Crews are erecting an octagon-shaped, wire-mesh cage on the White House South Lawn to host a UFC bout next month. Online renderings show a red, white, and blue stage ringed by the cage, with a towering arch featuring stars and stripes patterns. Two large screens are planned to carry the action live. Thousands of temporary seats will surround the fight space, including ringside space for a full marching band. The event is part of celebrations marking the semiquincentennial of the Declaration of Independence’s signing on July 4, 1776. Other planned activities include an IndyCar race passing by the White House and the Great American State Fair on the National Mall.
"Crews are erecting an octagon-shaped cage on the South Lawn that will host next month's UFC bout, helping mark the nation's 250th anniversary and President Donald Trump 's 80th birthday. Online renderings depict what the completed, wire-mesh-fence-ringed fight space is expected to look like ahead of the June 14 event. It will be ringed by a red, white and blue stage under a towering arch featuring stars and stripes patterns and two large screens carrying the action live."
"The cage and stage will themselves be surrounded by thousands of temporary seats, including ringside space for a full marching band that can set the entire scene to blaring music. The project is part of a series of events celebrating the semiquincentennial of the Declaration of Independence's signing on July 4, 1776. Other planned functions include an IndyCar race that will pass by the White House and the Great American State Fair taking place on the National Mall."
Read at www.independent.co.uk
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