Comments Thread For: Mayweather-Pacquiao: MGM Reserves 5/2, CEO Hopeful

[Scipio2009]

This fight should have been in some 50,000 seat NFL stadium like Dallas or something. The average boxing fan won't even be able to get into this fight... All Hollywood stars and athletes and high rolling casino people will be in the arena..the biggest fans left to watch at home..hope the atmosphere is wild at least..if there was ever a fight that deserved the fanfare and atmosphere its this one...

Mayweather-Alvarez brought in $20m at the gate, and Mayweather-Pacquiao is believed to be a far bigger fight ($30m is a reasonable point to start from imo)

On 50,000 tickets sold, you're still looking at $600 per ticket. Even if you price the ringside seats at $5,000 per seat, there's no way to generate the type of revenue expected and charge the "average boxing fan" less than $200 for a ticket.