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Knievel Canyon Jump Promises Big Cash From Event
Evel Knievel's Snake River Canyon stunt draws $200 million in product deals across at least a dozen firms as vendors project multi‑million sales whether he survives or not. Top Rank expects $15 million from closed circuit tickets in about 50,000 viewers at 350 theaters. Knievel aims to net $10 to $25 million with the jump billed as the event of the century.
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Jurate Kazickas
Associated Press
NEW York
Evel Knievel
Snake River Canyon
Knievel
Idaho Canyon
Evel
Stewart Sims
Ideal Toy Co
Ideal
Nabisco
Jack Welch
Bobby Riggs
Sugar Daddy Suckers
Billie Jean King
Welch
Chuckles
Jeffrey Breslow
Marvin. Glass and Associates
Idaho
Top Rank Inc
Robert Arum
Top Rank
Muhammed Ali
George Foreman
Zaire
Snake River
Karl Wallenda