Pavlik tickets sell in record time, but some remain

YOUNGSTOWN — The Feb. 21 Kelly Pavlik middleweight boxing title fight isn’t sold out yet, but more tickets for it were sold than any other event in the Chevrolet Centre’s three-plus-year history.

And it was done in record time.

The largest crowd at a center event was 5,500 for country singer Carrie Underwood’s June 11, 2008, concert.

It took 48 hours for that concert — with tickets selling for $35, $45 and $55 — to sell out.

In just 30 minutes Saturday, 5,500 tickets — priced at $50, $100, $200, $300 and $500 — for Pavlik’s WBO/WBC title fight against Marco Antonio Rubio were sold, said Eric Ryan, the center’s executive director.

“It was incredible,” Ryan said. “Nothing compares to it.”

For the complete story, read Tuesday’s Vindicator or Vindy.com