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New Ticket App Innovates as Las Vegas Events Resume | Ep. 67 · Vegas Revealed

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Sean McAllister: Welcome to Vegas Revealed, coming at you from the East and West Coast this week for episode 67.
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SPEAKER_00: Oh, we have a lot to talk about too.
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SPEAKER_00: We are talking to the founder of Love Seeds.
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SPEAKER_00: Now, it's not what you think it is.
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SPEAKER_00: This is a really cool way for you to get up close and center at your favorite concert, your favorite sporting event for a really cheap price.
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Sean McAllister: Plus, the Palms is officially sold.
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Sean McAllister: Buffets are back on the strip, and Resorts World is going crypto.
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Sean McAllister: It's time to spin the wheel.
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Sean McAllister: Let's do it.
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SPEAKER_02: Let's go to Vegas, baby.
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SPEAKER_02: Let's go night.
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SPEAKER_02: Let's go to Vegas.
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SPEAKER_00: Welcome to episode 67 of Vegas Revealed.
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SPEAKER_00: I'm Dana Roselli, along with Sean McAllister.
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SPEAKER_00: And you know, Sean, I want to start out right away by just saying if our audio isn't as crisp as it usually is, we've got two coasts going, West Coast and East Coast.
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Sean McAllister: We do.
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Sean McAllister: So I'm here in Las Vegas.
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Sean McAllister: And Dana, you have made your way back to our uh homeland of Rochester, New York.
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SPEAKER_00: That's right.
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SPEAKER_00: I'm here.
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SPEAKER_00: And guess what?
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SPEAKER_00: It's raining and cloudy.
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Sean McAllister: Oh, typical, typical of Western New York.
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Sean McAllister: But Dana, I mean, this is the first time that we've been apart for the podcast since the whole pandemic, since we were essentially locked into our homes.
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Sean McAllister: But this time, it's because you were able to get out and travel.
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SPEAKER_00: I know.
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SPEAKER_00: I'm so excited, you know, being vaccinated.
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SPEAKER_00: My parents are vaccinated, hadn't seen them since 2019, and I really needed to get out here and see them and spend some time.
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SPEAKER_00: So that's what I did and flew cross country on American Airlines.
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SPEAKER_00: And, you know what, pleasant experience, Sean.
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SPEAKER_00: And we can talk a little bit more about that in our tips, but I do want to kind of just let people know on what my experience was like because it wasn't just a hop to LA or a quick, you know, Salt Lake City flight.
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SPEAKER_00: It was, you know, literally a cross country with a layover in Washington.
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SPEAKER_00: So we'll talk about that in a little bit.
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Sean McAllister: Well, I'm glad that you got there safe and that you're enjoying the cloudy Rochester weather.
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SPEAKER_00: And we went to Wegmans.
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SPEAKER_00: And if you've never been to Wegmans, and I know you have, Sean, because we grew up with it, that was our grocery store here in the East Coast.
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SPEAKER_00: And people on the West Coast don't really understand what it is, but it's just the most amazing grocery store ever.
2:21
SPEAKER_00: And I'll just leave it at that.
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Sean McAllister: And it needs to be uh nationwide.
2:26
Sean McAllister: I I've been begging for Wegmans to come to Las Vegas ever since I moved here 16 years ago, and it still hasn't happened, but I will not stop asking.
2:36
Sean McAllister: I was uh an employee of the the Wegmans Chase Pickin brand of companies in high school.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, okay, so I've been gone and I had to catch up because I've been gone for a couple days with the travel and everything, on everything going on, and it looks like we've got a long rundown of well, shows that are opening and uh hotel casinos that have been bought up.
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SPEAKER_00: So should we start with, you know, what's new?
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SPEAKER_00: I saw Legends and Concerts coming back with the ultimate diva, Frank Marino.
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Sean McAllister: Which we love.
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Sean McAllister: We love seeing Frank back on stage.
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Sean McAllister: We love having Legends back on stage.
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Sean McAllister: That's over at the uh Tropicana.
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Sean McAllister: They're starting up shows again on May 27th.
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Sean McAllister: And if you have not seen Legends in Concert before, it really is a phenomenal show, isn't it, Dana?
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SPEAKER_00: It is.
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SPEAKER_00: It's been around for so long, you know, and and it just it's great because, you know, people always get confused.
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SPEAKER_00: We've got some shows that like it's like impersonators and lip-syncing, and it's more about the costume and this and that.
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SPEAKER_00: But these are folks that and they change the talent.
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SPEAKER_00: You know, I think I saw on this one they're gonna start with Rod Stewart Elvis and Tina Turner, but they're actually singing the songs and have great voice voices, and they impersonate them in a way too.
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SPEAKER_00: So the whole thing, you know, if you think about it, it's it's you know, a lot of talented people in this show.
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Sean McAllister: Well, and what I love too is that in the past they've had people involved in the show who were Taylor Swift impersonators and Adele personators.
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Sean McAllister: And the cool thing is that some of these cast members are this they're kind of like moonlighting at night.
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Sean McAllister: They actually have you know jobs as police officers or teachers, like they're actual members of the community, not to say that entertainers aren't, but they're doing other jobs, you know, they're doing other jobs, and this is like their night gig where they get to go and you know experience the glamorous, glitzy side of the strip.
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SPEAKER_00: Mm-hmm.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah, it's um it's really cool, and it's in a great showroom at the Tropicana.
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SPEAKER_00: So if you get a chance, go support Legends.
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SPEAKER_00: They're opening up on May 27th.
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SPEAKER_00: Okay, Barry Manilo coming back to the Westgate.
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Sean McAllister: I mean, this is this is your neighbor, Dana.
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Sean McAllister: Barry's gonna be right down the street from you.
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SPEAKER_00: I know.
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SPEAKER_00: You know, um, a lot of people really, you know, what they call the fanalos.
4:57
SPEAKER_00: Is that it?
4:57
SPEAKER_00: The fanalos?
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Sean McAllister: Yep, the phanalos.
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SPEAKER_00: The fanalos are are, you know, were really disappointed.
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SPEAKER_00: I remember when they had their tickets and then everything happened and they couldn't get there to see Barry.
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SPEAKER_00: And so Barry is going to return to the Westgate.
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SPEAKER_00: So that's great news.
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SPEAKER_00: Also a great showroom.
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SPEAKER_00: Um, and people will love that they can go see Barry perform still.
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SPEAKER_00: Aces of Comedy uh is resuming at the Mirage in August.
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SPEAKER_00: Tickets on sale for that now, and then Earth, Wind and Fire returning to the Venetian for shows this fall, and those tickets are on sale now, too.
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SPEAKER_00: Always an incredible show.
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Sean McAllister: And something else that was announced this week that we were super excited about.
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Sean McAllister: Debbie Gibson and Joey McIntyre have their own show, a limited engagement that's coming to the strip too.
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SPEAKER_00: Oh, it's gonna be amazing.
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SPEAKER_00: We know Debbie, and yeah, we went over and and interviewed her in her studio inside her house, and we'll have that interview for you next week.
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SPEAKER_00: We're supposed to talk to Joey as well.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah, they also announced, you know, when they did when Debbie did the mixtape tour with New Kids on the Block, New Kids um were there, salt and pepper, all sorts of different acts.
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SPEAKER_00: Well, a lot of times they would do some songs together, and so Debbie and Joey did a duet of Lost in Your Eyes, and people loved it.
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SPEAKER_00: So there was high demand for them to record this song.
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SPEAKER_00: They have officially recorded it, that will be released, and then the limited engagement show at the Venetian, and so everyone's looking forward to that.
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Sean McAllister: And we've had a a sneak listen at that uh duet of Debbie and Joey, and it is incredible.
6:28
Sean McAllister: I kid you not when I say the like the hair on my arms stood up.
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Sean McAllister: It gave me chills.
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Sean McAllister: It's so good.
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SPEAKER_00: It really is good, and I just love a good duet.
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SPEAKER_00: So yeah, we talk with Debbie Gibson next week on the podcast.
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SPEAKER_00: So episode 68.
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SPEAKER_00: We will chat with Debbie and also Joey and get some information on what they've been up to and what we have to look forward to when that show kicks off in August.
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Sean McAllister: So that's a quick roundup of the new shows that have been announced since we spoke last week.
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Sean McAllister: Um, but there are some uh gaming things that are going on too.
7:02
Sean McAllister: The Palms was just it was just announced, it was sold to San Manual Gaming uh out of California.
7:10
Sean McAllister: And uh so that means that the Palms is no longer going to be under the control of Station Casinos, which had most recently owned the Palms and did that massive renovation from top to bottom.
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SPEAKER_00: The one thing that has really made people talk about this so much when it had closed and wasn't reopening, it was like, but they just overhauled it and they sunk all that money into it and remembered the art and the nightclubs and the restaurants, and so everyone's mouth kind of dropped.
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SPEAKER_00: Like, what do you mean it's not going to reopen?
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SPEAKER_00: And so this is, you know, was a shocker, is a shocker.
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SPEAKER_00: I mean, I don't know if they'll, you know, refurbish it even more, have their own style.
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SPEAKER_00: I guess we have to wait and see, but uh, you know, big it was a it's a big bummer how much they did put into that property.
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Sean McAllister: It really is.
7:56
Sean McAllister: And I know the palms is so iconic with I mean people remembering it from the real world back in the day.
8:02
Sean McAllister: And this was the hot spot, Rain Nightclub, where Paris Hilton was always popping up with her crew, and you know, it's uh so many memories over there at the Palms.
8:14
Sean McAllister: It is a shame that it hasn't reopened yet, but it looks like it is going to have some new life breathed into it with a new owner coming soon.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah, and I hope that it will still be as cool as it was before because I love the palms.
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Sean McAllister: I hope so.
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Sean McAllister: I really hope so.
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SPEAKER_00: But something else making headlines.
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SPEAKER_00: And in any other city, this would not be a headline.
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SPEAKER_00: And it's kind of silly that we're even talking about it on the podcast, but we have a buffet opening.
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Sean McAllister: I mean, buffets are a big deal.
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Sean McAllister: And there was a lot of talk over the past year of whether casinos would even think about reopening their buffets because after you know everything that we went through with having to sanitize and don't touch what other people are touching and all that, well, the buffet concept really doesn't work when you can't touch things.
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Sean McAllister: That's kind of how a buffet works, right?
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Sean McAllister: But the Bacchanal buffet over at Caesars Palace, it has just been announced that it is going to reopen uh in just a couple weeks.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah, and May uh 20th, it's going to open.
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SPEAKER_00: And you know, I thought they even talked about like they're showcasing a like a multi-million dollar enhancement, and I was like, well, it just opened, but then I guess it opened in 2012 and time just goes really quick.
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Sean McAllister: It does go really quick.
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Sean McAllister: Yeah, I mean, that is the newest buffet that has opened, and uh it seems like it just debuted to the public, but it has been around for a while.
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Sean McAllister: During this past year, they have done a massive renovation on it though.
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Sean McAllister: So, you know, it now it is gonna be new again.
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SPEAKER_00: I know it will be.
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SPEAKER_00: And you know, I must say, every time I walk by this buffet, there is always a line.
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SPEAKER_00: So I know I've actually never been, believe it or not.
10:01
SPEAKER_00: I'm not really a buffet person.
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Sean McAllister: So good.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah, and I just, you know, I don't know, just waiting in line and all that.
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SPEAKER_00: So, but there's always a line, always a line.
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SPEAKER_00: So I know this was in huge demand, but they're gonna have more than 30 new dishes and all sorts of different kinds of things, so people will love it.
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SPEAKER_00: And it's the uh Bacchanal Buffet at Caesars Palace, it'll open on May 20th.
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Sean McAllister: And uh some gaming innovations happening.
10:24
Sean McAllister: It was announced uh just a couple days ago that Resorts World is partnering with Gemini to uh debut cryptocurrency on the gaming floor.
10:36
Sean McAllister: So, I mean, this is the big thing that that people have been getting into lately.
10:40
Sean McAllister: And I I have friends who are into the crypto game, Dana, but I have not, you know, waded into those waters yet.
10:48
Sean McAllister: However, I did download the Gemini app.
10:52
Sean McAllister: Basically, Gemini is one of the companies where you can it's a platform essentially to buy and sell different types of cryptocurrency.
11:03
SPEAKER_00: Okay.
11:03
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I don't it's a little over my head.
11:06
SPEAKER_00: I know that I can dive in and probably learn about it within like, you know, just 30 minutes of kind of reading up and studying.
11:12
SPEAKER_00: I just haven't gone there yet.
11:14
SPEAKER_00: But I know I was sitting at dinner the other night at Jing with someone who was like, oh, look at my Bitcoin number.
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SPEAKER_00: I put a hundred thousand dollars of my savings in there and now it's at 420,000.
11:26
SPEAKER_00: And I was like, wow, all right, sign me up.
11:28
SPEAKER_00: Like, how do I, you know, can I put in$10,000 and triple it?
11:34
SPEAKER_00: Like, sounds good to me.
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Sean McAllister: I know.
11:36
Sean McAllister: I I have a a friend that I was talking to yesterday to kind of explain everything to me, and he put a a chunk of money into the Dogecoin that's everybody's been talking about with Elon Musk attached to it.
11:51
Sean McAllister: And uh, you know, that was early on, and now like the money's doubled or tripled that he put in there.
11:59
Sean McAllister: But you can still buy into it at like 50 cents per share of you know, whatever.
12:08
SPEAKER_00: Well, I know exactly.
12:09
SPEAKER_00: That's about well that's what I was saying to my friend.
12:11
SPEAKER_00: I said, he I think he bought the same thing, and I said, Well, I don't understand.
12:14
SPEAKER_00: Like, if everyone, it's gonna catch on and people are gonna start doing it, then will it be as good?
12:18
SPEAKER_00: And he was like, No, it caps off, like it stops at a certain yeah, like yeah, and there's different con I'm like, I don't know, okay, I need a research tonight.
12:26
SPEAKER_00: We'll have to do that one type when I'm bored.
12:27
SPEAKER_00: I just I haven't been too bored lately.
12:29
SPEAKER_00: I've been busy, so I'll I'll get on it.
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Sean McAllister: But for all for all of you crypto investors, resorts world uh is going to be, you know, wading into the cryptocurrency market and you know making that available to to gamers, which you know, this new generation of gamers, I think that will be an attractive feature that Resorts World offers.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah, it's gonna be great.
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SPEAKER_00: And I know they keep rolling out stuff and really cool pictures.
12:55
SPEAKER_00: I saw people talking about Resorts World the other day saying there's no way it's gonna be done by June 24th.
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SPEAKER_00: But FYI, go back to our episode because when we talk to the president of Resorts World, he says, Listen, I know it's a challenge, but now we have a date of June 24th and we will open on June 24th.
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SPEAKER_00: So that's what he says.
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Sean McAllister: Again, Scott Sabella, the president of Resorts World, you can listen back two episodes ago to that conversation.
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Sean McAllister: And yeah, he said it's not gonna open with construction walls up.
13:25
Sean McAllister: The casino will be done, the hotel will be done.
13:29
Sean McAllister: Um, they're still gonna continue work on the nightclub in the theater, but for the most part, the rest of their property is a go.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah, it's a go.
13:39
SPEAKER_00: Um, can I just step back one when I mentioned Jing, the restaurant?
13:43
SPEAKER_00: I never talked about this on the on the podcast that I sat next to OJ Simpson.
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SPEAKER_00: It was a really uncomfortable.
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Sean McAllister: Oh my gosh, that's right.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah, and I and I laugh because it's something that I think still wows people that he's like out and hanging out in restaurants and doing his thing, and you can actually just run into him.
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SPEAKER_00: But um, you know, OJ Simpson lives here in Las Vegas.
14:05
SPEAKER_00: Well, no, that's what I would say.
14:08
SPEAKER_00: But as I'm sitting there, the amount of people I watched walk up to him at his table and want to take selfies with him and chat him up, were it was we were we were shocked.
14:19
unknown: Yeah.
14:19
Sean McAllister: Yeah, I don't know what it is.
14:22
Sean McAllister: I did there's a lot I could say about that, but I won't.
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SPEAKER_00: But here's the thing I did say to someone is they said, Well, I can't believe he's, you know, just you know, hanging out.
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SPEAKER_00: And I'm like, well, like I must say, like, what is he supposed to do?
14:33
SPEAKER_00: I mean, yeah, he got off.
14:36
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, he went to prison for something else.
14:38
SPEAKER_00: He served his time and now he's out.
14:40
SPEAKER_00: He lives in Las Vegas, and from what we know, he lives here, he golfs a lot, he makes little commentary on Twitter, and he hangs out at Jing.
14:49
SPEAKER_00: So, I mean, he can't just sit in his house.
14:52
SPEAKER_00: He could, but why would he?
14:55
SPEAKER_00: So he's allowed to be out, he's allowed to have friends, and um, he's allowed to pay the bill.
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SPEAKER_00: Exactly.
15:00
SPEAKER_00: So, anyway, saw him at Jing.
15:02
SPEAKER_00: A lot of people always have OJ sightings around Las Vegas, and I don't know if you'd necessarily call it a celebrity sighting anymore, but it is something to talk about, I guess.
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Sean McAllister: It's an OJ sighting.
15:13
Sean McAllister: Exactly.
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Sean McAllister: All right, let's get to our poll of the week.
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Sean McAllister: We asked, and you have responded to our exclusive Vegas Revealed Weekly poll.
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SPEAKER_00: And it's a good one this week, you know, with all these different kinds of sporting events and shows coming back and concerts announcing that they're stopping in Las Vegas.
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SPEAKER_00: We asked, which Las Vegas shows are you most excited to see?
15:45
SPEAKER_00: And the choices varied.
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SPEAKER_00: We had four different options, right, Sean?
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Sean McAllister: We had four, yes.
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Sean McAllister: It was either a concert tour, a nostalgic artist uh production show, or a current chart topper, because we have all of those types of shows in Las Vegas, and uh it turns out it's looking like people are opting for the concert tour.
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SPEAKER_00: Right.
16:09
SPEAKER_00: Um, 55% of those that voted said um they want to go to a concert tour, and then for a nostalgic artist, 17.5%, production shows 20%, and then current chart toppers down at 7.5%.
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SPEAKER_00: So yeah, I would say concert tour is 55% overwhelming.
16:29
Sean McAllister: Yeah, it really is.
16:30
Sean McAllister: That surprised me.
16:31
Sean McAllister: It really did.
16:31
Sean McAllister: But we did get a comment from Chris J, who uh is a Vegas revealed follower, and he reminded us hey guys, don't forget about the sports because Chris wants to go to boxing and MMA.
16:46
SPEAKER_00: Okay, yeah, we have plenty of that in town too, so that makes sense.
16:50
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, lots of choices, and it feels good to be able to say that, doesn't it?
16:53
SPEAKER_00: Lots of choices.
16:54
Sean McAllister: It does.
16:55
Sean McAllister: It's been a long time since we've had a lot of choices.
16:58
Sean McAllister: All right, so that's our poll.
16:59
Sean McAllister: You want to see concerts, we got it loud and clear.
17:02
Sean McAllister: Speaking of concerts, there's a new innovation in the live entertainment realm, Dana.
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SPEAKER_00: Yeah, and we wanted more explanation about this.
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SPEAKER_00: It's called Love Seats, and we have Darcy Silver joining us to talk more about it.
17:16
Sean McAllister: Now that everybody is getting back into uh arenas and stadiums, you've come up with a really cool addition to the new entertainment experience in these venues, right?
17:30
SPEAKER_02: Absolutely.
17:32
SPEAKER_02: Uh timing is amazing on it because we've been working on this idea for a couple of years.
17:37
SPEAKER_02: And as people are starting to get back into wanting to get out, uh it's timing perfect.
17:42
SPEAKER_02: So we're so excited to be able to kick this off here, especially in the entertainment capital of the world in Las Vegas, uh, that there's no better place.
17:50
SPEAKER_00: Now, tell folks uh about your product here.
17:52
SPEAKER_00: This, you know, love seats.
17:54
SPEAKER_00: I mean, how does it work?
17:55
SPEAKER_00: And what benefits will it have for people that are looking to get, you know, seats at games and concerts that maybe maybe they couldn't normally afford a really, really hefty ticket.
18:08
SPEAKER_02: So the the the background behind it itself is we became seasoned ticket holders at uh one of the hot sports teams here, and uh we got nosebleed seats in uh every game, just sitting in the back seeing hundreds of empty seats there that end up don't they don't go used the entire time.
18:25
SPEAKER_02: Uh people leave early, and so we want to sit there, and there's no way to legitimately be able to do that without sneaking forward, which we wouldn't do.
18:33
SPEAKER_02: Uh, and we've developed some of the relationships with the teams and management, and there's nothing that exists at all to be able to do that.
18:40
SPEAKER_02: And so everyone we started speaking to said it's a neat idea, that's interesting, you know.
18:45
SPEAKER_02: And uh as we go to market here, uh we're working out you know, the different value proposition streams for everybody uh to make it really the best that it could be.
18:55
SPEAKER_02: So there's people that never get the opportunity to sit up close, and they're very expensive seats, and there's people that you know have that great opportunity and sometimes don't go last minute and they just go unused.
19:08
SPEAKER_02: So we provide a third market, which is in the game itself, for the people that actually have attended to be able to move seats in real time with a pricing algorithm that figures it all out, so it's perfect for both the buyer and seller, and that way uh you can improve your experience in real time.
19:26
SPEAKER_02: We've integrated with Facebook so you can see where your friends are sitting, so you don't necessarily move closer, but around so that you enjoy being with people that you like that you didn't plan to do it ahead of time, and it all in real time as it goes on changes to make every experience unique.
19:42
Sean McAllister: So, Darcy, walk me through the process.
19:44
Sean McAllister: If I'm uh at a game and I do want to move closer to friends or move up and get a better seat, how does it work?
19:54
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, absolutely.
19:55
SPEAKER_02: So it's a mobile app.
19:56
SPEAKER_02: So you go to your iOS, Android, download it, uh, sign up, and then as the events are going on, you check in, letting people know that you're coming to it.
20:05
SPEAKER_02: And you see on that visual map by integrating with your Facebook connections to start with here, where they've also checked in.
20:13
SPEAKER_02: And as seats become available because they didn't get uh used, they didn't get sold in the secondary marketplaces, uh, from the team's unsold inventory, uh, from people that just couldn't attend last minute or that left early, a variety of happenings that as the event goes on, open up new inventory.
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SPEAKER_02: And so you can check it and then see uh as people start moving around, now there's a seat that became available that uh you know someone else moved, and now you know I can sit with my friend, uh, and then a fraction of the price uh to move in real time.
20:46
SPEAKER_00: It's something I guess I never even thought of.
20:48
SPEAKER_00: So you talking about this now has really like, you know, made me think about this.
20:52
SPEAKER_00: Like I didn't think it could be possible, but you're gonna make the, I mean, there's plenty of times where we've talked before about, you know, a lot of people go, like, say there's a big show or a game at T-Mobile Arena.
21:02
SPEAKER_00: You go and sit at one of the restaurants there outside or nearby, have a beer, and then you kind of keep checking the app to see if you could get in to see the show at an affordable price.
21:12
SPEAKER_00: And this would be similar to this, would you know be the same thing, right?
21:15
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, exactly.
21:16
SPEAKER_02: As we start working with the teams, you know, here in Vegas, there's a nightclub scene where there's these lines around the building of people waiting to get in, you know, at two or three in the morning, you know.
21:26
SPEAKER_02: But in all these amazing sports uh and entertainment scenarios, the primary inventory is sold out, and so that they can't sell anything.
21:34
SPEAKER_02: And but there certainly could be an opportunity uh as well to increase capacity, to have people waiting to throughout if they want to.
21:42
SPEAKER_02: Uh so trying to decouple the ticket and the seat itself uh as different levels of purchase so that you can have more people coming in, and then as the event goes on, keeping it full capacity the entire time, and perhaps even after with other entertainment that goes on, or uh making it the best you know, pack experience we can.
22:00
SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
22:00
Sean McAllister: And I know for for some other uh ticketing options, there's a subscription that uh there's a subscription fee that's required.
22:07
Sean McAllister: Do you have any subscriptions with Love Seats or is it all free?
22:11
SPEAKER_02: So you download the app and you purchase tickets in a secondary market world to any event uh ahead of time, and we have a disruptive pricing model different than the normal marketplaces where they do a service fee model where they charge you after you get three or four steps in the process, an extra 25, 38, 40%, even sometimes.
22:30
SPEAKER_02: So we have a$9.95 per ticket transaction fee.
22:35
SPEAKER_02: And then depending on the level of package with regards to other services that we will be providing here, a concierge service.
22:43
SPEAKER_02: So you can opt in if you don't want to have to figure out how to post your tickets and what price you should be selling them for.
22:49
SPEAKER_02: This is an easy way as a seasoned ticket holder.
22:51
SPEAKER_02: You know, let us do all the math and figuring out and selling it for you.
22:55
SPEAKER_02: Uh, and that has a monthly fee for it for just a service.
22:58
SPEAKER_02: Besides that, we don't have any required subscriptions uh at this point.
23:02
Sean McAllister: That's great.
23:03
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, really great.
23:04
SPEAKER_00: And so you talk talk about your partnership with the Aviators.
23:07
SPEAKER_00: This is your first Las Vegas area team, right?
23:11
SPEAKER_02: Yep.
23:11
SPEAKER_02: Yep.
23:12
SPEAKER_02: They have been an amazing partner as we had this idea and they had the support to allow us to make it happen.
23:20
SPEAKER_02: And we've been working through everything, and it's finally here.
23:24
SPEAKER_02: We were right about to launch right before COVID.
23:26
SPEAKER_02: We started to do some of the initial users to let them know that this exists.
23:31
SPEAKER_02: And you know, uh since then, yeah, we've been pivoting as we can to develop as much extra features and benefits as we can.
23:38
SPEAKER_02: And so they've been uh amazing to work with, and they uh open up at about 50% capacity, uh, should be 100% by uh mid-season, maybe even earlier, depending on how things open up here quickly.
23:51
SPEAKER_02: Uh and it provides a great uh test ground, really, because uh amazing family atmosphere, it's outdoors.
23:59
SPEAKER_02: People have different scenarios with downtown Summerlin there with the eating and the live entertainment, the nightlife that you know exists.
24:06
SPEAKER_02: So uh it will be very exciting to see and start making you know improvements in the experience.
24:12
SPEAKER_02: And as there's right now less seats up close, people that normally would sit up close aren't able to right away.
24:18
SPEAKER_02: So if the other ones don't use them, you know, it'll quickly be a solution to get you know the people that prefer the premium areas back there as well.
24:27
Sean McAllister: So you're launching with the Las Vegas Aviators.
24:30
Sean McAllister: I I imagine that you envision growth to other pro sports teams as well.
24:36
Sean McAllister: Um, is it just in Las Vegas or are we talking like potential of nationwide?
24:41
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, so our secondary market is operational without any teams or clubs or concert performance halls needing to be involved.
24:49
SPEAKER_02: Uh so starting next month, you'll be able to purchase tickets to events.
24:53
SPEAKER_02: Uh, we have an integration set up.
24:55
SPEAKER_02: So there's about$700 million in unique inventory available there uh that we'll be able to offer out of the gate.
25:02
SPEAKER_02: And then the in-game experience itself, we're approaching on a team-by-team basis.
25:07
SPEAKER_02: We have a uh uh experience like accelerator called Hype, uh, which is involved with sports teams.
25:15
SPEAKER_02: And we presented as one of 30 startups of over 1400 uh to pitch to the teams.
25:21
SPEAKER_02: And we were selected by four of the six major league teams in the US here, uh, which include the Vegas Golden Knights to continue partnership conversations.
25:30
SPEAKER_02: And uh, we're just getting those things started now to develop pilots with them as next uh as we go to market in Las Vegas to hopefully take over here.
25:39
SPEAKER_02: And this is setting the stage of how everybody should be experiencing live entertainment in a better place from entertainment capital of the world.
25:46
SPEAKER_00: And you know, watching the ad, and we went to your website and we were watching the ad, it really sets it up very, very well.
25:51
SPEAKER_00: I mean, it's so true though.
25:52
SPEAKER_00: It's like people that kind of have seasoned tickets to things or have tickets and they sit up close and you know, they may not realize how lucky they are to people like us schmucks.
26:02
SPEAKER_00: You know what I mean?
26:02
SPEAKER_00: That can't, you know what I mean?
26:04
SPEAKER_00: So, so it was interesting in your ad how you're like, you know, maybe the team starts that they're there for, starts losing.
26:10
SPEAKER_00: You're like, all right, I'm done with this game, I'm heading out.
26:12
SPEAKER_00: And you're like, what?
26:13
SPEAKER_00: There's still a half a game left, but somebody like me could get in there and take that incredible seat just because I want the experience, really.
26:22
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, and there's so many chances to have these incredible experiences with your kids that, you know, even for five or ten minutes towards the end of the game when everyone's on their way out to smash on the glass, you know, or to talk to a player up close, you know, it's a whole new level of engagement when versus stuck in the nosebleeds.
26:40
SPEAKER_02: We we have season tickets at the Smith Center, and where we sit, uh I once went, you know, without them, and we were up in the nosebleeds, and you know, just that experience in itself, night and day difference, that most people never get the chance to, that this now can introduce them in a way that makes sense and is reasonably priced and you know is basically addressing where there's wasted inventory that anybody can benefit from.
27:05
Sean McAllister: Well, I think that you are uh hitting the market at just the right time as everybody is so excited to get back into those uh arena seats, stadium seats, and as things open back up.
27:18
Sean McAllister: And again, it's love seats.
27:20
Sean McAllister: You go to the app store, download the app.
27:22
Sean McAllister: It's L-U-V seats.
27:25
SPEAKER_00: Good luck.
27:25
SPEAKER_00: I'm sure we'll be in touch, and uh Sean and I are gonna go download the app right now.
27:28
SPEAKER_02: Got it right here.
27:30
SPEAKER_02: We'll we'll see you at one of the games.
27:31
SPEAKER_02: We'll take you out and have some fun.
27:33
SPEAKER_00: Awesome.
27:34
SPEAKER_00: All right, well, as we mentioned, I'm in Rochester, New York, visiting the fam, and I wanted to just quickly run through my travel experience and and let people know what I found helpful.
27:44
SPEAKER_00: Basically, I'm just gonna go through it real quick.
27:46
SPEAKER_00: Um, I took American Airlines, and all I can say is doing everything ahead of time online saves you the hassle of doing anything while you get to the airport.
27:57
SPEAKER_00: I paid for my luggage ahead of time.
27:59
SPEAKER_00: When I got there, I just had to click my thing.
28:01
SPEAKER_00: It printed my baggage thing.
28:03
SPEAKER_00: I walked up and gave them my bag and they checked me in and it was done.
28:07
SPEAKER_00: So everything ahead of time was super helpful.
28:09
SPEAKER_00: Another thing I experienced, a lot of people ask often, can you eat and drink on the plane at all?
28:14
SPEAKER_00: Or do you just, you know, you're on your own?
28:16
SPEAKER_00: Well, they did give us a plastic baggie with a little bottle of water, also some pretzels, also a sanitizer in the bag, and they pass those out right as the plane's taking off, so you're good to go.
28:27
SPEAKER_00: And then if you wanted something specific, you could ask for it.
28:30
SPEAKER_00: But they don't go up and down the aisle anymore and pass things out and all that kind of thing.
28:35
SPEAKER_00: So that was really great.
28:36
SPEAKER_00: Uh, flew into Washington, everything was smooth, transferred over to Rochester, New York.
28:42
SPEAKER_00: Um, you know, baggage came out just fine.
28:44
SPEAKER_00: I mean, my experience was really, really good, but I guess my big tip is book everything online and get it all out of the way before you get there so that you're relaxed and you can have your mask on and you're ready to go for your flight, and just be kind to everyone.
28:58
SPEAKER_00: Everyone was really courteous, and I think that helps.
29:00
SPEAKER_00: We see all these nasty videos online of people yelling at people, pull your mask up and do this and do that.
29:06
SPEAKER_00: But you know what?
29:07
SPEAKER_00: I think um on the plane I was on anyway, everyone was very respectful of each other's space and it was a full flight.
29:14
SPEAKER_00: And you just have to you just have to bear with it because you know there aren't as many flights as there were before.
29:20
Sean McAllister: Yep.
29:21
Sean McAllister: And it's it was good to see uh when you were at the airport that there were a lot of uh tourists coming into Las Vegas.
29:29
SPEAKER_00: Exactly.
29:30
SPEAKER_00: It was packed.
29:30
SPEAKER_00: Sean, I was shocked.
29:31
SPEAKER_00: It was a Wednesday at like 11 30 a.m.
29:35
SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
29:35
SPEAKER_00: I'm going, well, we have no conventions in town, so how could all these people be here?
29:39
SPEAKER_00: But there were people leaving and then also people landing because the baggage carousels were full when I looked down over the hang and uh it was it was incredible.
29:47
SPEAKER_00: I was shocked how many people were coming and going, but we'll take it.
29:51
Sean McAllister: Well, hey, if any of you are listening from out of town and you are coming into Las Vegas, maybe on the flight you can suggest to your seat mate and the people around you to listen to Vegas Revealed to get caught up on everything Vegas before you land.
30:06
Sean McAllister: You gotta know what's going on.
30:08
Sean McAllister: Uh, speaking of uh Vegas, the Vegas Golden Knights, of course, are our city's NHL team.
30:16
Sean McAllister: We also have an AHL team called the Henderson Silver Knights, and they're part of the Golden Knights uh family.
30:26
Sean McAllister: But Dana, uh my husband Shane and I were just up for a walk with our dog to pass the new arena that's being built in Green Valley.
30:35
Sean McAllister: And if you don't know Green Valley, um it's just in the southeast, it's like 15 minutes, 12 minutes down the highway from uh really the center of the strip, right?
30:45
Sean McAllister: On the uh you come out the 215.
30:47
Sean McAllister: You get to Green Valley, and the new arena is right there, and it is going up quick.
30:52
Sean McAllister: It looks nice, it looks it's gonna be so nice.
30:56
Sean McAllister: And the sun was setting as we were out for a walk.
30:59
Sean McAllister: So um I got some pictures and video, so I'll be sure to uh share those on our Vegas Revealed social media.
31:08
Sean McAllister: But the the arena really is coming along, the structure is up, the crews were inside working, and it's just gonna have a beautiful view of the mountains uh once that gets uh finished.
31:21
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, boy, I can't believe how many arenas we're gonna have in the southern Nevada, right?
31:26
SPEAKER_00: It just we we didn't have many it just about five years ago, and then now here we go.
31:31
Sean McAllister: Popping up all over the place.
31:33
Sean McAllister: I love it.
31:34
SPEAKER_00: And I'm excited.
31:35
SPEAKER_00: Our next podcast, I want you to talk about you're gonna be touring Allegiant Stadium, so you'll have to share that.
31:39
Sean McAllister: Yes, that's coming up in just a couple days.
31:42
Sean McAllister: So we'll have the the inside scoop on Allegiant Stadium as well.
31:47
SPEAKER_00: Awesome.
31:47
SPEAKER_00: Um, yeah, we're gonna head out.
31:49
SPEAKER_00: I do want everyone to know though, we have our t-shirt shop up.
31:52
SPEAKER_00: Sean and I have hoodie sweatshirts that we got, um Vegas revealed sweatshirts, and the quality's really nice, right?
31:57
Sean McAllister: Soft.
31:58
SPEAKER_00: Yes, we have a link in our show notes and a whole variety of different kinds of items that you can buy and support the show.
32:05
SPEAKER_00: We always appreciate it.
32:07
SPEAKER_00: Um, it really helps us out and helps us, you know, be able to dedicate more time to the show.
32:11
Sean McAllister: Which is what we want to do.
32:13
Sean McAllister: Thanks for listening to episode 67.
32:16
Sean McAllister: Once again, we will be back for episode 68 next week with our brand new interview with Debbie Gibson herself.
32:23
SPEAKER_00: That's right.
32:24
SPEAKER_00: Have a great week, everyone.
32:26
SPEAKER_00: We'll get lost in your eyes next week.
32:29
Sean McAllister: Bye.
32:31
SPEAKER_00: We got bills to pay, packing up a suitcase.
32:35
SPEAKER_02: Let's take a holiday.
32:36
unknown: A holiday.