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WrestleMania 41 attendance disclosed by Las Vegas Stadium Authority: 118,641 combined

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WrestleMania 41 had an attendance of 58,538 on Saturday and 60,103 on Sunday, according to a document made public by the Las Vegas Stadium Authority (LVSA), the entity that owns and oversees Allegiant Stadium.

It’s unclear if these figures reflect tickets distributed or ticket sales, or whether suite attendees are included in the totals. A request for clarification has been sent to the LVSA. This report will be updated if the organization responds.

Those numbers are fairly close if slightly lower than the WrestleTix final estimates of tickets distributed for the two-day event: 60,151 for Saturday and 61,389 for Sunday.

WWE itself announced slightly higher attendances for each night of 61,467 for Saturday and 63,226 for Sunday. It’s possible those numbers include suite attendees.

Each source—the LVSA, WrestleTix, and WWE—put Sunday’s attendance at 2% to 3% higher than Saturday’s.

The LVSA’s “Stadium Activity” report also indicates 81% of attendees were from out of town on Saturday, and 84% on Sunday. The report says that nearly all of the out-of-town attendees traveled to Las Vegas specifically for WrestleMania: 98% on Saturday and 97% on Sunday.

The two-day WrestleMania events on April 19 and 20, 2025, were the two most highly attended events listed on the report for the April to June quarter at Allegiant Stadium, ahead of a Post Malone concert (53,738), a Kendrick Lamar concert (52,328), two Coldplay concerts (49,950 and 50,518), an AC/DC concert (48,899), and a Shakira concert (46,120).

Above: Las Vegas Stadium Authority’s Stadium Activity report for Q2 2025

Attendance information for events at Allegiant Stadium was made public ahead of the authority’s quarterly meeting scheduled for Thursday.

Each day of WrestleMania in Las Vegas this year possibly set the all-time pro wrestling gate record for any individual event. The stadium authority’s disclosures don’t reveal the ticket sales revenue figures for either day of WrestleMania. WWE’s press release in April announced that the two-day event set a new record for the highest WrestleMania gates in history. The company didn’t provide a number, but WrestleMania in 2024 in Philadelphia set the previous record with $38.5 million in ticket sales, or $36.1 million without ticketing fees.

Las Vegas is scheduled to again host WrestleMania in 2026.

Brandon Thurston has written about wrestling business since 2015. He operates and owns Wrestlenomics.

Wrestlemania 40 full ticket sales and gate information for week in Philadelphia

More new records obtained by Wrestlenomics from the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission shed light on the business of Wrestlemania earlier this year. We reported the gate information for these events last month, but this gives us counts of ticket sales and comps we didn’t have before.

Night 1 of Wrestlemania on Apr. 6 at Lincoln Financial Field sold 56,147 tickets, according to documents WWE submitted to the commission. Another 3,889 tickets were given away for free, bringing the actual tickets distributed count for Night 1 to 60,036. It’s possible these numbers don’t include suite attendees or credentialed media. WWE announced the attendance as 72,543 on the broadcast.

Night 2 on Apr. 7 sold 56,758 tickets — slightly more than Night 1. 3,445 tickets were comped, for a total of 60,203 tickets distributed. WWE announced similar attendances for both nights, claiming 72,755 for Night 2.

As previously reported, Wrestlemania 40 holds the all-time pro wrestling gate records for the #1 and #2 highest ticket gross ever, not adjusting for inflation. Night 2 is the leader with a gate (without ticket fees) of $18,433,325.39. Night 1 is #2 with a gate of $17,656,964.62.

The commission requires wrestling promotions to submit a record of gate receipts as the governing body collects a 5% tax on ticket sales.

Smackdown on the Friday before Wrestlemania sold 12,699 tickets and 896 comps. The gate, as reported earlier was $2,022,405.06.

NXT Stand & Deliver on Saturday afternoon sold 9,545 tickets, with 753 comps for a $1,109,245.01 gate.

The Raw after Wrestlemania sold 13,151 and had 626 comps for a $2,43,014.99 gate.

Despite no wrestling matches taking place at the Undertaker’s “1deadMAN SHOW”, the event was nonetheless an event that WWE paid tax to the commission. The event, which took place on the Thursday before Wrestlemania at the nightclub The Fillmore, sold out with 928 ticket sales and 42 comps, drawing $180,325. The commission took its 5%: $9,016.25.

Records indicate that both Wrestlemania nights were sell-outs, with no tickets unused. However, the receipts also indicate there were no unused tickets for NXT Stand & Deliver, despite that event distributing a few thousand less than Raw or Smackdown in the same venue.

Overall, Pennsylvania collected just over $2 million in commission taxes from WWE events from Thursday, April 4 through Monday, Monday 8, plus a $100 enforcement fee for each event.

A PDF showing the gate receipts and forms sent to the commission is here.

  • Undertaker’s 1 Dead Man Show (The Fillmore)

    • Tickets sold: 928

    • Comps: 42

    • Tickets distributed: 970

    • Gate: $180,325.00

    • Average ticket sold: $194.32

  • WWE Smackdown (Wells Fargo Center)

    • Tickets sold: 12,699

    • Comps: 896

    • Tickets distributed: 13,595

    • Gate: $2,022,405.06

    • Average ticket sold: $159.26

  • WWE NXT Stand & Deliver (Wells Fargo Center)

    • Tickets sold: 9,545

    • Comps: 753

    • Tickets distributed: 10,298

    • Gate: $1,109,245.01

    • Average ticket sold: $116.21

  • WWE Wrestlemania 40 Night 1 (Lincoln Financial Field)

    • Tickets sold: 56,147

    • Comps: 3,889

    • Tickets distributed: 60,036

    • Gate: $17,656,964.62

    • Average ticket sold: $314.48

  • WWE Wrestlemania 40 Night 2 (Lincoln Financial Field)

    • Tickets sold: 56,758

    • Comps: 3,445

    • Tickets distributed: 60,203

    • Gate: $18,433,325.39

    • Average ticket sold: $324.77

  • WWE Raw (Wells Fargo Center)

    • Tickets sold: 13,151

    • Comps: 626

    • Tickets distributed: 13,777

    • Gate: $2,243,014.99

    • Average ticket sold: $170.56

Brandon Thurston has written about wrestling business since 2015. He operates and owns Wrestlenomics.

Analysis: Wrestlemania 38 had about 57,000 paid attendees each night, generating an estimated $18 million total

Based on our analysis of WWE’s second-quarter reporting, the two-day Wrestlemania on April 2 and 3 generated between $17 million and $19 million in ticket revenue for the company. That was driven by paid attendees somewhere between 109,000 and 120,000, or about 57,000 paying fans driving between $6.5 million and $8.5 million each night.

That’s well below the 77,899 and 78,453 (156,352 total) the company announced as in attendance for Night 1 and Night 2, respectively. WrestleTix’ analysis of the ticket maps for the events estimated 65,719 and 65,653 for the two events (131,372 combined).

The live gate for the two events combined likely edged out ticket sales for the one-day Wrestlemania event in 2016, also in Arlington — the all-time leader for inflation-adjusted ticket sales to a single event in pro wrestling history — which generated $17.3 million in ticket sales, according to WWE’s press release at the time. The company’s reporting indicates that paid attendees ranged between 74,000 and 86,000, as opposed to the 101,763 announced on the telecast. The Arlington Police Department told me in an email a year after the record-setting event that the turnstile count, which would presumably include comped attendees, was 80,709.

Consequently, the average ticket price for this year’s Wrestlemania events was lower than in previous years when Wrestlemania was a one-night show. The average ticket price for this year we estimate was somewhere between $140 and $177 (the median of which is $159), which would be on par with last year’s Wrestlemania over two days with limited capacity. Previous years’ average ticket prices in the one-night era, which ended in 2019, grew to more than $200.

If venue merchandise sales for this year were on par with last year’s $32.09 per capita, that would result in around $3.5 million in addition to ticket sales.

We estimate between $17 million and $19 million for ticket sales related to this year’s Wrestlemania events based on an analysis of WWE’s second-quarter reporting for its live events division. The company reported $34.9 million in North American ticket sales, much higher, as expected, than $19.9 million and $15.8 million in the prior two quarters, Q1 2022 and Q4 2021, respectively. Those periods had average ticket prices in North America of about $58 and $67. To determine our estimate for Wrestlemania’s ticket sales, we assumed non-Wrestlemania events in Q2 had an average ticket price somewhere between $60 and $70. We justify elevating our non-Wrestlemania average ticket price slightly above the range between that of Q4 and Q1 given the lack of premium live events in Q4 (there was only one, as opposed to two in Q1 and three in other quarters), and based on the lack of discount offers on tickets we noticed in Q2 compared to Q4. Each of the last three quarters (Q2, Q1, and Q4) had a similar number of house shows and Raw and Smackdown events.

A range for the paid attendance for Wrestlemania has been implied in the company’s Key Performance Indicators since 2008, and was possible to deduce from the latest update of that document. WWE reports average paid attendance in North America for the relevant quarter with and without Wrestlemania factored in. Deducing the range is just a matter of algebra. Because WWE reports average attendance rounded to the nearest hundred, we’re limited to a range within which the actual number must have fallen. This year that range has a five-percent margin. The math behind this year’s paid attendance calculation is shown below.

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WWE Wrestlemania 37 sold 40,806 tickets, bringing in $6.2 million combined for both nights, additional attendance figures

Wrestlemania earlier this month drew 40,806 individual ticket sales, generating $6.2 million for the two-day event on April 10 and 11 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.

The first night was attended by 17,946 people and the second night by 18,501, according to records obtained through a request to the Tampa Sports Authority, the entity that manages the stadium.

Paid ticket sales for each night were slightly higher due to more than 3,000 tickets each night that were distributed but that didn’t ultimately reach the gates, possibly due to an overeager secondary ticket market. Saturday’s event drew 20,172 ticket sales and the second night sold 20,634.

WWE announced higher identical attendances for each night, of 25,675, and claimed both nights sold-out. Shortly before the events were held, company officials said the capacity for each night would be 25,000.

The records don’t confirm the intended capacity of the events, but if the company intended to put 25,000 tickets on sale for each night, it appears both nights of Wrestlemania fell short of selling-out.

Attendance revenues total $6.2 million, with Saturday selling $3.1 million in admission and Sunday selling $3.2 million. This calculation splits sales of two-day ticket packages evenly between the two nights.

Night 1 drew $3,058,140 in ticket revenue ($57,600 from suites, $843,230 from 2-day stadium seating, and $2,157,310 from single-day stadium seating). Night 2 drew $3,187,465 ($40,275 from suites, $843,230 from 2-day stadium seating, and $2,303,960 from single-day stadium seating).

There were 7,952 sales of two-day packages, all of which were stadium seating, as opposed to suites. Saturday sold 11,964 stadium seating tickets, for that night only. Sunday sold 12,503 stadium seating tickets specifically for that night. Although single-night and two-day sales were offered, fans could have bought separate single-night tickets and still attended either event.

An additional 256 and 179 tickets were sold for suite attendees for Saturday and Sunday, respectively.

Altogether the average price of sold tickets for both days was $190, which is well below that of recent pre-pandemic Wrestlemania events. The marquee event in 2019 had an average ticket price of somewhere between $248 and $292 based on our estimates.

The gate for this year’s two-day Wrestlemania falls short of ticket revenue from full capacity events since 2012, but still brought in more ticket revenue than Wrestlemania 27 in 2011 in Atlanta and Wrestlemania 26 in 2020 in Phoenix — although that is not adjusting for inflation.

These records don’t shed light on merchandise sales. Throughout 2019, WWE sold $10.00 in venue merchandise sales per paid attendee for all events in North America. The rate of merchandise sales for Wrestlemania might be higher with a disproportionate number of avid fans likely to attend. With an unclear portion of fans attending both events, though, an estimate of merchandise sales for this year’s Wrestlemania is more difficult.

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EDIT: This article has been updated to correct the total number of tickets sold and the total attendance.

Brandon Thurston has written about wrestling business since 2015. He operates and owns Wrestlenomics.