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Do bars pay the same for every PPV?

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For example UFC198 is not as popular as UFC196. Do bars still have to pay as much for 198 as 196? It would suck if bars pay for a PPV, but not many people show up.
 
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Bars and other business that order ppv's pay a per person rate on a sliding scale to their maximum occupancy as per the fire marshal. So while the hole in the wall dive that maxes at 30 people pays like $5 per person, a large restaurant like Hooter (where I normally go) pays like $1 per person occupancy with their $250+ person max.

So yeah, a weak card that wouldn't even draw a crowd may hurt the bar so much that they may not even order it, where the McGregor/Aldo fight was standing room only with overpriced Irish whiskey shooters on special all PPV long and they made a killing that night!

You win some; you lose some. That's the game of running a business.
 
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