[MicroBob]

Right. Even if they were able to build all the luxury-suites and all that other cool stuff onto a slightly beat-up Mack Center it obviously doesn't have the best of locations.

An arena right there just a quick walk from the middle of the strip would draw pretty well I would have to think.

I would be really interested to see how that minor-league hockey team would do there.
Harrah's could give away tix as cheap comps, especially to families. etc etc.

I'm also assuming UNLV might be interested in playing there as well as their conference tourney.
And other stuff like NBA-development stuff perhaps and things like the current FIBA tournament.

Not sure if they would be able to land some early-round NCAA tourney games though as that area already gets crazy enough during March Madness time and there's enough paranoia about the sports-betting conflicts as is.

There are so many cities that have fewer uses for a nice arena who built one and then hoped maybe they could land a few concerts to fill the space occasionally through the year.
LV has enough stuff going on that could be a good fit for that arena that I really don't think there's much risk for Harrah's to be building something like this just off the strip even if they never get an NBA team.