I was just reading that 90% of seats for the Williams V Wright fight are unsold. I have been to Vegas more than a few times and its really not the most happening place in the world. Sure, a lot of people still vacation but its getting smaller and smaller by the year. The suburbs is small and only has about 600,000 people so non visitors won't bring out to many people either. The cards in LA and Texas in the past few months were great but a card like this in those areas would do better than what some of these Vegas crowds are doing. Boxing should think about having fights in bigger cities that have larger burbs. A boxing event in Chicago, Detroit, or even the Cleveland area would bring in more than 2000 people expected for the fight tomorrow. Its time to get with the times and drop some of these ****** casino contracts, 1000-2000 fans watching tomorrows fight is sad.
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i agree and the mgm garden arena is a ****hole really....boxing needs to go to the big cities across america and get out of nyc, la, atlantic city, and vegas....
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but it seems they cant even sell out msg anymore...sadOriginally posted by RoyJonesJrp4pno1 View Post
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Some of MSG's crowds have been small but the right card does well. Cotto V Judah set the record all time just a few years ago. Yeah, Sultan V Wlad was pathetic but a lot of it has to do with MSG's very high pricing to boxing(Jones V Trindad anyone?). My big beef is with Vegas. People just are not traveling out there to blow their money at casinos and their burbs are to damn small. Chicago has 8 million people in their burbs, Detroit has 4 million, Miami has millions, Columbus area is larger etc. There are so many more viable option than Vegas if you want to have a filled area. 90% empty is pathetic. We had a womans fight at the Palace of Auburn Hills(home of the Detroit Pistons), which holds 22,000 people and we had more than 2000 people. A womans fight selling more than Wright V Williams is a slap in the face if you ask me. Wake up boxing, Vegas isnt the answer any longer except for super fights.Comment
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Awful if that's true, as I think it has the potential to be a very interesting fight, if not a particularly explosive one.Originally posted by Check View Post
Does anybody know what the ticket prices were? I've never travelled to see boxing the US, but I was struck between the huge difference in prices between Pacquiao v. Hatton and Froch v. Taylor. Sure, the first is a much bigger fight, but in the latter case tickets were very affordable and I can imagine the arena being full of principally local fight-fans just wanting to see a decent rumble; I'd certainly pay that ($50 to $200) to watch any title fight on my doorstep.Comment
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The promoters set the prices. Roy Jones and Felix Trinidad could easily have sold out if it wasn't for the ****** prices. $15,000 for a ringside seat. LOL GTFO of here with that rediculous ****. RJJ and Joe C did crappy sales for the same reason although past his prime Roy and Joe C are hardly big draws in NYC. MSG does good numbers when the the event is priced right. Cotto has sold alot of tickets at MSG and so did Tito when DK was over charging for tickets.Originally posted by Check View PostComment
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$50-$300. I heard that they have sold 200 tickets so far. This card should have been in south Cal. Arreola could sell tickets there for sure.Originally posted by The_Visitation View PostComment
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i think if boxing was more accessable to the public and get the corruption of capitalism out of it......i think boxing would prosper more....."take the show on the road" so to speak.....and europe does a much better job at putting on events....they have sell outs 55,000-60,000 soccer stadiums....we need to study there blue print imoComment
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