WWE officially announces WrestleMania 42 location & dates

WWE is officially heading back to Las Vegas for WWE WrestleMania 42.

The promotion made it official during Saturday’s WWE Money in the Bank with a quick video package before the night’s main event. No ticket information was announced.

It’s the first time since WrestleMania IV and V (Atlantic City, New Jersey) that the company’s biggest show of the year will be held in the same city in back-to-back years.

The two-night event will emanate from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Saturday, April 18th and Sunday, April 19th as our Dave Meltzer had initially reported. At the time, he said “some logistics with load in/load from a yet-to-be-announced concert need to be ironed out.”

Earlier this week, our Bryan Alvarez reported that WWE was close to finalizing the deal, saying “there were a few hurdles to be cleared” that were cleared this week and that “Vegas is making a lot of concessions to clear the way for them.”

New Orleans, Louisiana, was set to host the week’s activities but in late-May, news broke that wouldn’t be happening for reasons that are still unconfirmed.

However a report from NOLA.com’s Anthony Mcauley stated that “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.“

TKO has yet to publicly discuss why the move was made. It appears New Orleans will get a future WrestleMania, but no date was announced. The city will host Money in the Bank next year.