Mayweather V. Cotto at Ballpark

[KingTito]

How hard is it for people to understand that casinos can afford larger site fees than large stadiums?

You can't lose thousands of dollars playing blackjack at Yankee Stadium, or rent a hotel room there either.

It would be better to see more fights in stadiums, but Cash Rules Everything, and has the final say.

Exactly. Do you know how much money is generated by casinos on fight nights? It's incredible. That is the main reason that Las Vegas is the fight capitol of the world.

[frankpaganini]

it doesnt come down to arguing if cotto would be the draw or if floyd would be.

it wouldnt matter...

but to put an end to it i'd say between floyd's die hard fans and the floyd haters they have true cotto fans beat somewhere between 3 to 1 and 4 to 1 easily.

but i think it could sell out so long as tickets were priced reasonably (no one is going to want to watch from a second or third level seat at a stadium for no $500 a ticket.

if they want they can charge high for the first 15 rows all around the ring maybe as high as 25 rows around the ring and beyond that make them affordable and the people will come.

thats the reason some fights dont sell out...tickets are too high for the real fans who maybe cant afford it and would find it easier to spend $50 on the ppv rather than $300 for a crap seat and pay for the trip/hotel, etc.

the other reason is the undercards...

if you have good undercards in addition to the main event the people will come.