ATLANTA -- Steve Cannon walks into the Harrah's Club inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium, and it's more karaoke festival than business meeting. Two hours and three minutes before gates will open on this Sunday evening in August and what could be an antiseptic atmosphere is rocking, two staffers belting out the Boyz II Men R&B classic "End of the Road."
Cannon, 60, smiles and slips into the back. He won't sing on this day -- the uber-caffeinated CEO of Arthur M. Blank Sports and Entertainment here for a presentation more than joining the party.
But the atmosphere makes him happy.