Yes, that's the plan. Someone sat down and thought that was a good idea, and absolutely no money changed hands to have a giant advert for the hotel with the fountains...
If anything, this whole weekend just confirmed I will never go to Vegas ever. This city is really a boomers definition of a good time. It's all ersatz luxury. The golden sharpie of cities.
The watery stuff during the podium ceremony would have been cool indeed. The way they tried to show it detached from everything was dumb though. Props to DC for making it look like he did actually care.