Las Vegas seems like a challenging environment to make it work, but I think he's definitely on to something. I think this is why the technology scene in California pivoted to San Francisco. It's also what makes NYC promising. Seems most people would prefer to work in am urban core rather than in an office park.
I think it would be interesting to see corporate campuses follow dense residential trends and create multi-use buildings with the ground floor dedicated to publicly accessible restaurants, retail, etc. That would even help fund the project.
I too am intrigued by the move to SF away from the Peninsula/Valley. I think though it's a subset of the "Software eating the World" thesis. You can now build much bigger companies with fewer people who are younger (no middle management) and get them significantly further along. So you don't need that campus to house 1000 employees to build a $100 million company as in the past. It'll also be interesting to see if startups begin to leave SF if they really get big. I hope not, but am curious.
I know a large established company that did this and turned out to make more from the commercial property letting than their core business, which presents them with an interesting dilemma...
I think it would be interesting to see corporate campuses follow dense residential trends and create multi-use buildings with the ground floor dedicated to publicly accessible restaurants, retail, etc. That would even help fund the project.