Why WrestleMania Ticket Sales Took So Long To Start

It took long enough. WrestleMania 37 is going to be one of the most interesting WWE shows in a very long time for more than a few reasons. Possibly above all else is the fact that we are going to be seeing fans in attendance for the first time in over a year, which changes quite a few things for everyone involved. The show is nearly sold out and now we know something a bit more interesting about the show.

Since this is WrestleMania, everything has to be turned up at least a little bit, including the confusion involving the ticket sales. For some reason, the ticket sales for WrestleMania were postponed by a few days, with the tickets finally going on sale with less than a month to go before the event. That is not exactly a long time, but there was a little something that caused the delay.

According to Jon Alba of Spectrum 360, the reason for the delay was WWE did not have a signed contract with the Tampa Sports Authority. The contract was officially signed on March 16 at 8:26pm, which was the morning the tickets were originally scheduled to go on sale. As a result, the ticket sales were delayed by three days, with WWE’s explanation being that “logistics were still being worked out”. WrestleMania is scheduled for April 10 and 11.

New: The contract between #WWE and the Tampa Sports Authority wasn't signed by WWE until 3/16 at 8:26 p.m., and was signed by Raymond James Stadium management later. #WrestleMania tickets were supposed to go on-sale earlier that day, but got delayed. @BN9 @MyNews13 pic.twitter.com/q7YBWSXJZi

— Jon Alba (@JonAlba) March 30, 2021

So #WWE had mentioned on TV that Monday night logistics were still being worked out, hence the delay. This would indicate a contract was not done between both sides at the time of the initial planned sale. Eventually, they went on-sale later that week. #WrestleMania

— Jon Alba (@JonAlba) March 30, 2021

The show is going to be stacked. Check out what the fans in attendance will be seeing:

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Opinion: This is a story that makes sense but it continues to suggest that WWE throws a lot of their plans together without much attention to detail. It probably wasn’t the best idea in the world to announce ticket sales without being able to guarantee that they would take place. I know it was designed to drum up interest in the show, but what if things had fallen apart and they had never gone on sale? WWE really needs to get better about this, because it wasn’t something they were bad at back in the day.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his- Amazon author page with 30 wrestling books.

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