WrestleMania 41 transforms Las Vegas into pro wrestling oasis for WWE fans

LAS VEGAS – Las Vegas volition play big to WrestleMania 41 this play arsenic the metropolis has been transformed into a pro wrestling haven for fans crossed the globe up of the WWE’s premier unrecorded event.

WrestleMania volition instrumentality spot crossed 2 nights, Saturday and Sunday, astatine Allegiant Stadium – the location of the Las Vegas Raiders. Additionally, WWE’s flagship shows, "Friday Night SmackDown" and "Monday Night Raw," volition bookend the large event.

In between, WWE volition big its Hall of Fame ceremonial connected Friday nighttime and WWE’s developmental brand, NXT, volition besides big Stand & Deliver connected Saturday anterior to Night 1 of WrestleMania astatine the T-Mobile Arena. NXT volition besides tally its play Tuesday amusement astatine BleauLive Theater astatine Fontainebleau Las Vegas.

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A WWE loop hands astir the MGM Lion astatine the MGM Grand Casino successful Las Vegas, Nevada, connected April 17, 2025. (Fox News Digital)

Steve Hill, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority president and CEO, shared with Fox News Digital what fans tin expect the infinitesimal they get astatine Harry Reid International Airport.

"No metropolis offers the accidental for an lawsuit to truly instrumentality implicit the metropolis similar Las Vegas does," Hill said. "There’s a fig of reasons for that. One is we bash it connected a beauteous regular basis. There volition beryllium activations astatine the airport, determination are activations some extracurricular and wrong a fig of properties connected The Strip. 

"You’ll conscionable spot it and consciousness it successful a mode that’s hard to replicate elsewhere and we’re conscionable benignant of built arsenic a level for these large events. Then, the fans travel and WrestleMania takes implicit a city, too, you tin consciousness the excitement, you consciousness the vigor and it’s dissimilar you’ll spot immoderate different place."

The ambiance astir the metropolis is akin to Super Bowl week. Fans from each implicit person flocked to the metropolis to spot their favourite wrestlers execute connected "The Grandest Stage of Them All." All the excitement volition yet pb to the lucifer for the Undisputed WWE Championship betwixt Cody Rhodes and John Cena.

A peculiar animated "Welcome to Las Vegas" motion that volition besides amusement Cena’s signature "You Can’t See Me" catchphrase volition beryllium featured astatine the airport.

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WWE’s eventual instrumentality experience, WWE World, volition unfastened astatine the Las Vegas Convention Center connected Thursday afternoon. WWE fable The Undertaker volition clasp his "1deadMAN SHOW" astatine Fontainebleau Las Vegas. But that’s acold from the lone lawsuit happening astatine the Fontainebleau Las Vegas.

WrestleMania After Dark volition debut astatine the Fontainebleau Las Vegas connected Thursday with events astatine LIV moving done the weekend. It volition extremity with Gronk Beach astatine LIV Beach connected Sunday hosted by Rob Gronkowski. The Roast of WrestleMania featuring comedian Tony Hinchcliffe volition instrumentality spot determination connected Sunday nighttime arsenic well.

Casinos successful downtown Las Vegas volition besides person pro wrestling events going connected arsenic well. 

Busted Open Radio volition big "The Master’s Class" astatine Circa Resort & Casino for fans to ticker the SiriusXM Show connected Thursday afternoon. Chris Van Vliet, a premier wrestling podcast host, volition person a peculiar amusement astatine the edifice arsenic good aboriginal that night.

WrestleMania signage connected show for the WWE Royal Rumble astatine Lucas Oil Stadium successful Indianapolis, Feb. 1, 2025. (Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images)

Living Colour, the set down the "Cult of Personality," volition instrumentality the signifier astatine the Fremont Street Experience connected Friday night.

WWE Hall of Famers Nikki and Brie Bella volition deed the OYO Hotel & Casino connected Saturday day and big a complimentary tasting of their wine, Bonita Bonita, astatine Hooters Saloon.

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Not to notation the countless fig of autarkic wrestling shows that are taking spot astatine respective hotels and facilities crossed the city. The events don’t adjacent scratch the aboveground of what’s to travel for the full weekend.

"We’re starting to consciousness that headed into this weekend," Hill said. "I’ll constituent retired that this is Easter weekend, which is typically not 1 of the busiest weekends successful Las Vegas. Understandably, it’s often a play that’s spent with household and not needfully here. And so, (WrestleMania) truly elevates this play for america successful a fig of antithetic ways.

"You’re starting to spot marquee takeovers connected The Strip. You’re starting to spot the presence. We’ve got large WrestleMania belts connected iconic figures astatine Caesars and the lion astatine the MGM Grand and those benignant of things. So, you commencement to spot those types of Super Bowl and Formula One consciousness arsenic you’re conscionable starting to locomotion astir and that’s what truly elevates the excitement."

Hill told Fox News Digital helium wasn’t truly a pro wrestling instrumentality increasing up but has gotten much funny successful it implicit the past twelvemonth oregon so.

He revealed who he’s looking guardant to watching travel the weekend.

Wrestling fans cheer during the WWE "Monday Night RAW" event, March 6, 2023, successful Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

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"John Cena – obviously, the spotlight is connected him. And you benignant of turn up with these older wrestlers and having them inactive astir and I benignant of subordinate to that," Hill said. "He’s benignant of gone to the acheronian broadside here. We’re beauteous funny to spot however that works out."

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