neither pac or floyd got texas behind them, so it's a fair venue, but this will end up in vegas like everyone says. Too much money involved.
That's where the fight needs to be! What better place than "a" Yankee Stadium? Do you think with the amount of money that stands to be made, the brass at the Yankee Stadium can't match a $20 million bid? Afterall, this is a team with a $200 million plus annual payroll and pays untold millions in luxury taxes annually for overspending. The return on the investment will be virtually immediate. And don't think for a second that the baseball side will not have anything to do with the overall business side, especially with so much money in the pot. Imagine, 57,000 plus fans or more when you add seats on the field, averaging about $500 per ticket (including the premiums that could hit 2G's or more, even in a recession) When was the last time the Yankees shied away from this type of publicity? If the Brit's can have big modern fights in Wimberly, Yankee Stadium is a no-brainer. The weather is nice, especially in mid to late May, with temps about 69 degrees at night (I checked the history), without a high chance of rain. Not to mention, Atlantic City is 2 hours away and the Connecticut casinos are even closer for the gambling degenerates
Manny Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum says fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. won't happen at Yankee Stadium "In New York there's the state and city taxes and something called the independent contractors tax," said Arum, who worked in the tax division of the Justice Department during the Kennedy administration. "The fighters would be paying 15% of what they earn. You're talking about them paying 15% of a split of $80 million. That's about $12 million. I'd love more than anything to do a fight at Yankee Stadium because then you could bring back all the history of the great fights there like Louis-Schmeling. But forget about it. It's not going to happen." Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/m...-11-17_arum_yankee_stadium.html#ixzz0X8HQ3URP
I didn't even think about that. If economic times were better, I'm sure there would have been some exemptions just based on the extra outsiders coming to the city to spend money. I know a couple of NFL players. I know they, too, have to pay income tax for every city they play in. They love playing in Florida and Texas (No state income tax), but hate, especially, playing in New York and California, high tax states. They have to file multiple tax returns at the end of year, based on the teams they play.
Well that's a let-down. Still, I think just the buzz of a fight being at yankee stadium would make up for the 12 million. It all depends on what the site fee is. If yankee stadium coughs up more money to make up for the fee, then that seems reasonable.....alot more doubtful though.
People in the Dallas Area SERIOUSLY Think the Fight is Coming Here::...A BOGUS Article was Released here, which was Basically a Thinly Veiled Way of Hyping Up a Local Fighter Named Roberto Marroquin...The Article BEGAN by Talking about Jerry Jones' Interest in Bringing Pac-Mayweather Here THEN it Noted how Marroquin would B "Featured" on the Undercard... RIGHT THEN & THERE, REED Smelled Bullshit, but EVERYBODY Else Here is DUMB Enough to Believe that it COULD Happen.... REED:hammert:
Well, like the article stated, Yankee Stadium wants to showcase itself as a multi-purpose venue....like any other new stadium. Notice how the only stadiums being mentioned are the recently erected ones in New York and Dallas. Dallas is just TOO damn big. We're talking 115,000 people or so, I think.
We can do it in Holyfields back yard. We'll have a barbecue. It will be the Millionaire Match. you'll have about 250 people paying $1 million dollars a pop. Cupey
