Pac/Margo gate 30,000 with HBO24/7 Pac/JMM could do better

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  1. EJDiaZ

    EJDiaZ Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Pac-Marq must be at Mexico!
     
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  2. pejevan

    pejevan inmate No. 1363917 Full Member

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    half the politicians fly to the US for a pacquiao fight.

    There are more than 200 people who went with him on the chartered Boeing in his last fight. That is just his entourage. It does not even cover those that request tickets like the hollywood actors who come to the fight.

    Complementary tickets would probably be tax deductible and won't appear as usual ticket.
     
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  3. rocky538

    rocky538 Lineal Champion Full Member

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    30,000 tickets is horrible, guess we will never see Pacquiao fighting at Cowboys stadium ever again, MGM Grand would sell out for any Pac fight and the tickets cost way more.
     
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  4. Ring Master

    Ring Master The Originator Full Member

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    Yes ten thousand comp tickets thirty thousand paid.
     
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  5. Ring Master

    Ring Master The Originator Full Member

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    You are kidding no? my source doesn't get more reliable.


    ESPN.com


    Although Pacquiao-Margarito had a big crowd, it fell well short of the record. And as excellent as the attendance was, it still must be viewed as a slight disappointment considering the expectations and hype.


    On the night of the fight, attendance was announced at 41,734 -- far short of 50,000 and far less than what Pacquiao's fight there in March drew against Joshua Clottey.
    In reality, Pacquiao-Margarito drew 40,154, according to the official report provided to ESPN.com by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation under an open records request.


    Of those 40,154 tickets, 9,717 were comps, according to the report, meaning the fight had a paid attendance of 30,437 -- which is tremendous for a boxing match in the United States -- and a live gate of $5,404,760.


    In the aftermath of the fight, Arum claimed he was happy with the attendance and chalked up the figure to the still-sagging economy and the fact that the Dallas Cowboys were off to such a horrific start to their NFL season that it took away a lot of publicity in the North Texas region. I agree with him about that. I also agree with Arum that the fact Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who was ubiquitous during the March promotion, was invisible during the late stages of the Pacquiao-Margarito promotion while dealing with the Cowboys' midseason coaching change hurt significantly.
    In March, Jones was seen flogging the fight everywhere. It made a big difference. For this fight, he was a non-entity.


    Here's the breakdown of the tickets sold for Pacquiao-Margarito, according to the Texas official report with the number of tickets sold in each category with the total gross for that category:


    • 2,475 @ $700 = $1,732,500 • 1,687 @ $500 = $843,500 • 14 @ $ 400 = $5,600 • 2,087 @ $300 = $626,100 • 61 @ $250 = $15,250 • 2,496 @ $200 = $499,200 • 445 @ $150 = $66,750 • 866 @ $125 = $108,250 • 9,536 @ $100 = $953,600 • 300 @ $75 = $22,500 • 1,272 @ $60 = $76,320 • 8,727 @ $50 = $436,350 • 471 @ $40 = $18,840
     
    Ring Master, Dec 1, 2010
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  6. Ring Master

    Ring Master The Originator Full Member

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    Yeah I hear that in Mexico he is not well liked. And Nacho has no respect for Margo's old trainer.
     
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