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Originally Posted by The Ravishing One
I reckon they could fill it imo, Its Wrestlemania.
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Well... if I'm remembering correctly, this is what I know about Vince's attempt to bring Wrestlemana to the LA Memorial Coliseum...
The event was promoted since Wrestlemania VI. If you can find an old copy of that Wrestlemania, or of SummerSlam '90, you can see the promos where they even gave out the Ticketmaster number for the Los Angeles area.
I remember hearing that they had the Coliseum mapped out to seat 108,000 people! Wrestlemania III in the Pontiac Silverdome drew 93,173 people, and it took a statewide Pay-Per-View blackout to get that job done.... When they finally decided to move Wrestlemania into the LA Sports Arena (due to "security reasons"), they had only sold some 16,000 tickets.
So.... yeah, I do think they had alittle trouble selling Wrestlemania VII in the Coliseum.
Oh, one final note.... the following year, Wrestlemania VIII was held in the HoosierDome in Indianapolis, Indiana. They only drew 62,167. I've seen pictures of the event that showed quite a few gaps in the upper deck. On video, the upper decks of stadiums are tougher to see, but the Coliseum doesn't have an upper deck... it's bowl shaped, making it way easier to see empty seats.
Well, there's some of what I know about it. The Coliseum has hosted 2 Olympic Games, the Super Bowl, and the World Series..... I would sure love to see it host Wrestlemania. The WWF is going to have to be on fire and come up with a darned spectacular card in order to pull it off......