For many travelers and boxing fans, their heads are still spinning from the whirlwind weekend of the Mayweather-Pacquiao Fight in Las Vegas the weekend of May 2, 2015. And it’s not just because of all the hype surrounding the fight, it’s also because now that they’ve had a week to digest all of it it’s hitting many of them just how much of a toll the weekend took on their bank accounts!
One of our clients paid $5,000 per person for his tickets, but tickets were going for nearly $40,000- $100,000 per person on site like Stubhub according to some media reports. Add to this the costs of hotels at $500-$1,000 a night, flights and additional fees for any other events for the weekend and before you know it you have spent enough money on one weekend to buy a house! Talk about a knockout punch to the wallet.
Even people that stayed home are talking about how much they spent for the fight. Some networks were charging upwards of $100 or more just to watch two grown men duke it out for the title of champion! It’s probably not surprising then that because of the astronomical fees associated with a fight like this it’s already been touted as the most pirated fight ever broadcast.
Unfortunately, though the fight exceeded revenue expectations, it massively disappointed a plethora of fight fans. Via the hashtags #MayweatherPacquiao and #MayPac on social media fans expressed that disappointment with quotes like these:
- So this is what you call “The battle of the century” – Romina Dela Rosa @mcmlxvFR
- This wasn’t even the Battle of the Week. – Judge n’Jury @doctagee
- Floyd Mayweather is an incredible fighter, but he just bored me out of $100. – Elizabeth Banks @ElizabethBanks
- At the end of the day both fighters seemed more interested in cashing their 9 figure pay day, than actually winning. – Jon Winthrop @JonWinthrop
We would love to know what you thought of the whole ordeal. Did you watch the fight live or on TV? What were your thoughts? Waste of travel dollars? Fight of the century? Leave a comment below and tell us about it!
