Tickets for next week’s fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquaio finally go on sale on Thursday, with some expected to fetch around £60,000 ($100,000) on the resale market.
The MGM Grand has a capacity of 16,500 for the 2 May bout but only about 1,000 seats will go on sale to the public.
The rest will go to the fighters, the casino, sponsors and promoters.
The cheapest ticket will cost £1,000 ($1,500), rising to around £6,700 ($10,000) for the most expensive.
The MGM also announced the sale of thousands of closed circuit seats at its various properties at £100 ($150) apiece.
With just nine days to the mega-fight in Las Vegas, the sale of tickets had become a key issue.
Reports claimed they had been unavailable because the two sides were feuding over who got what tickets and where they were located.
Mayweather’s promoter, Leonard Ellerbe, said tickets would probably go on sale on Thursday.
“I’m doing my very, very best to get them on sale tomorrow,” he said on Wednesday. “I don’t have a time yet.”
Asked about the delay, Mayweather responded: “I don’t worry about tickets, I worry about the guy in front of me. Manny Pacquiao that’s my whole focus. Tickets is something I don’t deal with.”
American Mayweather has won all 47 of his fights, 26 by knockout, while Filipino Pacquiao has a record of 57 wins, five losses and two draws.
