By Mark Vester

It appears Texas' new Cowboys stadium, which seats 100,000 screaming fans, is no longer in the running to host the March 13 super-fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Top Rank's Bob Arum and Golden Boy Richard Schaefer were scheduled to fly out to Texas to hold a meeting with NFL franchise owner Jerry Jones. Michael Marley of The Examiner , informed BoxingScene.com, that Arum and Schaefer never made it to Texas. Marley spoke to Arum, who let him know that Schaefer [representing Mayweather] canceled the trip on Tuesday night - because he doesn't want to hold the fight at the Dallas stadium. Now Las Vegas is left as the heavy frontrunner to host the fight. Arum informed HBO of the situation.

“Schaefer refused to go,” Arum told Marley on Wednesday afternoon. “He said they don’t want to have the fight in an outdoor stadium. I was stunned because we all had our plane tickets and all that.”

Arum also denies online reports that Pacquiao has already signed a contract for the fight.

“I didn’t even bring a contract. We just went over everything verbally and Manny gave his approval to the major points,” Arum said.

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