\nThink about U2,\u201d White told SNY Sports<\/em> on September 10, referring to the Irish rock band\u2019s Sphere residency last year. \u201cWhatever that cost them, they had 40 nights to amortize those costs. We just have one.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nNow, however, Billboard<\/em> claims that White’s production costs have ballooned to $20 million, even after<\/em> UFC partnered with outside producers, including Valerie Bush and Antigravity Academy, who will screen their own 90-second videos between bouts.<\/p>\nOf course, UFC will recoup some of its financial losses via pay-per-view sales, but, as White told MMA reporter John Morgan recently, \u201cWe\u2019re not ever doing an event at the Sphere again.\u201d<\/p>\n
White Lies<\/h2>\n
Last October, White told ESPN<\/em>\u2019s Pat McAfee that \u201cI have become obsessed with the Sphere,\u201d adding that he had his entire production crew check out U2\u2019s residency to conceive of ideas for visuals to envelop the Octagon.<\/p>\n\u201cI\u2019m telling you right now, this place is incredible,\u201d White said.<\/p>\n
If the new Billboard <\/em>story is to be believed, however, White wasn’t being entirely truthful.<\/p>\n\n
According to the trade publication, White never wanted to stage UFC 306 at the Sphere. The Vegas orb only became an option after executives with MGM Resorts signed a deal with boxing promoter Al Hyman to bring Canelo \u00c1lvarez v. Edgar Berlanga to the T-Mobile Arena on September 14 — a date White claims that UFC was promised in a 2017 anchor tenant agreement with T-Mobile.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
That\u2019s the arena that hosted last year\u2019s \u201cNoche UFC,\u201d whose tickets were priced starting at $120 each.<\/p>\n
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