The chairman and CEO of the UFC, Lorenzo Fertitta as well as the president Dana White recently announced that they have plans to bring a minimum of two bouts to New York City within the next year and both will be taking place at Madison Square Garden. White and Fertitta were joined by Frankie Edgar as well as Scott O’ Neil who is the president of Madison Square Garden, saying that they are very excited about bringing the UFC to New York. The press conference consisted of a few pieces of news that New York fans have been waiting to hear for a long time and the rumors have finally been confirmed by the higher ups in the organization after much speculation.
White stated that he believes it is time to bring one of the fastest growing sports into the center of the country so that thousands of people will be able to see some of the upcoming bouts which will consist of a wide variety of fighters who will be going up against each other for title belts. New Yorkers are certainly excited to see the sport come to its home state and there are definitely more than a few economic benefits that the UFC will bring to this state, offering thousands of dollars in revenue as well as jobs for security, vendors, and other people who will be in charge of organizing the event.
O’ Neil also spoke about the upcoming New York fights, saying that he is extremely glad that the UFC is so passionate about coming to New York and making these future matches happen there in Madison Square Garden. He seems very confident that the UFC New York matches will be more exciting and highly anticipated than any other in the U.S so far. The president of Madison Square Garden will be welcoming the UFC with open arms after months of speculation and organization to make the events finally happen and get them scheduled.
Besides making the announcements regarding the two annual UFC events that will be happening in New York in the coming months, officials from the organization have also released an interesting new economic study which they have performed. Fertita said that the organization did an economic study involving some of the major cities across the country, involving places like Las Angeles as well as Boston and Philadelphia. Each city has shown a significantly positive increase in their economic status because of the UFC coming to these places.
It seems as though everywhere the UFC goes, economic benefits are inevitable for the places where they set up at. There is no doubt that these matches are highly anticipated by fans who come from surrounding states just to see the bouts, often times going so far as to camp out the night before to get tickets. UFC fans are some of the most dedicated individuals that these types of sports have seen in a long time, indicating just how strong their fan base really is in places all over the country.
