Tweet
Arum: Seating capacity could expand
Boxing promoter Bob Arum said Thursday that the Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey WBO welterweight title fight scheduled for March 13 at Cowboys Stadium is nearly a sellout.
Arum said the seating capacity for the first boxing match at the new $1.2 billion facility will be 45,000. However, it could expand if the demand for tickets increases.
Arum said during Thursday’s teleconference that he expects about 4,000 tickets to remain when the fighters arrive locally the week before the bout.
"I would think that probably by the time that the fighters get into town, we will have sold well over 40,000 tickets, and the last week that we will have 3,000 or 4,000 tickets to go, and then, it would be up to Jerry if he wanted to expand it," said Arum. "If we're on track, the week of the fight, to have 3,000 to 4,000 tickets left, then I think we can begin looking toward [stadium expansion.]"
"Right now we're on target to sell the 45,000 seats and we'll be happy when we do that," Arum said on a conference call with reporters. "We sold 350 tickets [Wednesday] and are on target of doing that [again] today."
Arum said if 3,000 to 4,000 tickets are unsold leading into the last week before the fight, promoters would have no problem selling those.
Boxing promoter Bob Arum said Thursday that the Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey WBO welterweight title fight scheduled for March 13 at Cowboys Stadium is nearly a sellout.
Arum said the seating capacity for the first boxing match at the new $1.2 billion facility will be 45,000. However, it could expand if the demand for tickets increases.
Arum said during Thursday’s teleconference that he expects about 4,000 tickets to remain when the fighters arrive locally the week before the bout.
"I would think that probably by the time that the fighters get into town, we will have sold well over 40,000 tickets, and the last week that we will have 3,000 or 4,000 tickets to go, and then, it would be up to Jerry if he wanted to expand it," said Arum. "If we're on track, the week of the fight, to have 3,000 to 4,000 tickets left, then I think we can begin looking toward [stadium expansion.]"
"Right now we're on target to sell the 45,000 seats and we'll be happy when we do that," Arum said on a conference call with reporters. "We sold 350 tickets [Wednesday] and are on target of doing that [again] today."
Arum said if 3,000 to 4,000 tickets are unsold leading into the last week before the fight, promoters would have no problem selling those.
Comment