Dallas Morning News: Pac-Marg Attendance Was 'Disappointing'

Annnnnddddd, it's still more than Mayweather has ever done in a live venue /end thread Live venue don't pay bills, PPV's pay bills. Sure it would be nice to have 41K in the stadium, but that's just enough money to pay Margarito. Now if PPV aren't above 1 million, the sh!t is really gonna hit the fan at Arum's house.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/cowboysstadium/stories/111410dnspoboxlede.22a0c754d.html Finally, two opponents showing heart inside Cowboys Stadium. The relatively disappointing crowd of 43,162 was not disappointed. Fans were on their feet from the opening bell. Margarito finished with a closed right eye and a left eye that was almost there. Referee Laurence Cole stopped the fight in the 11th round to check Margarito's vision. Margarito never stopped advancing. http://www.badlefthook.com/2010/11/14/1813681/pacquiao-margarito-far-below-attendance-expectations-at-cowboys Pacquiao-Margarito Far Below Attendance Expectations at Cowboys Stadium As much good as you can say about the win for Manny Pacquiao last night, there are no doubt some frowns on the business side of things coming out of the performance, at least for now. We'll see how pay-per-view figures stack up, but ESPN.com's Dan Rafael reported last night that the attendance at Cowboys Stadium was a "mere" 41,734 -- less than what Pacquiao did against the far lesser-known Joshua Clottey in March at the same building, and much, much less than the 70,000 they were talking up before this fight. I don't recall ESPN panning the audience in wide view last night, and that might be why. Just speculating, but we know how Bob Arum reacts to disappointing business. We saw it when the 2009 fight between Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton fell dramatically short of his PPV buy prediction, as Arum was said to have tried to issue something of a gag order to HBO and co-promoters of the fight at Golden Boy Promotions, both parties who were happy with the number that Pacquiao-Hatton did. 41,000 is a very big crowd, but this might say something, particularly about Antonio Margarito and the matchup in general. We got a good fight last night, but maybe this replacement for Floyd Mayweather Jr. just wasn't up to snuff for most fans, and maybe Margarito doesn't have the mass backing that they thought he still had from the Mexican audience. This fight went to Texas because they thought they could do a huge gate by bringing in that audience and the Pacquiao fans for one big event. Doesn't look like that happened. Or maybe there's simply too much by way of alternative entertainment in November. Even with the Cowboys sucking, the NFL is still the ticket in Dallas, plus those fans just got done with the Rangers in the World Series, college football is heating up, and the NBA and NHL are in swing. Compare that to March, which has no NFL, the NBA and NHL are in a "dull" part of their regular seasons, MLB is in Florida and Arizona, and the only real competition is March Madness. But whatever the reason, this is not what they were hoping to see, obviously. I hope this doesn't deter them from doing future events, but there does come a time when, unless Jerry Jones is throwing on tons of money (and that will have its limit), returns can diminish even with very big crowds to the point that it's not worth it to go to Dallas when you can make a lot more money going to Vegas and fighting in front of 15,000 high-priced tickets. Annnnnddddd, it's still more than Mayweather has ever done in a live venue /end thread

I was there and it was weird that it wasnt full like last time. There are several factors that could have led to the lower attendance. A lot of the football guys showed up last time that couldnt this time. Football is huge in Texas, there were a lot of college games and high school playoff games that could have kept some from going. And a lot of the people that came the first time may have just come for the sheer fact of wanting to see the stadium. I dont know just some thoughts. But still 41K showing up for a fight is pretty awesome, especially since UFC 122 only had 8K.

The number of attendance wasn't disappointing at all, if you are going to consider that both the fighters are Non-Americans! The Fight still create excitements and put Boxing to Life! and considering pacquiao doesnt even have twitter and facebook accounts!!!!

Boxing isn't supposed to hold so many people, the die hard supporters would be at pubs or buying ppvs watching it at home if they couldn't get a viewable seat I reckon the numbers were still fantastic anything over the usual 18k is great and it shows us that boxing has a good future

Well, when you announce that it will shatter all attendance records, will do 75,000 plus, and then it actually ends up doing 20% LESS than the Clottey fight did, then yeah, it could be considered "disappointing".......... dis·ap·point·ing/ˌdisəˈpointiNG/ Adjective: Failing to fulfill projected hopes or expectations. Disappointing is an adjective:pat:, what was I thinking.

a tuneup fight with a 24/7, nike commercial, ines sainz, 60 minutes, etc? if this was a tuneup then why is everyone celebrating like crazy? Because Margarito was a 8-1 favorite going in and people are stunned Pac stood standing, let alone dominated the fight.

41k was good for a tuneup fight, hyped up or not. If they want to fill a big stadium they have to bring 2 stars, not a tuneup fight. a tuneup fight with a 24/7, nike commercial, ines sainz, 60 minutes, etc? if this was a tuneup then why is everyone celebrating like crazy?

41k was good for a tuneup fight, hyped up or not. If they want to fill a big stadium they have to bring 2 stars, not a tuneup fight.

Wow, people calling 41k attendance disappointing? LOL First off, I think it was because of bad schedule. Putting the fight at the same date with a football game. I can't believe some journalist will call it disappointing considering that kind of attendance is really big for a sport like boxing. which football game was this fight competing with?

The 51K number for the Clottey fight was fabricated and the actual numbers were 36500 tickets sold and 5K given away for free. So basically they did almost identical numbers. but 36,500 plus 5,000 = 41, 500 41K, not 51K Please help

this thread is not about floyd. i'm sorry that you cant see that. hey how to post new threads?? i can find any link to that

Well, when you announce that it will shatter all attendance records, will do 75,000 plus, and then it actually ends up doing 20% LESS than the Clottey fight did, then yeah, it could be considered "disappointing".......... dis·ap·point·ing/ˌdisəˈpointiNG/ Adjective: Failing to fulfill projected hopes or expectations. The 51K number for the Clottey fight was fabricated and the actual numbers were 36500 tickets sold and 5K given away for free. So basically they did almost identical numbers.

The number of attendance wasn't disappointing at all, if you are going to consider that both the fighters are Non-Americans! The Fight still create excitements and put Boxing to Life!

Wow, people calling 41k attendance disappointing? LOL Well, when you announce that it will shatter all attendance records, will do 75,000 plus, and then it actually ends up doing 20% LESS than the Clottey fight did, then yeah, it could be considered "disappointing".......... dis·ap·point·ing/ˌdisəˈpointiNG/ Adjective: Failing to fulfill projected hopes or expectations.

I know most people went ahead and bought it, and went to the fight. However there were plenty of people like me who didn't put 1 dollar into this fight because they didn't want to see Margarito make 1 dollar off of them. If he wasn't a cheater I think they would have gone above 50K easy.

Clottey more drawing power than Margarito?

Tickets were priced too high. Should have made the lower level bowl (not the ringside/floor/field seats) $25, middle and upper level seats $10, and standing room for $5. Would have had 100k+, sold a bunch of food and souviners, got more money from sponsorships, received a bunch of positive attention from casual fans, and gained some lower income younger hardcore fans.

Wow, people calling 41k attendance disappointing? LOL First off, I think it was because of bad schedule. Putting the fight at the same date with a football game. I can't believe some journalist will call it disappointing considering that kind of attendance is really big for a sport like boxing.

41k ++++ is disapointing????? SMH!