I just reread this shyt and they're only selling 50k tickets per night, so they're close to selling out . They were also in the same venue for SummerSlam 2021 and only were selling the same amount of tickets too. They already sold 92k tickets for both nights
Why are people acting like they're struggling to sell tickets? Am I missing something? It looks like they are still expensive but people are still buying them
Edit: I also just discovered that allegient stadium is the 4th worst ranked stadium in terms of capacity. So I'm really confused on why people think these ticket sales are not good
Updated rankings of the biggest and smallest NFL stadiums by capacity.
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I think it's a bunch of things.
1.- It's an easy target. Stadium shows for wrestling can have a bigger capacity than for a football game but if the entrance is too big, they can basically get the same amount of people. For example, last year in Philly they had 68k paid with a huge entrance and the capacity for that stadium is 69k. In this case, if the demand was high for this WM, they could've run a set up of 65k but they are doing a much smaller one.
2.- WWE been doing ridiculously great business when it comes to ticket sales for 3+ years now, so their biggest show being the showing some signs of "fatigue" is gonna be used as an argument for whatever you wanna critique the company for (booking, stan wars, etc.).
3.- You are right that selling 50k in back to back nights with hilariously expensive tickets is still great. People that want to argue against WWE will focus on the smaller set up and selling much less than previous years, but WWE is gonna make a fukk ton of money with 100k people in 2 nights so the optics are still really fukking good no matter what argument anyone can come up with.
4.- Considering how long this current peak/mini boom the company has had, and that it's inevitable that it will end at some point, you are gonna have people pointing out any sign of a "decline" so they can claim they saw the "fall" coming first. I honestly don't know how long they can keep this peak going but it's already gone much longer than anyone would've anticipated so regardless is if this year, next year, or 2029, WWE already dominated in a way they hadn't done in two decades....but they will fall back eventually, so you are gonna read more and more people talking about those "signs" as time goes on.
5.- Is this show a sign of a decline? I don't think so, but it might be a sign that in the short term, WWE might see an optics hit with shows selling 70% instead of 90-100%, even though they make the same amount of money or more. AEW fell into this trap as well and even though circumstances were very different (WWE being so popular being the main thing), at some point the fans can't keep up with your pricing so the company has to adapt before it's too late (AEW never did and it suffered because of it).
You know that tv show trope when a person drinks something and spits it out at something absurd?
, everyone else I'm cool with waving to them from afar provided I don't have to turn my head.
