By Nick Giongco - Tickets to the March 13 welterweight war between Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey will be priced reasonably, Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum said on Sunday night after returning to Las Vegas from a weekend visit in Dallas, Texas.The premium ringside seat will cost $700, while the cheapest at $50, said Arum with the Cowboys Stadium to be reconstructed to sit 50,000, stressing that in case a demand is felt in the days leading to the fight, it would be easy to add more seats.
“Manny will enter a new realm with this fight in Dallas,” said Arum, whose promotional outfit Top Rank is staging the show in close partnership with Texas billionaire and Cowboys team owner Jerry Jones.
Weeks ago, when it appeared that a deal had been made for Pacquiao against Floyd Mayweather at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Arum said the top seat would be sold at an unheard of $2,500, higher than the $2,400 that was retailed when Lennox Lewis faced Mike Tyson in June 2002 in Memphis.
All it took for Arum to make a deal with Jones was pay him a visit as the Cowboys were playing the Philadelphia Eagles Saturday night.
The next morning, Arum and Jones easily dotted the Is and crossed the Ts and Arum hurriedly hopped on a plane bound for Sin City with the frame of mind of a boy who found himself inside a candy store.
“The arena is just magnificent. I’ve been to a lot of venues but the Cowboys Stadium is unbelievable. I have no doubt this show is going to be a huge success,” said Arum.
Arum was compelled to look elsewhere for an opponent for Pacquiao after a falling out with Mayweather and his promotional team last week.
Even though Clottey’s popularity is not as immense as Mayweather, the New York-based Ghana native has a solid reputation of being a tough customer in the ring, something that Pacquiao will have to contend with once they finally get it on.
Source: mb.com.ph
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