Robert Levine

Now you're seeing more two-night stands, more three-night stands, more four-night stands.

And this isn't economics, but there's also, like, lifestyle considerations.

You know, all those classic rock songs about the romance of being on the road.

Like, think of Turn the Page by Bob Seger, where he's talking about how burnt out he is.

You just wish the trip was through.

There used to be a romance to being miserable.

And now there's not.

Rock stars on tour, the crazy bus, all of that stuff.

We're coming to your town.

We'll help you party down.

Now you have to come to them and help them party down.

And it's just like...

I think people realize, I mean, a lot of the performers are getting older.

They might not want to move around so much.

But also remember, when Elvis was in Vegas... You know, this is not Elvis, the teen sensation who wouldn't be filmed below the waist.

This is Elvis, the middle-class...

performer, and in Vegas, he could stay in a really nice hotel.

So Vegas had an advantage in that a lot of people were there with expense accounts always.

That's probably less the case today, but it's still a convention and conference town.

If you're charging people that amount of money, it doesn't just need to be a great show.