Allegiant Stadium to host WWE SummerSlam

Allegiant Stadium will be the first NFL venue to host WWE’s annual SummerSlam event.

The Raiders’ home just off the Strip will be the site of this year’s show on Aug. 21, the organization said Saturday.

“The Raiders are thrilled to join WWE in hosting SummerSlam at Allegiant Stadium in August,” Raiders President Marc Badain said in a release. “The Raiders look forward to SummerSlam and a full schedule of events and entertainment to come at Allegiant Stadium.”

Tickets for the full-capacity event will go on sale June 18. No matches have been confirmed for the show, which will take place on a Saturday instead of its usual Sunday night timeslot.

WWE has staged events exclusively in the state of Florida, mostly behind closed doors, since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020.

WrestleMania 37 was a two-night production with a limited capacity of 25,000 each night in Tampa on April 10 and 11.

Because of the scaled-down Wrestlemania, SummerSlam will be the company’s biggest show of the year.

“Coming out of the pandemic, it was important to us to have a big event like SummerSlam in Las Vegas,” WWE president and Chief Revenue Officer Nick Khan, a Las Vegas native, said. “We expect to deliver a great night of sports entertainment for the people of the city and a boost in foot traffic for the casinos and local businesses.”

This will host the first major WWE show in Las Vegas since the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view card at T-Mobile Arena in 2018.

Wrestlemania 9 took place at Caesars Palace before it moved to massive stadiums. This will mark the first time SummerSlam is held in Las Vegas.