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UFC 92 Final Gate Numbers

 

MMAWeekly reports:

Kizer also released final gate and revenue numbers for the event. The live gate numbers were in line with UFC president Dana White's post-fight quote, with $3,468,440 generated from 9,701 tickets sold. 4,465 tickets were issued as "comps," while 657 remained unsold.

 

Pretty high number of comp'ed tickets and was still able to generate $3,468,440 from only 9,701 tickets sold. 1/3 of their total attendance was basically a complimentary ticket. I noticed this number has been going higher and higher recently in the Vegas shows, yet they still are able to generate money, which means those tickets must be REALLY expensive. This comes out to be about $360 per ticket sold.

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Ridiculous. 360 per ticket avg. WTF can afford that?

by lbk on Dec 31, 2008 6:59 PM EST reply actions  

Thats what I am saying, specially in this economy.

by MMASuPreMaCy on Dec 31, 2008 7:03 PM EST up reply actions  

Apperantly..

enough people for them to get a 3.5 million dollar gate…

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by Brent Brookhouse on Dec 31, 2008 7:12 PM EST up reply actions  

errr...

apparently

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by Brent Brookhouse on Dec 31, 2008 7:12 PM EST up reply actions  

You must not be a marketing guy…

by lbk on Dec 31, 2008 7:22 PM EST up reply actions  

No...

…I see the point. You’d obviously rather sell EVERY ticket possible. And yeah, it sucks that the average guy can’t afford tickets. But that’s how sporting events are generally. It’s shitty…but it’s a fact of life.

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by Brent Brookhouse on Dec 31, 2008 7:23 PM EST up reply actions  

I hope the UFC is not trying to keep the average Joe six-pack from attending events.

"My job is a decision-making job, and as a result, I make a lot of decisions." --George W. Bush, The Decider, Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 3, 2007

by lovingmma25 on Dec 31, 2008 7:11 PM EST reply actions  

Average Joe six-pack isn’t travelling to Vegas for an event, especially during the holiday season.

by who me on Dec 31, 2008 7:22 PM EST up reply actions  

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