Mayweather-Pacquiao: Venues Battle For Hosting Rights

[RightCross94]

This fight needs a big stadium, **** holding it at the MGM grand

[sceneboxing]

It would be nice, but it won't happen. The guys you mention are not people who make the really big bucks right now, so we could see an undercard similar to that. But not a great card. All mega fights have lousy undercards because the top fighter get the majority of the money. In this case, $40 million to each fighter, with Arum and Oscar taking the rest. The undercard fighters will get peanuts, about as much as the entire card in an MMA PPV

I think you're wrong.

If this fight is not in Vegas and you have it in a stadium, it will get a great undercard. There's no way the promoters go through all the trouble to make this the greatest boxing event in a long time, only to give it a ****ty undercard.

[big_james10]

This fight is the Ali-Frazier of this generation. You can rest assured that it will be held in the biggest venue possible and Arum and Schaffer will figure out some creative ways to maximize the profit margin. Schaffer did a brilliant job of that with the Mayweather/Marquez fight and it will happen here. Don't be surprised if we see everything from Mayweather/Pacquaio bobbleheads to cups to t-shirts, hats and everything else on sale. Every major athlete and movie star in the country will be there and it wouldn't surprise me if a congressmen and senators show up. I bet Jose Sulamain is probably crying his eyes out right now because of the sanctioning fee that he WON'T be getting.

[big_james10]

I think you're wrong.

If this fight is not in Vegas and you have it in a stadium, it will get a great undercard. There's no way the promoters go through all the trouble to make this the greatest boxing event in a long time, only to give it a ****ty undercard.

Not to disrespect you, but tell me which megafight that has taken place in the last 10 years actually had a great undercard. I can't think of a single one. Pacquaio/Cotto was crappy. Mayweather/Marquez had a decent undercard, but not great. All of the others in the last 10 years have been crappy.

[whatashambles]

I posted this on Boxrec as to why it probably won't be in a stadium

When Klitschko fought Chagaev in the Schalke stadium with 60,000, the tiered tickets were $50 and the floor more but the way it worked out the total income from ticket sales would have been about 5 mill.
Now compare that to De La Hoya Mayweather where ticket sales were $19 million.
If Dallas Cowboys Stadium held it they would need ticket sales to average at least $200 to compete with Vegas and I doubt anyone would pay that much for the poor view you would get there, despite it being such a big event. To get a huge audience they need some non-boxing fans to be there and at those prices I doubt they'd bring them in.
At the MGM it will be like De La Hoya Mayweather where the majority of tickets are $2000 and the casinos will pay through the roof for it. It's just Schaefer and Arum messing around to get Vegas to stump up the cash

Also if any thinks it would be great having a 100,000 fans in Dallas stadium to see the fight you're wrong. At Klitschko-Chagaev you couldn't see a ****ing thing unless you were on the really expensive floor seats. Stadiums are terrible for boxing. You can't see which punches land, any cuts, it would be a waste of time.

[ShoulderRoll]

As someone who plans to go see this fight live, I hope it is in Vegas. There is so much more stuff to do there in the days before and after the fight.

Dallas sucks entertainment-wise. Although the big ass TV they have at the stadium would make it so that everyone gets a great view of the action even if you're in the nosebleed seats.

They better give us a kick ass undercard to go along with Pacquiao-Mayweather too. With a fight this big it would be embarassing if they throw the likes of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. or Alfonso Gomez out there again.

[tagay]

gogo

Keep it in Vegas!!!!

[sceneboxing]

Not to disrespect you, but tell me which megafight that has taken place in the last 10 years actually had a great undercard. I can't think of a single one. Pacquaio/Cotto was crappy. Mayweather/Marquez had a decent undercard, but not great. All of the others in the last 10 years have been crappy.

None that I can think of, but then again, no megafight in the past 10 years was as hyped as this is right now.

If this fight actually is held in a large venue like a stadium, why go through all that trouble and give it a bad undercard? The promoters need to take advantage of this megafight and make it a great night of boxing for everyone. Just like the Super Bowl, make it an event where everyone can enjoy the entire night, and not for just 36 minutes.

I guess I shouldn't say that there will be a great undercard if it's in a stadium, but I hope there is because it would be great for the sport.

By the way, when I say great undercard, I'm talking about something like Clottey vs. Quintana, which was on the Williams-Pavlik undercard.

[pistol whip]

It would be nice, but it won't happen. The guys you mention are not people who make the really big bucks right now, so we could see an undercard similar to that. But not a great card. All mega fights have lousy undercards because the top fighter get the majority of the money. In this case, $40 million to each fighter, with Arum and Oscar taking the rest. The undercard fighters will get peanuts, about as much as the entire card in an MMA PPV

LOL!!!! Forrest and Tito made over 500,000 each for this last UFC PPV! You really think any fighter on the undercard of Manny VS Floyd is really gonna make anywhere near half a million?

[MakeDamnSure]

Hard Rock Hotel and Casino would be good. I think that is the capacity Floyd can draw