Report: Why WWE WrestleMania 37 Ticket Sales Were Delayed

WWE were originally supposed to put WrestleMania 37 tickets on sale on Tuesday 16 March but announced the day before that the date had been postponed. 

Tickets for 'The Showcase Of The Immortals' eventually hit sale on Friday 19 March.

The delay in sales led to speculation as to why WWE had been forced to postpone the sale of tickets to their biggest show of the year, and it has now emerged that the contract to host WrestleMania 37 at Raymond James Stadium had not been signed. 

According to Jon Alba of Spectrum Sports 360, the contract between WWE and Raymond James Stadium was not signed by a WWE official - John Porco, Senior Vice-President of Live Events - until the evening of Tuesday 16 March, the day that tickets for WrestleMania 27 at the Tampa stadium were meant to go on sale. 

The Tampa Sports Authority had signed off on the deal, via CEO Eric Hart, minutes before WWE signed the contract. Raymond James Stadium management would not sign the contract until later in the evening, finally locking in WrestleMania 37 at the venue. 

Alba notes that he had made a Public Records Request with the Tampa Sports Authority regarding WrestleMania 37 after the originally on-sale date for tickets had been announced. He says he was told on Monday 15 March that nothing could be found, with the date on the contract now confirming why.