Ahead of Freedom 250 on June 14 on the White House South Lawn, Dana White says President Trump has 1,000 tickets and he has 200—while Ari Emanuel also has 200, with the rest going to the military. No tickets will be sold for the event.
Freedom 250 is being framed as the most exclusive ticket in sports right now, with fights planned for the White House lawn and no public ticket sales. That setup has naturally turned attention to the question everyone asks: how many passes did Dana White and President Trump actually get?
Dana White answered when TMZ Sports asked him. In New York City, the UFC boss described how the event’s invites were handled, saying, “There’s a lot of people who hit me up for tickets. We did invites,” before breaking down the allotment.
White said, “The president has 1,000. I have 200. [TKO CEO] Ari Emanuel has 200. And the rest are all going to the military. Every branch of the military will be represented at the show.”
No tickets will be sold for the historic June 14 fight card, which is going down on the South Lawn.. Even with the limited number of spots. the event is still expected to draw a massive crowd footprint: White said altogether there will be roughly 4. 000 people actually within the White House grounds. with many thousands—around 85K—seated across the way at The Ellipse.
On the Sunday card, the matchups include Justin Gaethje vs. Ilia Topuria and Alex Pereira vs. Ciryl Gane. The fighters involved, White said, “actually paid POTUS,” stopping by the Oval Office, meeting with reporters to promote the event, and showing off the specially designed Freedom 250 title belt.
The numbers White gave line up with a tightly controlled guest list: 4. 000 people are expected to be inside the White House grounds. while the rest of the wider audience—around 85K—will be seated at The Ellipse. and the limited tickets he described are split between Trump’s 1. 000. White’s 200. Ari Emanuel’s 200. and the military representation for everything remaining.
As for who ends up with those few hundred coveted tickets, White said that’s still to be seen—setting the stage for a star-studded affair as Freedom 250 heads to the South Lawn on June 14.
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