UFC 100 Already Sold Out
by Luke Thomas on Apr 10, 2009 9:24 PM EDT
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From a press release in my inbox:
Las Vegas NV (USA) Las Vegas, NV (USA); Tickets for UFC® 100 are SOLD OUT. The historic UFC 100 event, with three blockbuster fights already confirmed, receives a massive response from UFC® Fight Club™ and Newsletter members, creating a sellout in record time.
The Saturday, July 11 event, live from the Mandalay Bay Events Center, will be shown on pay-per-view in the U.S. on iN DEMAND, DIRECTV, DISH Network and TVN, and in Canada on BellTV, Shaw Communications and Viewer’s Choice Canada. Suggested retail price is $44.95 for standard definition or high-definition broadcasts (where available).
"I started hearing about UFC 100 around UFC 90. I am blown away by how excited fans were for this event. So I made sure to stack this card with the greatest fights and greatest fighters in the world, and keep ticket prices consistent with our other big events. Once again, our fans responded with a record sellout. This is another great milestone for the UFC, and July 11 is going to be an amazing event."
After an epic turnout from the April 9 Internet presale for UFC Fight Club fans, the majority of the seats were sold by 3pm ET, with the official sellout taking place today during the UFC Newsletter presale. The tickets prices were: $1,000, $750, $500, $300, $200 and $100.
The numeric value alone made this a pivot point for our sport. So, there's not much to add here, but it is worth reminding ourselves early of what is already making out to be a landmark event. This will present itself as another opportunity for the mainstream to strain a little harder when they look at us, so it is our responsibility to carry ourselves professionally and promote what excellence in MMA looks like.
UPDATE: Readers pointed out Ticketmaster is still selling tickets to the event and they're right. Stay tuned.
UPDATE II: BloodyElbow.com writer Michael Rome adds some context:
Within the sports industry a “sell out” means no set of 2 seats together. I’m sure there are plenty of singles.
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It's not solde out...
Just went on ticketmaster, got a single ticket in section 121 row M for $1,000. When I searched for 2 tickets, nothing came up. So there must be scattered seats still available. I’m sure it will sell out by tomorrow when the general public tickets go on sale.
by michaelgaryscott on Apr 10, 2009 9:33 PM EDT reply actions
Interesting
It’s not uncommon to pop the press release when there’s a handful of tickets left. This could be that move.
There are single tickets from $500 to $1,000. I’m pretty f’ing pissed, i’ve been saving up for this event and looks like i’ve been priced out of equation before the public had a chance to purchase tickets.. I’m not willing to spend 500 for tickets with a face of $100 on stubhub. Good job UFC for letting the ticket brokers eat up all the tickets. It looks like I might have to attend UFC 98 instead. Tickets are stil on sale through ticketmaster and solid seats for 400 a pop.
“This will present itself as another opportunity for the mainstream to strain a little harder when they look at us, so it is our responsibility to carry ourselves professionally and promote what excellence in MMA looks like.”
What?
It means...
show the good side of MMA and it’s fans with all eyes on the sport. Don’t come off like we’re dickheads who can’t act within reason. I know that may be hard for some of us…not naming any names. I’m just replying to a dude who asked a question
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by Brent Brookhouse on Apr 10, 2009 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions
There never was any $100 or $200 tickets. They started off at $300 for the nosebleeds. I was logged on at 10:00 sharp for the fightclub presale. I waited until today to see if maybe they would release the cheap tickets to the newsletter fans, but nope, the cheapest were $500. I went on to stubhub just now and bought two tickets in the worst section for $837. I feel like I got raped without vasoilne. Oh well, I justified it by convincing myself that my parlay will pay for it (Lesnar/St. Pierre/ Fitch/ and Bonnar. Well see. Damn, I hope this lives up to the hype. Dana shouldn’t treat his hardcore fans like that. I can’t believe that he said that he kept ticket prices consistent with other events. That’s a damn lie. I sat in the nosebleeds at 94 for $100, and it was originally a $50 ticket. Oh well, I’m not gonna miss this for anything.
Yeah, same here, online right when they went on sale, not even a single $100 ticket available and no pairs of $200 available. I realize the $100 seats are limited but you’d think there would be at least 1 available right when tickets go on sale. But there were brokers selling tickets even before the fight club presale so they get their tickets early somehow. I was lucky enough to score a pair of tickets in the front row of section 216 and that was about 10 minutes after tickets went on sale so I was pretty happy about that. I’m gonna try to sell them and make enough to get myself a decent lower level seat. If anyone is ineterested let me know, I’ve seen similar tickets on eBay for $1,200 for the pair so I know they are worth some money.
You will still be able to get tickets from scalpers fight club members after they sell out.
Keep firing Assholes!
Stubhub.com
it’s legal and very reliable as far as getting tickets to hard to find events. It’s the only place I’ll buy tickets if I don’t get them direct from the source
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by Brent Brookhouse on Apr 11, 2009 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions
In case anyone is wondering
It is now COMPLETELY sold out, not a single ticket available from Ticketmaster.
CrashMMA.com
I was wondering if anyone knew something about this website and the UFC packages they but together. I’d greatly appreciate any input.
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