The proclivity of Asian people to gamble is pretty staggering. People borrow from loan sharks and gamble with it.
Many people will go to our parties, The Venetian's party, Wynn's parties and Caesars' party. Our goal, and we're not always successful, is to make sure those visits stay within the MGM Mirage family.
I can't explain (it), but there's obviously something empirically fascinating to people in the Asian culture as far as gambling. They're big risk-takers in their businesses ... and they do the same in gaming.
We believe 20 percent of the announced projects will get built. A lot of people misjudged the market. They priced the units before costing them out.
Two-thirds of the economy is run by consumer spending. There seems to be plenty of people with plenty of money, a willingness to spend it and a willingness to go into debt.
People who don't see that, I think, are sticking their heads in the sand,