Friday’s WWE SmackDown show at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana featured Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson officially announcing that next year’s WrestleMania 42 event will be taking place at the Superdome in New Orleans.
This led to pyro going off on the stage and the big screen revealing that next year’s event will be taking place on Saturday, April 11th and Sunday, April 12th in the city.
You heard @TheRock! #WrestleMania 42 will be LIVE from the @CaesarsDome in New Orleans, Louisiana!
— WWE (@WWE) February 22, 2025
#SmackDown pic.twitter.com/vo4ZHQcgB4
BREAKING NEWS:
— WWE (@WWE) February 22, 2025
As announced by @TheRock, #WrestleMania 42 will take place LIVE from the @CaesarsDome in New Orleans, Louisiana! pic.twitter.com/3OZxLWm7IV
This will be the third time that New Orleans would be hosting a WrestleMania event, following WrestleMania 30 in 2014 and WrestleMania 34 in 2018.

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