Huber explained that 40,000 fans bought $25 bonds, 5,809 fans bought $100 bonds and 3,796 bought $1,000 bonds for admission for an afternoon filled with events that culminated in the game. Bond Clothing Stores paid for $1 million in bonds for a game program signed by all the players. And LaGuardia pledged another $50 million in bonds that day on behalf of the City of New York. Huber said that, using the consumer price index, the $4.5 million raised with ticket sales was the equivalent of about $59 million in today's dollars. And the $56.5 million in combined sales meant the day's events raised over $750 million in today's dollars.