JUST how big is the Erik Morales vs Manny Pacquiao rematch? Two hotels tapped to billet the participants — the newly-opened Wynn Resort and Treasure Island — are offering daily room rates that almost cost an arm and a leg for the media which will be sent to cover the fight.
Morales and Pacquiao are booked to lock horns on Jan. 21, 2006 at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas in a rematch that has all the trimmings of another memorable duel.
The fabulous 2,700-room, 50-level Wynn Resort offers a daily rate of 9 (plus applicable taxes) from Jan. 16 to 21, while the equally grand Treasure Island, which boasts of 2,720 rooms, dangles a rate of 9 (from Jan. 17 to 19) and 9 (from Jan. 20 to 21).
Considering that these are probably reduced media rate, somebody who will try to walk in and get a room should expect to cough up more.
The Wynn and Treasure Island are right in the middle of the famed Strip (Las Vegas Boulevard) and during fight week, occupancy at these hotels and neighboring ones should also increase in anticipation of the deluge of fight fans not only from Mexico, the Philippines and the United States.
Even the Stratosphere, located almost at the end of the Strip, is hiking its rates during the weekend, a boxing man told the Bulletin recently.
“We are not longer coming over to watch because of the high cost. The weekday rates are not that high at , but as you near the weekend, it goes up to over 0,” he said.
With less than a month before the main event, the publicity firm hired to handle the distribution of press credentials have already sent out applications to those who have expressed interest in flying across to the Pacific to witness the first mega-fight of 2006.
Confirmation letters will be forwarded two weeks before the fight. HBO Pay-Per-View is beaming the fight at .95, while those planning to be where the action is must be willing to shell out as much as 0 for the premium ringside seats to a low of which is up in the Himalayan section of the 19,000-seat arena that is the home of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas Runnin’ Rebels.
