AEW All In’s turnstile count was 72,265, according to local government

Here is a link to Brandon Thurston's (Wrestlenomics) article on the news that came out 2 days ago:
https://wrestlenomics.com/2023/09/13/aew-all-ins-turnstile-count-was-72265-according-to-local-government/ 

If you haven't read it or don't understand what it means, the following paragraphs sum it up:

The final estimate from WrestleTix of tickets distributed for All In was 83,131.

Wrestlenomics was told by a source that a typical AEW event has a drop count (also known as a “turnstile count”) that is about 80% to 90% of the paid attendance or tickets distributed. In this case, 72,265 is 87% of 83,131 (estimated tickets distributed) and 89% of 81,035 (announced paid attendance).

“Turnstile count” or “drop count” simply refers to the number of tickets scanned as attendees enter the building, not necessarily as they go through physical turnstiles which many venues don’t use.

The turnstile count for WWE’s Wrestlemania 32 in 2016 in Arlington, Texas, was higher than All In’s number. The number of fans who entered the building for Wrestlemania 32 was 80,709, according to the Arlington Police, a number more than 8,000 higher than 72,265.

It would be great to get a number from Pollstar as well for paid attendance but we'll have to wait and see on that one. We now know that Wrestlemania 32 had more people in attendance. We also know more than 72,265 people were in the building at All In because media and such would not have counted toward this total but that wouldn't make up a huge amount of people either. It's not clear how suites factor into this either. 

It's great to know my final tally was within the expected range but I'll repeat, this was not like other maps and it was one of the most challenging ones I've worked with. I did the best I could given what I knew. I learned a lot how to work with this map for next year's show.

It was interesting to see the reaction of those who read the headline and didn't both to read the story (even Will Ospreay was guilty of this after filming a video seemingly filled with regret after getting the 81,035 number tattooed on him (side note and life advice: Never get an attendance tattooed on you no matter how great it is) that he quickly deleted).