The counter argument was simple, but nobody in the room would probably have used it. Stuff in Vegas gets built at enormous expense and then torn down just as q

The counter argument was simple, but nobody in the room would probably have used it. Stuff in Vegas gets built at enormous expense and then torn down just as quickly when the property isn't making money anymore. And then it's just an empty parking lot in the desert and it's forgotten. Imploding skyscrapers is a pastime there. You also have the example of The Harmon, a $400 million dollar development that had to be dismantled piece-by-piece because it was structurally unsound. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Harmon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Harmon Does anyone even remember that name anymore? No way.