Bad news for anyone who was hoping to watch the Mayweather/Pacquiao fight and munch on some wings Saturday night.
Most Buffalo Wild Wings locations will not be showing the ‘fight of the century’ because of the sheer cost factor. It would cost each restaurant about $5,100 to show the fight and that’s including cover.
And for the handful of BWW’s which are showing the fight there will be a $20 cover charge.
“We did not feel comfortable with the cost,” Chief Operating Officer James Schmidt said on a conference call to discuss first-quarter earnings Tuesday.
A handful of company-owned restaurants are showing the fight and will charge a $20 cover, the first time the chain has taken that step, Schmidt said. About 70 franchises plan to air the bout and charge admission, he said. The chain has about 1,080 restaurants, almost entirely in the U.S., and in January opened a location in the Philippines, Pacquiao’s home country. That restaurant will show the fight.