Bob Arums views on the 40,000 seater who is with him?

With all of the usual bullshit about the Pacquiao - Mayweather fight one has to think is Bob Arum doing the right thing in trying to delay the fight to late may so a 40,000 seater can be made for the superfight? Who agrees that this is the correct thing for the fight?

De La Hoya thinks that he is being too greedy and that they will sell out the MGM in two hours and they should bump up the prices for the fight because the 5th may date is available for Mayweather to take. Who agrees with De La Hoya?

Is charging more money for these seats fair though? or is Bob Arum doing the fair thing in making more seats for more people to view the fight live? This will no doubt get more revenue for both fighters.

What do you all feel about this situation??

I'll have to side with Arum bigger stadium is needed for this super fight

I indirectly agree with Bob Arum because it gives the general public more chance of being at this fight

BUT don't ever think that Bob is doing this out of the goodness of his heart and that he's doing it for that reason. His fuel is one thing and one thing only :- $$$$$

This stadium excuse is total BS from Arum. The huge bulk of the $$ for this fight will come from PPV buys -- not gate sales. This is a red herring. And adding more crappy seats where people need binoculars to see isn't really a great boon to the fans either.

I hate to say it but I have to agree with Arum.

This will be the richest fight ever, and certainly the biggest in my lifetime. Not just for the $$$$ (the fighters and camps will earn enough money) but from a fan perspective and as many people as possible get to be able to see it live and 'be there'.


Ok not everyone who wants to go will be able to get a ticket , but an extra 25 - 30,000 will and I think that should be high on the list of priorities.


After all, unless I'm grossly mistaken, isn't it us, the fans who should be the priority in all such things :-\


Also am I missing something but this stadium could be ready by the end of May so why can't Mayweather fight then. Its only three weeks later :rolleyes:

It all depends on how much more money he can make from the extra gate sales and whether or not that outweighs the cost of speeding up the construction.

I'm pretty sure if you threw enough money at that stadium, you could get it finished 3 weeks earlier.

yes fair enough - but why does it have to be May 5th ? There's three other Saturdays in May

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Originally Posted by Mark TKO

yes fair enough - but why does it have to be May 5th ? There's three other Saturdays in May

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And there's also already a permanent 40,000-seat stadium in Las Vegas. Again, this is complete BS from Arum.

May 5th is a holiday weekend. That's why he wanted that weekend. Nonetheless, I hope Floyd play the game and say ok, the end of May is good.

Come on people its BS. You cant build a big stadium in a few months! Think of all the work involved and the health and safety etc. Plus when is there ever something built without problems and delays occurring? Any setback would only put the building back further and then youre left spending a load of money on a stadium no one wants. Its total hogwash. There will be no stadium made for the end of May, it wont happen. Its just Arum talking bollocks.

Suddenly the MGM Grand on Cinco de Mayo weekend isnt a good enough fight weekend? Since when?

I cant believe people are with Arum on this. If Pac loses before a Mayweather fight happens (and lets face it this fight already lost a little bit of its sheen because of Marquez III), this P4P showdown is no more. Mayweather may as well fight Bradley or whoever possibly beats Pac in the meantime. Its a big risk to not fight now. Not wanting to fight at the already booked MGM Grand on Cinco de Mayo is laughable. Pac/Arum clearly dont want to fight.

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It all depends on how much more money he can make from the extra gate sales and whether or not that outweighs the cost of speeding up the construction

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How much would it cost to build a stadium that fast to be ready in May and will the ticket sales really make it worth it after you do the math of stadium construction costs? I can imagine tickets for the MGM selling out in a blink of an eye regardless of prices being a bit more expensive for this mega fight.

It's just a BS excuse from Arum to stall the fight so he can continue milking Pac.

Oscar is right and so is the guy that posted before me. Bump up the seating prices everyone is going to want a ticket. Everyone else can watch it on paperview and honestly who wouldn't order it? 😳

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yes fair enough - but why does it have to be May 5th ? There's three other Saturdays in May

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And there's also already a permanent 40,000-seat stadium in Las Vegas. Again, this is complete BS from Arum.

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is there ??

I kinda feel sorry for pac, arum is making him look like a straight punk. And i don't think it has anything to do with pac. I belive manny would fight floyd, rodger, and maybe even marquez again in the same night if the fans wanted. But all these excuses and silly statements that my nine year old son even calls bullshit (and he aint even allowed to cuss) are getting out of hand. A stadium ???? Then what a gold ring, a diamond ring bell, ring ropes of dutch eagle feathers ? Sure doesn't look good. I wouldn't be surprised if arum is the one that snitched floyd out and got him locked up in the first place.

I doubt the difference would be that much, the figures he gave meant that the average seat would be 2000 if he wanted to make 40 more minus construction fees. Also M could likely put up the money to make up most of the difference. I can't see this fight being anywhere but MGM, and a closed arena has way better atmosphere.

The stadium is total bullshit, did it bring more dollars for Marg vs Pac or Clottey vs Pac at the million seat Dallas stadium.? ( don't know the actual seating capacity)

This has dragged on way to long and I don't think it will be bigger then Mayweather vs DelaHoya, ringside seats and pay per view may cost more but they will never beat the pay per view numbers sold.

I've never bought a pay per view anyways and this fight will be no different, add to that the millions around the world who do the same in the internet days of free streams. It has been five years already since the highest grossing fight and more ways to watch without paying the large fee's.