d_henderson1810
Mid-Card Championship Winner
I watched a Youtube video where the disputed WM3 attendance record is discussed.
The dispute is that WWE bragged that they broke the Silverdome attendance record with 93, 173 in attendance, but this has been discredited by some as closer to 78,000.
Dave Meltzer, who put the discussion out there to begin with, discussed that he believed the 93, 000 figure as well, until a promoter for the show said that it was 78,000, since the Poniac Silverdome could only hold 80,000 for football games at the time. Also, only 78,000 tickets were recorded as being bought.
Well, I dispute that it was closer to 93,000. Other reading I have done has put across some interesting thoughts.
-78,000 tickets were BOUGHT but one argument is that another 15,000 tickets were given away or competition winners.
78,000 + 15,000 = 93,000, so you could still get the figure WWE stated.
-Second argument against the 78,000 figure. Maybe Silverdome could only fit 80,000 capacity for sporting events. However, this does not account for floor seats (which aren't a factor in football games). It is easy to believe that another 13,173 people could have been seated at floor level. Also, remember that more people could get seats at WM, since this was before the days of the massive elaborate Wrestlemania set which covers a whole wall of the arena, so there is room to tuck people, even near the entranceway.
Also, Meltzer said that the best selling WM ticket wise was apparently WMX7 at the Astrodome, since the arena was small and it was very well booked, that WWE sold virtually every ticket issued, and there were very few free tickets.
The dispute is that WWE bragged that they broke the Silverdome attendance record with 93, 173 in attendance, but this has been discredited by some as closer to 78,000.
Dave Meltzer, who put the discussion out there to begin with, discussed that he believed the 93, 000 figure as well, until a promoter for the show said that it was 78,000, since the Poniac Silverdome could only hold 80,000 for football games at the time. Also, only 78,000 tickets were recorded as being bought.
Well, I dispute that it was closer to 93,000. Other reading I have done has put across some interesting thoughts.
-78,000 tickets were BOUGHT but one argument is that another 15,000 tickets were given away or competition winners.
78,000 + 15,000 = 93,000, so you could still get the figure WWE stated.
-Second argument against the 78,000 figure. Maybe Silverdome could only fit 80,000 capacity for sporting events. However, this does not account for floor seats (which aren't a factor in football games). It is easy to believe that another 13,173 people could have been seated at floor level. Also, remember that more people could get seats at WM, since this was before the days of the massive elaborate Wrestlemania set which covers a whole wall of the arena, so there is room to tuck people, even near the entranceway.
Also, Meltzer said that the best selling WM ticket wise was apparently WMX7 at the Astrodome, since the arena was small and it was very well booked, that WWE sold virtually every ticket issued, and there were very few free tickets.