WWE WrestleMania 41 will be held as a two-night event on April 19 and 20, 2025, at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada.
During the recent TKO Q2 investors call, TKO President Mark Shapiro noted that Minneapolis got close to getting the nod until Las Vegas outbid them.
Shapiro said, “Ari (Emanuel) is really focusing on festivalizing our events. Further than we’re doing it right now. With concerts, the weigh in, culinary taste opportunity, which you see at events like the US Open in New York. Making our events really attractive to the hardcore sports fan, but also making it more of a cultural event. The more we can do that, we can really expand the stay. The event becomes a one-day, two-day, three-day, it really moves from one to three days, which is something that cities have communicated to us that they would like to see more of, and they can spend more from their tourism bureau if we could expand the number of days we come to town. We’re driving it hard in the sense of improving the quality of our overall events with timeline, duration, and the content itself. At the same time, driving a hard bargain and really pitting these cities up against each other. We’re going to Vegas for WrestleMania, but truthfully, we easily could have gone to Minneapolis. In fact, for a while, they looked like the favorite until Vegas came in at the end and trumped them. It’s being really transparent with these cities and local government officials, letting them know what they have to do, using the power of our leverage, our relationships, and the demand for our content to get us the price and the numbers.”
WWE WrestleMania 41 will be the first WrestleMania to be livestreamed on Netflix in international markets, following the WWE Network’s merger with the platform. The Las Vegas event will also feature John Cena’s final WrestleMania match in his 23-year career.
