The PBF-Hatton fight will be a crap atmosphere..

Because these people came in there to watch a fight not to hear singing. :rofl

 

I guess its just a 'culture thing'. Brits sing at sporting events, thats just the way it is!!

 

You can do both...its called multi-tasking....

 

Yeah right unfortunately this fight is not in Brits territory . . . so it look and sounds stupid. :yep :good

 

Indeed.

 

You buy enough tickets for a venue then it is your territory. The Castillo fight was a case in point, great atmosphere (unless you like watching your fights in a library).

 

I think a lot more than 4,000 will get tickets. Mayweather has the same, right? He won't sell 4,000 too easily, so I think a few will end up goin to Brits. Then there are the ones the venue will be selling, and they are available to anyone, so I'd expect British fans to get a good 80% of those. De La Hoya has some tickets and they will go quickly, maybe to Hatton fans as well.

The ticket allocation says Hatton gets 4,000, but I'd be very surprised if there wasn't twice as many as that on the night.

 

I would prefer Boca Juniors River plate, Panathinaikos Olympiakos or Galatasary Fenerbache.

 

The problem I guess is that when it comes to upfront guarantees Vegas is the king and I think it's bad for boxing because there are literally hundreds of venues in the United States that would be far better than Vegas.

And to make things worse this Vegas syndrome is fueled by the cable companies because they could give a **** about live gate numbers. They literally force the average working stiff to watch it on TV because a decent seat for a major boxing match is prohibitively priced. It's all descended into an exercise in elitism and to some degree I think it hurts boxing in developing a broader appeal. But I don't think the powers in boxing give a crap just so long as they get their money.

 

A lot of tickets are still probably unsold and in the hands of ticket agents.

I never quite understood the ticket allocation. Of the 15,000 tickets, about 5,000 were supposed to go to MGM Grand's preferred customers (high rollers who spend a lot). GBP was supposed to hold a little more than 2,000 for their preferred customers (sponsors/potential sponsors). 7,800 were supposed to be allocated equally among Mayweather and Hatton fans.

What exactly was sold to the public, on ticketmaster? Ticketmaster doesn't ask you "who are you rooting for?" The tickets sold out quickly, I'm thinking a small amount was actually sold to the public. Ticket agencies probably bought a large chunk of them. Then they can sell them to the public at high prices. The lowest on stubhub is $1200 and the other websites have them at about $900 at the lowest.

I think the British fans coming to Vegas are more likely to spend that type of money on a ticket.

Travel half-way across the world to see a fight on closed circuit?

 

Lol like getting shot 4 looking in the wrong direction?

but yher. they ARE awsome atmosphears.

 

I think 4000 UK fans could take out 13,000 homo celebs & corporate sluts with no problem & I'd love to see it happen.:yep

 

:good