In '71 cable TV wasn't what it would become and the close circuit venues were limited in number, yet they chose to accept a sell-out crowd of only 20,000 (MSG) when Yankee Stadium was just uptown.
They say Frank Sinatra had to cop a deal with the AP as a photographer because he couldn't get a seat. Maybe true, maybe not, but it strongly suggests that there were still ticket buyers out there who would have taken the gate well beyond 20,000.
I wonder what political/economic dynamics put that fight in the Garden and not Yankee Stadium?
They say Frank Sinatra had to cop a deal with the AP as a photographer because he couldn't get a seat. Maybe true, maybe not, but it strongly suggests that there were still ticket buyers out there who would have taken the gate well beyond 20,000.
I wonder what political/economic dynamics put that fight in the Garden and not Yankee Stadium?
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