Donald Trump racks up staggering Secret Service costs at sporting events as President discloses gifted tickets

The staggering cost of the Secret Service accompanying President Donald Trump to sporting events has been revealed in a new set of filings.

In his second term as President of the United States, Trump has regularly attended major sporting events and recently he oversaw the historic UFC Freedom 250 card on the South Lawn of the White House.

Budget and production to put on the stacked show is said to have reached $60 million.

But the outlay on security protecting Trump at events has been disclosed in an annual filing released by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics on Wednesday.

Front Office Sports reported that Trump's sporting endeavours in 2025 did not come on the cheap as a full breakdown was revealed in the document.

For starters, Trump was handed $122,050 in tickets for a total of 10 events - the most of which amounted to $50,000 for 10 tickets to last year's Super Bowl.

Trump became the first sitting President to attend a Super Bowl and watched as the Philadelphia Eagles beat Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 in New Orleans.

Trump was gifted the tickets from Gayle Benson, who owns the New Orleans Saints NFL franchise.

The 80-year-old is close friends with UFC chief Dana White and got 30 tickets worth a total of $6,750 to attend events in Miami and Newark, New Jersey.

His love for golf is also well-documented and he was present at both the Ryder Cup, with 15 tickets given by the PGA of America worth $11,250.

Other gifted experiences included 15 tickets worth $3,000 for New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers in MLB and the same amount for Washington Commanders vs. Detroit Lions in the NFL with a cost of $2,250.

On both occasions, the tickets were given to Trump by franchise owners. Meanwhile, Rolex accommodated Trump at the US Open tennis tournament and provided 10 tickets worth $25,000.

In another interesting detail, Trump's trip to the 2025 Daytona 500 accrued around $561,000 in Secret Service expenses - with more than $335,000 going towards hotels.

$800,000 was the cost from the Secret Service when guarding Trump at four sporting events last year - with $65,252.31 going towards looking after Trump at the NCAA wrestling championships and $45,310 for UFC 314.

Donald Trump set for key role in World Cup final ceremony

Another disclosure was put down as 'FIFA World Cup Final' - likely indicating the Club World Cup final he attended between Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea in New Jersey.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino arranged for 10 tickets worth $15,000 for Trump, who was involved in the trophy presentation for Chelsea and confused many of the Blues squad by remaining on the stage.

Trump, the inaugural recipient of FIFA's Peace Prize, has not been in attendance for any World Cup games thus far.

However, he is expected to be at the World Cup final at the MetLife Stadium on 19 July and will hand out the trophy to the winners.

Infantino stated: "We will be together with the president enjoying the final and handing the trophy to the winner, of course, together.”