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T-Mobile Arena Beats Out MSG To Host Alvarez-GGG Rematch

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The May 5 rematch between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin will be at Las Vegas' T-Mobile Arena, which "beat out" MSG to host the match, according to Lance Pugmire of the L.A. TIMES. MSG "presented a bid for the rematch in excess of the package that brought the first Alvarez-Golovkin meeting to T-Mobile Arena in September." Golovkin promoter Tom Loeffler said, "Canelo likes Las Vegas and it's hard to beat Las Vegas with everything they offer, especially on a Cinco de Mayo weekend. I thought it could've gone either way, really, but Golden Boy's the lead promoter and we went along with the decision. Canelo definitely likes being by the West Coast. He'll have a lot more Mexican fans in Las Vegas. ... He's never fought in New York. He didn't want to go to uncharted territory, where Triple-G has fought six times." Pugmire notes one of the factors that "further tipped to Las Vegas' favor was the ability to sell $100 closed-circuit tickets at MGM properties along the Strip." More than 12,000 closed-circuit tickets were "purchased for the first fight." Loeffler said that "every indication is demand will increase after the competitiveness of that bout." Tickets inside the arena, "priced from $700 to $10,000," go on sale at 10:00am PT on Tuesday, with the fighters "set to appear at L.A. Live later that evening for a public event" (L.A. TIMES, 2/23).

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