my next guest has seen vintage vegas on the strip with the long gone hotel the star dust and the by lajand fall. everyone knows him as mr. las vegas. welcome, wayne newton to the closing bell. >> kelly its's a great pleasure to be here. >> thanks for coming. >> the thing that bothered me most about imploding some of the hotels that you mentioned, like the star dust the thing that bothered me the most about that is i was on stage at the time. >> little reference to the past there. you really have witnessed this city go through an amazing change. i was reading when you started and you got a gig, nobody's here in november no one will show up to these shows. it is a seasonal town. that is not the case today, is it? >> not anymore. we went from when i came here 70,000 people residents, right? to today over 2 million. so that in itself has been a remarkable change. >> and as we talk about some of the newer attractions, you're going to become a key part of this, long-time attraction on the entertainment scene, but you're state, your home kcasa de shenandoah. >> open to the public. what's behin