Not sure about that, especially on a Sunday-Thursday night.Hotels are rarely fully booked anymore, even during the major conferences like CES. Maybe this concert and its proximity filled Mandalay Bay, but I wouldn't assume it.
Also, the claims are this guy is some sort of professional gambler or wannabe high roller. Casinos will -always- hold rooms open for known gamblers.
Vegas’ occupancy rate is still down about 4 percent from the pre-2008 Recession days, despite the fact that no new hotels have opened on the Strip and the Rivera has closed.
The idea that it would be impossible for a known gambler to get a that room is silly.
He booked it Thursday through Sunday on a heavy fall weekend. The Strip was packed this week, as it will be (or would have been) for the next five weeks, and unless this guy was into the casino for seven figures, he wasn’t bumping that prime suite this weekend...unless he booked it well in advance.