UFC Not Returning To Chicago In '09, May Host '10 Event In Indiana
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| UFC Not Planning To Return To Chicago In '09 |
UFC VP/Regulatory Affairs Marc Ratner said that UFC “will not return to Chicago in 2009,” but it “may be coming to Indianapolis in 2010,” according to Matt Erickson of the NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES. Ratner: "Our schedule is pretty well done for this year. But yeah -- we’d like to go back to Chicago. It’s a great, great market. Maybe to the United Center this time. But we’re also looking at cities like Memphis, (and) we’re going to go to Portland (for UFC 102) at the end of August.” Ratner also said that UFC is “interested in putting on a show in Indianapolis at Conseco Fieldhouse," -- either a PPV or a "Fight Night" card that would air live on Spike TV -- and the league has "begun preliminary discussions to come to Indiana for the first time.” Ratner: “I can say it won’t happen this year. … [But] we think it’s a very good market. When I look at the TV ratings -- in Indiana, the Spike TV ‘Ultimate Fighter’ show does very well and the pay-per-view numbers in Indiana, percentage-wise, are also very good. So we think Indianapolis is a prime market.” Indiana state Sen. Dennis Kruse, who authored a new law that regulates MMA under the Indiana Athletic Commission, said, “I think we’ll get the [UFC] to come” (NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES, 5/28). Legislation regulating MMA in Indiana goes into effect July 1, and Pacers Sports & Entertainment CEO Rick Fusion said of UFC, “The bottom line is, I know they’re interested in coming here and we’re very interested in having them to town” (INDIANAPOLIS STAR, 5/30).
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