I believe most people already know this, but 95% of the time celebrities don’t pay for anything, everything is comped for them. Especially in Vegas where the competition between casinos and hotels is so fierce, so you want to get as many celebrities inside your establishment as possible.
So, when you see a celebrity at ringside for a big fight, it is unlikely they haven’t paid for their ticket, but the demand of Mayweather-Pacquiao tickets is so great, they will have to come out of pocket.
Celebrities beware, there won’t be any comps on May 2nd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas – when Floyd Mayweather Jr. faces Manny Pacquiao in a super-fight showdown. Top Rank’s CEO Bob Arum, who promotes Pacquiao, is getting flooded with requests for tickets from a who’s who list of celebrities.
“Nobody is going to get these tickets without paying for them. The type of calls I’m getting, it’s unbelievable. I could spend the rest of the day on the phone and sell out the entire place. The biggest block [of tickets] is with MGM. When I get a call from a celebrity, or I assume when Mayweather gets a call from a celebrity, we immediately send them to MGM and tell them to fill the order,” Arum told ESPN 1100 Radio.
As we reported yesterday unless you have a $250k credit line with the MGM (aka you bet a whole lot of money very often) you aren’t getting a comped ticket.
H/T Boxing Scene