WWE Royal Rumble 2019 Taking Place At Chase Field Baseball Stadium
Groundwork laid for next year's curtain-raiser.
Chase Field, home of baseball franchise the Arizona Diamondbacks, has been selected to host WWE's Royal Rumble on January 27, 2019 (via PWMania).
The stadium, which has a maximum capacity of just shy of 50,000 for its primary function, will become the first Major League Baseball ground to broadcast a WWE pay-per-view in more than 15 years. Safeco Field, whose most famous tenants are the Seattle Mariners, is currently the last to date, having hosted WrestleMania XIX in March 2003.
According to reports, the oft-used Talking Stick Resort Arena - a neighbouring venue - will host NXT TakeOver, Raw and SmakDown events in the same week. The site of last year's Elimination Chamber, and the 2013 Royal Rumble, this arena typically seats a modest 15,000 fans.
WWE heads to Philadelphia's Wells Fargo Center for the upcoming edition of the Rumble on Sunday, before rocking up in New Orleans, and the 75,000-seat Mercedes-Benz Superdome, for WrestleMania 34. The latter two "big four" events in 2018, SummerSlam and Survivor Series, will emanate from the Barclays Centre (Brooklyn) and the Staples Centre (Los Angeles) respectively.