The city of Boston will play host to WWE’s Summerslam and NXT TakeOver, along with the usual weekend events and festivities, next year, in 2020.
According to the Boston Globe, Boston’s TD Garden will play host to Summerslam next summer.
“We are thrilled to bring WWE’s biggest event of the summer to Boston in 2020,” said John P. Saboor, WWE Executive Vice President, Special Events. “We are grateful to Mayor Walsh, Governor Baker and our partners at TD Garden and look forward to working with them to welcome the world to one of America’s great sports and entertainment cities.”
“On behalf of the City of Boston, we are excited to once again host WWE SummerSlam at TD Garden,” said Mayor Martin J. Walsh. “SummerSlam attracts fans from all across the world, and we are excited to welcome them all to our city for this hallmark WWE event.”
“We have an incredible history with WWE and are honored that they have once again selected TD Garden as the home of SummerSlam”, said Amy Latimer, president of TD Garden. “We’ve dramatically enhanced the arena experience with the addition of The Hub on Causeway and recent arena expansion, and we are thrilled to showcase these tremendous upgrades with fans for one of WWE’s biggest marquee events.”
Smackdown LIVE will take place on Friday August 21st, followed by NXT Takeover on Sugust 22nd, Summerslam on August 23rd, and, lastly, Monday Night RAW on August 24th.