BoxingScene.com reports that the PPV price point for the Floyd Maywether Jr. v. Canelo Alvarez fight set for September 14, 2013 will be set at $75 for HD and $60 for SD. This is a $5 price increase from Maywether’s May fight against Roberto Guerrero.
Its being billed as the biggest fight in years and the promotional tour has been massive in the type of spectator draws its receiving and the amount spent on the tour; an estimated $1 million for the hype alone. It should not be a surprise that the PPV price point would be raised as well.
Richard Schaefer told BoxingScene.com that he had heard that the fact its such a big fight a $100 PPV price tag was not out of the question.
Payout Perspective:
We saw disappointing PPV buys (at least rumored but never confirmed by Showtime) from the Mayweather-Guerrero fight and this year’s Wrestlemania. The common thread was that both were priced at $70 (for HD). Will May-Canelo suffer the same concern? Unlikely. As many have pointed out, Showtime/Golden Boy will still do well even though it may lose a portion of the audience wanting to buy the event. One would think that the higher PPV price may see an increase in closed circuit sales and bars/clubs showing the fight. But this rationale is predicated on the monumental build, marketing and promotions going into this event.
10,000 FANS SHOW UP IN LOS ANGELES FOR “THE ONE: MAYWEATHER VS. CANELO” PRESS TOUR STOP
http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Global/Issues/2013/05/06/Media/rating.aspx
LOL the first two comments are the two boxing trolls Sampson and Tops, figures.
Good fight, I’ll be streaming this one for free.
There are still plenty of comp tickets for the silva fight Chris…..good fight you can watch it live for FREE….
You are full of shit Tops. Between Ebay and Stub Hub right now! There is only 55 tickets for sale combined. That’s a very good indicator that there is not a lot of tickets available and certainly not a lot of free tickets. Unless maybe you spend 5,000 in a casino first.
According to Brazilian outlet Globo, only 25% of available tickets for UFC 162 had been sold as of this week. That number coming via box office officials at the MGM Grand Garden Arena……
LOL at tops
Really Tops?
http://www.mmajunkie.com/news/2013/07/dana-white-ufc-162-already-has-hit-4-26-million-gate-on-12400-ticket-sales
already at a 4.26 mill gate days before the fight, this card will end up being like 3rd or 4th all time for UFC in Vegas events. Keep hating troll.
It’s always funny when people don’t check to see if a source has been debunked.
Lol Dana disciples….whatever Dana says they beleive….that mma junkie announcement of Dana came after Brazilian globo article….of course Dana would react that way he has interest with the outcome or the impact of the globo article with the promotions earnings……what would brazil globo’s gain with its article? Nothing…..
It’s always funny when people dont check to see if Hype Machine Dana would be a good source of information….
Try calling the MGM Grand, Tops. Or the NSAC. They both have the numbers.
Sporttv globo Is a sports channel owned by giant globnetworking in brazil….what would they gain by broadcasting that tickets are slow? Nothing….they would just want to bash Anderson silva?
What would Dana gain by refuting the reports? A lot….ppv would be affected by globo news…..
Wow, this site has turned to shit real fast with the trolls Tops and Sampson.
SMH at Tops thinking Dana is lying. But we already know how this goes, they believe a bullshit report, official numbers will come out and the gate will be 4.5 to 5 mill, they will then say its 1/4th the gate of Floyds next fight, lol, mma, fasting growing sport?
Something like that, the typical hater trolls that they are.
Chris = sensitive
White can only dream of charging 75 dollars for a PPV.
Yeah Tops, looks like Dana was full of shit right?
4.862 mill gate, 12,400 tickets sold.
Believe thats 4th all time for UFC in Vegas.
And aintithetruth isnt that a good thing the UFC isnt charging fans more money for one fight?
They could easily charge that much and probably do less buys, no shit they couldnt charge that much and do 2 mill buys like Floyd/Canelo but I think thats a good thing for the fans that their PPV prices generally stay the same. Each Floyd fight seems to go up more and more cause Showtime has to make that money back.
Atleast Sampson doesnt deny he is a troll, all he can say is I’m sensitive, or no, he can call me Christine. Thats his big comeback. Instead of addressing what I say.
Atleast he doesnt deny the fact he is a troll so thats a start.
I don’t care what the ufc charges. I just pay my five dollars at buffalo wild wings to get drunk as me and my fighter buddy go against the racist oregon crowd. We belittle them openly for not even knowing what scores points and what doesn’t. half of these clowns don’t even know what they are looking at.
That’s if I decide to go. Last one I had any interest in was gsp vs diaz. Its a sad day when hicks root against an american fighter in favor of a white canadian. They say diaz is disrespectful. But that’s just danas hype machine blowing up entertaining inring antics. Diaz is kind of boring in random interviews and doesn’t come across as insulting. Maybe a little since coming to the ufc but you have to feed the hype machine some and these rubes who come out of the sticks into portland buy into it. He had all this hate for shamrock but after they fought it was all buried. Just one example.