Wrestlemania tickets go on sale with pomp, pyrotechnics and muscles
 

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You don't know about Wrestlemania. You might know it's coming to New Orleans in April (April 6, to be exact), and you might know it involves "professional wrestling," the intensely physical narrative art form in which athletic showmen settle personal grudges through combat, but nothing can prepare you for Wrestlemania's scale, its spectacle, or the power it holds over those of us who love pro wrestling.

The Super Bowl was big, but Wrestlemania is bigger: More pageantry, more pyro, more people flying in from all over the planet? a larger crowd, because a wrestling ring takes up less space than a football field, allowing arch-promoter Vince McMahon to pack the Superdome more tightly with paying customers.

The first stop on the road to Wrestlemania was Champions Square Friday evening, where fans could buy Wrestlemania tickets and meet some pro wrestlers at "the official Wrestlemania XXX On-Sale Party."? [ Read more ]

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