{"id":168592,"date":"2026-04-17T14:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T14:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/168592\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T14:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T14:57:08","slug":"monster-jam-returns-to-philadelphia-transforms-lincoln-financial-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/168592\/","title":{"rendered":"Monster Jam returns to Philadelphia, transforms Lincoln Financial Field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsterjam.com\/en-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Monster Jam<\/a> is getting ready to take over Lincoln Financial Field this weekend, bringing massive trucks, world champion drivers, and an action-packed show for fans of all ages.<\/p>\n<p>The family-friendly event is scheduled for April 18, 2026, as part of the Stadium Championship Series East.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers say fans can expect big-air jumps, jaw-dropping stunts, speed, skill and the kind of unpredictable excitement that has made Monster Jam a worldwide favorite.<\/p>\n<p>The show features 12,000-pound trucks pulling off incredible moves, including balancing on two wheels and flying in head-to-head competitions.<\/p>\n<p>One of those is the fan favorite Sparkle Smash, a 12,000 pink unicorn-themed truck that shoots confetti and has a unicorn horn on top.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/sparkle-smash-monster-jam.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"sparkle-smash-monster-jam.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                CBS News Philadelphia<\/p>\n<p>Driver Jamie Sullivan said she got into monster truck driving after starting out racing go-karts when she was 9 years old.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s so amazing getting to be here right now and getting to pilot such an awesome truck,&#8221; Sullivan said.<\/p>\n<p>Monster Jam is known for its loud, high-energy atmosphere, where cheering is encouraged and every moment is designed to keep the crowd on its feet.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are on sale now through Ticketmaster.<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Monster Jam is getting ready to take over Lincoln Financial Field this weekend, bringing massive trucks, world champion&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[8625,28,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-168592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-lincoln-financial-field","tag-pennsylvania","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}