New WWE Plans For WrestleMania Almost A Done Deal

WWE plans for WrestleMania 42 are becoming clearer.

On May 23, Triple H announced that Money In The Bank will be held in New Orleans in August 2026. The announcement came after days of wild speculation after it was revealed that WWE had gone back on an earlier agreement to hold WrestleMania 42 in the city.

With WrestleMania 42 removed from New Orleans, several potential host locations were put forward, but one very familiar city quickly became a favourite.

According to several reports, the event will be held in Las Vegas, but as yet, there has been no announcement forthcoming.

WWE Overcomes WrestleMania Hurdles

Speaking on Wrestling Observer Live, Bryan Alvarez offered an update on the very messy situation. Alvarez noted that several hurdles have now been cleared, and a deal to take WrestleMania to Las Vegas is all but complete.

“As of today, they’re still not ‘confirmed’ for anywhere, but this morning, they cleared several hurdles that were in the way of WWE going to WrestleMania [in Vegas]. Vegas is apparently making a lot of concessions to clear the way for WrestleMania in Vegas and I was told that as of today, it is almost a done deal.”

Alvarez went on to break down a couple of the issues delaying the announcement process before reiterating that WrestleMania 42 confirmation is on the way.

“One of the issues, there were a couple of issues, was an issue with the stadium – this is not gonna be in the Sphere, it’s looking like it would be in the stadium. Apparently, there was an unannounced concert, but the concert was close enough to the planned date of WrestleMania that there was not gonna be enough time to set up, and the concert was unwilling to move.

There was an issue with the convention center, which is where they were gonna do all of their whatever it’s called now (WWE World)… I’m not sure what hurdles were cleared, but several were this morning.

So it’s looking like probably very, very shortly, we’re going to get the news that next year’s WrestleMania is officially in Las Vegas, Nevada.”

As part of the agreement for the removal of WrestleMania from New Orleans in 2026, it’s been confirmed that the city will host the event in the future.

H/t to WrestlingNews.Co