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.
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.
Only some of the Hooters in my city show the fights at all. They go that shit worked to a science on which ones do better and which ones do not. BWWings on the other hand shows every fight. Just depends where you live I guess.
Yeah the Tilted Kilt which is near me always orders the PPVs whereas a gym that I go to as well orders them but not always. Depends on the PPVs I guess.
Actually not all of the BWWs around here in Orange County show the fights. Hooters around here do but there aren't a whole lot of them and I have yet to check out the latest BWWs in Orange. It's been quite an expansion.
These are example prices..... I have no idea what the actual per person prices are in any country or establishment; they probably vary by provider, too (satellite, cable, streamlining, etc).
While it costs about $50 to order a UFC event on pay-per-view in a private residence, it costs bars, restaurants and other commercial establishments $750 to $1,500, depending on their size.
Well they have to be registered on the bar site and what not.
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