Now it won't send anything for the City name... here is what I did...
<a href="https://www.priceline.com/stay/#/search/hotels/<?php echo(substr($row_WADAallshows2['location'],0,strpos($row_WADAallshows2['showbegin'],"-")&& date('Ymd',strtotime($row_WADAallshows2['showbegin'])) != "11/30/-0001")?date('Ymd',strtotime($row_WADAallshows2['showbegin'])):''); ?>/<?php echo(($row_WADAallshows2['showend'] && date('Ymd',strtotime($row_WADAallshows2['showend'])) != "11/30/-0001")?date('Ymd',strtotime($row_WADAallshows2['showend'])):''); ?>/1?searchType=CITY&page=1" target="_blank"><strong>(Hotels)</strong></a>
I had to take out ); ?> where you had it because the code hint in Dreamweaver said there was a problem