Fans have a lot of questions about Mayweather-Pacquiao, but one of the main ones is when are tickets going on sale for the fight.
It will likely be soon, but your chances of getting one at face value will be very slim. Dan Rafael of ESPN explains why.
Organizers of Mayweather-Pacquiao are looking to scale the house to produce a gate of about $40 million from the sale of probably a little more than 16,000 tickets. The highest priced tickets are expected to have a record face value of $5,000 with the cheapest ticket being $1,000. However, with such heavy demand for tickets from the promoters, networks and casino (who have to pay for their tickets) it is doubtful more than a few hundred, maybe 1,000 tickets will be offered for public sale. If there is a public sale no date has been announced.
What that means in Layman’s terms is that if you want a ticket you are going to have to hit the resale market (think Stubhub). The tickets there will be substantially higher than the face value, so you might want to start saving your pennies now if you want to watch the event live in the MGM Grand Arena.
Another suggestion if you are in Vegas is to watch it on one of the closed circuit theatres in the Casinos. Tickets for that normally range between $50-200.