WWE has issued the following press release:

   SANTA CLARA, CA – March 29, 2015 – WWE® (NYSE: WWE) announced tonight thatWrestleMania 31 became the highest grossing live event in its history and broke the attendance record for Levi’s Stadium.  WWE’s annual pop-culture extravaganza grossed $12.6 million, as 76,976 fans from all 50 states and 40 countries converged on the home of the San Francisco 49ers.

   The previous attendance record for Levi’s Stadium was 70,799, and WrestleMania 29 at MetLife Stadium in 2013 held WWE’s prior record for gross revenue at $12.3 million.

   “On behalf of the cities of Santa Clara and San Jose, we would like to thank all the fans that came from around the world to be part of WrestleMania 31,” said Santa Clara Mayor Jamie Matthews. “We congratulate both WWE and Levi’s Stadium on their historic achievement.”

   “We are thrilled that WrestleMania 31 has set the standard for all future events held at Levi’s Stadium. None of this success would have been possible without the support of Mayor Matthews, Mayor Liccardo and the San Francisco 49ers, as well as our public and private sector partners that worked tirelessly to support all of our regional WrestleMania Week activities,” said John P. Saboor, WWE Executive Vice President, Special Events.  “We now turn our attention to the Dallas/Arlington region for what will surely be a historic WrestleMania 32.”

   WrestleMania 32 takes place on Sunday, April 3, 2016 from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, TX, Ticket information will be announced later this year.

   Top Ten All-Time Attendance Records at WrestleMania:

       93,173: WrestleMania 3, Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan, March 29, 1987

       80,676: WrestleMania 29, MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, April 7, 2013

       80,103: WrestleMania 23, Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan, April 1, 2007

       78,363: WrestleMania 28, Sun Life Stadium, Miami, Florida, April 1, 2012

       76,976: WrestleMania 31, Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, California, March 29, 2015

       75,167: WrestleMania 30, Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA, April 6, 2014

       74,635: WrestleMania 24, Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida, March 30, 2008

       72,744: WrestleMania 25, Reliant Stadium, Houston, Texas, April 5, 2009

       72,219: WrestleMania 26, University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona, March 28,     2010

       71,617: WrestleMania 27, Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia, April 3, 2011

I heard the stadium was not filled to capacity. The number they're giving out is bullshit. Just like The WrestleMania 3 number.

When Stephanie announced the number and it panned over the crowd in numerous sections, you could see empty seats in various places.

Possible that people got up to get something to eat or use the restroom, but still kinda funny.

They probably did it by the # of tickets sold opposed to the # of people who actually went through the gate. It's not uncommon for sports/entertainment businesses to do that in America.

"a historic"

THEY FINALLY USED THIS PHRASE CORRECTLY!

Of course they're going to break stadium attendance records for Wrestlemanias, 90% of the stadium including the field is used up. You cant do that for football games.

Moose is correct. They fudged the numbers. The big gate $ is accurate, tho.

^numbers aren't fudged, but yes the information is.
Well... not fudged, but misleading. I assume they did have "7*.***" tickets purchased (Be it there or online), but not everyone got to go there. (or they got there later).

Zanon wrote:

^numbers aren't fudged, but yes the information is.
Well... not fudged, but misleading. I assume  they did have "7*.***" tickets purchased (Be it there or online), but not everyone got to go there. (or they got there later).

Well they keep saying WM 3 got 90,000 people when it's actually around 70,000. WWE always say they got more people in a building then they actually did.

Yeah I was going to say, don't WWE always bullshit these numbers anyway lol.

Wall Street wasn't even impressed with WWE during the weekend. Their stock fell

WWE has issued the following press release:

WRESTLEMANIA® BREAKS MORE RECORDS

STAMFORD, CONN. – April 1, 2015 – WWE® (NYSE: WWE) today announced that WrestleMania 31broke records for viewership, attendance, social and digital media engagement and merchandise sales.

Viewership

WWE’s pop-culture extravaganza was watched by more than 1.3 million global households on WWE Network alone.

Most-watched WrestleMania in history, with pay-per-view data still forthcoming.

The night after WrestleMania 31, Monday Night Raw® was the most-watched episode in nearly three years delivering 5.4 million viewers.

Raw’s top telecast since WWE celebrated Raw 1000 on July 23, 2012.

Raw was Monday night’s most-watched program on all of cable television for the 11th week in a row.

Attendance

WrestleMania 31 broke the attendance record for Levi’s Stadium as 76,976 fans from all 50 states and 40 countries converged on the home of the San Francisco 49ers. The previous attendance record for Levi’s Stadium was 70,799.
WrestleMania 31 became the highest-grossing live event in WWE history, grossing $12.6 million and breaking the previous record of $12.3 million that was held by WrestleMania 29 at MetLife Stadium in 2013.

Digital/Social Media

WrestleMania 31 was the most social event in WWE history.

A record 142 worldwide Twitter trends (up +106 percent vs. last year), including 10 No. 1 worldwide trends, which was more than any broadcast or cable show that night.

WWE-related content saw more than 60 million video views across all platforms on the day of WrestleMania.

WWE trended on Facebook with exclusive content featuring WWE Superstar ring entrances, match clips, interviews, locker room commentary and training videos.

WrestleMania 31 garnered a record 165 million impressions on Facebook and 92 million impressions on Twitter, an increase of 62 percent and 23 percent year-over-year, respectively.

During WrestleMania, the WWE flagship App saw its most usage since launch in 2012, while reaching nearly 18 million downloads during WrestleMania.

The WrestleMania 31 App had four times as many downloads as last year’s WrestleMania 30 App.

Merchandise Sales

WWE generated $3.3 million in WrestleMania merchandise revenue (up +27 percent vs. last year), eclipsing the previous record of $2.7 million from WrestleMania 29.

WWE decided on this number WELL before the event actually happened. It was formulaic. They chose it because the NFL can't possibly have a football game that draws a higher attendance.

Man. I can't handle all these lies from WWE