Dana White has no real interest in doing stadium exhibits.
The UFC CEO had a front-row seat for WrestleMania 41 contained in the jam-packed Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Greater than 120,000 have been in attendance for the two-night occasion that featured a complete lot of UFC stars within the stands, together with Colby Covington, Daniel Cormier, and Israel Adesanya.
Sadly, the spectacle didn’t do something for White so far as altering his thoughts about working exhibits inside stadiums.
“No, nothing will change my thoughts a couple of stadium present,” White stated throughout the UFC Kansas Metropolis post-fight press convention. “I imply, you guys have been right here tonight. Kansas Metropolis is an superior metropolis. The individuals listed here are nice, I actually like this city and the vitality in that place was superior all evening. That’s the vitality you get – not that there wasn’t any (vitality at WrestleMania).
“What’d they’ve, 63,000 individuals there? You’re going to get some vitality like they did. I’m not a fan of stadiums. I like arenas.”
Conor McGregor will solely come again for a UFC stadium present
White’s feedback got here days after Irish megastar Conor McGregor introduced on X that he would solely come again for a stadium present.
“I’ll solely come again to a stadium,” McGregor wrote whereas sharing a spotlight reel from WrestleMania weekend.
Contemplating it’s been practically 4 years since McGregor’s final combat, it’s exhausting to think about that anybody would even care, not to mention imagine that ‘Mystic Mac’ is ever coming again. Except, in fact, it’s to attempt to recoup among the prices from the sexual assault case he misplaced earlier this yr.
