Dana White's UFC 104 Video Blog: Episode 2
by Luke Thomas on Oct 21, 2009 5:54 PM EDT
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So what’s up with Dana giving away so many tickets? NY, LA, Vegas…I know they usually comp a bunch but this seems like a lot. Maybe I’m just pissed because I’m the one jackass that paid for mine :P
Sales for 104 are absolutely dreadful.
Dana’s a nice guy, no doubt, but the ticket sales in LA are going horribly.
I personally don’t understand why they go to markets like LA and Chicago and don’t stack the cards. Aren’t these important markets to the UFC fan base? Machida/Shogun and Velasquez/Rothwell isn’t much for the casual LA sports fan. I’m not surprised. And don’t get me started on the Chicago card featuring Silva vs Cote.
by filipinomix2oo0 on Oct 21, 2009 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions
I was wondering about that. I assumed sales must be bad for him to be giving this many tickets away. It sucks since it’s not going to encourage them to go back anytime soon.
by Chris Barton on Oct 21, 2009 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Ok, his giving away a few dozens of tickets has nothing to do with ticket sales...
If he were tossing THOUSANDS of tickets for free, I could see how one could think that.
And even for sold-out events, 1000-2000 tix are papered anyway.
Sales for 104 are absolutely dreadful.
Source?
SHOGUN WILL SLAY THE DRAGON!!!
SHOGUN TO BE THE NEW LHW CHAMP!!!
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
by xFenixKnightx on Oct 21, 2009 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I can’t reveal them, but it’s a lock they aren’t selling anymore than 10 to 11k for a 20k venue. They can paper it quite a bit, but that’s how much they’re selling.
Wow, man that sucks. This is such a damn good card. I wasn’t doubting you, just wanting to know if there was actual news on slow ticket sales I hadn’t heard. Thanks.
SHOGUN WILL SLAY THE DRAGON!!!
SHOGUN TO BE THE NEW LHW CHAMP!!!
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
by xFenixKnightx on Oct 21, 2009 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions
venue to big?
or tickets to high? i know mosley/margarito sold out the staples but the highest tickets went for $300 i believe. dana needs to come down on the tickets more outside of vegas, like he said he was. hr probably needs tocome down in vegas to, unls brock is fighting. i know the bottom line is all the counts, but 2/3 filled stadiums that are heavily papered. they’ll figure it out.
Events get papered… these twitter campaigns are alot better than loading people on buses and driving them in and these guys are:
1. they are actual fans
2. they made a sacrifice in getting the tickets so they have inherent “buy-in” giving the attendance more value
3. ITS AWESOME PR.
4. The damn vlogs need some content.
Yup. He managed to rock the hat pretty well. Knock out a couple of his teeth, he coulda been an extra in High Plains Drifter.
by Kwisatz Haderach on Oct 21, 2009 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions
he looked like that coward that killed jesse james
by cagefightonacid on Oct 21, 2009 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions
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