WWE To Host 2024 Royal Rumble At Tropicana Field In St. Petersburg

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — WWE will bring its 37th annual Royal Rumble to St. Petersburg next year.

The event will take place Jan. 27 at Tropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay Rays, according to a news release from Visit St. Pete/Clearwater.

This will be the first time the Royal Rumble has been held in the Tampa Bay area since 1995.
WWE is bringing a full weekend of events to the region. Two days after the Royal Rumble, Monday Night Raw will take place Jan. 29 at Tampa’s Amalie Arena.

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“Tampa Bay has long been a terrific market for WWE,” John Porco, WWE executive vice president of live events, said. “Thanks to our partners at the Tampa Bay Rays, Visit St. Pete/Clearwater and the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, we look forward to a fantastic schedule of events in January.”

The WWE has partnered with the Rays, Visit St. Pete/Clearwater and the Tampa Bay Sports Commission to bring these events to the area.

“We are excited to welcome WWE back to Tropicana Field for the 2024 Royal Rumble,” Matt Silverman, Rays president, said. “The Royal Rumble will provide first-class sports entertainment to both those seeing the action in person and watching as part of a worldwide television audience. This event will bring visitors from around the globe to experience the beauty of our area and all it has to offer.”

Caleb Peterson, Visit St. Pete/Clearwater senior business development manager, added, “We look forward to welcoming all of the WWE fans to our community, a community that will certainly match their energy and enthusiasm for sports entertainment.”

The Royal Rumble will be headlined by the 30-man and 30-woman matches, with the winners of both receiving a championship match opportunity at WrestleMania 40.

This year’s record-setting Royal Rumble, which took place in San Antonio, Texas, was the WWE’s highest-grossing and most-viewed Royal Rumble in company history and set an all-time gate record at more than $7.7 million, far surpassing the previous event’s high in 2017 by more than 50 percent.