Lots of people will be present at UFC 264 on July 10 in Las Vegas, UFC President Dana White announced on Wednesday. The pay-per-view card will take place at T-Mobile Arena and will be titled by the trilogy fight between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier.
“We signed a fight deal this morning,” McGregor told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani on Wednesday. “I will break this game a new hole on July 10. The Mac is back in Sin City! Full house!”
McGregor aims to recover from a second-round TKO loss to Poirier at UFC 257 in January. He had previously beaten Poirier in 2014.
“I’m so happy that I can finally say Vegas is back,” White said in his video tweet. “This summer, Las Vegas is open again for business and on July 10, UFC 264 will be at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas with a 100% capacity. Ladies and gentlemen, that means 20,000 fans.”
White’s tweet comes a day after Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak announced a goal to remove social distancing restrictions by May 1 and reach 100% statewide capacity starting June 1. It will remain a state-run masked mandate.
The UFC has hosted events in Vegas, Florida and Fight Island (in Abu Dhabi) since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. UFC 261 on April 24 features three title fights and will take place in Jacksonville, Florida. It will be the first pay-per-view with a lot of capabilities in March 2020.