travelling to vegas for gsp/diaz

irishdownhiller

anyone else going to this? hoping to travel over for it. anyone got any tips for cheap companies to go through? went over for pacman and cotto and got a great deal for around £450 for the week from belfast!

the_doctor199

Who was that with? Would be interested myself, I assume it's easier to get packages from London?

irishdownhiller

as far as i remember it was booked through thomas cook, although we flew belfast to newark, newark on to vegas then

fightireland

irishdownhiller wrote: »

anyone else going to this? hoping to travel over for it. anyone got any tips for cheap companies to go through? went over for pacman and cotto and got a great deal for around £450 for the week from belfast!

Jaypers thats some deal.

May be worth getting a group together > more than 15 people and seeing if somebody would do a package for you.

I may be able to help...

irishdownhiller

anyone able to help is a friend! i should know a few interested, havent really spoken to mates to see who is interested but i know a few are!

EriT

I'll be in Vegas on the 29th Oct Jus need to get tickets

El Guapo!

Does anybody know if there's a tour company offering a deal for this? Or even a cheap enough website? I might be interested in goin over if the price was right.

Rob01

I priced this for a couple of weeks on numerous different websites & tour opperators. Cheapest deal I could get for 2 people sharing for 5 nights (you can have 4per room which would bring the price down) was around the €800 mark. But some of these hotels were in the likes of Circus Circus or the Riviera which are miles up the strip and, away from everything & just your basic hotel, you'd be getting taxi's everywhere.

Ended up paying €900 per person for 2 double rooms in Planet Hollywood for 5 nyts, bang on in the centre of the strip. It's bank holiday weekend here & in the Uk so the flights are gona be pricey, they were €700 in total.

I plan on just getting my fight tickets off ticketmaster as I've checked for the last few events and they have always been available. If it's a stacked fight card I might just fork out the extra few quid for the UFC fightclub presale tickets.

El Guapo!

I was just pricing it there myself and doing it seperately I got prices of €1488 for flights for 2 people (on club travel) and €468 for 6 nights in the MGM Grand (on Hotels.com). There's cheaper options on the hotels too.

Rob01

If you are going make sure you go dublin via London as you arrive 2pm local time & leave 5/6pm local time so you get the most of the day you arrive & your not up early the day you leave.

If you go Dublin via New York or Atlanta you'll more than likely not arrive untill 9/10pm & have to leave first thing in the morning which was not a pleasent experience when I went over for Pacquiao vs Hatton

El Guapo!

Thanks for the advice. Still not sure if I'll go yet. Have to do a bit more pricing and see what the funds are like first!

ayoung

I will be in Vegas for a stag do for this fight and I am interested in any info on getting tickets. I have looked at prices for some events and I certainly won't be looking at ringside or anywhere close. Does anyone know what the view/atmosphere is like in the commoner seats?

My flights cost about 650, Travelling through London and the times work out well.

I went on the flights that transfer through JFK and don't arrive till 9pm last year. While it is a long journey time (17hrs or so) I was not one bit tired on arrival in Vegas.....on the way home was a different story.....to the airport at 4am.

Rob01

ayoung wrote: »

I will be in Vegas for a stag do for this fight and I am interested in any info on getting tickets. I have looked at prices for some events and I certainly won't be looking at ringside or anywhere close. Does anyone know what the view/atmosphere is like in the commoner seats?

My flights cost about 650, Travelling through London and the times work out well.

I went on the flights that transfer through JFK and don't arrive till 9pm last year. While it is a long journey time (17hrs or so) I was not one bit tired on arrival in Vegas.....on the way home was a different story.....to the airport at 4am.

No point in anyone arriving at 9pm when you can arrive at 2pm coz your missing half a day. I've priced tickets for the last few events on ticketmaster & "commoner Seats" are $125. I was at the hatton vs pacman fight and these same seats cost over $300 & i was happy with my view.

Thats was in the MGM which is a slightly bigger arena. Mandalay Bay only holds 12-13,000 so I can't imagine the view been bad from anywhere in the arena. Plus personally I'd prefer to be slightly higher up than cage/ringside for a better view

ayoung

Thanks for the reply Rob01.

Anyone have an idea when these tickets may go on sale?

EriT

ayoung wrote: »

Thanks for the reply Rob01.

Anyone have an idea when these tickets may go on sale?

UFC 135 Tickets have just gone on sale last week 9 weeks before the event so it will likely be the end of August

EriT

for anybody thinking of going to this tickets are onsale this week fightclub pre sale tomorrow and general sale on friday priced $100-$1000

ayoung

I was thinking about joining the fight club specifically to buy tickets for this.

Does anyone know if there is a waiting period before you will receive the code?

Think it will sell out in advance of general sale on Friday?

Rob01

ayoung wrote: »

I was thinking about joining the fight club specifically to buy tickets for this.

Does anyone know if there is a waiting period before you will receive the code?

Think it will sell out in advance of general sale on Friday?

That is what I plan on doing as well. Hard to say if it will sell out because I have checked the last few big events except for UFC 134 & tickets were always available. I'm just going 2split the extra $80 between 4of us so it's nothing really.

From reading the ticketmaster website it says you will receive your UFC activation email within 20 days, but I'm thinking that will be just to access the membership & online stuff and that you should be able to buy the tickets today

sonic.trip

I googled the fight club code a good few hours before the Sydney event and was able to buy tickets, although most of the good ones had gone at that stage. If I was trying to get tickets I'd keep on googling after the release, worth a shot

Rob01

sonic.trip wrote: »

I googled the fight club code a good few hours before the Sydney event and was able to buy tickets, although most of the good ones had gone at that stage. If I was trying to get tickets I'd keep on googling after the release, worth a shot

As in you searched for someone elses club code?

sonic.trip

Rob01 wrote: »

As in you searched for someone elses club code?

I found one the day before general sale and was able to buy tickets but most places had only 1 seat left or else they were diamond/platinum seats. Can't remember if that is presale or the fighclub?

SDTimeout

phew.

Good quote here Dana: people who already bought tickets who don't want to see Condit-GSP can return those tickets.

Rob01

Bought tickets 2day + makes no odds 2me that Diaz isnt fighting. Planned the trip around the event so il be there regardless. Just hope B.J Penn still gets 2fight

Mellor

SDTimeout wrote: »

phew.

Good quote here Dana: people who already bought tickets who don't want to see Condit-GSP can return those tickets.

I lol'd at that one to, CC is defo a bigger fight, and the whole card is stacked.

Rob01 wrote: »

Bought tickets 2day + makes no odds 2me that Diaz isnt fighting. Planned the trip around the event so il be there regardless. Just hope B.J Penn still gets 2fight

Dana wants to keep BJ on the card, he said he has an idea, but people will say "wtf are you doing" when he announces. so he's going to see if he can book it before announces.

I ahve a guy in mind, but don't think they'll make it

ayoung

Rob01 wrote: »

Bought tickets 2day + makes no odds 2me that Diaz isnt fighting. Planned the trip around the event so il be there regardless. Just hope B.J Penn still gets 2fight

If you dont mind my asking how much did the tickets cost?

I got the $300 which is a bit more then I wanted to spend but it will be worth it. The 100 and 200 dollar tickets seemed to sell out instantly.

Rob01

ayoung wrote: »

If you dont mind my asking how much did the tickets cost?

I got the $300 which is a bit more then I wanted to spend but it will be worth it. The 100 and 200 dollar tickets seemed to sell out instantly.

Ended up getting the $500 seats, worked out at just under $550 each after taxes and the fight club membership. I had intended on getting the $300 seats but it was saying none available so I bit the bullet & took them ones in a bit of a panic.

Yea it's a little more than what I had wanted to spend but the 4 of us are sitting together & I have my seat & the row beside me are the $1,000 ones so that'll ease the pain

I had hassle through buying tickets from a website before, (not sure if i'm allowed mention there name on this for legal reasons etc, maybe someone could clarify?), for the Hatton vs Pacman fight, and only got my ticktes 1 hour before the event & it kind of ruined the trip. I can just relax and wait now!

ayoung

Rob01 wrote: »

I can just relax and wait now!

Relax is something I am not capable of......countdown on the ufc site is a permanent fixture in work now!

EriT

Got two tickets in the $300 dollar section happy out was a little worrried when they started changing stuff but can wait now

Penn vs Diaz :cool::cool: