AEW Double or Nothing 2024 drew $582,204 gate

AEW Double or Nothing drew $582,204 in ticket sales from 9,099 ticket-buyers at MGM Grand Arena on May 26 in Las Vegas, according to new data from Pollstar.

Collision the night before in the same venue drew an additional $112,298 from 3,944 ticket sales.

AEW budgeted its costs for both the PPV and Collision combined at $3,868,200, according to documents AEW submitted ahead of the events to the Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development, to apply for a $373,388 tax credit.

Whether the weekend in Las Vegas was profitable for AEW would depend on pay-per-view sales, which we don’t have details on, and to a lesser extent on how much media revenue should be recognized toward a single Collision broadcast.

The average ticket sale price for the Double or Nothing pay-per-view event was $64. For Collision, the average ticket was $28.

There’s a good chance the Double or Nothing gate was AEW’s second-highest of the year so far. Revolution’s more than $1 million gate in Greensboro is by far the leader. That number, though, has probably already been greatly exceeded by advanced sales for All In, taking place in London on Aug. 25, which has more than 40,000 tickets distributed, according to WrestleTix estimates.

While the Double or Nothing gate is one of AEW’s highest of the year, it’s a contrast to the 2022 version, which drew the company’s first $1 million gate, with the main event of CM Punk vs. Adam Page.

Key matches on the PPV in Las Vegas this year included the “Anarchy in the Arena” match between The Elite and Team AEW, Swerve Strickland vs. Christian Cage, and Mercedes Mone vs. Willow Nightingale.

To show how much higher PPV gates are compared to TV tapings, new Pollstar data also shows Dynamite on June 19 in Fairfax, Virginia drew $183,271 from 3,735 sales. The Double or Nothing gate from this year was more than three times that figure.

We reached out to AEW for this report but didn’t receive a response.

Here’s the history of what we know about AEW PPV event gates going back to 2022. I believe these gate numbers don’t include ticket fees.

• 5/26/2024: Double or Nothing (Las Vegas) – 9,099 paying $582,204 (Pollstar)

• 4/21/2024: Dynasty (St. Louis) – 6,287 paying $401,373 (Pollstar)

• 3/3/2024: Revolution (Greensboro) – 15,837 paying $1,025,830 (public records obtained by Wrestlenomics)

• 12/30/2023: Worlds End (Uniondale, NY) – estimated 10,093 tickets distributed (WrestleTix), unknown gate

• 11/18/2023: Full Gear (Inglewood, CA) – estimated 12,904 tickets distributed (WrestleTix), unknown gate

• 10/1/2023: Wrestle Dream (Seattle) – 7,108 paying $533,717 (Pollstar)

• 9/3/2023: All Out (Chicago) – estimated tickets distributed 9,826 (WrestleTix), unknown gate

• 8/27/2023: All In (London) – 81,131 paying $10 million, according to AEW

• 6/25/2023: Forbidden Door (Toronto) – estimated 13,631 tickets distributed (WrestleTix) paying $1.2 million, according to AEW

• 5/28/2023: Double or Nothing (Las Vegas) – 10,478 paying $964,349 (Pollstar)

• 3/5/2023: Revolution (San Francisco) – 13,807 paying $737,010 (Pollstar)

• 11/19/2022: Full Gear (Newark) – 10,850 paying $1,199,486 (Pollstar)

• 9/4/2022: All Out (Hoffman Estates, IL) – estimated 9,039 tickets distributed (WrestleTix), unknown gate

• 6/26/2022: Forbidden Door (Chicago) – estimated 15,426 tickets distributed (WrestleTix), unknown gate

• 5/29/2022: Double or Nothing (Las Vegas) – 13,148 paying $1,256,272, according to Pollstar but I believe that gate figure also includes Rampage the night before. AEW claimed this was its first $1 million gate.

• 3/6/2022: Revolution (Orlando) – 8,095 paying $474,404 (Pollstar)

brandon@wrestlenomics.com