Gary Sudhalter of Potomac and his 27-year-old son, Corey, had been at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival in Las Vegas for a few days when they decided to check out a new spot.

The father and son paid $100 each for access to a “VIP area” with private seating, Gary Sudhalter recalled Wednesday.

“We decided, for whatever reason at the last minute, that we wanted to upgrade,” said the 53-year-old, whose son lives in New York.

“That probably saved our lives,” he said.

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