The WWE has officially announced Orlando as the host of WrestleMania 33 on April 2nd 2017. The Stadium is the Orlando Citrus Bowl and holds over 70,000.
The WWE made it official after RAW:
BREAKING NEWS: @WWE @WrestleMania 33 is coming to Orlando’s @CitrusBowl April 2, 2017! https://t.co/q6qoU7Y0ua pic.twitter.com/pSGy8whHR6
— WWE WrestleMania (@WrestleMania) March 8, 2016
Here is the official press release:
“WrestleMania 33 is coming to Orlando, Fla.
Next year’s Showcase of the Immortals will emanate from the Orlando Citrus Bowl on Sunday, April 2, 2017, the “Orlando Sentinel” reported late Monday night.
The event marks the second time that the Citrus Bowl has hosted WrestleMania, and the third time that The Grandest Stage of Them All has touched down in Florida. The Citrus Bowl was also the site of WrestleMania XXIV in 2008, where Big Show famously fought boxer Floyd Mayweather. WrestleMania then returned to Florida four years later, when The Rock defeated John Cena in the main event of WrestleMania XXVIII, held at Miami’s Sun Life Stadium.
WWE will hold a press event Tuesday at 11 a.m. ET to officially announce the huge event. Check back to WWE.com throughout Tuesday for full coverage of the press conference, including photos and videos”
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