Ticket demand for this week’s UFC 244 event in New York is running fairly high as of Wednesday with the secondary market at its highest since July’s UFC 239
According to secondary market ticket vendor SeatGeek, the get-in price for the showdown between Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal is $266 per seat with the average ticket being $439. Notably, the average resale price for UFC 241, the last time Diaz fought was $314.
The event takes place at New York’s Madison Square Garden and promises to be at capacity with many stars in attendance as well as President Donald Trump.
The last time that prices on the secondary market have been this high was UFC 239 in Las Vegas when Jon Jones fought Thiago Santos in the main event. You might recall that Masvidal appeared on the undercard when he recorded the fastest KO in UFC History over Ben Askren. The average ticket resold for that event was $547.
Notably, SeatGeek indicates that prices have fallen 15% over the last two weeks.
In comparison, the get-in price for the Canelo Alvarez-Sergey Kovalev fight taking place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas is $293 with an average resale price of $688.
Payout Perspective:
The ticket demand has fallen, yet there is still a lot of people clamoring to watch the fight. One might think there would be a downtick in pricing with extra security for the President. There’s also the New York Marathon the next day so a lot of people will be in town. Still, the event will probably be at capacity with a record gate (although secondary market will not be accounted for) for a UFC event at MSG. As for Canelo-Kovalev, the ticket demand seems about right although one might expect these prices to go down as well.
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