No, the richest fight of all time has not been set in paper, let alone stone.
Not yet.
Yes, the lines on the contract still wait to be dotted, let alone signed upon by Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao.
But yes, also, the big businesses needed to help generate the prize-ring?s first ?200million bonanza are swinging into action already.
The travel industry, especially.
Air and accommodation packages have now gone on sale here in Britain for the second half of the week ending Saturday, May 2 in Las Vegas.
Cost ? anything up to ?4,000-a-head for deals based on flights in economy.
The MGM Grand ? the giant resort and casino on that neon Strip in the desert ? has been keeping its Grand Garden Arena on hold for some time now.
More significantly it has just raised its basic room rates for the nights of May 1 and 2 ? by more than treble to in excess of $500 (?325) for the first time.
Other hotels in Vegas are also hiking their prices.
All the above are selling like hot cakes.
Everyone is gambling that the deal of the century will be done.
