Advice on going to Vegas for a fight

When do tickets come available for the Hatton vs Pac fight? Tickets have been available for a while now. Very expensive tickets that is. I think all the cheapest tickets were bought by brokers and are still being sold way over face value.

What about Winky V Paul Williams? Rumor has it Arreola might be on the card, and Andre Arlovski already is. I'm considering going to that fight. When do tickets come available for the Hatton vs Pac fight?

I'd like to take a trip to Vegas in March or April, but there are no good fightcards coming up during that time. Dawson vs. Tarver II does not excite me.... What about Winky V Paul Williams? Rumor has it Arreola might be on the card, and Andre Arlovski already is. I'm considering going to that fight.

I can get real good seats (By Hattons corner) hit me up if you interested about 20 of us traveling so far. I will also show you where you can buy european beer otherwise you may get stuck with US piss water. Im not a drinker, more of a smoker, but i think il lay off anything too illegal for this experience. When u say travelling, u mean from the UK?

The Vegas atmosphere for a big fight is THE SH***. For Pac-Hatton I'd bet it'll be a great time. Tickets prices are very hard to predict. A few years back we went to DLH-B-Hop and it cost us 500 for nosebleeds but for Vargas-Flores it cost me 300 for mid-level middle of ring. I'd say just off the floor in the middle of the ring for me are the best seats for the price. The problem is this fight will be big and w/ the Brits comin they will jack up the prices. Bottom line depends on what u willing to spend but expect to pay atleast a couple hundred regardless of where u sitting. As far as the hotel if the fight is at the Thomas and Mack center, it's not gonna matter to much where u stay at. So that would just be a personal choice. If it's at say the MGM grand arena try to stay at that hotel for the grand arrival,weigh-in and the atmosphere. Vegas is a GREAT time when u go for a big fight just bring plenty of cash. A city built on sex and money what's not to like? Bring the rubbers to, don't wanna wake up the next day pissin razor bladez!

Personally, I hate L.V., but when I go there I've found this hotel to be good. The thing about it is, depending upon what's going on at the time, it can be either very cheap or very expensive. The prices fluctuate wildly. Maybe if you book way in advance you can get the cheap price, otherwise with 10 million crazy drunken Brits invading everything will be sold out and top price, unless you book a package some place. Here's the link: http://www.goldcoastcasino.com/ I also know a very good Thai restaurant in LV, just a little away from the downtown tourist district, in case you like Asian food, which you probably don't. lol, il check out the hotel, thanks. But only after i get my ticket. I like my mums asian food, but she aint coming!

I wish they named the site so I can book my trip to stay in whatever casino's hotel that's going to have it. I want to be right in the thick of the action all week long. Are hotel prices going to jump to stay on site as soon as it's announced???

I thought i may make the trip over to watch Pac-Hatton, it'll be my first fight EVER! Anyone know how much ticket prices usually are? How pricey do they get? Any other info would be helpful, like hotels etc. Try to get the tickets ASAP before they sell out, cuz if they do, then you'll have to buy them from a broker (re-sale) for about 50 percent above face value. If they do sell out, then just chance it and get em from a scalper at the MGM or wherever the fight is. You'll get em for cheap. Don't get so drunk that if you meet Ricky Hatton, you won't be able to understand a word he's saying. Bet smart. Don't bet on Oscar. Take some fighter pictures, a sharpy, a boxing glove as you will see plenty of fighters in the casino; autograph opportunities. Take an ice chest; the cheaper rooms typically don't have refrigerators. Take your own beer, the shit is expensive there. Take plenty of cash; 5 dollar ATM fees at the hotels. Watch out for hookers, they are everywhere.

It wouldn't be a PPV event had it been held at Wembley Stadium, so they would lose out on all of the revenue generated by PPV buys.

This is what f**ks me off most about the fight being in Vegas just for the benefit a few greedy bastards in the US. Had the fight been at Wembley the ringside seats would still have been expensive (although not THAT expensive) but tens of thousands of tickets would have been available to real fans at issue price. I'm guessing the cheapest would only have been a very affordable £100-£150 or so, and there are very, very few seats in that stadium where you wouldn't have had a decent view. 20,000. Whoopy sh*t. Bloody yanks. No offence.

smaller HBO cards are almost better because you get to meet all the celebrities. I met Holyfield at the Taylor-Lacy fight in Nashville I think you'll meet your fair share of celebrities in Vegas. I went to Pavlik/Taylor II and met Roger and Floyd Mayweather Sr, Dibella, Arum, Sugar, Mario Lopez and Lampley.

Its always cheaper to depart/arrive on a Thursday. Its also always cheaper to go home on Monday than it is on Sunday. Either way, its not going to be impossible to get tickets to the fight, if you're willing to spend the money. My whole this is that money comes and goes. Experiences like these literally last a lifetime, and are well worth the money, which only holds monetary value.

Watching a fight live is the greatest sports event you can watch live. And watching a fight in vegas is like nothing else. The atmosphere for that fight will be ridiculous. Both Mandalay and MGM are pretty small so getting the cheap tickets is not that big of a deal. You'll still get a great view. If the fight lands at Thomas and Mack, get good seats cuz its huge and has rafters that can interfere with your view. Don't get too wasted before the fight cuz there's gonna be a lot of drunk clowns and you wanna be kinda sober if shit goes down. Yeah. I'll be one of those drunk clowns.

Definitely make sure you get to Vegas early maybe even thursday night or earlier. That way you have time to attend the weigh in and other festivities that are associated with the fight.

vegas is off the hook, but it depends if u like to party or not. and take lots of cash, its crazy expensive. i've been there for a smaller card mosely vs collazo, if u stay at the hotel where the event is at u get to see a lot of boxing people, the fighters themselves. to get your moneys worth u should attend the weigh in. for that fight forget about it, its gonna be packed.

smaller HBO cards are almost better because you get to meet all the celebrities. I met Holyfield at the Taylor-Lacy fight in Nashville

Do you all really think he can get a decent ticket for $300? PBF - Hatton, DLH- PBF, DLH - Pacquiao all had nose bleeds for over $1000.

So buy early? Do they sell out quick? Even if you are logged on to Ticketmaster at 9:30am, and stay on until 10:00am (10 is the time they release the tickets for sale)... You click on the tickets and it says 'unavailable' for all of the seats under $750. I think the tickets under that price are sold to brokers like StubHub, who then turn around and sell the $150 seats for $600. The cheaper seats are the way they can turn the most profit, so thats why I think they are so hard to get from Ticketmaster directly.

For the Hatton-Pacquiao fight, realistically, don't expect to get into the doors for less than $700. If not, you can always watch the fight closed circuit at just about any Hotel on the strip for $40-60... They'll show the HBO broadcast on a huge screen, and its a really fun...fight-like atmosphere. Usually there will be a few hundred people in each place watching closed circuit, so you get a similar experience at a fraction of the price. You'll be hard pressed trying to get tickets through any of the promoters, or Ticketmaster. Luckily for me, and a whole lot of other people...folks just weren't willing to pay ticket brokers those ridiculous prices for lame seats @ the Oscar-Pacquiao fight. So they ended up having to liquidate a whole lot of tickets last minute.

So buy early? Do they sell out quick?