On the sports strategy, when you think about the Miami Open or Madrid, if you've ever been to the Madrid Open, it's kind of, I mean, one of the biggest attractions, they sell these packages for the food festival that happens outside. In addition, we're adding a music festival. So those are not, yes, they're sports, but they're really events, cultural events surrounding. Same thing with Miami. So when you think about those sports, as you define the sports, those are actually really events. A sport is the UFC, a sport is WWE. Yes, PBR is there. But that's also an event, a country kind of event that travels.

Nov 8, 2023 / receipt, needs a key / Ari Emanuel, CEO | earnings call 2023-11-08 | transcript 540721fd-5c3c-4244-884f-941d96b71ede | chars 11951-12563 | segment 12

Reportedly, This event is projected to set a world record for the largest number of Americans traveling internationally for a single sporting event.

Aug 8, 2023 / receipt, needs a key / Ari Emanuel, CEO | earnings call 2023-08-08 | transcript 9230a1f9-5cb5-4346-8fb3-528753585279 | chars 4777-4925 | segment 4

And whether it comes to pruning our portfolio or just freezing hiring in T&E, you can bet we're lifting all levers.

Aug 8, 2023 / receipt, needs a key / Ari Emanuel, CEO | earnings call 2023-08-08 | transcript 9230a1f9-5cb5-4346-8fb3-528753585279 | chars 23686-23801 | segment 24

And an increasing number of fans are traveling to fight from out of state. On average, about 40% of fans in the quarter, nearly double pre-pandemic figures.

Aug 11, 2022 / receipt, needs a key / Ariel Emanuel, CEO | earnings call 2022-08-11 | transcript a4e06cbc-8055-4152-89c4-0552dea9fe72 | chars 7524-7680 | segment 7

In the first quarter, we sold out every pay-per-view at the UFC. saw an increase of 40% year over year of out-of-town fans actually coming and traveling to our events.

May 12, 2022 / receipt, needs a key / Ari Emanuel, CEO | earnings call 2022-05-12 | transcript a511fd6a-a30d-436d-87ea-2e70d410e305 | chars 18984-19151 | segment 19

As more states and countries loosen travel and gathering restrictions and vaccination rates increase, we are beginning to experience accelerated demand across our 800-plus global events portfolio.

Jun 2, 2021 / receipt, needs a key / Ari Emanuel, CEO | earnings call 2021-06-02 | transcript 2b6a8dfd-5c1d-4cc2-a891-1f878f9d154a | chars 3181-3377 | segment 3

The quarter benefited from increased event output, contractual increases in media rights agreements, and higher sponsorship fees, as well as outperformance in other variable revenue streams like international commercial pay-per-view. Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter increased 43.3 million, or 42.3%, to 145.5 million, compared to the same period of 2020. This growth was driven primarily from the higher revenues I just described, slightly offset by an increase in operating expenses, which is mostly attributable to travel related to UFC's third Fight Island series in Abu Dhabi in January.

Jun 2, 2021 / receipt, needs a key / Jason, CFO | earnings call 2021-06-02 | transcript 2b6a8dfd-5c1d-4cc2-a891-1f878f9d154a | chars 24934-25525 | segment 25