WWE officially announced Elimination Chamber will be in Chicago on February 28, confirming earlier reporting on the date and location. The event will happen at the United Center. The press release notes Choose Chicago’s involvement in attracting the event, which suggests a site fee or subsidy that WWE will benefit from is involved.
The company will run Montreal on back-to-back nights on January 23 and 24, for Smackdown and Saturday Night’s Main Event, respectively. That announcement was made in conjunction with Toursime Montreal, which also suggests incentives.
WWE also announced new dates for Raw and Smackdown as part of its Road to Wrestlemania tour in 2026.
Two notable venues among the 11 dates are American Airlines Center in Dallas on Feb. 13 and State Farm Arena in Atlanta on Feb. 23. WWE ran two Raw shows at American Airlines Center in 2025. The first stop in Dallas on Jan. 20 had 14,324 tickets distributed, and the second event on Oct. 6 had 11,732 tickets distributed, according to WrestleTix. WWE was in State Farm Arena on July 12 and 13 weekend for Saturday Night’s Main Event and Evolution.
Those events drew a combined $2,006,415 gross gate, according to Pollstar, and WrestleTix estimated there were 12,412 tickets distributed for SNME and 9,303 tickets distributed for Evolution.
TKO board member Steve Koonin is the President of State Farm Arena.