KING: We're back with the Maloofs and the Palms. All right, a basketball - How did that come about?
MALOOF: It was one night in the middle of the night. It just came to me. It was part of the - you know, owning the Kings. Let's put a basketball court in a room and make it look really cool and we'll get a bunch of publicity and we'll get a bunch of people staying there.
KING: Wait a minute. What size is the court?
MALOOF: It's almost a half court. And it's two story. It's spectacular. It has it's own locker rooms, we provide cheerleaders as models in case somebody wants to rent the room.
KING: Who stays there?
MALOOF: A lot of people. Rich guys.
KING: No kidding.
MALOOF: Couples live out their fantasy, they stay there. We have had prince - royalty stay there.
KING: They played basketball?
MALOOF: Basketball players have stayed there...
ADRIENNE MALOOF: Michael Jackson...
MALOOF: ...yeah, they played basketball.
No, Michael Jackson didn't stay there. He stayed in the Sky...
KING: He stayed at the Palms, though?
MALOOF: Yeah, he was there for a few months.
KING: He lived there?
MALOOF: He lived there for a few months.
MALOOF: No one knew it was him.
KING: You didn't know he was there?
GAVIN MALOOF: I didn't know he was there. None of the...
MALOOF: George was his bellboy and everything. He did everything for Michael.
ADRIENNE MALOOF: He did.
MALOOF: Packed his luggage.
KING: Is he tough to cater to?
GEORGE MALOOF: No, he was a great guy. He would call me up and say, George, are you in the middle of something? I'd say no, whatever you need.
And he was always respectful. And a great guy.
KING: Was he very demanding?
GEORGE MALOOF: No.
KING: Why didn't you tell your brothers?
GEORGE MALOOF: I told them, but - well, I think I mentioned it to them about two weeks into the stay. I told Phillip, but just didn't get around to it.
KING: Do you know why he choose The Palms?
GEORGE MALOOF: I think he felt comfortable with The Palms. He had told me a story that he - a few years back that he wanted to buy the land where The Palms was located and put a casino up. So there was some connection there. And we talked about that one night. And he was going to build a casino there. And then we bought the land.
He recorded in our recording studio.
KING: You have a recording studio. My wife recorded there.
GEORGE MALOOF: Right, she did.
KING: How did you come about having a recording studio in a hotel?
GEORGE MALOOF: Phil called me one night. And he was with Larry Rudolph, who is Britney's manager. And he said what do you think about putting a recording studio at The Palms? I said, it's a great idea.
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