The venue for WWE’s WrestleMania 40 was announced on Wednesday. The event will be held at the Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Saturday, April 6 and Sunday, April 7, 2024.
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, NFL team Philadelphia Eages, the city’s convention and WWE made the announcement. In addition to WrestleMania, Friday Night SmackDown, the 2024 WWE Hall of Fame Ceremony and Monday Night Raw will be held at the Wells Fargo Center.
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“On behalf of WWE, we are thrilled to bring WrestleMania back to the City of Brotherly Love,” WWE Executive Vice President of Special Events John Saboor said.
The Eagles, who have Lincoln Financial Field as their home ground, said that they ‘are thrilled to partner with WWE as WrestleMania’ as makes a ‘much-anticipated return to Philadelphia’.
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“We are excited to help showcase the industry’s most iconic event in front of a global viewing audience and look forward to providing WWE fans in attendance with a first-class experience at Lincoln Financial Field,”Eagles President and PHL Sports Chair Don Smolenski.
How big is the WrestleMania: The event has generated more than $1.25 billion in cumulative economic impact for the host cities over the past decade.
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“We are proud to welcome WWE fans from around the world to Philadelphia to be a part of the historic 40th WrestleMania in 2024. The week-long series of events will help put a global spotlight on our great city while also generating a major impact for our local economy,” said Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney.
Philadelphia was rumoured as a finalist for Wrestlemania 31 in 2013. WWE went with Santa Clara, California for the event.
A report from Pro Wrestling Mania said, “The city of Philadelphia was reportedly very close to landing WWE’s WrestleMania 31 but the main reason they didn’t is because of the way they approached the bidding process. WWE felt like Bay Area officials were more inviting and wanted them to be there. Philadelphia officials approached the situation like they were doing WWE a favor by having WWE in their city.”
However, this time around, the city placed a bid.
WrestleMania was hosted by Philadelphia in 1999. About 20,276 fans packed the Wells Fargo Center.
