The will of the billionaire be done, Jerry Jones secures the Pacquiao fight after all

By Scott Heritage - Pulling another maverick move, Bob Arum has secured the Cowboys Stadium as the venue for Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey for March 13th.

Although owner Jerry Jones originally wanted to play host to the big fight that never happened between Manny and Floyd Mayweather, this is no doubt a major success for Jones, and for boxing as a whole.

If the venue proves to be a success, Jones is no doubt hoping that this will segway into more bookings for the mega venue, which has so far been an expensive project for the Dallas billionaire.

Seating more than 120,000 people, the Coyboys stadium puts any venue in Vegas to shame in terms of capacity, and may pry some of the bigger fights away from sin city in the future. What the projected profits are for all parties is unknown, much like the behind closed doors deals that the casino's tend to make, but they are sure to satisfy all parties if the arena is sold out.

The best seats in the house are apparently going fairly cheap as well, with prices being under $1000, which is unheard of these days in Vegas for a big fight. Typically you either have to be very rich, very well connected or both to secure a decent seat in most venues, but because of the sheer size of the Dallas venue, the closed club practices of boxing in the past aren't in place and normal fans stand a good chance of getting the seats they want.

A returning Antonio Margarito is also rumored to be on the card, so long as he can become regain his license easily after his loaded gloves incident last year against Shane Mosley. Given the amount of money on the line, as well as the power and influence of the interested parties though, that shouldn't be too much of a problem.

Hosting the fight in Dallas rather than Vegas is also a smart move because of the fact that Floyd Mayweather is fighting on the same night at the MGM grand against a yet to be named opponent. Boy hosting the fight out of Vegas, the loser of the pay per view battle on the night cant blame a lack of advertising on the night given that Floyd will have all of Vegas to sell his fight and Manny will have plenty of extra attention from the fact that the Coyboys stadium is being used.

Source: examiner.com