Las Vegas, a night paradise.
Place your bets because the fight of the century in Las Vegas is about to take place. The next May 2 Welterweights Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. and Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao will square off in the ring at the MGM Grand Garden Arena at 9 p.m. PT. Promoters sell it as the fight of the century by expectation that precedes it and boxers intensity . To celebrate this historic sporting event (ticket prices were set between $1,500 and $10,000 , although they now sell for 120,000 at resale) , Las Vegas wears its best clothes in hotels, restaurants and betting rooms who have made a common front by offering joint travel packages. Boxing fans traveling to Las Vegas who can't find their ticket will be able to buy another type of ticket and watch the fight on closed circuit television at any MGM property. The hotels that will issue it will be the MGM, Bellagio, Aria, Vdara, The Signature, Mandalay Bay, Delano, Monte Carlo, Mirage, New York-New York, Luxor, Excalibur and Circus Circus, that they will organize parties to watch the fight for 150 dollars , with menu included, although drinks and betting are separate.
The fight, which has been years in the making, is epic and Las Vegas hotels and casinos want to exercise their hospitality in the best style although prices have increased. Hotels like the Aria and the Wynn have increased up to $700 per room the weekend of May 1-2 . Two hotel nights at the Bellagio, a ticket to the fight and a pre-dinner reservation at Emerill's Restaurant costs a whopping $6,475 . If there are two people, you have to multiply it by two, just like that. The Mandalay Bay offers the same package at its hotel to $6,405 and the Luxor to 6,305. Organizing the fight has cost $400 million , of which Mayweather takes sixty percent and Pacquiao the other forty, but in Las Vegas they hope that bets exceed one billion dollars.
In North Carolina they boxed like this in 1907.
When sports pundits announce that Mayweather may have a slight edge over Pacquiao, the city promises to be fully occupied by fight night and even two-star hotels like El Cortez and the Golden Gate in downtown, far from the casinos, have increased the price of their rooms from $45 to $200 for that weekend.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DAY OF THE FIGHT
Twelve rounds are too many to endure without a good dinner , for boxing lovers Red meat seems to be synonymous with pleasure. In Las Vegas the fight for the title deserves a delicious steak. The best restaurant, hands down, is SW Streakhouse at the Wynn hotel. Elegance personified with outdoor seating over the lake of dreams from the city. Craftsteak also stands out in the MGM Grand , with a kitchen run by award-winning chef Tom Colicchio (wine lovers will enjoy their list) . The best value for money is at The Steak House at Circus Circus, one of the best secrets in Las Vegas.
Circus Circus will host parties to watch the fight.
Going to see the fight requires a good cigar and since boxing is a gentlemen's sport hide in the Cognac Lounge of the Monte Carlo hotel to enjoy your cigar while savoring a delicious liquor . At Caesar's Palace, house fountain offers an extensive menu of cigars and mojitos . The book of bets, because the city was built dedicated to the game, is kept in the pocket of those who come to see the fight and the MGM Grand hotel becomes that night the base of operations for thousands interested in playing with your money.
Every great night begins and ends with a cocktail. The Mandarin Bar is one of those that offers the most special atmosphere with its views from the 23rd floor of the Mandarin Oriental , although the Cosmopolitan's Chandelier Bar may be one of the sexiest.
For $6,000 you can have dinner at the Emerill restaurant.
Fighting isn't the only thing that happens in Vegas. , before and after have been organized concerts , open pop up shops for shopping and of course hundreds of "parties" in the pools of the hotels like the one organized by Linq with a DJ starting at twelve o'clock on Saturday morning and ending with Champagne Sunday the next day . At the Chateau Nightclub Nicki Minaj performs at the party after the fight starting her performance at ten o'clock at night, with her on stage they will appear Jeremih, Sevyn Streeter and Funkmaster Flex . Drai's sexy penthouse has been rented out by a group of celebrities and performances by 50 Cent, Chris Brown and Busta Rhymes . The night begins after the fight and the comedians are expected at the Colosseum of Caesars Palace George Lopez, Cedric The Entertainer and Mike Epps.
For those who are hungry and want to try new things, at the doors of the Rio hotel the Great American Food Festival where you can taste specialties of over 50 of the best food trucks in the nation . The festival, organized by the Food Network, is a gastronomic carnival with beer garden demonstrations or possibility of cook with the chefs . And yes gambling, luxury and 5-star gastronomy was not enough, the appointment will also have hundreds of celebrities wanting to attend because Jay-Z, Justin Bieber, Chris and Jaime Foxx they have each organized their own private parties in night clubs that they have rented up and down the Strip.
The best views, from Mandarin Bar.
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