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WWE fans shell out a ton of money to attend big events, especially WrestleMania. Over the years, this destination event has gotten even pricier, and now we have the data to show for it.
This new WrestleMania ticket data, presented in a chart by Wrestlenomics, uses WWE disclosures and public records to track average ticket prices, including fees, from 2008 through the projected prices for 2024. The analysis illustrates the pricing trends across both single-day events, which were held up until 2019, and the two-day events introduced in 2020.
In 2008, WrestleMania 24 was held in Orlando with an average ticket price of 89 dollars. Prices generally trended upward in subsequent years, with the Houston event for WrestleMania 25 in 2009 reaching 124 dollars on average, followed by a slight dip in 2010 to 86 dollars for WrestleMania 26 in Phoenix. The 2011 event in Atlanta for WrestleMania 27 saw a rise to 100 dollars, continuing a pattern of gradual increases.
This trend continued in the following years, with the 2012 event in Miami for WrestleMania 28 averaging 133 dollars per ticket, and the 2013 event in East Rutherford for WrestleMania 29 reaching 164 dollars. By 2014, ticket prices for WrestleMania 30 in New Orleans were around 165 dollars. This upward trajectory in prices continued again in 2019, where WrestleMania in East Rutherford, reached an average ticket price of 268 dollars, marking the peak for single-day events.
The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 forced WrestleMania 36 to shift to a two-day event format, but no live audience was present that year. Live audiences returned in 2021 when the event was held in Tampa, with an average ticket price of 153 dollars for the two-day event. In 2022, the Arlington event saw prices decrease slightly to 136 dollars. However, prices rose again in 2023 in Inglewood, reaching an average of 171 dollars.
The 2024 WrestleMania 40 event in Philadelphia saw a significant increase in ticket prices, with an average ticket price expected to reach 341 dollars. This projected figure suggests a considerable jump and may be due to many factors affecting WWE’s ticket pricing. Endeavor’s takeover of the company could certainly be at play.
While it’s possible that increasing fees from Ticketmaster may have contributed to this huge leap in price, it is interesting to note just how much more fans paid to see WrestleMania in Philly. Only time will tell what the average is going to be in Las Vegas, but everything seems to be much more expensive in Sin City.
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November 3, 2024 10:38 am
