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WWE is thinking about how to move tickets.

Wrestlevotes Radio on Fightful Select reported that WWE held a multi-department company meeting on February 11 to address lower than expected ticket sales for WrestleMania. All departments have been tasked with promotions and strategies to boost ticket sales and momentum heading into the event.

Wrestlevotes also heard that WWE plans to keep ticket pricing as is for the time being.

As of this past week, WrestleTix had each night in the neighborhood of 36,000 tickets distributed thus far. Last year, WrestleMania ended up with between 56,000-60,000 distributed each night. As of this point last year, they'd moved about 10,000 tickets per night more.

Fightful Select's Sean Ross Sapp reported in the last week that WWE was adamantly prohibiting "watch parties" of WrestleMania at establishments within 50 miles of Allegiant Stadium. This led to a number of establishments being upset, as the city of Las Vegas paid a site fee to bring WrestleMania to the city and increase tourism.

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Jordan Lassiter

At this point I guarantee they’ll just announce the return of Jericho

Wulf

Maybe not price out actual fans to make room for the influencers and rich casual people who don’t really wanna be there.

Yanx62

How about stop pricing people out and not having it in Vegas again. That and some fans aren’t excited about it.

maddiemania

I’d love to be a fly on the wall of that meeting to see if they acknowledge that they’re pricing people out

fear0verpride

Every option except of lowering prices huh? Corporate America

nickmitch

The pricing is a huge part of the problem, and I don’t understand why they think they can keep it as-is.

Dr Scripts - The Nocturnal Scholar

I'm shocked people who are so tied into the Trump administration don't understand economics. Shocked. (I'm not that shocked.)

Jeffrey Brown

“One thing we don’t wanna do is lower the ticket prices.” Reminds me of “We’ve tried absolutely nothing and we are all out of ideas.” I attended WrestleMania 39, 40, and 41. 41 cost around 400% (4x) more than 39. I didn’t even bother checking for 42 because the ticket costs have become outrageous. And another perk of attending WrestleManias is visiting new cities. I had never been to Philadelphia before. Having it in the same city in consecutive years removes some of the luster. Also, because 41 was the worst of the 3 events. There were so many reasons to not be interested in attending 42, but #1 is the ticket prices.

Blopi

No card. Main event is predictable and no real stakes. Vegas prices. Repeat of last year.

Ramon Atkins

It's literally the simplest solution ever. You're doubling back to one of the most expensive cities you could do it in and making it even MORE expensive than it was last year. They're getting a reality check in real-time. Should've just been in New Orleans like it was supposed to and at the same price range as it has been under the Vince era.

Hunter

If they even lowered the prices by 5% I bet they would sell tickets. But this is corporate America and TKO is more focused on dollars and cents than ever before

Thomas Rathert

"Wrestlevotes also heard that WWE plans to keep ticket pricing as is for the time being." Well uh there's your problem right there.

Mike

I thought the plan was they were focusing on influencers and d level celebrities?

CSDX

Everyone: Please stop injuring your feet! WWE: Oooh but I NEED more HOLES in them, dammit!!!

Alexander Fitzgerald

being in Vegas for the second year in a row which is already an expensive city, bad booking and overpriced tickets. why is this a meeting? it doesn't take a genius to figure out why its getting lower than average ticket sales

Kieran Buxton

So at what point does The Fed just chuck a bag at Stone Cold or The Rock to make an appearance… Seriously if they can’t see it’s the pricing then there’s no help for them.

Brendan Bdotlion Beal

This is what they get for overcharging I really don’t feel bad for WWE at all. Lower the prices