I have heard about him booking rooms, etc at other outdoor concerts but nothing happened. Some have speculated he "chickened out" or something. But I wonder if he wasn't using them as dry runs to learn from. Hauling all his weapons across the country would have been a pain, but it would make sense for him to go to these events just to see how they looked and get a feel for them. I do find it a bit surprising that he hadn't booked the Mandalay suite in advance. You would think he would have wanted to guaranty he got that reserved well in advance to make sure it was available. Or maybe he did. The information about the room booking and when he arrived is still a bit murky.
It would be interesting to know if the hotel rooms in the other cities that he previously booked, showed damage of any kind to the windows.
Maybe they could not be smashed out the same way as they were broken at the Mandalay, or they made too much noise, or fell in a place that would attract attention?
speculation.