Sportico reports that the parent company for the UFC and WWE, TKO, will double its dividend to Class A shareholders. The increase means the next quarterly payment will be $0.76 a share. The dividend will return $150 million in capital to shareholders according to TKO. The news comes after the UFC signed a $1.1 billion […]
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T-Mobile Arena re-ups with TKO through 2030
Sports Business Journal reports that TKO Group Holdings will continue its partnership with the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas through 2030. UFC will host a minimum of 4 events at the arena which is the same as its previous agreement. This time around, WWE will hold two events at the venue each year. The UFC […]
TKO heads to SLC in 2026 in new deal with city
TKO pays UNLV $1.75M to move football game
The UNLV football team moved up its game against Idaho State at Allegiant Stadium three weeks to Saturday per a request from TKO so that it could hold the Crawford-Canelo fight on September 13th. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal the amended contract for the game includes $500K to Idaho State. In addition to payment, […]
Disney inks WWE for ESPN new DTC service
Disney announced the acquisition of WWE premium Live Events for its Direct to Consumer platform which starts August 22nd. The cost to consumer is $29.99 per month. The deal is estimated at $325M per year for 5 years. WWE PLEs have been airing on Peacock since 2021. one can infer that the deal with NBC […]