WWE Reportedly Concerned About Low WrestleMania Ticket Sales, Still Refuses To Lower Prices

According to Fightful Select's WrestleVotes Radio, WWE had a multi-department meeting this week due to just how far behind WrestleMania ticket sales are currently compared to this time last year. The report claims WWE has sold roughly 36,000 tickets for each night of WrestleMania 42, which is 10,000 fewer tickets than it had sold at the same point last year heading into WrestleMania 41.

You would think that, if WWE is worried enough to call a meeting about it, the logical thing to do would be to reduce ticket prices in an attempt to make them more widely available to fans who aren't willing or able to spend thousands of dollars on a single, hours-long event. Not to mention the additional expendable income needed to travel to and stay in Las Vegas, where WrestleMania will be taking place for the second consecutive year.

It's having WrestleMania in the same location in back-to-back years that might explain lower ticket sales, but it's something that should also make WWE all the more worried. This isn't comparing apples and oranges. This is a direct comparison. Not only the same city and the same market, but the same stadium.

WWE Runs The Risk Of Holding WrestleMania In A Sparsely-Filled Stadium

WWE claimed WrestleMania sold a combined 124,000 tickets across both nights last year, so somewhere between 60,000 and 65,000 in Allegiant Stadium each night, pretty much filling it. If the reported numbers based on ticket sales right now are accurate, WWE is on track to have fewer than 50,000 fans in attendance each night in a stadium that, depending on staging, can seat as many as 70,000 fans.

The bubble had to burst eventually for WWE and its soaring ticket prices, and this might be evidence that it finally has, or it's about to. A clip that went viral after WrestleMania 41 featured Randy Orton talking to fans about how much they paid for their tickets, the veteran Superstar labeling the prices "embarrassing".

To be in attendance for this year's WrestleMania, you'll need to spend close to $1,000 on a single ticket, considerably more if you want a decent seat. Research into how much WrestleMania ticket prices have changed showed that this year's tickets are as much as 2,000 percent higher than they were 12 years ago at WrestleMania 30.