WWE and Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards announced today that WrestleMania 34 in New Orleans generated $175 million in economic impact for the greater New Orleans region this past April, according to a study conducted by the Enigma Research Corporation.

This had a $33 million increase from the revenue generated by WWE in New Orleans for WrestleMania 30 a few years ago and it is the seventh consecutive year that WrestleMania generated more than $100 million in economic impact for its host region.

Over the past 12 years, WrestleMania has generated more than $1.2 billion in cumulative economic impact for the cities that have hosted the event. WrestleMania 34 also generated approximately $23.7 million in federal, state and local taxes.

“Yet again, WWE delivered on its promise to offer a spectacular event in New Orleans and a boost to the local economy,” said Governor John Bel Edwards. “I would like to thank the WWE fans from around the world that descended on New Orleans for WrestleMania Week. We hope they enjoyed their visit, and more importantly, we hope to bring WrestleMania back to New Orleans in the future.”

“We were thrilled to have been a cornerstone event as part of the city’s Tricentennial Celebration, and that WrestleMania’s triumphant return to New Orleans once again generated an incredible economic windfall for the city,” said John P. Saboor, WWE Executive Vice President of Special Events. “The success of our week-long celebration would not have been possible without the tireless support of the State of Louisiana, the City of New Orleans and all of the public and private sector partners throughout the region. We now turn our attention to New York and New Jersey for what will be a historic WrestleMania Week celebration.”

WrestleMania 34 was the highest-grossing entertainment event in the history of the Mercedes-Benz Superdome with 78,133 fans from all 50 states and 67 countries attending.

Other numbers from the report include: 77% of fans that attended WrestleMania were from outside the New Orleans region and stayed an average of 3.9 nights; $22 million was spent on hotels and accommodations within New Orleans; The economic impact derived from WrestleMania Week was equal to the creation of 1,583 full-time jobs for the area; $9.9 million was spent by visitors to New Orleans at area restaurants.

There are strong rumors again that WWE will announce the location of WrestleMania 36 later this month during a stop in Minneapolis, Minnesota for Smackdown Live.

Despite a rich wrestling history, Minneapolis has never hosted a WrestleMania and the city was very close to host WrestleMania 33. The EVP of the Minnesota Vikings Stadium said in August 2015 that the city was about to welcome WrestleMania and the new stadium was going to play host. WWE however shot down the rumor a day later saying that while Minneapolis was bidding to host their annual extravaganza, they didn’t choose the winning bid yet.

Eventually, WrestleMania 33 went to the city of Orlando where the team behind the bid managed their second WrestleMania win in nine years.

The Vikings Stadium opened for business in September 2016 and can seat up to 73,000 fans in a football setting.

The WrestleMania on-sale party will be held on Thursday, November 15 at MetLife Stadium, just one day before WrestleMania tickets go on sale to the general public.

The party will take place between 6PM and 9PM and it’s free for everyone to attend. Those who make it to the stadium will have a chance to buy WrestleMania 35 tickets before they go on sale on Ticketmaster. Three matches will be taking place at the party, including Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder vs The Singh Brothers, Rhea Ripley vs Kacy Catanzaro, and Matt Riddle vs Kassius Ohno.

In addition to the matches, WWE Superstars The Big Show, Sami Zayn, Apollo Crews, Alicia Fox, Mojo Rawley, Hall of Famer Jimmy Hart, and Smackdown General Manager Paige will be on hand to sign autographs.