WWE to Take Over Delta Center With Friday Night SmackDown & Saturday Night’s Main Event In Salt Lake City This Fall. UFC To Return To Utah In 2026 With Blockbuster Numbered Event
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, Aug. 26, 2025 – TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), together with the Utah Sports Commission and Smith Entertainment Group, today announced an agreement to bring three highly anticipated WWE and UFC events to Delta Center in Salt Lake City through 2026.
This move builds upon the relationship TKO, the Utah Sports Commission, and Smith Entertainment Group have forged in recent years collectively hosting three incredibly successful, sold out UFC numbered events at Delta Center – UFC 278: USMAN vs EDWARDS 2 in 2022, UFC 291: POIRIER vs GAETHJE 2 in 2023, and UFC 307: PEREIRA vs ROUNTREE JR in 2024 – which all delivered substantial economic benefit, generating a total economic impact of $74.