UFC 149 sells out in minutes

Posted May 12, 2012 2:38 pm.

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There’s no doubt Calgarians love the UFC with tickets selling out in a matter of minutes Saturday morning.

Tickets for the Saddedome-bound UFC 149 event July 2st went on sale to the general public at 10 am, and three minutes later none we’re available on ticketmaster.ca

Director of UFC Canada, Tom Wright got his wish from earlier this week.

“I mean I can tell you I was at the Rogers Centre for UFC 129 in Toronto and there were 55,000 people there and there was a complete cross-section of society, complete-cross section of age groups, complete-cross section of social backgrounds, and everybody had a good time,” Wright recalls.

Tickets sold between $85 and $650.

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