article_snippet: This is a fortune which just keeps on growing and will carry on doing so all the way to the desert night of May 2 – and beyond as the pay-TV returns pour in.
article_snippet: ‘Not me,’ said promoter Bob Arum as soon as Mayweather put pen to contract and promoter Bob Arum no longer had to muzzle promoter Bob Arum for fear of jeopardising what may well become The Half-Billion-Dollar boxing match.
article_snippet: promoter Bob Arum is a man who deals in hard economic reality.
article_snippet: Las Vegas has still not managed to attract a US major league sports franchise but promoter Bob Arum says:
article_snippet: ’ promoter Bob Arum knows it is not only jobs in the short term which the richest fight of all time can secure but the medium term future of the entire city.
article_snippet: But promoter Bob Arum says: ‘What we have here now is the biggest event in the history of Las Vegas.
article_snippet: With all the high rollers you are looking at a casino drop at the tables of hundreds and hundreds of millions.’ promoter Bob Arum has also scotched the rumour of a re-match clause being secretly inserted into the contract,.
article_snippet: But if Mayweather-Pacquaio lives up to all the hype, none of those high rollers from all over the world will bet against all concerned grasping the chance to make another half-a-billion.