Why are the seats at the calzaghe fight so Damm expensive?

REAL_DEAL · Post by **REAL_DEAL** » 30 Nov 2005, 08:55

I was looking at the prices of the Calzahe- Lacy fight and noticed seats in the stand some are 150 quid and ringside tickets are 300, thats more expensive than the hatton - Tszyu fight. even tickets in the upper section of the middle tier are 75 quid? Dont you think thats a bit expensive, with no undercard announced.

Foggy · Post by **Foggy** » 30 Nov 2005, 08:59

I was gunna ask a question on prices for tickets but thought that this info wouldnt be out yet, if ringside are only £300 i think i'm going for that option if i decide to go.

Coconut · Post by **Coconut** » 30 Nov 2005, 09:04

JC hoping to cash in his chips big time before leaving the table?

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 30 Nov 2005, 09:06

REAL_DEAL wrote:I was looking at the prices of the Calzahe- Lacy fight and noticed seats in the stand some are 150 quid and ringside tickets are 300, thats more expensive than the hatton - Tszyu fight. even tickets in the upper section of the middle tier are 75 quid? Dont you think thats a bit expensive, with no undercard announced.

looking at the french show on monday which features 3 world title fights (4 including womans title) and tickets are as follows:

RING VIP 200 €,
RING 120 €,
TRIBUNE 50 €,
NON NUMEROTE 20 €

Translated thats £142 ringside VIP,
£85 ringside,
£35 Platform,
£14 cheapest

and no way Paris is more expensive than Manchester

Loftgroov · Post by **Loftgroov** » 30 Nov 2005, 09:18

knockout wrote:
REAL_DEAL wrote:I was looking at the prices of the Calzahe- Lacy fight and noticed seats in the stand some are 150 quid and ringside tickets are 300, thats more expensive than the hatton - Tszyu fight. even tickets in the upper section of the middle tier are 75 quid? Dont you think thats a bit expensive, with no undercard announced.
looking at the french show on monday which features 3 world title fights (4 including womans title) and tickets are as follows:

RING VIP 200 €,
RING 120 €,
TRIBUNE 50 €,
NON NUMEROTE 20 €

Translated thats £142 ringside VIP,
£85 ringside,
£35 Platform,
£14 cheapest

and no way Paris is more expensive than Manchester

Yeah ...rip-off Britain.

Something in the news the other day pointed out it is cheaper to buy a ticket to go and see Real Madrid at the Bernabau than to see some teams in Division 2 in England…..

Boxing tickets are the least of your worries.

You name it… it’s more expensive in Britain for the same thing. If you tell a yank what we pay for petrol they think you're winding them up and refuse to believe it.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 30 Nov 2005, 09:18

I guess that either Calzaghe or Lacy or both have made some serious demands for purses for this fight.....

REAL_DEAL · Post by **REAL_DEAL** » 30 Nov 2005, 09:22

Foggy wrote:I was gunna ask a question on prices for tickets but thought that this info wouldnt be out yet, if ringside are only £300 i think i'm going for that option if i decide to go.

i would rather buy a xbox 360.

Freiheit · Post by **Freiheit** » 30 Nov 2005, 09:31

Loftgroov wrote:You name it… it’s more expensive in Britain for the same thing. If you tell a yank what we pay for petrol they think you're winding them up and refuse to believe it.

I think petrol cost almost the same in most of Europe.

John Dillinger · Post by **John Dillinger** » 30 Nov 2005, 10:12

MEN costs £500,000 to hire for one night.

Coconut · Post by **Coconut** » 30 Nov 2005, 10:20

John Dillinger wrote:MEN costs £500,000 to hire for one night.

How many men do you get for that?

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 30 Nov 2005, 10:34

John Dillinger wrote:MEN costs £500,000 to hire for one night.

is that the going rate or what frank pays...... i am sure with his "exclusive deal" he doesnt pay standard price

REAL_DEAL · Post by **REAL_DEAL** » 30 Nov 2005, 10:38

no way is it 500k john sepp said it was 25k or 50k cant remember.

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 30 Nov 2005, 10:40

REAL_DEAL wrote:no way is it 500k john sepp said it was 25k or 50k cant remember.

nah, cannot be that cheap

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 30 Nov 2005, 10:52

REAL_DEAL wrote:no way is it 500k john sepp said it was 25k or 50k cant remember.

I'm sure he said it was 50k.

states · Post by **states** » 30 Nov 2005, 10:55

Half a million sounds ridiculously high.

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 30 Nov 2005, 10:58

states wrote:Half a million sounds ridiculously high.

it does

assuming you can get 20000 in there and a normal concert ticket is £25 approx then that would leave you at break even.... thats before you book the band do the advertising etc

My T Sharp · Post by **My T Sharp** » 30 Nov 2005, 11:02

Thought I may as well wade in with some pure guesswork.

Gate 20,000 at say £75 average = £1.5m

TV money and sponsors (Showtime, 2am ITV) = £750k

Less venue hire, undercard and event staff = (£250K)

So probably £2m of which FW will probably want around 20% return on investment risk = £400k so £1.6m for Lacy & Calzaghe combined, probably 50/50 as both are champs. Doesn't sound right though as didn't Calzaghe get 900k for Veit?

If anyone has some realistic figures i.e for TV please stick them in 8)

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 30 Nov 2005, 11:06

just to give you a rough idea...

Goresbrook is £1500 or £4000 with TV
Wembley conference approx £4000 and £15000 with TV

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 30 Nov 2005, 11:08

My T Sharp wrote:Doesn't sound right though as didn't Calzaghe get 900k for Veit?

That was Universum money though... who knows what TV deals they have...and whether he actually made a profit on that show

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 30 Nov 2005, 11:16

Found a website with other associated costs, but not the main cost for hiring the venue...

My T Sharp · Post by **My T Sharp** » 30 Nov 2005, 11:19

knockout wrote:
My T Sharp wrote:Doesn't sound right though as didn't Calzaghe get 900k for Veit?

That was Universum money though... who knows what TV deals they have...and whether he actually made a profit on that show

True, probably did make a loss or didn't pay Veit alot.

I think I have probably guessed wrong on the Showtime money for a Lacy fight. Don't know how many subscribe and at what price though. ITV will probably be lucky to cover production costs on a 2am start.

johnswan1 · Post by **johnswan1** » 30 Nov 2005, 11:25

Would guess that there would be at least 200,000 PPV buys in the US if cost was $20 = $4m. Cost would probably be more though & there could very well be more buys. I wonder what the figures were for the PBF-Mitchell fight as HBO reportedly paid Floyd $3.5m for it.

states · Post by **states** » 30 Nov 2005, 11:28

Is it even on PPV in the States? I thought it was regular Showtime, same as Hatton-Tszyu.

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 30 Nov 2005, 11:31

It's on normal Showtime I think

Joe looks like the bleedin village idiot in this shot

http://www.fightnews.com/1photos/lacy_calz8.jpg

states · Post by **states** » 30 Nov 2005, 11:38

He's not looking too clever, is he? See also:

Who farted?:

http://www.fightnews.com/lacy_calzaghe.jpg

And the Posh Spice look:

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ ... yjd101.jpg

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