Hatton v Mayweather Time difference issue between London and Vegas [Archive]

birddog

07-02-2007, 08:20 PM

Has anyone consider the time differences regarding making the fight?

London is 8 hrs ahead of las Vegas.

So the main revenue which would be from PPV is limited. To fight in England for a 10 est ppv fight (7pm Vegas), the fight would take place at 3:00 am London time.

It works the opposite way also, for the fight to be at a reasonable time in England, the start would be too early to draw a large PPV audience in the states.

This is a major obstacle to generating the most PPV revenue for this fight.

Or am I missing something :huh

C Money

07-02-2007, 09:02 PM

99% of the time they end up fighting late in the UK and that's what will happen here as well. It never seems to stop the UK fans from turning out en masse, and damn sure wont keep them away from this one.

birddog

07-02-2007, 10:00 PM

99% of the time they end up fighting late in the UK and that's what will happen here as well. It never seems to stop the UK fans from turning out en masse, and damn sure wont keep them away from this one.
So you don't think a Vegas fight with an 11:00pm est start, would hurt the ppv in the UK. Would be a 4:00 am start there. A fight like this staring earlier and you lose the west and midwest US revenue due to to early a start. These PPV are always saturday night events in the states.

jimmie

07-02-2007, 10:02 PM

Woulden't be awesome if they fought outside in a soccer stadium, it would be insane, unheard of, and very fucking exciting.

Stick them in Wembley Stadium in October so its not to cold ill fucking go crazy.

Thread Stealer

07-03-2007, 12:43 AM

Wasn't Hatton-Tszyu was fought at a very late hour for US viewers?

Anyway, the atmosphere in England would be crazy, but I think it takes place in Vegas. I still would like some info from anyone who knows the details on how much Vegas casinos generally pay for site fees compared to the large stadiums in England. I know that big Vegas fights have more expensive tickets anyway so the difference in live gate $$ is not as large as many might think, judging from the difference in attendance. All the out-of-towners and gamblers make the casinos able to afford expensive site fees. Plus I think HBO would rather have it in Vegas.

It really doesn't matter to me, just make the fight happen, but I think it's more likely to take place in Sin City.

Thinman

07-03-2007, 01:29 AM

Wasn't Hatton-Tszyu was fought at a very late hour for US viewers?

Anyway, the atmosphere in England would be crazy, but I think it takes place in Vegas. I still would like some info from anyone who knows the details on how much Vegas casinos generally pay for site fees compared to the large stadiums in England. I know that big Vegas fights have more expensive tickets anyway so the difference in live gate $$ is not as large as many might think, judging from the difference in attendance. All the out-of-towners and gamblers make the casinos able to afford expensive site fees. Plus I think HBO would rather have it in Vegas.

It really doesn't matter to me, just make the fight happen, but I think it's more likely to take place in Sin City.

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Relentless

07-03-2007, 06:55 AM

wrong!!!

its 5 hours difference.

sean

07-03-2007, 06:59 AM

wrong!!!

its 5 hours difference.

since when ?

Relentless

07-03-2007, 07:00 AM

since for ever, when a fight starts at 11pm us time, it airs around 4am here.

sean

07-03-2007, 07:09 AM

since for ever, when a fight starts at 11pm us time, it airs around 4am here.

:huh
not in vegas.
america has 3 time zones.

Relentless

07-03-2007, 07:10 AM

yes in vegas, the de la hoya - mayweather fight was on at 4am

hatton-castillo was on about 3:30 am

BaronBrad

07-03-2007, 07:21 AM

since for ever, when a fight starts at 11pm us time, it airs around 4am here.

I like it when people confidently correct people when they have no idea what they are talking about.

Go to the vegas.com web site. They list the local time in vegas.

Then check your watch and do a simply subtraction.

Vegas = 04:20
London = 12:20

Difference = 8 hours

Relentless

07-03-2007, 07:23 AM

yeh?, then explain how fights come on here 4am and 11pm in vegas?

BaronBrad

07-03-2007, 07:27 AM

yeh?, then explain how fights come on here 4am and 11pm in vegas?

:patsch

Are you aware that America has numerous timezones.

Goto the page below:

[Only registered and activated users can see links]

This will show that NYC is 5 hours behind.

Therefore I suggest the fight you are on about took place in NYC and not Vegas

Relentless

07-03-2007, 07:29 AM

wasn't castillo-hatton in vegas?? and dlh-pbf??

sean

07-03-2007, 07:37 AM

what happens is fights in vegas go out earlier in the evening so the east coast can still watch and the east coast fights go out a bit later so the west coast can watch .

Gsand

07-03-2007, 07:47 AM

this is not a problem

hatton tsyzu started at 2.30am uk time to suit usa tv

hatton castillo started in prime lv slot and was still premium ppv in uk

hatton will sell anytime, anyplace - its not an issue

JohnXVI

07-03-2007, 08:11 AM

yeh?, then explain how fights come on here 4am and 11pm in vegas?

I doesn't start at 11pm in Vegas, more like 8pm. East coast time for fights is around 11PM. That should clear all confusion.

achillesthegreat

07-03-2007, 08:16 AM

yeh?, then explain how fights come on here 4am and 11pm in vegas?
Truth be told they host the fights closer to 10 and we watch them closer to 5. That's 7hrs.

DonPrestige

07-03-2007, 08:39 AM

If your in the UK it will be the normal 3-4 oclock start like it has been from the beginning of time.

GazOC

07-03-2007, 09:50 AM

If its in the UK they'll kick the main event off just after 3am and keep everyone happy. Thats what happened with the Zoo fight and that was still a sell out at the gate.

The UK PPV numbers won't be hurt that much, its a fact of life for us that if we want to watch a big fight live then we usually have to stay up until the early hours on Sunday morning to do it.

Proud Warrior

07-03-2007, 04:30 PM

If its in the UK they'll kick the main event off just after 3am and keep everyone happy. Thats what happened with the Zoo fight and that was still a sell out at the gate.

The UK PPV numbers won't be hurt that much, its a fact of life for us that if we want to watch a big fight live then we usually have to stay up until the early hours on Sunday morning to do it.With the late drinking laws in the UK now we dont care,just fall out the pub and go watch the hitman do his work!