (thousand) to 53(thousand) each night. So they’re doing, they’re doing, you know, whatever that means, that’s where they’re at. I mean, it’s only a few, they still got a lot of tickets to go. They got 27,000 for each night left. So, we’ll see.” Nah, it's between 73,111 and 85,888 which were listed in their Federal Filings. So they're on pace to destroy that figure over the two days. This will probably be the most profitable event in company history. No way they ever go back to one day if they can maintain getting 60K in attendance over two days. EDIT: Oh you were talking about this years Mania. nvm
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Mar 21, 2022 23:42:28 GMT -5
They did legit 93K for the first Mania in Arlington. It's a legitimately gigantic stadium. Interesting, I feel like the recent Observers have said they sold 58-59K out of a possible 80K. From Feb: “They got it from like 47 (thousand) to 53(thousand) each night. So they’re doing, they’re doing, you know, whatever that means, that’s where they’re at. I mean, it’s only a few, they still got a lot of tickets to go. They got 27,000 for each night left. So, we’ll see.” I think they likely set up the original layout for 80K because they rightly didn't expect demand to exceed that (combination of interest level and a two night event). They also could in theory be going with a bigger set but I imagine that is somewhat flexible. If there was demand for 100K let's say for each night, I think they would find a way to fit them in. But 60K for each night is still nothing to sneeze at. I expected somewhat more but in that ballpark.
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Post by Raw is Doodie101 on Mar 21, 2022 23:46:55 GMT -5
Interesting, I feel like the recent Observers have said they sold 58-59K out of a possible 80K. From Feb: “They got it from like 47 (thousand) to 53(thousand) each night. So they’re doing, they’re doing, you know, whatever that means, that’s where they’re at. I mean, it’s only a few, they still got a lot of tickets to go. They got 27,000 for each night left. So, we’ll see.” I think they likely set up the original layout for 80K because they rightly didn't expect demand to exceed that (combination of interest level and a two night event). They also could in theory be going with a bigger set but I imagine that is somewhat flexible. If there was demand for 100K let's say for each night, I think they would find a way to fit them in. But 60K for each night is still nothing to sneeze at. I expected somewhat more but in that ballpark. They'll also probably move about 5-10 K between now and walk-up sales. I really think if they would have just went all and called the Austin - KO. a "MATCH" they could have easily moved another 15K for night 1.
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Mar 21, 2022 23:49:09 GMT -5
My understanding was that Meltzer said they can probably fit a little over 80K in there with the big stage setup. Maybe I’m undershooting it a bit. They did legit 93K for the first Mania in Arlington. It's a legitimately gigantic stadium. Yeah, they were going for as many people as f***ing possible there. If you remember, they built a somewhat low and wide entrance stage to allow for the seats at that end of the stadium to be sellable, as opposed to the usual GIANT F***ING WALL OF STUFF.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Mar 22, 2022 0:00:18 GMT -5
I feel like they booked Dallas this year because they had no idea what the COVID situation was going to be at the time the deal was announced. If COVID restrictions were still a massive hurdle, they could do another socially distanced Mania and still draw a decent gate. If the vaccines were a complete miracle that obliterated COVID for good, they could go for two nights of (declared) six digit attendance numbers and potentially double the Mania 32 attendance record.
Turns out, we landed somewhere in the middle, largely thanks to the variants still keeping some people wary of mass gatherings and international travel only now beginning to rebound, a little too late for Mania travelers this year. So we end up with 2 nights of Mania that in total will eclipse the one night they had in 2016, but not with either night hitting capacity. I think WWE are going to be largely happy with the two nights of Mania, considering some costs are reduced, even if it's little things like not having to send the labor to tear down the set and ringside areas between night 1 and night 2.
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Post by Tiffany Stratton's Daddy on Mar 22, 2022 10:21:10 GMT -5
A lot of factors here. Selling 200,000 tickets for WWE in a weekend is just impossible with their writing. Can you imagine the Dallas-Ft. Worth area packed with 200,000 wrestling fans, all the wrestlers from around the world coming for indy shows and conventions, and all the behind the scene workers with WWE? I'm not sure if an area, even Dallas, is big enough for that.
Mind you, we're off the heels of COVID. Some might be weary, but I think it was more murky back in December/January when they would be making those decisions. Buying Mania tickets isn't a "spur of the moment" kinda thing.
Those are two big factors. Their writing and ticket/travel pricing and timing.
It's going to cost WWE to run two nights of 60,000 in Jerry World, when they are essentially leaving out 40% capacity. That's never before seen with Mania pre-COVID. There was urgency to get Mania tickets before they sold out. It's interesting to see how much money they garner because of the situation.
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