WrestleMania III is particularly notable due to the WWF record attendance of 93,173 and the largest recorded attendance of a live indoor event in North America at the time. The event is considered to be the pinnacle of the 1980s wrestling boom, with almost one million fans watching the event at 160 closed-circuit locations in North America and the number of people watching via pay-per-view estimated at several million. The WWF generated $1.6 million in ticket sales, and pay-per-view revenues were estimated at $10.3 million, setting a record for the time. The only WWF/E event with an official higher attendance was WrestleMania 32, held at AT&T Stadium in 2016. The record for the largest indoor event stood until January 27, 1999, when it was surpassed by the papal mass with Pope John Paul II at the TWA Dome in St. Louis, MO, which drew an audience of 104,000 people.