TICKETS for the Nov. 14 bout between Manny Pacquiao and World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Miguel Cotto won’t be on sale until Monday next week but the buzz is beginning to heat up Las Vegas and rooms at the MGM Grand are already becoming scarce.
A report by T.K. Stewart of boxingscene.com said ringside tickets for the match, considered the biggest this year, will sell at $1,000 each, with the farthest seats selling for $150.
Demand for tickets is expected to shoot up next week, with Stewart reporting that ringside tickets, this early, are already selling for an astounding 22 times their face value at $22,536.
Even in an economy that is reeling and on the ropes, the few available tickets for the general public are expected to be scooped up within hours of going on sale.
With more than months left before the bout, most of the over 5,000 rooms at the MGM Grand have already been booked for the weekend of Nov. 14th, according to Stewart. Only the high-end rooms at the MGM are still available for the weekend of the fight.
A travel agent booking rooms at the hotel, unaware of the coming fight, told Stewart: "There’s must be something big going on for this happen. The only thing I have open are the signature rooms. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that happen three months in advance. Usually, and especially lately, I can get rooms at the MGM quite easily, they have five thousand of them, so I’m a little shocked to see that to be honest with you."
Told that a big boxing match was taking place on that weekend, the agent nodded and raised her eyebrows.
"Well, that’s still interesting because I’ve handled travel arrangements for people going to Vegas for New Years’ Eve as well as UFC events and I don’t think I’ve never known the MGM to be that full that far in advance."
Expect a bunch of legislators from the Philippiness pour down the ringside seats with their entourage.
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