Now 44 million people come into Las Vegas every year. “You’ve got to remember, Las Vegas was desert once upon a time. “You don’t know how big … this is going to become,” Simmons told reporters. The only reason there were a few empty chairs is because many people chose to stand and watch the rock stars deliver big news. There was seating for 208 inside a heated tent where the gathering was staged. Simmons and Stanley traveled to Braman for the news conference, which temporarily doubled Braman’s population, listed at 217 at the time of the 2010 U.S. So, for us, being here, we’re proud to be here.”
“People don’t choose where they’re born and people should be proud of where they are from, and every big idea starts in someplace probably improbable. “Someone just said to me ‘Why would you do it in the middle of nowhere?’ And I said ‘Everywhere is somewhere.’ There’s no such thing as nowhere.
“And I say why not?” Stanley said at a news conference Thursday to announce the Rock & Brews Casino Resort that will spring up alongside Interstate 35 in the Kay County town of Braman. BRAMAN - Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of the rock band KISS are teaming up with partners, including the Kaw Nation, to bring a shiny new casino resort to a tiny town in north-central Oklahoma.
