DALLAS, TX - Another winter storm is scheduled to land in Dallas - Fort Worth on Tuesday afternoon. Back on February 11, a snow storm of 2-4 inches was predicted and it eventually grew to 12.5 inches to greet the National Basketball Association All - Star Game weekend.
Still, 108,000 showed up at Cowboys Stadium to produce the highest - attended basketball game of all time.
What can we expect from the weather on Saturday, March 13? This is unknown so far.
But a crowd between 40,000 - 50,000 should be expected by the first bell at Cowboys Stadium.
As of now, over 30,000 tickets have been sold. About 20,000 of those on the opening weekend of sales and the other 10,000 without any advertising or publicity since then. Only powerful word of mouth.
Six billboards are sprinkled throughout DFW between now and The Event. Advertising and publicity are starting to take hold in both English and Spanish.
The Event is already a monster successful hit.
Nobody could have blamed Cowboys owner Jerry Jones if he just walked away after Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy insulted him by being a last - minute no show when the event in question was Mayweather vs. Pacquiao.
But Jones hung in there and Bob Arum came back to Jones with Pacquiao vs. Clottey so Jones and Cowboys Stadium were back in the boxing business.
Jones previously dabbled in the sweet science as he managed and promoted a long - forgotten heavyweight in and from the state of Arkansas long before he bought the Cowboys and the old Texas Stadium lease down the road in Irving.
I don't think a possible mid March snow or ice storm could negatively affect the March 13 fight.
The last major snow/ice storm in Dallas was the weekend of my Bar Mitzvah in 1973 preceeding the Miami Dolphins vs. Washington Redskins Super Bowl and Miami's 17-0 season. But that hopefully will be another story for another day.
I'm more concerned both fighters are mentally and physically ready to perform at a very high standard. Clottey did get off to a late start training due to the still unresolved matter of his trainer not being allowed into America.
I can't believe we are talking about snow and ice in Texas in mid March anyway.
Source: examiner.com
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