MVP praises Tony Khan’s approach to affordable AEW ticket prices
MVP praised Tony Khan’s vision of budget-friendly ticket prices for AEW shows.
MVP addressed the distinction in ticket prices for wrestling events while speaking on the Battleground Podcast. He emphasized that Khan’s philosophy is for AEW events to be affordable for wrestling fans, and their families.
MVP said:
“Right now in our country, we have a problem with affordability across the board. I don’t care what your political affiliation is. It’s tough, and whatever your wrestling affiliation is, you have to admit that there are some companies that are charging more than the average wrestling fan can afford to go and see some good, live wrestling.”
“AEW, affordability matters and we love the fact that Tony Khan has set up a company where we get down to wrestling. It’s where the best go to wrestle. A father of two or three, a family of four can go to an AEW show and have a great time. Case in point, in Fresno, Save Mart Center. You have AEW Dynamite live, and then after that, you have a Collision taping. So you get two shows for the price of one. You can buy affordable seats ringside. You can sit just a few rows back from ringside and not have to spend two months’ salary to do it, and I think that’s a beautiful thing.”
The topic of ticket prices for wrestling events has been debated on social media in recent months. AEW World Champion MJF commented that “unlike WWE,” fans do not have to “sell the soul of your firstborn” to attend an AEW event.
Last October, Wrestlenomics published a report of Pollstar data showing that average ticket prices for WWE Raw and SmackDown events in the United States and Canada had roughly doubled since the September 2023 TKO merger.
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