If the fight was in New york There could have put in a lot bigger venue, HBO must have come up with the money.
This fight made perfect sense to have it in New York. Bronx vs. Brooklyn, having it in Vegas made no sense.
I went to the fight on Saturday. I must say The Pearl (theater at the Palms) is one of the nicest venues I've been to. Definitely not a bad seat in the house. My $90 seat for the fight yesterday was WORLDS better than my $300 one for Margarito-Cotto. On top of that the seats were great. They were very comfy wide movie theater style seats. Plenty of room. At the Margarito-Cotto fight, a VERY LARGE man I was sitting next to was half way in my seat. It is not the big venue that MGM, MSG, and Mandalay are, but I would grade the venue a solid A.