Dana White UFC Colosseum Rome cost vs White House
Dana White revealed a staggering financial comparison: staging a UFC event at the Colosseum in Rome would have set the organization back $150 million. By contrast, the recent UFC event at the White House cost just $60 million. Writer: Claudio. #DanaWhite
Transcript (en)
If you get pitched to do a UFC fight at the Coliseum, what's the percentage that you would say yes? It's impossible because I was negotiating the deal with Zuckerberg and Musk. That was real. I was literally in my backyard for two weeks negotiating that fight and they wanted the Coliseum. The Coliseum wanted something like $150 million to do it there, which that money would go into a fund that restores all the iconic places in Italy. The Coliseum would take Zuckerberg fighting Musk to happen because those who were going to put up the money for the Coliseum. I mean, if you get Musk to put up the money for a UFC fight, would you do it? if you get Musk or Zuckerberg to put up the money for a UFC fight in the Coliseum? Anybody that wants to put up the money for UFC to fight in the Coliseum, I'm in.
