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WWE announces deal to bring WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, SummerSlam to Indianapolis
WWE has announced a groundbreaking deal to bring three major shows to Indianapolis.
WWE revealed on Monday that the 2025 Royal Rumble will take place at Lucas Oil Stadium on February 1, 2025. The stadium in Indianapolis will also host a future two-night SummerSlam and a future two-night WrestleMania, confirming an earlier report by WrestleVotes.
“Indianapolis is a fantastic city for major events and we’re excited to invite the WWE Universe to Lucas Oil Stadium for Royal Rumble in 2025, and a future SummerSlam and WrestleMania,” said Chris Legentil, WWE EVP, Talent Relations & Head of Communications at WWE.
Tonight’s Raw will also take place in Indianapolis at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
In terms of when Indianapolis will host a future WrestleMania and SummerSlam, WrestleMania 41 in 2025 is already set for Las Vegas. SummerSlam 2026 has been announced for Minneapolis. However, the location for SummerSlam 2025 has not been confirmed as of yet.
“We are excited to bring this groundbreaking partnership to Indianapolis and our state,” said Patrick Talty, President of Indiana Sports Corp. “For over four decades, our city’s sports strategy has brought in millions of visitors and priceless hours of international brand-building media coverage. This partnership with WWE continues to push that strategy forward in new and exciting ways. We look forward to welcoming the WWE Universe to our community and state and showing them all that Indy has to offer.”