Pacquiao - Cotto tickets : NOT SELLING WELL

[Al Haymon]

Well my guess is that the majority of people who goto fights in vegas are vegas residents. Yes there will be many that travel from all over the country or world to the fight but you gotta believe the majority of the cheaper tickets (<=1000) are bought by vegas residents, who proably just went to go see thier home town favorite (PBF) fight last week.

Your right about the hotel sales situation, I just booked a flight for my GF to go Vegas the same weekends and had no problem finding a room. This fight is big, but its not a blockbuster like DLH vs PBF or Tyson vs Lewis. I remember for the DLH vs PBF fight 2 moths before the fight i decided to look for tickets and all I could find were 200-300 dollars tickets to watch the fight on ppv are various ballrooms and party halls. It was crazy, they even had limousines airing the fight whie riding around town and even those tickets were in the hundreds.

That is roughly what I'm finding. Plenty of hotel rooms...although not at "summer rates"


Here's a copy/paste from discounthotels.com today....


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[Kalion]

BY FAR.

The gate for this fight - even if it was selling great - wouldn't exceed USD 10 Mn.

But a stellar PPV of 1.0 to 1.2 Mn would mean USD 50 - 60 Mn.

The cables boxes are far moire important than the gate.

Im sure it will do atleast 1 Mil. If PBF vs Marquez does 1M you half to think this does as good if not better.

[CrackYourJaw]

Who gives a ****? This fight's gonna be a war. Can't wait for it.

[oc9979]

No they stated that “Upon completion of the order your tickets you ordered may not be available for immediate delivery. If this is the case you will be notified via e-mail with an estimated delivery date .”

So then, just to be sure I called and they said they will be mailing out tickets in October. Well it’s October, and no e-mail yet confirming when I will receive them. Maybe it’s just my pre-fight paranoia for not receiving these tickets yet or just anxiety that I won’t get them. Was just asking if anyone ever bought tickets for a fight through these online brokers and ever been through the same.

Side Note:

1) I paid $389.00 for 1 ticket (as I would be going alone) and be seated at the 203U section.

2) I paid $489.00 for airfare and hotel from priceline.com (departing from Orlando FL with a quick stop to Atlanta and off to Las Vegas) and will be staying at the Stratosphere Hotel in Las Vegas.
I contemplated renting a car but someone told me it would be a bad idea, never been to Vegas so I don’t know.


Thanks for the initial reply.

Peace.

i bought my airplane ticket without any stop from southwest with a hotel and it was like 500.00

[Al Haymon]

Who gives a ****? This fight's gonna be a war. Can't wait for it.

If you don't care, why comment?

[Pullcounter]

Again, look at any of the links in OP. Ask M. Vester if Top Rank opened the entire arena, or closed off some sections.

Try to display a bit of objectivity. It won't kill you - I promise.

I'm just ****in with ya, but for reals, we know what you're trying to do.

[Check]

Who really cares what the fight is doing 6 weeks before the fight. What you have to compare is the attendance on fight night which I bet it does better than 13,000 Mayweather did, not to mention the tickets are more to this event. The money generated from Pac/Cotto will be MUCH greater than Mayweathers last fight. Haymon you see like an alright lad but it really doesn't mean **** especially when the fights 6 weeks away, the economy, and other things. Boxing is doing fine and this fight will do great.

[fabzmm]

Glad Al is in the green. One of the best posters on this board.

[M.I Truth ?]

Well my guess is that the majority of people who goto fights in vegas are vegas residents. Yes there will be many that travel from all over the country or world to the fight but you gotta believe the majority of the cheaper tickets (<=1000) are bought by vegas residents, who proably just went to go see thier home town favorite (PBF) fight last week.

Your right about the hotel sales situation, I just booked a flight for my GF to go Vegas the same weekends and had no problem finding a room. This fight is big, but its not a blockbuster like DLH vs PBF or Tyson vs Lewis. I remember for the DLH vs PBF fight 2 moths before the fight i decided to look for tickets and all I could find were 200-300 dollars tickets to watch the fight on ppv are various ballrooms and party halls. It was crazy, they even had limousines airing the fight whie riding around town and even those tickets were in the hundreds.

LOL. To this day when I tell even casual fans that I went to this fight they are shocked and ask about how it was.

[Al Haymon]

i bought my airplane ticket without any stop from southwest with a hotel and it was like 500.00

Yeah.... that is what I am finding.

There are people who will blindly believe what Arum releases. Insiders actually monitor hotel occupancy rates, and airline load factors for certain time periods. Those are the actual metrics that will provide the city traffic.

The LVCVB doesn't exactly call Arum for an estimate. Ya know?