WrestleMania® 29 Tickets On Sale Saturday, November 10
WWE ® (NYSE: WWE)
announced today that tickets for its annual pop-culture extravaganza,
WrestleMania 29, will go on sale Saturday, November 10 at 10 AM ET. WrestleMania
29 will take place Sunday, April 7, 2013 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford,
NJ.
Ticket prices range from $35 - $850. There will also be a limited
number of “Gold Circle†VIP Packages available for $2,000. The Gold Circle
packages include seating in the first four rows ringside, an exclusive Gold
Circle VIP Stadium Entrance, a collectible WrestleMania 29 ticket holder and the
commemorative WrestleMania 29 take-home folding chair. Tickets can be purchased
through all Ticketmaster outlets, www.ticketmaster.com or by calling
1-800-745-3000. All tickets are subject to service charges and facility fees.
Starting Monday, November 12 th at 11 AM ET, tickets will also be available at
the MetLife Stadium and IZOD Center box offices.
WrestleMania is more
than just a one day event; it is a week-long celebration. WWE will take over the
greater New York/New Jersey area during WrestleMania Week. In addition to
WrestleMania 29, other activities will include: WrestleMania Axxess – WWE’s
four-day, interactive fan festival at the IZOD Center; WrestleMania Reading
Challenge Finals; the 2013 WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Madison Square
Garden and other activities designed to give back to the host community
including Be a STAR rallies in support of WWE’s anti-bullying initiative and
hospital visits. Additional information on these events will be announced in the
future at www.wrestlemania.com.
Last year, WrestleMania XXVIII in Miami set multiple records. The event became
Sun Life Stadium’s largest attended event and highest-grossing, entertainment
event in history with 78,363 fans from all 50 states and 36 countries in
attendance. WrestleMania XXVIII also became WWE’s highest-grossing, live event
in history, with a gross of $8.9 million. In addition, the event generated a
record-breaking $102.7 million in economic impact for the city of Miami and
Miami-Dade County.
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Tokyo.
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shares of common stock controlled by members of the McMahon family and the
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