It was in December when Turki Alalshikh, the Saudi royal adviser-turned kingmaker of professional boxing, first floated his latest brainchild: a ‘full takeover’ of Times Square for a historic fight night in New York. And the Times Square Alliance, which helps look after the pedestrian plazas and sky-scraping billboards. ‘Times Square is going to be open all the way through.’ The only difference? It does not require the sharpest business mind to foresee that working in Times Square will come with some logistical challenges. Funnily enough, there aren’t many places to fix guide ropes in Times Square.

Source: The Times April 28, 2025 11:10 UTC