{"id":12957,"date":"2018-01-24T12:02:06","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T17:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=12957"},"modified":"2018-01-24T12:02:39","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T17:02:39","slug":"2019-royal-rumble-date-and-location-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/01\/24\/2019-royal-rumble-date-and-location-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Royal Rumble Date And Location Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning the WWE announced that the <strong>Road to WrestleMania 35<\/strong> will go through Arizona.\u00a0 Specifically, the 2019 <strong>Royal Rumble<\/strong> will take place on 27 January 2019 from <strong>Chase Field<\/strong> in Phoenix, Arizona.\u00a0 Chase Field is the home of Major League Baseball&#8217;s <strong>Arizona Diamondbacks<\/strong> and features a retractable roof.\u00a0 It is the first time the Rumble will be hosted in a baseball stadium and with this feature, it could see the Rumble being hosted in an outdoor venue for the first time as well, weather permitting.\u00a0 The arena seats almost 50,000 and will mark the first time in 15 years a baseball stadium has been used for a Pay Per View, the previous two times being <em><strong>WrestleMania<\/strong> <strong>XIX<\/strong><\/em> in Seattle and <em><strong>WrestleMania XVIII<\/strong><\/em> in Toronto.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12970\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12970\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12970\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/01\/chase_topv2-e1516813176369.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"317\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12970\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: ballparksofbaseball.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The nearby <strong>Talking Stick Arena and Resort<\/strong>, which is often used for live events, has been tapped to host <strong>NXT Takeover<\/strong> the night before the Rumble and the <em><strong>Monday Night Raw<\/strong><\/em> and<em><strong> Smackdown Live<\/strong> <\/em>on the nights following.\u00a0 The arena has hosted two previous pay per view events including the 2013 <strong>Royal Rumble<\/strong> when it was then called the <strong>US Airways<\/strong> Center.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/entertainment\/events\/2018\/01\/24\/wwe-royal-rumble-2019-nxt-takeover-phoenix-chase-field\/1059435001\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In an interview with AZCentral.com<\/a>, <strong>John Saboor<\/strong>, who serves as Executive Vice-President of Special Events for WWE mentioned that the proximity\u00a0of the two venues to each other was one of the main reasons Arizona was chosen.\u00a0 Saboor stated \u201cIt makes for a seamless experience for our fans. 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