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Old 05-09-2023, 10:28 AM   #13845
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Originally Posted by The Rogerer View Post
He commented that the arena was only set up for 40k, then made an allusion about other events on the arena that were neither here nor there.

You yourself have gone back and forth on the numbers, the meaning of his statement, his motivations. I'm just trying to understand what happened and this guy's professional assessment?

Is it very strange and unusual that 35k tickets had sold on day 1 of the presale, but the presale ended up at 50k and then general sale added another 10-20k sales in a few days? That seems to be the heart of what we're establishing here - that when 35k tickets were sold, that was basically considered the limit. Have your socks been blown off by the updated numbers? Has this ESPN guy been floored by a massive unexpected turnaround? Why did he get it so wrong? What happened?
Yes, he did make that comment after 35k seemed to be the number. I don’t think his comments about other events are neither here nor there.

No, I haven’t gone back and forth on the numbers. You’ve tricked yourself on that one. I saw 35k and only yesterday found Forbes articles quoting AEW themselves saying 60k. I’ve speculated on where this guy might have been coming from. What makes sense to me is that he looked at the numbers released and/or heard things. That’s obviously stung Tony Khan, hence his nervous response.

I don’t really trust the latest numbers to be honest lol. They seem to come from AEW themselves or hardcore fans speculating. I wouldn’t be shocked if Tony Khan bought up tickets or scalpers did scale up the sales, but I think we’re a little way off from seeing what actual attendance for this thing is.
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