WrestleMania 41 in Las Vegas most-successful event in WWE history

WrestleMania 41 in Las Vegas proved to be the most successful event in WWE history.

The two-night event at Allegiant Stadium over the weekend drew a total announced attendance of 124,693 and the largest “gate” — proceeds from ticket sales — in WWE history, the sports entertainment entity announced Tuesday. The record proceeds came even though the Las Vegas event drew about 20,600 fewer fans than the previous record at WrestleMania 40 in Philadelphia.

WrestleMania 41 was also the most-viewed WrestleMania broadcast of all time, with viewership up 114 percent over the previous record set last year during WrestleMania 40.

The event also set record-breaking numbers on WWE’s social media accounts, generating 1.1 billion views throughout the weekend. That’s up over last year’s WrestleMania weekend, the previous record holder, with 660,000 million views.

WWE’s YouTube channel experienced its most-viewed day in history on WrestleMania on Sunday.

WWE partnered with Fanatics this year on merchandise sales onsite at Allegiant Stadium, leading to a 45 percent increase in sales compared with last year’s sales, making this year’s event the highest-grossing WrestleMania in history. Online merchandise sales were also record-setting, up 86 percent over the record set last year.

The WWE World fanfest held for five days at the Las Vegas Convention Center saw more than 50,000 attendees, up 21 percent over last year’s fest, making it the most-attended fan convention in history.

WWE also netted 28 partners for WrestleMania 41, leading to the event generating the most sponsorship revenue in the event’s history.

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