UFC's Sphere fight shows the challenge of holding one-off events at the Vegas venue following multi-night runs by U2, Phish and Dead & Company.
will pull off an impressive first in Las Vegas that he never really wanted to do — and has already vowed never to do again.
“Think about U2,” who served as the Sphere’s first 40-show concert residency beginning in September 2023, White said onon Tuesday . “Whatever that cost them, they had 40 nights to amortize those costs. We just have one.” That $3,500 ticket price is also considerably more than the average $120 per ticket that the company charged for Noche UFC’s 2023 edition at Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena, an upcharge associated with Sphere’s huge production costs.
Even the rehearsal hours for Noche UFC are difficult: White recently announced at a press conference that because Sphere airs a nightly film, he can’t get his team into the building to rehearse the show until 1 a.m.
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