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Topic: Hollywood Boxing Night is First Sporting Event to Accept Bitcoin (Read 750 times)

sr. member
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yeah would be good giving discount to use btc then traditional cash. 

newbie
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It is really a successful boxing event in Hollywood, I hope they will also have a live streaming of mayweather vs maidana fight this coming May 3 by Golden Boy Promotions.
hero member
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This is the kind of promotional discount places need to offer if they want people to start using BTC.  Currently there is no real advantage to say shop on Overstock with BTC rather than cash.  Stuff like this could really give more people an incentive to adopt BTC!!
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A Hollywood boxing night will be the first professional sporting event to accept bitcoin as payment for tickets, as the crypto-currency’s acceptance beyond shady internet drug dealing continues to grow.

Organised by Bash Boxing, the Hollywood Fight Night event on 6 February offers bitcoin customers a 20% discount on the $45-$120 (£27-£72) tickets, and includes a poster signed by many of the 6 headliners....

Read more: http://btcbible.com/bash-boxing/
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