[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Aug 28 2003, 11:52 AM\'] [quote name=\'cmjb13\' date=\'Aug 28 2003, 05:55 AM\'] I meant for the casual fan/viewer, for those who had a choice between attending the Vegas attraction and the real deal, why would wouldn't they choose the real deal if they could go to either one?
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Find me free alcohol or a Pai Gow Poker table within fifty feet of Studio 33, and you have your answer.
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Well, for the free alcohol at 33, it all depends on who you ask. *hic*
Seriously, I don't think that there's going to be a single person in any of those audiences for the 11 weeks (except maybe one of us?) who's making the trip to Reno especially for this stage show, and if Fremantle is banking on that being their audience, then they're in for a rude awakening.
Again, I'm sure that there will be enough people who either walk by the showroom or see the show being otherwise advertised, think \"what the heck?\", buy a pair of tickets and go to enjoy themselves. If you tell a casino patron they can pay $30 for a reasonable facsimile of something they can get for free - 500 miles away - I'd expect they'd shell out the $30. It wouldn't be the first time that someone in a casino has given away money frivolously.
The question is, can Fremantle and Harrah's count on enough people to do that for 11 weeks so that they can turn a profit, or at least recoup their costs?