EliteXC: HEAT Live Gate Numbers
Saturday’s “EliteXC: Heat” event at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Fla., drew a total attendance of 9.414 (7,723 paid) for a live gate of $826,433.
The numbers above are quite a rebound for EliteXC since the last event, “Unfinished Business” which had only 2871 paid attendants. Even though the numbers above are a lot higher they are still far short of what the BankAtlantic Center can hold which is somewhere around 22,000 depending on the event. The numbers also have nothing on what the UFC is currently achieving at their events. UFC 88 alone had appx. 14,000 paid attendees.
UFC 87 “Seek and Destroy” Live Gate
UFC 87 was a success. It had a great card and all those fights on it turned out to be great to watch, some of them were absolute shockers though. This was the first time that a UFC event had been held in Minnesota and according to Dana White it probably will not be the last. The event brought 15,082 fans to the Target Center bringing $2,252,000 in gate money, setting the Target Center record.

