WWE WrestleMania 42 location: Promotion announces return to Las Vegas for second straight year

WWE WrestleMania will return to Las Vegas for consecutive years. During Saturday’s broadcast of Money in the Bank, WWE chief content officer Paul Levesque confirmed WrestleMania 42 for Las Vegas.

WrestleMania 42 will take place on April 18 and 19 at Allegiant Stadium, the site of last year’s WrestleMania. WWE made the unprecedented decision last month to move WrestleMania from its announced host city. The tentpole pay-per-view had already been announced for New Orleans; however, WWE announced they were shifting elsewhere while promising to bring a future WrestleMania to the city.

“Going into Las Vegas, when you have record-shattering, biggest WrestleMania of all time in Vegas, it’s great to say we’ll be going back to the entertainment capital of the world, and we look forward to breaking this year’s records there,” Levesque said during the Money in the Bank post-show press conference.

The move is unusual for two reasons. WWE has never changed cities after publicly announcing it, though they’ve moved venues on rare occasions. WWE has only once previously held WrestleMania in the same venue back-to-back, hosting WrestleMania IV and V at the Historic Atlantic City Convention Hall. 

Along with promising New Orleans a future WrestleMania, WWE also announced the city would host next year’s Money in the Bank event.

WrestleMania 41‘s two nights were headlined by CM Punk vs. Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins, and Cody Rhodes vs. John Cena.