We've all been there: you touch down in town and there's nowhere to park your multi-million pound private jet.
Okay, probably not. But it was the first world problem facing the wealthiest fans when they arrived in Las Vegas for the Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao fight.
First, Nick Woodhouse, President of Authentic Brands Group, posted a bird's eye view shot of the private jet terminal at McCarran International Airport.
He credited Marc Jay, a private jet broker who according to his Twitter profile counts Barack Obama as a "friend", with the image, taken hours before the event.
The long-awaited grudge match, which ended with Mayweather winning on a unanimous points decision, attracted a whole host of rich and famous fans.
Among them was Emilio Estefan, a multi-Grammy Award-winning musician and producer, and former member of the Miami Sound Machine.
Most importantly, the 62-year-old is a multi-millionaire.
He also tweeted a picture of the packed terminal.
Sports anchor Liz Habib and NBC reporter Denise Rosch also shared their frustration at the situation, which saw the terminal close to private jets.
The latter shared a close up snap of the luxury planes, which normally range between £2million and £10million depending on their size.
A Gulfstream 550 is likely to set you back somewhere in the region of £40million, while a smaller Learjet can be picked up for less than £10million.
With that in mind, it's fair to assume the 100 plus private planes at the terminal on Saturday were worth a collective total close to £1billion.
Denise suggested she might have arrived just in the nick of time.
Billed as an eye-watering £250million event six years in the making, the sums involved in the Mayweather vs Pacquiao fight defy belief.
The cheapest seats in the house, the MGM Grand, sold for £975. And that was just to the lucky ones.
Ringside seats went for more than £60,000.
So it's no surprise A-listers including Mark Wahlberg, Beyonce and Jay-Z and P Diddy were in Sin City to see the action unfold. Or billionaire businessman Donald Trump.
Aviation news website, AirLive.net posted a radar picture on Twitter purporting to show Mr Trump's private B757 jet leaving Vegas after the fight.
According to reports, the fight was worth at least £200million.
Mayweather's share alone was said to be £118million.
Culled From Mirror
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