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If you were at WrestleMania
How was your experience, and your seat, and did you have an obstructed view?
In Section 118, row 29 (19 rows behind Droford and Xero), my view was obstructed by one of the ring posts. I should have asked to be moved, but didn't think it would get me anywhere, since it was sold-out. I ended up watching the Titan Tron for most of the night. Still, it was an AWESOME experience. How did the crowd come across on TV? |
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They're eating the dogs..
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PrettyGay of you not to ax to move.
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On the floor, section 13, two sections behind the announcers. It was a pretty good view. The experience was awesome, but the actual seats were squished together and we could not spread them apart. Also, there were people who kept standing at times where no one should be standing to block our views. Overall it was an awesome time.
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it's really real meat
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i think the best response you would have gotten was a "we'll see what we can do", and then promptly be ignored
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Section 135. A corner of the ring was obstructed by the pillar. Wasn't worth complaining though since some sections had the middle of the ring blocked. They had a better gripe than me.
Great environment though. Definitely will go to a Mania again but hopefully in an indoor stadium where there will not be a pillar. |
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WWE is taking an absolute beating about the pillars, btw. Some people got moved but others were told they were SOL. The problem is none of the corner seats had obstructed view disclaimers.
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They're eating the dogs..
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My neighbor was given 3rd row seats behind Rock's family. I didn't even know he was going until earlier today.
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I hope we get a WM report from Droford and Xero.
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I have a friend who I have been to Wrestlemania a few times with in the past spend over $2000 for his 3rd row seat to discover that his seat was not there. He got moved to another seat, which was already someone else's seat, so had to be moved yet again and was eventually given the seat of some VIP who didn't show up. Took 90 minutes to sort it all out, and didn't end up with the seat that he had purchased. Embarrassing and disgraceful really. They took his seat details for Raw last night and said they would come up to him to discuss some compensation but they never showed.
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I've pretty much stated my opinion already but in summation I was happy with my seats despite the slight obstruction. For the later half of the show I had two empty seats beside me on both sides which was nice. Thought the crowd was great but probably would have been better had it not been so cold. Didn't take me any time really to get out on the nj transit and back to my hotel. Overall it was a good show..predictable sure..but I had fun.
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I got an I was there shirt and program. Shirt doesn't fit though..I didn't see any swagger shirts outside.
Couldn't get into the Superstore which was dumb since it as supposed to be open. Combined with going to wrestllecon and seeing chikara my weekend was great. If they do wrestlecon next year in Nola and you're going to wm you should check it out. - |
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Yeah, I got the I shirt (in white) at the souvenir stand inside near our section of seating. They didn't have my size outside, so I waited until I went in. Those souvenir stands were all so unorganized, though! And they ran out of hot dog buns at the food booth. Apparently the catering company wasn't prepared for the huge crowd.
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![]() Did they think WWE was kidding when they said 80,000 people? |
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The woman standing in front of me in the line at the concession stand ordered chicken tenders. A few minutes later, she brought them back and said they were FROZEN!
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Oh, it's true. It's damn true. The woman brought the basket of chicken tenders back to the counter and said "These are frozen... There's ice in them." I went to buy a hot dog and was told there were no more buns.
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I filled out the met life stadium survey they sent me. I'd say if you had problems you should fill it out too
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Souvenir stands are unorganized at every WWE event. They just put all the merch on a wall and have a few people fielding requests with there being no actual line. People were getting pissed off that they kept getting passed over despite being there first. You had to basically raise your hand and hope to get called on.
One guy bought like 2 belts which ran him about $1,000 total. Must be nice. I got a program and a Ziggler shirt though. Also got a couple of hot dogs but they had no napkins. Had to avoid getting onion sauce all over the place. |
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Those issues fall on MetLife Stadium's vendors moreso than WWE. At best, WWE won't go back to MetLife Stadium and I don't think they will for quite some time anyway.
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WWE has announced that anyone who went to WM and had an obstructed view can get FREE TICKETS to any future event (except WM 30).
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WOOHOO FREE HOUSE SHOW
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yeah nah good mate
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it was the same problem with the palm trees stage from last year. I remember lots of complaints about it last year so I ensured I got seats for this year's Mania where I would not have obstructed views (orthogonal to the ring sides).
Was back in section 126, final row, covered from the rain but couldn't see any of the titantron when we were standing. Crowd was insane. Incredibly invested in all the big matches, and respectful to each other, too. The chants and cheering in the massive line before the gates opened was pretty fun as well. "It's 4:30; let us in" Didn't really have any issues with any of the concession stands. Got what I wanted, and got it pretty quick and easy. Had a hardcore Daniel Bryan fan in replica gear ordering food next to me which was worth a couple photos, and the only thing worth noting. Only issue for me was the transport back to Port Authority. You had tens of thousands of people waiting in line for a 351 express back and people at the back of the line would have waited for 4 hrs I would guess. I was near the front of the line and it was over an hours wait. |
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Do any of you have any photographs from the show? I brought my camera, but forgot to take it with me when I left the hotel room.
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Nearly all of my pictures look like shit because I tried to use the zoom lens and they all wound up looking blurry.
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I did get this one with the camera phone though:
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Im in the process of compressing one of my videos now so I can upload it. Pain in the ass for a 2 minute video
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In retrospect, after all of the outrage about the blocked seats at WM28, I dunno why they couldn't have just done a structure similar to what they had at WrestleMania 24:
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I had to compress the hell out of it so it doesnt look as good (looks somewhat good at 720p) |
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Forgot about seeing Norman Smiley
[/URL]Had a chant going too |
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People did complain, but it didn't work. It really didn't take away from my experience, I just know how to get tickets in the first section instead of the floor for future events and we paid about $400 for the ticket.
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You think they would figure this out.. Last year was the same story. Even back to wrestlemania 26 in phx, same issue.. I had my experience tarnishe due to the middle of the ring being blocked by pilars. Nowhere on my ticket did it say obstructed view, nor did it say it on the website I bought my tix from. Still was one of my fav wrestling experiences to date! Best atmosphere possible!
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