Allegiant Stadium Announces It Will Host Canelo Vs Crawford Mega-Fight Sept. 13; UNLV Football Game Switched To Aug. 23 From Sept. 13
By Cassandra Cousineau, LVSportsBiz.Boxing Writer
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Allegiant Stadium has already contacted fans in hopes of selling tickets for the mega Canelo Alvarez vs Terence “Bud” Crawford boxing match scheduled at the NFL Raiders stadium Sept. 13.
Alvarez is the undisputed super middleweight. Crawford is the undefeated, three-division king, a relentless tactician with a perfect record.
Allegiant Stadium ticket sellers say tickets are on sale July 18. The stadium will also announce presale ticket info soon.
The highly anticipated world championship boxing match between Alvarez and Crawford marks the first-ever boxing event held at the 62,000-seat venue. The undisputed super middleweight title will be on the line, with the fight being globally streamed on Netflix and promoted by Turki Alalshikh, UFC bossman Dana White, and Saudi based, Sela.
“This is the kind of fight people talk about ten years later—the one they wish they had seen live,” said White, who shared the stage with both fighters Friday prior to the UFC 317 ceremonial weigh-ins. “I’ve always tried since day one to put on the best fights with the best fighters in the world. That’s what this fight is.”
For White, who has long said he dislikes holding combat events in stadiums, staging this historic showdown at Allegiant presented a personal challenge.
When asked by LVSportsBiz what it meant to host the superfight inside a stadium he’s traditionally avoided, White cleared the air.
“I don’t like stadiums because I feel like the experience isn’t great for fights,” he said. “So it’s my job and my team’s job to make sure that the live experience is the best anyone has ever seen in combat sports. That’s our challenge going into this thing. We did the Sphere in a short amount of time. I guarantee you we’ll pull this one off too.”
Allegiant Stadium, which opened in 2020, has hosted NFL games, college football, concerts, and the Super Bowl, but never a boxing match — until now.
Once the notorious price-gauging secondary market gets its hands on tickets, the event is poised to break Nevada records for gate revenue, potentially surpassing the $72.2 million in ticket sales generated by the 2015 Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao bout.
With Canelo’s titles on the line and Crawford jumping up in weight for the opportunity to claim undisputed status in a second division, the stakes are monumental.
“This is the fight fans have been waiting for,” Crawford said Friday. “I’m happy to stage the first mega fight at Allegiant Stadium.”
The Canelo vs. Crawford announcement was the exclamation point on an already stacked International Fight Week, which culminates with UFC 317 headlined by Ilia Topuria vs. Charles Oliveira at T-Mobile Arena.
LVSportsBiz.com reported this fight a few weeks ago, with Allegiant Stadium now locked up as the venue.
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