Mayweather vs. Pacquiao is one of the most anticipated fights on the planet. We are only Nine days away from the match, but tickets haven’t gone on sale yet. That all changes Thursday afternoon.
Wednesday, the deal was finally signed between promoters Top Rank, Mayweather Promotions and the MGM for the site contract.
The rest of the tickets are controlled by Mayweather Promotions, Top Rank and the MGM Grand, which will distribute the tickets — which everyone has to pay for — to their customers, the fighter camps, the fight sponsors, HBO and Showtime (who are putting on the joint pay-per-view), and the brokers with which they do business. A flood of tickets can be expected on the secondary market later Thursday.
Already have your ticket to Las Vegas for next week, but weren’t sure where you were going to watch the fight? MGM owned properties will be the own places on the strip to show it.There will be as many as 50,000 closed-circuit tickets available at the MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, Bellagio, Aria, Monte Carlo, Mirage, New York New York and Luxor.