Have you ever noticed the store/brand that is in all the Pixar movies called Buy-n-Large? That is what Tivioli Village feels like to me. Like all these stores and restaurants are the same brand made in the same factories and distributed by the same company. It didn't help my theory that the first time I visited was like a super hot day in the middle of the summer with nobody in the whole place, but it's kind of a weird locale. I'm guessing it's like everything and the economy tanked before there was really a chance to get this place hopping.
I do love the Americanized Rome feel, though. Especially at sunset, it feels magical. I like it up here but it's kind of a haul from Henderson and there's not that much in the way of shopping to justify the trip.