PLANS for Riyadh Season 2025 have been formally announced – with WWE and darts events now on the agenda.
As part of the Middle Eastern sporting bonanza which starts this week and runs until early next year, Saudi Arabia will host the Royal Rumble, becoming the first nation outside of North America to take on a marquee WWE event.
They are also expected to stage Wrestlemania in 2027.
The Kingdom will host the Saudi Arabia Darts Masters in January as part of the World Series of Darts.
The PDC has never taken a professional darts event to Saudi before.
Chairman of the Saudi General Entertainment Authority, Turki Alalshikh, announced the plans for Riyadh Season 2025 in a press conference on Sunday.
Alalshikh has previously said he wants to try something “crazy” with darts – but it is not yet clear what he has up his sleeve.
The Riyadh Season Snooker Championship remains on the calendar, along with high-profile events in tennis and boxing.
Six Kings Slam is one of the most lucrative events on the tennis circuit, with Novak Djokovic, Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz all set to feature.
Players are guaranteed £1.1million just for competing, with the winner banking an eye-watering £4.5m.
Ring IV will feature boxing showdowns including David Benavidez vs Anthony Yarde and Brian Norman Jr. vs Devin Haney.
A parade in Boulevard City will kick off Riyadh Season 2025 on October 10.
The entertainment extravaganza will feature 15 global championships as well as 34 exhibitions and festivals.
And Alalshikh estimates that its brand value has reached £2.4BILLION.
Organisers said: “Riyadh Season 2025 will be a defining milestone in the history of global entertainment, emphasising that Riyadh has become the emblem of a new era of creativity, culture, and international entertainment excellence.”
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