World Wrestling Entertainment's Wrestlemania 34 has broken the record for the Mercedes-Benz Superdome’s highest grossing entertainment event.
WWE’s annual pop-culture extravaganza grossed US$14.1 million, surpassing the venue’s previous record of US$10.9 million set by WrestleMania 30 in 2014, as a sold-out crowd of 78,133 fans from all 50 states and 67 countries converged on the Superdome.
"New Orleans was extremely proud to make WrestleMania Week part of our Tricentennial celebration," said New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu.
"It was so exciting to host WWE fans from around the world who traveled to experience the grandeur of WrestleMania, and all that our beautiful city has to offer.
Top Ten All-Time Attendance Records at WrestleMania:
101,763: WrestleMania 32, AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX, April 3, 2016
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
78,133: WrestleMania 34, Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA, April 8, 2018
76,976: WrestleMania 31, Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, California, March 29, 2015
75,245: WrestleMania 33, Orlando Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida, April 2, 2017
75,167: WrestleMania 30, Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA, April 6, 2014
74,635: WrestleMania 24, Orlando Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida, March 30, 2008
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