by Donald Wood
Last updated: 10:05 AM ET, Tue June 25, 2024
The Indiana Sports Corp. announced a new partnership with
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) that will bring the latter’s three biggest
events—Royal Rumble, SummerSlam and WrestleMania—to Indianapolis over the
coming years.
According to The Associated Press, the two companies
announced on Monday that WWE’s Royal Rumble premium live event will be held on
February 1, 2025, at Lucas Oil Stadium.
In future years, Indianapolis and Lucas Oil Stadium will
host a two-night SummerSlam and two-night WrestleMania. WWE officials said the economic
impact of the three shows would exceed $300 million for the region.
“For over four decades, our city’s sports strategy has
brought in millions of visitors and priceless hours of international
brand-building media coverage,” Indiana Sports Corp. President Patrick Talty
said. “This partnership with WWE continues to push that strategy forward in new
and exciting ways.”
In addition to the three cornerstone events, WWE will also
bring its television shows to Indiana, including Raw, Smackdown and NXT, as
well as WWE live events taking place at arenas in surrounding locations, such
as Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, and Evansville.
Since being founded in 1979, Indiana Sports Corp. has hosted
more than 500 national and international sporting events—including Super Bowl
XLVI—and contributed more than $4 billion in direct spending in local communities.
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