For a boxing match hyped as the “fight of the century,” there sure are a lot of available tickets out there. Here’s where you can find over 1,000 tickets as of Thursday night for Saturday’s showdown between Mayweather and Pacquiao.
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Rates for the cheapest rooms at MGM Grand, the host hotel for Saturday’s so-called fight of the century boxing match between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquaio, plummeted Thursday when the room cost fell to $499 a night from more than $1,500 for Friday and Saturday nights, according to Vegas.com.
Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao stared at each other, face-to-face at an MGM Grand press conference, each flanked on Wednesday by two scantily clad young women with the Tecate beer brand prominently displayed on their outfits.
The nationally known political and sports stat guru trashes Sin City’s hockey hopes on his website, but locals say he doesn’t understand Las Vegas.
Bill Foley, who hopes to deliver a National Hockey League team to Las Vegas, is moving a publicly traded company that he spun off from his Fidelity National Financial title insurance company last year to the western Las Vegas Valley from Jacksonville, Fla.
When it comes to hotel room rates in Las Vegas for the fight of the century on May 2, it’s the Wild, Wild West out there. “It’s kind of a free-for-all,” said Vanessa Doleshal, Vegas.com business development manager.
Naming rights for the AEG/MGM Resorts International 20,000-seat arena could be worth $2 million to $10 million per year — if Las Vegas lands a pro sports team.
For a man who is chairman of a company controlling 44 percent of the title insurance business in the U.S., Bill Foley appears more relaxed when wearing jeans than a suit. This is the man leading the quest to bring the NHL to Las Vegas.
The 79th Masters is underway. One of the most prestigious sporting events in the world, this invitation-only tournament features the best golfers from around the world who compete for a coveted green jacket and the title as a top golfer.
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas Foundation, UNLV’s nonprofit fund-raising arm, has entered a deal with Wells Fargo to buy a 42-acre site at Koval Lane and Tropicana Avenue for $50 million for a potential football stadium, or other uses.