50 million. That is the number that the AP reports may watch the Floyd Mayweather Connor McGregor fight.
Similar to the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather fight, the fight at the T-Mobile Arena on Saturday is being hailed as a culture event. Former HBO exec in charge of PPV, Mark Taffet noted that it “crosses all demographics and all social and economic factors.” Despite being just the second time that a PPV will be sold for $99.95 (HD), there is momentum saying that this fight will surpass the 4.4 million buys that the May 2015 showdown between Mayweather and Pacquiao.
This time around technological advancements may help with the buy rate, or at least the final revenue drawn from this spectacle.
Taffet noted that this fight will draw more people to come together to watch. The average people that watch a PPV is usually 5-6 people whereas Taffet predicts that to be bumped up to 10 person per household.
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So is this a realistic number. The report relies much on the fact that a ton of casual viewers will want to watch this fight. Despite the caution by many experts that this will be a no-contest in favor of Floyd Mayweather, the run-up to this fight has been tremendous and its being written, talked about and seen everywhere.
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