Pacquiao-Mayweather tickets to finally go on sale

It is officially on.

After disputes on tickets and an unsigned contract, signatures are finally inked and the fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. will finally happen at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

CBS Corporation CEO Leslie Moonves and Sen. Harry Reid (Democrat-Nevada) helped straighten things out among Top Rank, Mayweather Promotions and MGM Grand.

Manny Pacquiao (R) and Floyd Mayweather Jr. AFP FILE PHOTO

In a report from Yahoo! Sports, Kevin Iole wrote that the ticketing issues, room allocations and other concerns have been straightened out and the contract has been signed.

“We resolved all of the issues and now we’re waiting for the paperwork,” Arum said in the report.  “I said on the call that if what we agreed upon is in the paperwork we receive, we will sign it and the tickets will be released.”

Arum spoke to Iole before the contract was signed.

Top Rank President Todd duBoef met with Moonves and Mayweather adviser Al Haymon to discuss the contract.

Iole posted the release regarding the tickets in his report.

Tickets for the fight are priced at $10,000, $7,500, $5,000, $3,500, $2,500 and $1,500.

However, none of the $10,000 seats will be available for public purchase. Tickets for the fight go on sale Thursday at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m PT.

They can be purchased at mgmgrand.com, ticketmaster.com or by calling 800-745-300. Buyers are limited to four tickets per person.

The closed circuit tickets, which will be shown only at MGM properties in Las Vegas, go on sale Thursday at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT.

Tickets can be purchased at the individual hotels’ box offices or by calling either 866-799-7711 or 800-745-3000. Closed circuit tickets are $150 apiece plus taxes and fees. Buyers are limited to eight closed circuit tickets apiece.

The closed circuit viewing of the fight will be available at the MGM, Bellagio, Aria, Vdara, The Signature, Mandalay Bay, Delano, Monte Carlo, Mirage, New York-New York, Luxor, Excalibur and Circus Circus in Las Vegas.

It will also be available at all other MGM Resorts properties around the world.

There will be around 35,000 to 50,000 closed circuit seats in Las Vegas while only around 500 fight seats will be sold to the public.

Reid, who might have pushed the development, phoned Arum while the promoter was watching Pacquiao train at the Wild Card Gym saying he was hoping to buy tickets for him and Sen. John McCain (Republican-Arizona), Iole wrote.

Arum told Reid of the tickets issue which prompted the senator to talk to MGM Resorts President Bill Hornbuck.

According to the report, one of Reid’s spokespersons described the private deal that happened.

“Senator Reid considers it part of his basic responsibility as Nevada’s senator to put Nevada first and fight for Nevada’s economy,” Kristen Orthman, Reid’s deputy communications director, said.

“He has had a number of discussions to ensure the success of the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight, as he should because that’s his job. This is a fight that fans—Sen. Reid included —have wanted for years and will potentially bring in hundreds of millions into the state’s economy—so of course he would do everything he can to help make sure it happens.”

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