Las Vegas front runner to host WWE WrestleMania 42

The city of Las Vegas appears to be the front runner to once again host WWE WrestleMania.

In the wake of Thursday’s news that next year’s WrestleMania 42 will not be held in New Orleans, a note in a news article about the move stated that according to an official, WWE’s biggest event of the year is returning to Sin City.

From NOLA.com’s Anthony Mcauley:

“After the success of this year’s event, the new leadership running WWE decided that they would rather hold next year’s event in Las Vegas and see what response they get from fans, according to an industry official who wasn’t authorized to be quoted by name.“

Our Dave Meltzer is reporting that WrestleMania weekend is looking to be scheduled for Saturday, April 18th and Sunday, April 19th, but some logistics with load in/load from a yet-to-be-announced concert need to be ironed out.

The shows were originally slated for Saturday, April 11th and Sunday, April 12th.

Walt Leger of New Orleans & Co. said in the aforementioned article that it was WWE’s decision to pull out for next year and that they have been working with WWE for the last few days on identifying future dates for future events. He noted WWE “might” bring WrestleMania back in a future year.

Through a joint statement, the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation and New Orleans & Company did confirm Money in the Bank for 2026 and that they are looking to expand their relationship with TKO that includes a UFC pay-per-view this summer. WWE has yet to make a statement about the change.

WWE held WrestleMania 41 in Allegiant Stadium this past April, announcing afterward that it was their most financially successful shows in company history. The two-night event drew an announced 124,693, but they did not disclose their gate figure. If it was the most successful, it would have had to surpass the nearly $40 million total WrestleMania 40 in Philadelphia did for both nights.