Envisioning the UFC event that’s set to take place at the White House next summer no longer depends on imagination.
UFC CEO Dana White provided renderings of the event to FOX News during an interview that amounted to a sneak peek. One image shows the White House in the background and a massive octagon in which the competitors fight (that weighs 15,000 pounds, per White) in the foreground.
White, speaking Sept. 19 with Bret Baier on FOX News Channel’s ‘Special Report,’ said that “… my vision for this thing is we have this big arch, as you can see, with the lighting grid. Because what I want is the White House in the back. And then when you shoot – when the fight goes around to the other side, you’ll see the Washington Monument in the background.’’
White said under 5,000 people will be seated in that area, but renderings show another area White says will accommodate tens of thousands more people.
“Yeah, we can fit 85,000 people over there,’’ White told Baier. “We’re going to have a stage where music – you know, we’ll have bands playing all day. And then people will be able to bring blankets and, you know, lay around and watch the fights.
“We’ll have – we’ll have screens up everywhere for everybody. We’re literally going to take over Washington, D.C., that week. We’re going to do the weigh-ins there. We’re going to have. … That’s what we’re talking about, yeah. And – and we’ll have fan events all week. We’re going to do our expo there. And just a total Washington, D.C., takeover.”
UFC at the White House renderings
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