X Games Sacramento 2025 postponed months before debut in capital city
SACRAMENTO — X Games announced Friday that its summer arrival in Sacramento has been postponed so the organization could completely focus on its planned summer 2026 launch of its new competition platform, X Games League (XGL).
The organization announced in December that the X Games would not only be held in Sacramento for the first time ever this year, but that this year's competition would be the start of a three-year run at Cal Expo in California's capital city.
X Games said the decision to postpone was made before tickets for the August event went on sale. Jeremy Bloom, CEO of X Games, said the event would return to Sacramento "when the time is right."
"Sacramento has been an incredible host City and we're grateful for the support and enthusiasm from the city," Bloom said. "This isn't goodbye — it's a strategic pause."
Details on the XGL would be released in the fall, X Games said.
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