Posted on 2/03/125 by Colin Vassallo
WWE weirdly announced two attendance numbers for the Royal
Rumble: a graphic which said 65,407 and then Triple H and
the commentary team saying 70,347. Either way, the number at
Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis was the the biggest Royal
Rumble ever and the third-largest gate in the history of the
company.
The number outdraws even a lot of WrestleManias, an
incredible feat considering breaking the 1997 Royal Rumble
attendance record was not on the cards for this one.
Originally, Lucas Oil Stadium was only half open, with the
hard cam section pretty much closed off, as is the norm for
non-WrestleMania stadium shows. But demand grew each day and
sections were opened weekly until the whole stadium was open
on the final day.
Fans from all over the world packed the future WrestleMania
stadium to its rafters, making this the biggest non-
WrestleMania wrestling event ever in North America.
With Peacock at 36 million subscribers and the show airing
on Netflix around the world, it’s also safe to say that this
will be one of the most-watched WWE shows ever.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Translation: the 65,407 was the paid
attendance for the event. The other was the "for
entertainment purposes" attendance. Given how well they've
done with drawing crowds, it's inexplicable why they keep
doing this, since it isn't even the "distributed" (with
comps) number.