MIAMI FL – April 1 2012 – WWE® (NYSE: WWE) announced tonight that WrestleMania XXVIII set three records. With a sellout crowd of 78 363 fans from all 50 states and 36 countries the annual pop culture extravaganza became Sun Life Stadium’s largest attended event and highest grossing entertainment event in history. Grossing $8.9 million it was also the highest grossing live event in WWE history. The event was broadcast around the world on pay-per-view in more than 105 countries and 20 languages.

The previous Sun Life Stadium attendance record was 77 912 for the BCS National Championship in 2005. Its highest grossing entertainment event was U2 on June 29 2011 grossing more than $7.5 million. WrestleMania XXVIII surpassed the 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania in Houston which grossed $7.2 million. This marks the third consecutive year WrestleMania broke the gross entertainment event record of the host venue.

“WrestleMania XXVIII in Miami-Dade County was an incredible event for WWE. WWE would like to thank our loyal fans as well as the public and private sector partners for their tireless efforts to help make WrestleMania Week such a success ” said John P. Saboor Senior Vice President of Special Events WWE. “We now look forward to building on these achievements as we head to MetLife Stadium for WrestleMania XXIX next year.”

WrestleMania XXIX will take place on Sunday April 7 2013 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford NJ. Ticket information will be announced later this year.

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