NEW ORLEANS – World Wrestling Entertainment announced that WrestleMania will return to New Orleans in 2018.

Governor John Bel Edwards and Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced the event at a press conference at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on Tuesday.

The event will be held in April. 

Gov. Edwards is proud to announce that @WrestleMania will return to New Orleans in 2018. A big win for our state. #lagov pic.twitter.com/F2Hy0RtPQj

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— Gov John Bel Edwards (@LouisianaGov) January 10, 2017

WrestleMania was held in New Orleans in 2014 and more than 75,000 people were in attendance. The event brought in more than $120 million, WWL reported.