WWE Announces Royal Rumble 2025 Date & Location In First-Of-Its-Kind Deal

Written by Alex Hunt • Published Jun 24, 2024 10:26 EDT
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WWE have officially announced the date and location for the 2025 Royal Rumble with additional events set to take place in the same venue.

Announced via press release, the company confirmed that next year’s Royal Rumble will take place in Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana on Saturday, February 1st. In addition to the Royal Rumble, the home of the Indianapolis Colts will also receive a WrestleMania and a 2-night SummerSlam at a date to be confirmed. A 2-night SummerSlam has also been previously confirmed for 2026.

Full details are as follows:

STAMFORD, Conn. & INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June 24, 2024 – WWE, part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), and Indiana Sports Corp today announced a first-of-its-kind partnership that will bring WWE’s three largest stadium events – WrestleMania, SummerSlam and Royal Rumble – to Indianapolis.

Kicking off with Royal Rumble on February 1, 2025, Lucas Oil Stadium will host all three Premium Live Events including a two-night SummerSlam and two-night WrestleMania in future years.

Additionally, Raw, SmackDown, NXT and WWE Live Events will emanate from arenas across Indiana, including Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and Evansville throughout the partnership.

“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.”

“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. “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.”

WWE and Indiana Sports Corp will also work with community partners across the state to create a legacy program that will leave an impact well beyond the three Premium Live Events. More details will be announced at a later date.

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.

Since its inception in 1979, Indiana Sports Corp has hosted more than 500 national and international sporting events, including Super Bowl XLVI, the College Football Playoff National Championship, Men’s & Women’s NCAA Final Fours and 11 Big Ten Football Championship Games. In total, these events have led to more than $4 billion in direct spending in the community.

Lucas Oil Stadium has a capacity of approximately 70,000 and the 2025 Royal Rumble will be the first time that the NFL stadium has hosted a Premium Live Event. The company previously hosted Fastlane 2023 at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis back in October.

Recently it was revealed that further WWE events will be held in Indianapolis as part of their deal.

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Along with the announcement via press release, Triple H and Indianapolis’ own Pat McAfee announced that the trifecta of major events would be coming to the city via promotional video on Triple H’s social media:

Additionally, a recent signing was hailed by Triple H as a “game changer.”