WrestleMania I - XLII: Arenas to World Class Stadiums

WrestleMania arriving at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas marks a full-throttle celebration of sports-entertainment meeting big-league spectacle. Allegiant is home to the NFL’s Raiders and offers a dramatic, open-concept canvas: wide concourses, a dark-glass exterior that glints under Nevada lights, and the capacity to host the massive crowd and pageantry WrestleMania demands.

Below is a chronological look at WrestleMania venues since the iconic 1985 show at Madison Square Garden—tracing its growth from indoor arenas to NFL stadiums and global venues that transformed WrestleMania into the massive annual spectacle it is today.

WrestleMania Venues

“WrestleMania” (I) - 1985: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

“2” (II) - 1986: the only event to be held across 3 venues: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY; Allstate Arena, Rosemont, IL; Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA

III - 1987: Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, MI

IV & V: 1988 & 1989: Although WWE claimed both events took place at Trump Plaza Convention Center, they were actually held at Historic Atlantic City Convention Hall (now Boardwalk Hall)

VI - 1990: SkyDome (now Rogers Centre), Toronto, Canada (the first to be held outside the United States)

VII - 1991: Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA

VIII - 1992: Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis, IN

IX - 1993: Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, NV (the event was held in a temporary outdoor stadium constructed in the property’s parking lot; the first to be outdoors)

X - 1994: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

XI - 1995: Hartford Civic Center (now PeoplesBank Arena), Hartford, CT 

XII - 1996: Arrowhead Pond (now Honda Center), Anaheim, CA

XIII - 1997: Rosemont Horizon (now Allstate Arena), Rosemont, IL

XIV - 1998: FleetCenter (now TD Garden), Boston, MA

XV - 1999: First Union Center (now Xfinity Mobile Arena), Philadelphia, PA

“2000” (XVI) - 2000: Arrowhead Pond (now Honda Center), Anaheim, CA

“X-Seven” (XVII) - 2001: Reliant Astrodome

“X8” (XVIII) - 2002: SkyDome (now Rogers Centre), Toronto, ON, Canada

XIX - 2003: Safeco Field (now T-Mobile Park), Seattle, WA

XX - 2004: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

XXI - 2005: Staples Center (now Crypto.com Arena), Los Angeles, CA

XXII - 2006: Allstate Arena, Rosemont, IL (the final event in a “traditional” arena)

XXIII - 2007: Ford Field, Detroit, MI

XXIV - 2008: Florida Citrus Bowl (now Camping World Stadium), Orlando, FL

XXV - 2009: Reliant Stadium (now NRG Stadium), Houston, TX

XXVI - 2010: University of Phoenix Stadium (now State Farm Stadium), Glendale, AZ

XXVII- 2011: Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA

XXVIII - 2012: Sun Life Stadium (now Hard Rock Stadium), Miami Gardens, FL

XXIX - 2013: MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ

XXX - 2014: Mercedes-Benz Superdome (now Caesars Superdome), New Orleans, LA

XXXI - 2015: Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, CA

XXXII - 2016: AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX

XXXIII - 2017: Camping World Stadium, Orlando, FL

XXXIV - 2018: Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GA

XXXV - 2019: MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ

XXXVI - 2020: WWE Performance Center, Orlando, FL

XXXVII - 2021: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL

XXXVIII - 2022: AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX

XXXIX - 2023: SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, CA

XL - 2024: Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA

XLI - 2025: Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, NV

XLII - 2026: Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, NV

As noted above, WrestleMania has employed a fluid approach to naming and numbering, primarily favoring Roman numerals while frequently deviating for stylistic or branding reasons. Between WrestleMania 31 and 39, the company moved away from featuring numbers in logos, opting for symbols to represent host cities, before returning to Roman numerals for WrestleMania XL. Despite these changes, the events remain sequentially numbered for archival purposes and are still referenced by their historical numbers during broadcasts.

WrestleMania’s venue history shows an evolution: from iconic indoor arenas like Madison Square Garden to large outdoor NFL stadiums that maximize attendance, production scale, and spectacle. Choosing Allegiant Stadium continues that trajectory—pairing modern stadium design with Las Vegas’s event ecosystems to stage what promises to be an intensely theatrical and globally visible WrestleMania.