Compared to the previous pay-per-view live feed, ticket sales for Sunday\u2019s Manny Pacquiao-Ricky Hatton fight at the Saipan World Resort are going at a slower pace this time.<\/p>\n
MCV Broadband and hotel management said this could be attributed to several factors like the timing of government payday, the magic of Oscar De La Hoya\u2019s popularity and the global economic crisis.<\/p>\n
MCV Broadband\u2019s Mark Birmingham said that during the Pacquiao-De La Hoya fight in December last year, tickets were already sold out days before fight day. There were about 500 who came out to watch that fight.<\/p>\n
This time, MCV has come out with 600 tickets.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe sales are low this time compared to the last fight but we\u2019re still hoping that fans will turn out at the doors on Sunday,\u201d said Birmingham.<\/p>\n
The live feed at the huge screen of the Taga Hall for general admission and at the Red Box Sports Bar for VIP will begin around 10:30am with the undercard fights.<\/p>\n
The main event will be around 3pm (Saipan time) in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
The price for general admission is $30 and $50 for VIP.<\/p>\n
Ronald Sanchez, Saipan World Resort\u2019s Banquet and Restaurant Manager, said they have already sold about 90 percent of the tickets for the VIP Room at the Red Box while only 50 percent for tickets for general admission.<\/p>\n
Sanchez said the reason for low sales this time is that it\u2019s not government payday yet.<\/p>\n
It would be the seventh pay per view live for MCV Broadband at the hotel and Birmingham assured that the satellite feed would be excellent.<\/p>\n
He said they don\u2019t want the people\u2019s ire to turn on them in case of a poor satellite feed during the fight.<\/p>\n
MCV will have a dry run today and early tomorrow morning featuring programs of the Philippines giant television network GMA Channel 7.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will be pretty fun,\u201d Birmingham said.<\/p>\n
He said they expect sponsor Budweiser to give the crowd something to cheer about.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can assure that everybody will have a good time,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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