WWE's announced WrestleMania 42 attendance came in nearly 19,000 fans short of last year's record-setting weekend at the same venue.
WrestleMania 42 host John Cena revealed the official two-night total during Sunday's broadcast from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Saturday's Night 1 drew 50,816 fans, a number Cena later bumped to 50,817 after Bianca Belair's surprise pregnancy announcement. Sunday's Night 2 brought in 55,256, pushing the cumulative total to 106,072.
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Those figures fall well below the 124,693 fans WWE announced for WrestleMania 41 in April 2025. The company billed that event as the most-successful and highest-grossing in its history. WrestleMania 41 drew 61,467 on Night 1 and 63,226 on Night 2, both staged at Allegiant Stadium.
Cena Addresses Ticket Sales Speculation
Slow ticket sales had become a talking point in the build to WrestleMania 42, with WrestleTix tracking distribution figures well behind last year's pace in the weeks leading up to the event. Cena addressed that speculation directly before announcing the Saturday number, framing the crowd inside Allegiant Stadium as proof the show had still drawn a major audience.
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Cena initially announced 50,860 for Saturday before correcting himself to the official 50,816 figure. He then adjusted the number again to 50,817 after Belair appeared on stage to reveal she and husband Montez Ford are expecting their first child.
Comparing Announced Numbers to Stadium Authority Data
WWE's announced WrestleMania figures have historically run higher than independent counts. The Las Vegas Stadium Authority later reported actual WrestleMania 41 attendance at 58,538 on Saturday and 60,103 on Sunday, a combined 118,641. That worked out to roughly 2.4% lower than WWE's announced totals.
If a similar gap holds for WrestleMania 42, the actual two-night attendance could land closer to 103,500. The Stadium Authority typically releases its quarterly activity report several months after each event.
WrestleMania 42 marked the first WWE event under the company's new ESPN streaming partnership and the second consecutive WrestleMania held at Allegiant Stadium.
