Fans will need to get ready to dig deep to come up with the money they’ll be expected to pay to see the trilogy fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder on December 19 at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada.
According to ESPN, the tickets for the Fury-Wilder 3 fight will sell at a premium. The reason for that is there will be fewer tickets available due to the socially distanced seating for the 65,000 seat Allegiant Stadium.
Top Rank will have space between each seat to create a barrier between the fans. They want to keep it safe to protect the fans from getting sick, and that’s the rationale behind the socially distanced seating.
One problem with pricing the tickets high for the Fury vs. Wilder 3 trilogy match is the timing. A lot of boxing fans are still unemployed or under-employed due to the pandemic causing companies to shut down or layoff workers.
If the tickets for the Wilder-Fury III fight are sold at too high of a price, then only the wealthy will be able to afford them. That’s not good for Top Rank if they’re unable to sell tickets because they decide to raise the prices.
It’s a high ticket item, but I think that’s the best way to look at it. You’re going to have to space this stuff out. You’re putting it in a football stadium, and you would get, I guess, regular arena type seating in terms of numbers,” said Kriegel.
“It also occurs to me that so much of boxing is being seen by people in the arena that maybe it dampens demand,” said Kellerman. “It’s going to be interesting to see what happens if they can pull that off in any way.”
The story was filed by Matt Lieberman
