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08-19-2008, 02:01 PM
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|  UFC 90 Closing In On A Sell-out
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UFC 90 Closing In On A Sell-out
By Matthew Brothers | August 19, 2008
The Allstate Arena Box Office is reporting that although the event is more than two months away, UFC 90 is nearing sell-out status already. The news comes as a delight to Dana White and the UFC brass who have been unable to sell-out in recent months in places such as Minneapolis and Columbus.
Initital reports peg ticket sales at more than 15,000 with a projected gate already exceeding $2 million. The Allstate Arena holds roughly 19,000.
The event, which will be held just outside of Chicago in Rosemont, Ill., features a main event of the seemingly invincible UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson "Spider" Silva taking on challenger Patrick "The Predator" Cote. Also, in a match that will most definitely have title implications, Thiago Alves who is fresh off a victory against Matt Hughes, will face off against Diego "Nightmare" Sanchez. The winner is rumored to be next in line for Georges St. Pierre's welterweight title. It will be the first UFC event to happen in Illinois.
| This is going to be a very good card... There are getting to be far too many good cards out there for me to keep buying, but that isn't always a bad thing.
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08-19-2008, 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by jrube  | Just look at the card
-Anderson Silva (#1 Middleweight in the world)* vs. Patrick Cote
-Thiago Alves (#3 Welterweight in the World)* vs. Diego Sanchez (#8 Welterweight in the World)*
-Fabricio Werdum (#7 Heavyweight in the World)* vs. Junior dos Santos
-Tyson Griffin vs. Sean Sherk
-Spencer Fisher vs. Melvin Guillard
-Thales Leites vs. Goran Reljic
-Ricardo Almeida vs. Matt Horwich
-Hermes Franca vs. Gleison Tibau
-Pete Sell vs. Josh Burkman
-Rich Clementi vs. TBA
- Cain Velazquez vs. TBA
No wonder why it will be a Sellout
Edit: and Swick is going to fight
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08-19-2008, 02:10 PM
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What taking so long.. for the Montreal event it sold out in minutes.
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08-19-2008, 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by atj-lucko What taking so long.. for the Montreal event it sold out in minutes. | ya sheesh, must not be real fans in the US  | |
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08-19-2008, 02:34 PM
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Might as well be sold out i went monday morning to ticket master when they went onsale they only had 600, 500, and 400 dollar tickets available.
I didn't even have enough on me to buy ah ticket talk about depressing let alone 4
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08-19-2008, 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by rbenson98 Might as well be sold out i went monday morning to ticket master when they went onsale they only had 600, 500, and 400 dollar tickets available.
I didn't even have enough on me to buy ah ticket talk about depressing let alone 4 | Same here man...I woke up Sunday Morning for the newsletter presale and only 600 dollar tickets were left. Hoping I can win some from the radio or something, LOL.
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08-19-2008, 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by tmlfan ya sheesh, must not be real fans in the US | No it just seems Chicago is not a hot bed for mma as maybe Dana thought.
If they sell out in minutes in Montreal but tickets are still for sale in Chicago, seems kinda strange.
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08-19-2008, 07:54 PM
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This would have been a good card to put AA on, he fights out of Chicago
Oh well!! Still looks amazing.
Most of the Montreal tickets were bought by scalpers, weren't they? This whole ticket sold-out situation is negligable, with the scalper factor added in
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