- WWE sent out the following:
WRESTLEMANIA® SHATTERS RECORDS
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – April 7, 2013
– WWE® (NYSE: WWE) announced tonight that WrestleMania 29 became the highest
grossing live event in its history and broke the record for MetLife Stadium’s
highest grossing entertainment event. WWE’s annual pop-culture extravaganza
grossed $12.3 million, as 80,676 fans from all 50 states and 34 countries
converged on MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ. The event is broadcast
around the world on pay-per-view in more than 100 countries and 20 languages.
The previous MetLife Stadium record
for an entertainment event’s gross revenue was a U2 concert on July
20, 2011 ,
which grossed $8.9 million. This is the fourth consecutive year that WWE broke
the host venue’s record for the highest-grossing entertainment event.
“On behalf of the great state of New Jersey , I want to thank all of the fans
that came from around the world to beautiful MetLife Stadium for WrestleMania
29,” said New Jersey Governor, Chris Christie. “WWE put on a show like no other
and electrified the capacity crowd.”
“WrestleMania came home and had an
incredible impact on the entire New York/New Jersey region,” said John P.
Saboor, Senior Vice President of Special Events, WWE. “We want to thank our fans
as well as our public and private sector partners for their support. We now
turn our attention to the Big Easy for next year’s historic 30th anniversary of
WrestleMania.”
WrestleMania 30 takes place on Sunday,
April 6, 2014
at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans , LA. Ticket information will be
announced later this year.
Top Five All-Time Attendance Records
at WrestleMania:
1. 93,173: WrestleMania 3, Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac , Michigan , March 29,
1987
2. 80,676: WrestleMania 29, MetLife
Stadium, East Rutherford , New Jersey , April 7,
2013
3. 80,103: WrestleMania 23, Ford
Field, Detroit , Michigan , April 1,
2007
4. 78,363: WrestleMania 28, Sun Life
Stadium, Miami, Florida, April 1, 2012
5. 74,635: WrestleMania 24, Citrus
Bowl, Orlando, Florida, March 30, 2008
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