In the new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer provides some details on WWE’s decision to move the location of WrestleMania 42.
It was confirmed this week that WrestleMania 42 will no longer be taking place in New Orleans. A new location has not been announced yet, but the expectation is that the show is being moved to Las Vegas, marking the second straight year that Allegiant Stadium has hosted WrestleMania.
Meltzer reports that TKO Sports Group now plans to run WrestleMania in Las Vegas on a regular basis. It won’t be every year, but the idea is that the show will be held in Vegas frequently.
“The decision was made partially because this year’s WrestleMania made so much money overall in Las Vegas from all sources that they could not make that level of money in New Orleans. The other is that the company loved having it in Las Vegas, because key TKO executives live there and are there and Nick Khan grew up there,” Meltzer wrote. “The plan is now to run WrestleMania on a regular basis in the city, not necessarily every year, but frequently. The idea is that the city wants to have a major destination sports event every year, and by definition they are looking at the Super Bowl, The Final Four, the College Football national championship final and WrestleMania so would be looking for Mania any year that they don’t have one of the other three events.”
Meltzer confirmed that WWE has reserved Allegiant Stadium for Saturday, April 18 and Sunday, April 19, 2026. The show was originally going to be held one weekend before that — April 11 and April 12 — when it was set for New Orleans.
There are still a couple of issues that are being worked out regarding the Vegas move, Meltzer reports.
“There is a concert booked at the stadium that has not been announced that makes the moving in and setting up the stadium too tight,” he wrote. “Those in charge of the stadium have attempted to move the concert date but the promoters have said that they have a contract for that date and thus far have been unwilling to move.
“The other is that the Las Vegas Convention Center, which hosted fan gatherings, is open for that weekend but does not have the same amount of open space as it had for WWE last month. The other event that has part of the Convention Center booked is also unwilling to move. But they could use less space in the building or move to a different convention center, with the Mandalay Bay being the most likely.”
New Orleans will now host Money in the Bank in 2026 instead of WrestleMania, and the city is expected to receive a future WrestleMania as well.
