Anyone going will have to dig very deep.
Conor McGregor’s boxing debut against Floyd Mayweather Jr. is predicted to surpass four million pay-per-view buys and is set to earn both fighters nine-figure pay-days.
Interest in the fight between the unbeaten Mayweather [49-0] and UFC lightweight champion McGregor [0-0] is massive and there has been mainstream media interest to go with the boxing and MMA reporters following each and every event.
General sale tickets for the fight went out on July 24 and the initial updates were less than glowing. By the end of week one, the event at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena had not sold out.
Day 4 of Mayweather-McGregor ticket sales winding down. Still more than 3000+ seats, TM changed limits from 2 to 6 to try to move tickets.
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) July 28, 2017
A check on official event outlet Ticketmaster shows there are medium to high level tickets still available. All of the $500 tickets have been snapped up by now.
Head over to any of the sell-on sites, such as Viagogo or StubHub [picture below], and the starting price is $1,825 [approx. €1,530].
Another reseller, Vivid Seats, has a ring-side seat on offer for the princely sum of $87,981 [€74,000]. Handy for Eddie Alvarez, who McGregor defeated at UFC 205 to win the lightweight strip, that he has friends in high places. Alvarez told the 5rounds podcast:
“I love fights and when they have this much build-up around them, I enjoy it. I’m going to the fight. I’ll be there, front row.
“A buddy, who sold me his house, got me front row seats. We’ll be there.”
Interestingly, UFC president Dana White told talk show host Jimmy Kimmel, last month, that McGregor and Mayweather have bought up their own batch of tickets. He said:
“I’m buying 20 tickets. This is what we have to do.
“So Mayweather is buying his own tickets. Mayweather is. Showtime are. We’re all buying our own tickets.”
One imagines ‘Money’ and ‘The Notorious’ will be sending that ticket bill right to Showtime so they can be fully reimbursed.
