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Kylie Minogue's Las Vegas Residency, Extended Shows by Bruno Mars & Lady Gaga, Luis Miguel Tour Stop, Formula 1 Traffic Update, Celebrating Vegas' Landmark Moment, New Chef Michael Mina Restaurant | Ep. 181 · Vegas Revealed

• 0:00
  Sean McAllister: Welcome to episode 181 of Vegas Revealed.
• 0:03
  Sean McAllister: International pop star Kylie Minogue announced a Vegas residency and says it should be your excuse to create wild new memories.
• 0:13
  Dayna Roselli: This is all brand new.
• 0:14
  Dayna Roselli: It's all done with a lot of intention for the experience of us as performers, but for everyone who comes to experience the night.
• 0:24
  Dayna Roselli: Hear more from Minogue and a first look inside the reimagined venue where she'll perform.
• 0:29
  Dayna Roselli: Then, as the Cosmopolitan joins MGM's roster of resorts, we can now tell you when the properties rewards program will switch over.
• 0:38
  Sean McAllister: Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga extend their Vegas shows and a milestone about to be celebrated here in the wedding capital of the world.
• 0:47
  Dayna Roselli: Plus more on all that Formula One traffic.
• 0:49
  Dayna Roselli: We have an updated list of closures that will last through October.
• 0:53
  Dayna Roselli: All that and more coming up on Vegas Revealed.
• 0:56
  Sean McAllister: Let's spin that wheel.
• 0:57
  Sean McAllister: Let's go to Vegas, baby.
• 1:02
  Sean McAllister: Let's go tonight.
• 1:04
  Sean McAllister: Right now, let's go.
• 1:05
  Sean McAllister: Welcome to episode 181 of Vegas Revealed Sean McAllister here, along with Dayna, Roselli and Dayna.
• 1:12
  Sean McAllister: We were joking that we're kind of in gender reveal colors today.
• 1:16
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know what happened.
• 1:16
  Dayna Roselli: I came over in light pink.
• 1:18
  Dayna Roselli: You were in a blue button down.
• 1:19
  Dayna Roselli: I'm like you know which?
• 1:20
  Sean McAllister: do you want, boy or girl, do you want a Dayna or a Sean?
• 1:23
  Dayna Roselli: Exactly, but I'm seeing so many more of those online lately.
• 1:26
  Dayna Roselli: It's like everyone's having babies, so that's immediately what I thought of.
• 1:29
  Sean McAllister: Well, and they're getting intricate too.
• 1:31
  Sean McAllister: It's not just like the confetti poppers and like the paintballs, no, like it's getting.
• 1:36
  Sean McAllister: They're turning into productions.
• 1:38
  Dayna Roselli: It's a production the world's full of video right.
• 1:40
  Dayna Roselli: Everyone has to make a video, I guess.
• 1:42
  Sean McAllister: That's right.
• 1:42
  Sean McAllister: Insightful media can help with that.
• 1:43
  Dayna Roselli: Exactly, hey, listen.
• 1:45
  Dayna Roselli: Thanks to all our subscribers, as usual.
• 1:48
  Dayna Roselli: We love you, we love you.
• 1:50
  Dayna Roselli: We appreciate your support.
• 1:51
  Dayna Roselli: And also, of course, vegas, near me, one of our sponsors.
• 1:55
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• 1:56
  Dayna Roselli: The link is in our show notes.
• 1:57
  Dayna Roselli: And then, of course, hot Works, our newest sponsor.
• 1:59
  Dayna Roselli: We hope people are taking advantage of that free enrollment fee right now.
• 2:05
  Dayna Roselli: This month you can go to a Hot Works around the Las Vegas area and they're gonna wave that $99 signup fee, so it's good.
• 2:11
  Sean McAllister: And one thing I wanted to ask you about.
• 2:13
  Sean McAllister: With Hot Works, Dana, I know that it's 24 seven and you book your classes through the app, but how does that work?
• 2:21
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 2:21
  Dayna Roselli: Well, a lot of people say to me first of all, like, oh, I don't know, the hot classes are too much for me.
• 2:25
  Dayna Roselli: So here's the deal it's infrared, so it's not a humid hot.
• 2:29
  Dayna Roselli: By the way, you go into an actual private infrared sauna.
• 2:34
  Dayna Roselli: You control how hot you want it to be.
• 2:36
  Dayna Roselli: They recommend it to be at 125, but if you wanna start and be 90, fine.
• 2:40
  Dayna Roselli: So when I say, go alone, so it's 24, seven, and what I mean is you go on an app and then you pick the class that you're interested in doing and then you reserve your spot at the time just to kind of hold it, and you head there and you have a code, your own personal code, to get in the door and then close it behind you and it locks.
• 2:59
  Sean McAllister: So it's secure.
• 3:00
  Dayna Roselli: It's secure and the classes are virtual, so they're on a loop, so say you're running a little bit late.
• 3:05
  Dayna Roselli: I always used to hate if, like, there was heavy traffic or I was running late from work and I couldn't get to class at six o'clock because everyone was going to be staring at me walking in late.
• 3:13
  Dayna Roselli: Right, you're the late one, yeah, but this one is virtual, so like there's no pressure if you're a couple minutes late.
• 3:20
  Dayna Roselli: If you're there early, you can do some weights and get some workout in and then or you can wait another turn because it's 30 minutes later or 15 minutes later.
• 3:29
  Dayna Roselli: The classes are short, so that's how it works.
• 3:32
  Dayna Roselli: You book it right in the app and it's 24, 70 and go whenever you want.
• 3:35
  Dayna Roselli: It's really great.
• 3:35
  Dayna Roselli: There's a shower, a bathroom, a couple bathrooms.
• 3:38
  Dayna Roselli: If you want to like, hop in and you've got somewhere to go after.
• 3:41
  Dayna Roselli: So it's good.
• 3:42
  Dayna Roselli: And they provide towels.
• 3:43
  Sean McAllister: I love it and we'll have more on hot works coming up in just a little bit here on the podcast and of course you can get more information down in our show notes as well.
• 3:52
  Dayna Roselli: Well, let's talk about Kylie Minogue and her new Las Vegas residency.
• 3:56
  Sean McAllister: Let's.
• 3:57
  Sean McAllister: So.
• 3:57
  Sean McAllister: This is something that's been rumored for a long time.
• 3:59
  Sean McAllister: Kylie has now announced her Las Vegas residency over at Venetian and Palazzo, and boy is there a lot to talk about.
• 4:08
  Dayna Roselli: You know, people were thrilled when they heard about this, you know, and it's in a new venue called Voltaire, and this is inside the old Rock of Ages Theater.
• 4:17
  Dayna Roselli: They've actually gutted it, redone it, and we showed some renderings and let me tell you people were going nuts and so were we.
• 4:23
  Dayna Roselli: It's gorgeous.
• 4:25
  Sean McAllister: It really is like kind of an art deco, old Hollywood style vibe in there, very luxurious feel, and that's kind of the vibe that they're going for with this whole residency.
• 4:38
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and I'm excited about it because I think there should be more of this in Las Vegas.
• 4:41
  Dayna Roselli: So they're saying not only, you know, kylie is going to be like the inaugural headliner, right, but they're also saying they're going to be like DJs and burlesque and performances.
• 4:51
  Dayna Roselli: So I have a feeling, and I don't know for sure, but it sounds like you'll go to this venue, voltaire, you will watch Kylie perform and do her show and then there'll be other kinds of things going on for kind of a nightlifey feel afterwards.
• 5:06
  Dayna Roselli: And I know you had mentioned that they're going to be doing some table service serving drinks and some cookies, champagne, you know, not full, full menu, but but table for service there.
• 5:17
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, not not a full meal, but definitely some little things to snack on.
• 5:20
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, elevated things to snack on, like caviar.
• 5:24
  Sean McAllister: Right, as you're there to enjoy the entire experience at Voltaire and it seems like, boy, a lot of people wanted to be there to have that experience- Well, okay.
• 5:36
  Dayna Roselli: So we announced the tickets were going on sale and we had a couple of people ask us like what time?
• 5:40
  Dayna Roselli: And I was like gosh, I don't know.
• 5:41
  Dayna Roselli: So I even put our email into the Voltaire website to get information.
• 5:46
  Dayna Roselli: Didn't ever get an email.
• 5:48
  Dayna Roselli: The day before they ended up selling VIP packages, and I think that was through Ticketmaster.
• 5:53
  Dayna Roselli: But the actual tickets for the show that went to the general population not a package went on sale Wednesday and it well was making a lot of people upset.
• 6:08
  Dayna Roselli: A lot of people did not get tickets, but here's the deal Kylie sold out in an instant.
• 6:14
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and it created a lot of conversation, spirited conversation online amongst her fans who are like what the heck is going on here.
• 6:26
  Sean McAllister: I know some people complained that they had wait times of like a ridiculous amount of time.
• 6:33
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, like 22,000 hours or something, and it's like wait what?
• 6:37
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, I'll be here for three days or whatever it was.
• 6:41
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know.
• 6:41
  Dayna Roselli: Not calculating right now, not in the mood.
• 6:44
  Sean McAllister: So I mean, that was one thing that people complained about.
• 6:47
  Sean McAllister: Another thing people complained about was that ticket prices were rising as the ticket buying process was happening.
• 6:56
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, like they were supposed to be 200, but then they were going to like 250.
• 7:01
  Dayna Roselli: And a lot of people are kind of calling out, kylie, like you should have, you know, had a better plan in place.
• 7:07
  Dayna Roselli: This isn't a good look for you and but it's interesting because Voltaire, the website, was selling the ticket, so it wasn't going through like a ticket master or an AXS.
• 7:16
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 7:17
  Dayna Roselli: And now people are saying, well gosh, I kind of wish I've never thought I'd say this, but wish it was through.
• 7:23
  Dayna Roselli: Ticket master would have been a little bit more organized.
• 7:26
  Dayna Roselli: So we aren't sure what happened.
• 7:28
  Dayna Roselli: Maybe the website wasn't ready to handle.
• 7:30
  Dayna Roselli: Maybe the website didn't realize the fan base that Kylie has.
• 7:35
  Dayna Roselli: I'm assuming that Voltaire does know that.
• 7:38
  Dayna Roselli: That's why they chose Kylie to headline this new venue.
• 7:41
  Sean McAllister: Exactly and keep in mind, this venue holds like a thousand people, so this is not a huge venue and there are only a limited number of tickets available for the limited number of shows that have been announced.
• 7:55
  Sean McAllister: Now, given the demand that we saw, I've got to believe that more shows are on the way, yeah.
• 8:03
  Dayna Roselli: Because she's starting like November 3rd and then I think November, december and I think a couple shows in January possibly two yeah, those are also down.
• 8:11
  Dayna Roselli: I know we wonder if she's going to extend.
• 8:13
  Dayna Roselli: We assume that she's going to extend.
• 8:15
  Dayna Roselli: There were a couple frustrated people that made comments on some of our social media saying that they actually got a table and it went through.
• 8:24
  Dayna Roselli: Then they were sent an email saying oh whoops.
• 8:28
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, we're taking your table away but don't worry, we'll refund you.
• 8:31
  Dayna Roselli: So they are extremely upset, and I do understand that.
• 8:34
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know they got to figure that out.
• 8:36
  Dayna Roselli: I'm hoping, but what I do like is that Vegas offers an intimate experience for people that come here.
• 8:44
  Dayna Roselli: You don't always have to get a chance to see artists that you love in such a small venue.
• 8:52
  Dayna Roselli: True, and there's demand for that, but I think everyone in the entertainment world should be watching this and saying, yeah, there is demand for this.
• 9:01
  Dayna Roselli: Let's bring back the medium sized showroom.
• 9:04
  Dayna Roselli: Let's bring back the small showroom that we ditched after COVID, because people want to see their favorites up close and personal and have an experience.
• 9:15
  Sean McAllister: Well, and I saw somebody else mention online that they were like oh, I wonder if this is like Kylie's management team testing the waters for like a full scale, full blown tour, you know, to see what kind of demand there is.
• 9:33
  Sean McAllister: How many people are going to be on there trying to buy tickets.
• 9:36
  Sean McAllister: Clearly there's incredible demand, yeah definitely.
• 9:41
  Dayna Roselli: I mean it's definitely and, like I was telling you, like it's not so bad for a website to crash when people are trying to buy tickets to your event.
• 9:48
  Sean McAllister: It's frustrating for fans, but big picture it's not a bad look for.
• 9:52
  Dayna Roselli: Kylie right.
• 9:53
  Sean McAllister: I mean, it's better than having your tickets go on sale and being like, oh yeah, guess we're not crashing today.
• 10:02
  Sean McAllister: I know.
• 10:04
  Dayna Roselli: Well, I know, and I'm, like you know, hearing crickets.
• 10:07
  Dayna Roselli: So we actually inserted this part into the audio podcast because we had recorded earlier in the week and we like to be as current as we possibly can, even though we're a weekly podcast, not a daily.
• 10:18
  Dayna Roselli: But we did have planned to share some, I guess, comments from Kylie.
• 10:23
  Dayna Roselli: She was interviewed at her announcement and we know you love Kylie and so we thought you know what.
• 10:29
  Dayna Roselli: Let's listen to her talk about what she's looking forward to when it comes to her new Las Vegas residency.
• 10:36
  Dayna Roselli: Voltaire is so exciting because this is a couture venue.
• 10:40
  Dayna Roselli: This is all brand new.
• 10:42
  Dayna Roselli: It's all done with a lot of intention for the experience of us as performers, but for everyone who comes to experience the night, whichever part of the night they choose to be there.
• 10:57
  Dayna Roselli: But I'm excited, for you know, when I talk to my friends and my family, they're so excited about this show as an excuse to come to Vegas.
• 11:07
  Dayna Roselli: I think a lot of Vegas stories begin with an excuse we're going for a wedding, or we're going for this or we're going for that show, and inevitably that leads to many other things.
• 11:18
  Dayna Roselli: So for me, I am looking forward to my time in Vegas, primarily to create this experience, to be able to deliver fun and this dreamlike space.
• 11:35
  Dayna Roselli: But I feel like I'm going to have that as well.
• 11:38
  Dayna Roselli: So it's going to be a very you know it's a two-way road.
• 11:44
  Dayna Roselli: I had so many direct messages from people on Instagram saying I love Kylie.
• 11:50
  Dayna Roselli: I literally want to go to like three shows.
• 11:52
  Dayna Roselli: I'm a huge fan and so I think she's going to do really well.
• 11:55
  Dayna Roselli: We look forward to seeing her show and if she does add shows, stick with us.
• 12:01
  Dayna Roselli: We'll definitely keep you posted here on the podcast and any of those people that direct message me.
• 12:05
  Dayna Roselli: I'll be sure to send them a personal note and let them know as soon as we know, but Kylie's residency isn't the only thing that's new over at the Venetian Impolato.
• 12:13
  Sean McAllister: They're also about to debut the Juliet Cocktail Room.
• 12:17
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, this looks nice too, right?
• 12:19
  Dayna Roselli: Or it seems like it's going to be nice when in the description.
• 12:22
  Dayna Roselli: We haven't actually seen it.
• 12:23
  Dayna Roselli: We're going to go to the opening party and so we'll have more details in a future podcast, but I love all this that they're doing.
• 12:29
  Dayna Roselli: They've got Kylie coming, the Juliet Cocktail Room.
• 12:32
  Dayna Roselli: They just open Haasalan, which is like basically a party like you're in Tel Aviv and a living room and fabulous food.
• 12:40
  Dayna Roselli: I mean it's really cool what they're doing.
• 12:42
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and the Juliet Cocktail Room.
• 12:44
  Sean McAllister: So it's taking over the space that used to be the Dorsey, if you're familiar with the Venetian Impolato, and just from some images that I've seen ahead of time, it looks like it's going to be several different rooms, kind of all with the same theme, but a little variation on a theme as you go throughout.
• 13:04
  Sean McAllister: So it seems like it's going to be really nice.
• 13:07
  Sean McAllister: We'll have more information on that after we get over there and experience it for ourselves.
• 13:11
  Sean McAllister: So we're excited about this.
• 13:13
  Sean McAllister: Lady Gaga has announced that she is bringing back her Jazz and Piano show to Park MGM.
• 13:19
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, this is great for people who love Gaga and the show, because I know it's interesting because she did the two shows, the two style of shows, and every one really talked about the Jazz and Piano, so I love that she's choosing to bring that back.
• 13:33
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and in this show she performs a lot of like the classic American song book in jazz stylings and she also performs some of her biggest hits in very stripped down in a very stripped down way.
• 13:48
  Sean McAllister: Sits down at the piano really just makes it special.
• 13:53
  Sean McAllister: It is a gorgeous evening.
• 13:55
  Sean McAllister: It is another like kind of a throwback style show.
• 14:01
  Dayna Roselli: And I know that she is probably going to have a tribute to the late Tony Bennett, who passed away recently.
• 14:08
  Sean McAllister: Without a doubt.
• 14:09
  Dayna Roselli: And had you know he came and performed at her show here in Las Vegas many times and you know, you've seen them duet together and they were very good friends, so that'll probably be something special.
• 14:19
  Dayna Roselli: Might even be why she's bringing it back so soon.
• 14:23
  Dayna Roselli: It's just like I need to get out and honor this man.
• 14:25
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know We'll see what happens, but I have a feeling she'll do a big tribute to him.
• 14:29
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, so August 31st is when those shows kick off and I'm sure that you know there will be a tribute to Tony and we'll be talking about it, you know, after August 31st.
• 14:38
  Sean McAllister: Once it once it happens.
• 14:40
  Dayna Roselli: And Bruno Mars has added more shows too, and so you can go see him now through 2023.
• 14:45
  Dayna Roselli: If you haven't seen Bruno yet, or you loved him and you want to come back, now's your chance, yeah.
• 14:50
  Sean McAllister: And also Luis Miguel.
• 14:52
  Sean McAllister: We already knew that he was coming here to Las Vegas for Mexican Independence Day weekend that's coming up in.
• 15:00
  Sean McAllister: September.
• 15:00
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, but also we just learned that he has added new dates to his international tour.
• 15:08
  Sean McAllister: That includes a stop here in Las Vegas at T-Mobile Arena.
• 15:12
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, so that'll be a big one, you know.
• 15:13
  Dayna Roselli: So he's going from Park MGM to T-Mobile Arena.
• 15:17
  Dayna Roselli: So it depends how you want to see Luis.
• 15:18
  Dayna Roselli: Do you want to see the more intimate or do you want to see the big arena?
• 15:21
  Dayna Roselli: You have choices now, you do.
• 15:23
  Sean McAllister: And that arena show was April 19th of 2024.
• 15:28
  Sean McAllister: So you have a little more time to plan ahead.
• 15:30
  Sean McAllister: If you're within driving distance, maybe you want to come and see him in September.
• 15:34
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, well, speaking of driving, and distance we've got to update our F1 closure report because, we got a lot of response last week.
• 15:44
  Dayna Roselli: We did People feeling our pain, understanding our frustration.
• 15:48
  Dayna Roselli: Listen, we are looking forward to Formula One and the Las Vegas Grand Prix coming here.
• 15:52
  Dayna Roselli: It's going to be awesome.
• 15:54
  Dayna Roselli: I'm super excited about it and I think everyone is.
• 15:57
  Dayna Roselli: It's just the traffic is so bad on and around the strip that it's become such a frustration for visitors to Las Vegas and locals.
• 16:05
  Sean McAllister: I mean, it's made it while the road paving is happening.
• 16:09
  Sean McAllister: It has made it very difficult to get around and it's created a lot of traffic backups, and so what we wanted to do?
• 16:17
  Sean McAllister: We reached out and got the updated list of closures that we can expect through October.
• 16:24
  Sean McAllister: So we want to pass those along to you so you are not caught in a surprised situation like we were the other night when we were trying to drive home from the strip.
• 16:35
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and we told you if you listen to our last podcast, it took us.
• 16:38
  Dayna Roselli: You know, normally it takes Sean and I 10, 15 minutes to get home tops we live pretty close to the strip and it took like an hour 20.
• 16:45
  Dayna Roselli: So it's a lot.
• 16:47
  Dayna Roselli: So there's going to be lane reductions and closures all around the strip.
• 16:50
  Dayna Roselli: So we've already it started, july 31st, this new section of closures, and it's going to go through Friday, october 6.
• 16:57
  Dayna Roselli: But there are different sections and different roads that are going to be done.
• 17:00
  Dayna Roselli: So right now, this week, actually, las Vegas Boulevard is being done, so that's a hassle for those folks that are in the heat in the midst of that.
• 17:10
  Dayna Roselli: Las Vegas Boulevard in Harmon, though, is going to be what's going to happen this following week, august 14th to the 18th.
• 17:16
  Dayna Roselli: So Las Vegas Boulevard and Harmon very busy intersection, to begin with.
• 17:20
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, up there by the Cosmopolitan Planet Hollywood, right at that corner.
• 17:25
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and then Harmon itself from August 21st to the 25th is going to be getting paved, have lane reductions, closures, all that.
• 17:34
  Dayna Roselli: That.
• 17:35
  Dayna Roselli: It's going to be tough and that's going probably all the way from, like, the Virgin Hotel down to the strip.
• 17:42
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, east-west, yeah, pretty much from where the car started.
• 17:46
  Sean McAllister: That paddock location too.
• 17:48
  Dayna Roselli: Right, right.
• 17:49
  Dayna Roselli: And then the Sphere site is going to be a part of this, september 18th to the 22nd, and then Harmon Avenue and Koval Lane, the paddock site, that'll be the 24th to the 29th of September, and then Koval Lane itself, october 2nd to October 6th.
• 18:04
  Dayna Roselli: So if you know where those locations are, it's all basically to the west sorry, to the east of the Las Vegas strip, all those little side roads that people use to connect to the strip.
• 18:14
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, how we all get to the strip.
• 18:16
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, basically basically every which way we need to go.
• 18:19
  Dayna Roselli: So and the Sphere, you know, is opening what the 29th, with you too.
• 18:24
  Dayna Roselli: So yeah.
• 18:24
  Dayna Roselli: I mean they need to get ready so they have until September 22nd for their lane closures.
• 18:29
  Dayna Roselli: They need to open that up.
• 18:30
  Sean McAllister: Better stay on schedule.
• 18:31
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 18:32
  Sean McAllister: So that's what you can expect over the next coming weeks and months, as this road paving project continues and leading up to the Formula One race here in November.
• 18:43
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, Well, I know you wanted to mention this a new restaurant opening over at Mandalay Bay.
• 18:48
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and this one is by Michael Mina, who is a famous, celebrated chef who's had a presence here in Las Vegas for a really long time.
• 18:58
  Sean McAllister: This new restaurant is called Orla and it's opening over at Mandalay Bay and it's a Mediterranean inspired restaurant, which you know.
• 19:10
  Sean McAllister: We've talked about Mediterranean restaurants opening recently, but this one is more Greek, inspired by Greek food and Greek culture, so you know more of those fresh Mediterranean ingredients hitting the hitting the strip here, which I love.
• 19:26
  Sean McAllister: I love that entire.
• 19:28
  Sean McAllister: I don't know, do you call it a genre?
• 19:30
  Dayna Roselli: of food that type of cuisine.
• 19:32
  Dayna Roselli: Yes, thank you.
• 19:33
  Dayna Roselli: It's a little healthier, you know, although so many people are on Mediterranean diets lately too.
• 19:38
  Dayna Roselli: You know it's like, but I think we have a little bit of everything.
• 19:41
  Dayna Roselli: So if you want to indulge but I think people are always trying to eat healthier and you feel like if you go out and you splurge on a fish dish that maybe you're not gonna put as many calories in.
• 19:53
  Sean McAllister: That's right.
• 19:54
  Sean McAllister: Well, and it's like the Mediterranean kind of salads I always love to because they're so fresh.
• 20:00
  Sean McAllister: There's, I mean, really simple ingredients, but you need to do simple really well in order for it to taste really good Right now, and Michael Meena will do it right.
• 20:10
  Sean McAllister: He will.
• 20:11
  Dayna Roselli: So that'll be a good addition over at Mandalay Bay.
• 20:13
  Sean McAllister: And Orla opening this winter yeah.
• 20:17
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, listen, sean and I did a little project last Friday.
• 20:20
  Dayna Roselli: You may have seen it.
• 20:21
  Dayna Roselli: If you do watch our YouTube you can see.
• 20:22
  Dayna Roselli: Sean did a piece on Awakening.
• 20:25
  Dayna Roselli: We did a satellite media tour.
• 20:26
  Dayna Roselli: So we have a company called Insightful Media because people say, well, what's your real job?
• 20:30
  Dayna Roselli: Well, we own a media company and they say, well, what do you mean, what do you do?
• 20:34
  Dayna Roselli: But we provide talent.
• 20:35
  Dayna Roselli: We write scripts, we storytell, we edit, we shoot video, we media train, all of that.
• 20:42
  Dayna Roselli: And for this project you were the talent on a satellite media tour that basically promoted Awakening at Wind, las Vegas, around the country.
• 20:51
  Dayna Roselli: You did like 18 television stations around the country.
• 20:54
  Dayna Roselli: You were like, hey, good morning Kansas City.
• 20:56
  Sean McAllister: In St Louis, yeah, Charlotte, I mean Sacramento, Denver.
• 21:00
  Sean McAllister: We talked to a lot of our friends across the country.
• 21:04
  Sean McAllister: Let them know about Awakening over at at Wind, but this is one of the things that we're able to do with our media company.
• 21:13
  Sean McAllister: So, whether it's you have maybe a casino property or a restaurant group or something, whether it's here in Las Vegas or elsewhere, we can coordinate the kind of coverage that a satellite media tour offers to connect with different places around the country and let people know about what you do.
• 21:33
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's just you know our many years in broadcasting this.
• 21:37
  Dayna Roselli: We're able to utilize that all the time with different projects, and so we love, you know, trying new things and then this worked really, really well.
• 21:45
  Dayna Roselli: So we're like you know, more people probably need to be doing this.
• 21:48
  Dayna Roselli: It's a great way to get exposure out there in an organic way.
• 21:52
  Dayna Roselli: You're presenting a story and we basically, you know you did a story and told the story of Awakening and all about it, and we heard from you know, the producers and directors, so it was a good piece.
• 22:04
  Dayna Roselli: But anyway, if you're interested, you can always contact us.
• 22:06
  Dayna Roselli: Just Google us.
• 22:08
  Dayna Roselli: You'll find us in Sightful Media.
• 22:10
  Dayna Roselli: Look up Dana Roselli and Sean McAllister.
• 22:13
  Dayna Roselli: We're in Sightful Media CO as incompanycom.
• 22:17
  Sean McAllister: All right, let's do some tips.
• 22:23
  Dayna Roselli: All right, here's a tip, something you may wanna do, or something you also just may wanna know about.
• 22:28
  Dayna Roselli: September 30th, the wedding capital of the world, which is Las Vegas, is celebrating 70 years with a big party.
• 22:35
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, so this is exciting.
• 22:36
  Sean McAllister: It was actually Las Vegas was designated the wedding capital of the world back in the 50s.
• 22:43
  Sean McAllister: It was a newspaper article actually that was published in London that coined that term for us here in Las Vegas, and we've been the wedding capital ever since.
• 22:53
  Sean McAllister: And so, yeah, the beginning of September we are now celebrating that title.
• 22:58
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, there's a big event.
• 22:59
  Dayna Roselli: It's a brunch and like a huge mass vow renewal and there's gonna be a show.
• 23:04
  Dayna Roselli: That is, it was actually created for this event.
• 23:07
  Dayna Roselli: It's taking place over at Caesar's Palace.
• 23:10
  Dayna Roselli: You can buy tickets to just the show, which is an original show and it's gonna have a lot of Vegas performers in it, or you can buy a ticket if you wanna go attend the brunch and do the vow renewal as well.
• 23:21
  Dayna Roselli: And again, it's September 3rd.
• 23:23
  Dayna Roselli: It sounds like it's gonna be a really good time.
• 23:26
  Dayna Roselli: I know that Buddy V is helping to provide one of the cakes, and so there's a lot of special things planned.
• 23:31
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, we'll have a link down in our show notes to get tickets if you wanna be involved in that, or if you wanna just look at the website for more information, we'll have that down there as well.
• 23:43
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, we're known for all sorts of weddings.
• 23:45
  Dayna Roselli: We've got the quickie wedding, the drive-through wedding, the extravagant wedding, the weekend wedding, in and out, or the deciding on a whim.
• 23:53
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, let's just go get married, because we make it very easy here in Las Vegas for people to drive on up and get a marriage license and then pop into a chapel and tie the knot.
• 24:04
  Sean McAllister: Yeah the shotgun.
• 24:05
  Sean McAllister: Wedding, yeah the shotgun wedding.
• 24:06
  Dayna Roselli: Then we have annulments.
• 24:07
  Sean McAllister: Those happen too sometimes we have those as well.
• 24:09
  Sean McAllister: Yes, we do.
• 24:11
  Dayna Roselli: Lot of famous people have been married here in Las Vegas.
• 24:14
  Dayna Roselli: One of the most notable ones, elvis and Priscilla.
• 24:17
  Dayna Roselli: I'm sure you've seen images of that.
• 24:19
  Dayna Roselli: I know they're gonna actually make sure that they nod to some of those celebrity couples that got married here over the years as well.
• 24:27
  Sean McAllister: So it should be a good time.
• 24:27
  Sean McAllister: That'll be exciting Again September 3rd if you wanna take part.
• 24:31
  Sean McAllister: That link is down in our show notes, Something that a lot of people, a lot of gamblers, are going to be interested in.
• 24:38
  Sean McAllister: Back in May of 2022, the Cosmopolitan officially became part of MGM Resorts, and now we know an official date when the rewards program over at Cosmopolitan is going to shift under that MGM umbrella too.
• 24:58
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's February 1st, so get ready.
• 25:00
  Dayna Roselli: If you are someone that utilizes your gaming rewards, you wanna know that the MGM Rewards Loyalty Program will begin February 1st of 2024.
• 25:12
  Dayna Roselli: And you'll get all sorts of different benefits that you get if you're playing at MGM.
• 25:18
  Dayna Roselli: So they're just gonna kind of finally move that whole program and merge it together.
• 25:24
  Sean McAllister: And MGM has 20 plus properties across the entire country and that rewards program applies to all of those.
• 25:32
  Sean McAllister: So your rewards will not only apply here in Las Vegas but to those casinos across the country.
• 25:38
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and a lot of people don't even realize or forget that the Cosmopolitan is owned by the MGM now.
• 25:44
  Dayna Roselli: That happened in 2022.
• 25:46
  Dayna Roselli: So you're already seeing a lot of things kind of change over.
• 25:49
  Dayna Roselli: But I popped into the Cosmopolitan recently and it still has all the same.
• 25:53
  Dayna Roselli: There's nothing like that changed really.
• 25:55
  Dayna Roselli: It has all the same character and a lot of the same restaurants and the casino floor looks the same.
• 26:00
  Dayna Roselli: So it's not like this big major redo.
• 26:03
  Sean McAllister: Right, and that is a unique property.
• 26:05
  Sean McAllister: It has its own kind of vibe, and so part of MGM taking that over was, I think, not stripping that away from the property, keeping the identity that Cosmopolitan has always had.
• 26:20
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, for sure.
• 26:21
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, listen, if you have any ideas for us, you can always email us ideas at vegas-revealedcom.
• 26:28
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• 26:29
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• 26:32
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• 26:46
  Sean McAllister: And again, a big thank you to the subscribers to Vegas Revealed.
• 26:50
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• 26:57
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• 27:02
  Dayna Roselli: Listen, everyone.
• 27:02
  Dayna Roselli: Have a great week and we will be back next week with episode 182.
• 27:09
  Sean McAllister: We can have a day to write an insert.
• 27:11
  Sean McAllister: We got bills to pay packing up a suitcase.
• 27:15
  Sean McAllister: Let's take a holiday.