MGM blocking Maywather-Pacquiao screening; The Greatest sides with PacMan

You gotta give it to MGM Grand International for recognizing the potential gold mine that is the Floyd Mayweather – Manny Pacquiao and cornering the market to make sure that no other Vegas property can make a buck out of it.

Here’s the deal: MGM Grand will be hosting the fight between Mayweather and Pacquiao. It’s a fight that’s widely expected to generate a ridiculous $74 million just from ticket sales for the fight. That’s already three-and-a-half times more than the existing record set during Mayweather’s fight with Canelo Alvarez back in September 2013.

You would think that MGM Grand would already be jumping through hoops of fire because of the financial windfall it stands to gain from the fight. You’d be wrong, though, because MGM isn’t stopping there. According to TMZ, the hotel and casino operator is also brandishing that exclusivity deal to keep other hotels and establishments from showing the fight on pay-per-view.

Basically, if you’re staying at a non-MGM property on the night of the fight, you’re not going to be able to watch the fight in Las Vegas. Not in any bar, hotel room, or casino, unless of course you’re staying in any one of MGM’s 14 properties in Sin City.