World Wrestling Entertainment’s attendance figures for its biggest annual show, WrestleMania, have been under scrutiny since its inception.
In 1987, while WWE contends that 93,173 people packed the Pontiac Silverdome in Detroit, Michigan for WrestleMania III, other wrestling news outlets like Wrestling Observer say actual attendance figures were around 78,000.
WWE Chairman Vince McMahon admitted in 2016 that WrestleMania 32’s new company attendance record of 101,763 at AT&T Stadium in Dallas “included ushers and ticket takers and all that.”
This year, there will be no disputable attendance figures. No fans will be in attendance when WWE hosts WrestleMania 36 at their Performance Center in Orlando, Florida on April 4 and 5.