Pacquiao - Cotto tickets : NOT SELLING WELL

[Al Haymon]

With the Pacquiao-Cotto fight ("Firepower") roughly a month away, tickets are available in nearly all sections.

I spoke with a trusted insider who said that this fight is not doing big business, and there were troubling signs for the gate. I was skeptical because of the Arum pronouncements - even keeping in mind that Arum often inflates his numbers.

Well, it's true. Contrary to earlier pronouncements that the fight was "sold out"....

a) The MGM Grand, the host hotel, has not sold out of rooms. Hotel reservations for that weekend in Vegas, on the whole, has not ****ed.
Avg rates that weekend include $117 at the Hard Rock, and $152 @ MGM.


b) Ticket brokers have seats available in all sections, at all pricing levels:

http://www.ticketnetwork.com/tix/manny-pacquiao-vs-miguel-cotto-saturday-11-14-2009-tickets-1120413.aspx?gclid=CL6H5KTcoZ0CFc5U2godaAlArQ#tixListing?utm_source=google&utm_medium=ppc

http://www.eventticketbroker.com/boxing/pacquiao-cotto-tickets.html

c) More troubling, TicketMaster has plenty of seats still for sale and is still promoting sales for the fight.

https://www.ticketmaster.com/checkout/order?v=9dUQJdcn4oA0nh4xsU_vTm-mCgwryxXXrRTzUcANcl35e4wULOZnAPKF6MRRqAPK7uHaLZszl6zXMq3MgC0Io19LPTRhNGS0Xn8Zz_7hq9NnXye3Yrg4vvVsnfKDPxMS1Q

d) Some available seating sections have yet to be opened at all. Attendees of the Cotto-Margarito fight may be aware of how the MGM can "section off" some seats.



If this fight (which is expected to be a FOTY candidate) can't sell out, is that indicative of the state of boxing? Or more indicative of the inability of either Pacquiao and/or Cotto to galvanize fans?

What are you guys hearing?

[onedream722]

I thought that they only had $750 and $1,000 dollar tickets left

[lyricalether]

well i sure in the hell couldnt get my ticket..and i refused to pay 400 dollars for 150 level

[Sin City]

you are going to feel like an idiot when come nov 14 the entire house is packed.

[oc9979]

when i bought my ticket at ticketmaster. i couldnt find anything under 750. and that was like 8 hours from the time the ticket went on sales

[Al Haymon]

you are going to feel like an idiot when come nov 14 the entire house is packed.

Huh? Why would I feel like an idiot for something that happens in the future? I am stating the current situation . NOW.

If the house packs out, I will be happy as a fan of the sport.

[-EX-]

I can smell where this thread is gonna go...

[Sin City]

with a "trusted insider" that's a dead give away that your whole thread is nonsense, because if you really spoke to someone, you wouldn't really have a problem naming them.

[Bhopreign]

Glad you put this out Al, I saw a report about this a few days ago but didnt want to post because people would feel I was hating. I wish every boxing event sold out for the good of the sport, but this isnt so with this event for some reason.

[Doctor_Tenma]

I can smell where this thread is gonna go...

It will lead to Floyd Mayweather. Watch