General assumption that major production decisions came from Elvis's management or RCA Records, the broadcast producer.
Without access to contemporary Honolulu press, researchers assumed the elaborate ticket design was directed by the national production team rather than local venue staff.
Contemporary newspaper coverage (Honolulu Star-Bulletin, February 4, 1973) explicitly credits 'ARTIE SAMUEL, HIC box-office manager' with conceiving the idea for the specially printed ticket. Drake Hudson designed it, and Globe Tickets/Sterling Press in LA produced it 'for free.' This was a local initiative supported by out-of-state production companies, not a top-down directive.