WWE breaks its all-time gate record of $21.5millon after selling over 90,000 tickets for WrestleMania 40 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia

WWE has broken it’s all-time gate record after selling over 90,000 tickets to for WrestleMania 40’s two-day event at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia in April of 2024.

The previous WWE gate record was held by WrestleMania 39 which was held in Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium earlier in 2023 and generated $21.5 million.

WrestleMania 40 will mark the first time the annual event will be held in the northeast of the US since WrestleMania 35 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

It will also be the first time the show takes place in Philadelphia since WrestleMania 15 in 1999, which saw ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin defeat The Rock [Dwayne Johnson] for the WWE Championship.

Tickets for the event went on sale to the general public on Friday and it has already broken WWE’s gate record, according to Action Network’s Darren Rovell. 

The event is set to take place in Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field in April of 2024

The previous record company record was set at WrestleMania 39 at SoFi Stadium in LA

WWE superstar Cody Rhodes – who is expected to play a major role in the event if he is healthy at the time- recently told Isabella DiAmore of the Philadelphia Inquirer that he believed Philadelphia was the ‘perfect spot’ for WrestleMania 40.

‘I’d say a Philly wrestling crowd is a contrarian wrestling crowd,’ said Rhodes.

‘Whatever the narrative might be, Philly is not going to guarantee you that they’re going along with that narrative. In a sense that, if they really liked someone, they’re going to let you know, and if they don’t like someone that perhaps they’re supposed to, they will also let you know.’ 

Fellow WWE superstar Mike ‘The Miz’ Mizanin later told Philly Live’s Aunyea Lachelle that he would love to take on some of the Philadelphia Eagles’ stars, such as Jason Kelce or Jalen Hurts.

‘Who knows?’ The Miz said. ‘I’ll take the full offense on.’

‘I’ll tag team with Patrick Mahomes,’ he joked.

The booming ticket sale is set to generate a massive payday for WWE with seats close to the action on the floor for both nights costing as much as $10,000.