A future WWE WrestleMania may be coming to Minnesota according to Lester Bagley, Vice President of The NFL’s Minnesota Vikings. In a video discussing the teams new $1 billion US Bank Stadium, Bagley said:
“Before the building is even open, we have already secured the Super Bowl in 2018, the NCAA basketball Final Four in 2019. We are a finalist and seem to be in a very good position to secure the college football playoffs, the BCS Championship game and you know we’ve got WrestleMania coming.”
Interestingly, Patrick Talty is the new General Manager for the stadium. Talty previously worked as WWE’s Senior VP of live events.
Watch the video here.
WWE issued the following statement today in response to the story The NFL’s Minnesota Vikings revealed that a future WWE WrestleMania event would be held in their new stadium in Minneapolis.
“Minneapolis is one of the many cities that has expressed an interest in hosting a future WrestleMania. Beyond WrestleMania in Dallas, TX on April 3, 2016, locations for future WrestleMania’s have not been announced.”
