Tony Khan Wants To Keep AEW Tickets Affordable, Says It’s Been a Consistent Theme

Tony Khan says that he wants EAW to stay consistent in its ticket pricing in a way that keeps them affordable for fans. Ticket pricing has been a point of conversation for wrestling fans this year. Specifically, TKO raising WWE ticket prices to much higher levels has been a point of contention. TKO argues that they felt WWE tickets were underpriced and are bringing them more in line with the market.

Khan was asked about the matter in his appearance on The Ariel Helwani Show. He noted that he is cognizant of AEW’s prices and believes there’s a balance to be struck. He stated his mission statement of always keeping get-in tickets affordable for fans and hopes they always will be. You can see highlights below:

On the Balance Of Ticket Pricing:

“Like a lot of the things we’re saying, I think there’s a balance. I’m cognizant of what people are saying and, I’m cognizant of their pricing. I think the AEW pricing, which is lower. And WWE shows are more expensive for the fans than AEW when it comes to the ticketing and the pricing. Now, we have different models when it comes to the distribution. I think that what we do is very good. And it’s been working for us. From the very beginning of AEW, whether it was on the the beginning calls… before we’d ever done a Dynamite being on the phone. And Cody was in some of these phone calls, and Matt and Nick and and different people.

“[I was] talking about how I always wanted there to be tickets that were in that range of somewhere from $20 to $30 for the fans to be able to get in to the TV shows every week. And that that was going to be a consistent theme in AEW. And there still is inexpensive ticketing and the get-in price is usually pretty fair compared to the competition. It’s always lower, and the ringside seats are also — they’re more expensive than the the highest tier of seats in the arena, but they are still more affordable than our competition, and they always have been. And I hope that they always will be.”

On Wanting To Keep the Pricing Affordable:

“I’ll try to keep that affordable pricing. That’s something I care about, making sure that families and friends can get into the event, go to the show. And people who really care about being in the front row or being really close to the ring, people that might will be willing to pay a little bit more for the ticket than just getting into the event. And people that really care about that really close ringside seat, it’s still the most affordable ringside seat you’re going to get for major TV wrestling and pay-per-views. We’re having this great great year, but that’s something that has been consistent from the beginning.”

If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit The Ariel Helwani Show with a h/t to 411mania.com for the transcription.