Saturday, June 7, 2025
LOCATION: Bedminster, NJ & Prudential Center, Newark, NJ
$320,000 for a UFC Night: How Trump's Motorcade and Security Bill Matched the Price of a Medium-Sized House
TOTAL TAXPAYER COST
$320,000.00
Trump's UFC 316 outing on June 7, 2025, cost taxpayers an estimated $320,000 in transportation and security for motorcade and Secret Service protection.
ACTIVITY BREAKDOWN
Motorcade and travel (Bedminster to Prudential Center and return)
$20,000.00
Estimated cost for presidential motorcade to and from UFC event in Newark, NJ. Calculated using two legs (Bedminster–Prudential and return), each at $10,000 (upper end for short-range high-visibility movements in NY/NJ metro), as per 2025 benchmarks.
transportation
Secret Service protection (peak off-site, public event)
$300,000.00
High-profile off-site security provided by Secret Service and support staff for UFC event attendance, based on GAO 2019 reference rate for peak off-site engagement.
security
CLASSIFICATION TAGS
off-site-event
motorcade
secret-service
new-jersey
ufc