As excited as we are to see the UFC take it’s show to the White House lawn, there was one question that had come to mind as Dana White discussed the exploding cost of the event: how much of this are taxpayers going to be paying for?
“No, we’re eating the whole thing,” White told Sports Business Journal. “So yeah, it’s going to be a historic one-of-one fight, and just like I talked about with the Sphere, we’re going to make the Sphere look like f–king ash tray money.”
In the case of UFC White House, Dana says they’re once again creating a unique lighting rig to maximize the wow factor of the location.
“Just the whole setup, the lighting grid,” he said when asked why it would be so expensive. “I don’t want a traditional lighting grid, I don’t want to see screens, I don’t want to see lights. The only thing I want to see is the White House in the backdrop and the Washington Monument on the other side.”
