WrestleMania 42 will be held at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on April 18-19, 2026, WWE announced on Saturday. The promotion’s showcase event will return to Las Vegas for the second consecutive year, chief content officer Paul Levesque confirmed during the “Money in the Bank” broadcast.
This will be the second time that WWE will present WrestleMania at the same venue for two straight years. WrestleMania IV and WrestleMania V were both held at the Atlantic City Convention Hall in New Jersey in 1988 and 1989.
“In my experience, anything worth doing is worth doing twice,” Levesque said in a pre-recorded video. “So I’ve got just one question for you. Are you ready to double down?”
In addition to WrestleMania 42, Las Vegas will host several other WWE events during the weekend of April 18-19, including “SmackDown,” the Hall of Fame ceremony, “NXT Stand and Deliver” and “Raw After WrestleMania” at nearby T-Mobile Arena.
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WWE’s signature event was originally scheduled to be held in New Orleans on April 11-12, 2026. WrestleMania 42 will reportedly be moved back a week due to a scheduling conflict with a concert event at Allegiant Stadium.
The reason for taking the event out of New Orleans was not reported, though there have been rumblings that WWE management believes more money is to be made in Las Vegas after drawing 117,380 fans across both nights of WrestleMania 41 this year. Additionally, WWE received $4.24 million in tax breaks from the city, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
New Orleans has reportedly been promised a future WrestleMania by WWE, in addition to a “Money in the Bank” next year. The city has hosted a WrestleMania previously in 2018 and drew 78,240 fans to the Caesars Superdome.
Before Las Vegas was confirmed, other cities that were rumored for possible new locations were London and Saudi Arabia.
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