{"product_id":"9781944877057","title":"Rock Vegas: Live Music Explodes in the Neon Desert","description":"\u003cbr\u003eAs recently as the early 1990s, Las Vegas was considered the place where headlining bands went to die; the Entertainment Capital of the World didn’t attract a major touring act until 1993.\u003cp\u003eCompared to the rest of the country, Vegas wasn’t only far behind the live-music curve, but the paradoxically conservative instincts of the casino bosses and city fathers made it very difficult for touring bands, especially rock and rollers, to gain a foothold. In the past 20-odd years, however, Sin City has evolved into the number-one live-music market in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow did that happen? How did Las Vegas make the transition from Sinatra, Newton, and the \u003ci\u003eFolies Bergére\u003c\/i\u003e to a city with more than 500,000 seats for live-music events that draw more than 5 million fans annually, 75% of them from outside Nevada?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLas Vegas Rock City\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the contemporary history of concert bands, venues, promoters, and marketers, as seen through the eyes of one of the most active participants in the process, with 500 live-music events in 35 years under his belt. Author Pat Christenson was deeply involved in the events and intimately connected to the characters who made Vegas come alive!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Huntington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47047582056688,"sku":"9781944877057","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781944877057_p0.jpg?v=1763805504","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781944877057","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}