This partnership is going to Kick off with Royal Rumble on February 1, 2025, Lucas Oil Stadium (Home of the NFL's Indianapolis Colts team). The statium will host all three Premium Live Events including a two-night SummerSlam and two-night WrestleMania in future years.
As cool as that is WWE will bring Raw, SmackDown, NXT and WWE Live Events to arenas across Indiana, including Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and Evansville throughout the partnership.
Patrick Talty, President of Indiana Sports Corp stated about this partnership, “We are excited to bring this groundbreaking partnership to Indianapolis and our state.....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.”
Chris Legentil, WWE EVP, Talent Relations & Head of Communications at WWE stated about this partnership, “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..... Patrick and the team at Indiana Sports Corp have done a phenomenal job bolstering local economics and tourism, and we’re proud to partner with them to shine a light on the great state of Indiana.”
WrestleMania, SummerSlam and Royal Rumble have a combined economic impact of more than $300 million, as the events bring hundreds of thousands of people into the host city from all 50 states and dozens of countries throughout the world. To date in 2024, WrestleMania and Royal Rumble set all-time WWE records for viewership, gate, sponsorship, merchandise and social media.
Lucan Oil Stadium is a magnificent looking facility and I personally can not wait to see the set up for Royal Rumble coming in January!
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