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Las Vegas Aces WNBA Champs, Formula One Dates for Las Vegas Grand Prix Announced, Camel Safari Day Trip near Vegas, Two Top Notch Restaurants Coming Soon | Ep. 136 · Vegas Revealed

• 0:01
  Dayna Roselli: Welcome to episode 136.
• 0:04
  Dayna Roselli: Dates are announced for Formula One's Las Vegas Grand Prix.
• 0:08
  Dayna Roselli: It includes four days and nights of sports and entertainment programming.
• 0:13
  Sean McAllister: And our WNBA team takes it all home.
• 0:32
  Sean McAllister: This is Las Vegas' first professional team to win a championship title, and the town is buzzing.
• 0:39
  Dayna Roselli: Plus, a couple of top-notch restaurants are announced on and off the strip.
• 0:44
  Sean McAllister: And did you know you can go on a camel safari near Las Vegas?
• 0:49
  Sean McAllister: It's an hour and a half drive from the strip, plus a plant-based fast food joint.
• 0:55
  Sean McAllister: We have good tips coming up.
• 0:57
  Dayna Roselli: Ooh, all that and more this week on Vegas Revealed.
• 1:02
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• 1:06
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• 1:13
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• 2:01
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• 2:05
  Dayna Roselli: So let's get to it now and spin that wheel.
• 2:43
  Dayna Roselli: We sure do.
• 2:44
  Dayna Roselli: That was a good one.
• 2:44
  Sean McAllister: It sure was.
• 3:01
  Dayna Roselli: Ah, so awesome to see in such a short time, right?
• 3:05
  Dayna Roselli: It's been a few years since the Aces have been here, and already they have a title.
• 3:09
  Dayna Roselli: So it's a big deal to Las Vegas.
• 3:11
  Dayna Roselli: They had a parade and a rally on the strip.
• 3:14
  Dayna Roselli: You were there, Sean, for all the excitement.
• 3:16
  Dayna Roselli: What was the vibe like?
• 3:17
  Sean McAllister: Let me tell you, we had to get through uh like log jam traffic in order to get down to the strip for this parade and rally.
• 3:29
  Sean McAllister: Fortunately, there were some little workarounds that that we found so that we could quickly avoid all the the craziness of traffic.
• 3:37
  Sean McAllister: But there were so many people.
• 3:40
  Sean McAllister: I had a feeling there would be a lot of people who would turn out for this rally.
• 3:46
  Sean McAllister: There were I would say thousands more than expected.
• 3:51
  Dayna Roselli: Amazing.
• 3:52
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, we've gotten a couple comments on TikTok, like how many people were there?
• 3:55
  Dayna Roselli: Ten.
• 3:55
  Dayna Roselli: And it's like, no, there were hundreds and thousands.
• 3:59
  Dayna Roselli: So it was a huge turnout.
• 4:01
  Dayna Roselli: You had said that when you were walking up to where the fountains were, you could see the crowds all gathered around the stage there, and it just looked jam-packed.
• 4:09
  Sean McAllister: It really was.
• 4:10
  Sean McAllister: So the Las Vegas strip headed southbound was shut off so that they could build a stage and have a rally location right in front of the Bellagio Fountains.
• 4:22
  Sean McAllister: Um, they had only planned on having the southbound lanes of Las Vegas Boulevard closed.
• 4:28
  Sean McAllister: But so many people ended up showing up for this rally that they, as it was underway, they had to shut off the northbound lanes of Las Vegas Boulevard too.
• 4:41
  Sean McAllister: So the strip was completely shut down there in front of uh Paris and Bellagio for this rally because so many people turned out and were so excited to be celebrating a WNBA championship.
• 4:56
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, congratulations.
• 4:58
  Dayna Roselli: What a big deal.
• 4:59
  Dayna Roselli: I was looking at some of the crowds at recent games because some people were putting it out on Twitter, and Mandalay Bay was rocking and packed.
• 5:09
  Dayna Roselli: And I love to see that.
• 5:10
  Dayna Roselli: I actually shared a clip, and I remember people are saying, you know, it is great to see people out there supporting our women's basketball team.
• 5:16
  Dayna Roselli: And, you know, they get a lot of big people to come to the games.
• 5:20
  Dayna Roselli: We talked about Tom Brady went when he was in town.
• 5:23
  Dayna Roselli: There's been many, many others that I've spotted going to Aces Games.
• 5:27
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, and it's becoming, you know, the place to be, and these are the the women to watch, and they brought home a title.
• 5:33
  Sean McAllister: Absolutely.
• 5:34
  Sean McAllister: And you know, we need to remember this started out by MGM Resorts bringing the team here to Las Vegas.
• 5:40
  Sean McAllister: I believe they bought the team to play over at uh Micelobaltra Arena in Mandalay Bay.
• 5:47
  Sean McAllister: Then once the Las Vegas Raiders came to town, the team's owner, Mark Davis, took a huge interest in the Las Vegas Aces and the WNBA and ended up buying the team.
• 6:03
  Sean McAllister: And so he now owns the team that just became world champions.
• 6:08
  Dayna Roselli: And I was watching that at the Raiders game, they put up on the big screen when the women won the title.
• 6:14
  Dayna Roselli: Because it was going on at the same time.
• 6:16
  Dayna Roselli: And I was thinking, yeah, might as well, because the Raiders game wasn't going very well toward the end.
• 6:21
  Dayna Roselli: But yeah, so uh listen, congratulations to them.
• 6:25
  Dayna Roselli: Exciting stuff.
• 6:26
  Dayna Roselli: It just keeps getting better and better with sports here in Las Vegas.
• 6:29
  Dayna Roselli: And whether you follow sports or you don't, it's still fun when you go here in Las Vegas.
• 6:34
  Dayna Roselli: We have a good time, and I think that's just part of what our city brings to it.
• 6:39
  Dayna Roselli: So another huge, huge event that's coming to Las Vegas for the first time is Formula One.
• 6:46
  Dayna Roselli: And Sean, we finally have the dates of when this is taking place, and it's gonna be huge.
• 6:52
  Dayna Roselli: I'm glad to see that there are multiple days attached to this, so it's gonna be a big party.
• 6:57
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, from uh November 16th through the 18th of 2023.
• 7:03
  Sean McAllister: So a little more than a year from right now, Formula One is gonna be taking over Las Vegas.
• 7:09
  Sean McAllister: So if you want to be in town for an event that the entire world is going to be watching, you'd better book your hotel room, your condo, your Airbnb, your campground, wherever you need to stay in order to be here.
• 7:29
  Sean McAllister: Call a friend and rent their extra room.
• 7:31
  SPEAKER_00: Right.
• 7:32
  Sean McAllister: Whatever, whatever you gotta do.
• 7:34
  Sean McAllister: This is going to be an insane event.
• 7:40
  Dayna Roselli: And I didn't even realize how huge it is until people from around the world stopped me, called me, text me, like, hey, you guys are getting F1.
• 7:50
  Dayna Roselli: I'm like, yeah, it's a big deal, right there.
• 7:51
  Dayna Roselli: Like, it's huge.
• 7:52
  Dayna Roselli: And so not only are we gonna have the actual Las Vegas Grand Prix, but obviously it's Vegas.
• 8:00
  Dayna Roselli: So they're planning like all sorts of entertainment, sporting events uh surrounding the race itself.
• 8:10
  Dayna Roselli: So there's gonna be just tons of stuff going on, which is gonna make it just a big, huge party.
• 8:16
  Dayna Roselli: Four days and nights, they're talking about of sports and entertainment programming, and that it's gonna set a new standard for all the F1 races.
• 8:24
  Sean McAllister: It really will.
• 8:25
  Sean McAllister: And they're planning on November 15th, the night before all the races begin, this star-studded opening ceremony that is, I imagine just going to be absolutely spectacular.
• 8:39
  Sean McAllister: It's going to unveil the the paddock, like the you know, the not a workshop, but the the garage for all the cars.
• 8:48
  Sean McAllister: Um and that's that site is being built on.
• 8:54
  Sean McAllister: Do you remember, Dana, years ago?
• 8:56
  Sean McAllister: There was a place, and I think you are going to remember, Ice Nightclub.
• 9:00
  Sean McAllister: Oh, yeah.
• 9:01
  Sean McAllister: At the corner of Harmon and Koval.
• 9:04
  Dayna Roselli: I think there was a reality show around that nightclub, too, or something that I used to watch.
• 9:09
  Dayna Roselli: There might have been.
• 9:09
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, anyway.
• 9:10
  Sean McAllister: I remember some crazy nights at that place.
• 9:12
  Sean McAllister: Uh, this was back in the early 2000s.
• 9:15
  Sean McAllister: Um, it was only open for a short period of time, but the building sat there up until I don't know, you a few months ago.
• 9:22
  Sean McAllister: And then we noticed it was knocked down, and the entire gosh, that entire block, that corner of Harmon and Koval is now being developed for these Formula One races that we're gonna be having here.
• 9:38
  Sean McAllister: A multi-year deal to have these races in Las Vegas.
• 9:41
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, there's gonna be so many exciting things to announce as it gets closer and closer.
• 9:46
  Dayna Roselli: But so this race is going on through the streets of Las Vegas and down the strip, right?
• 9:53
  Sean McAllister: Oh, yeah.
• 9:53
  Dayna Roselli: So I mean that alone, that visual.
• 9:57
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, it's a big loop.
• 9:58
  Sean McAllister: It's gonna be great.
• 9:59
  Sean McAllister: Including uh a home stretch up the Las Vegas Strip.
• 10:03
  Sean McAllister: So it will be spectacular.
• 10:06
  Sean McAllister: The all of the sites of Las Vegas will be included on this racetrack.
• 10:13
  Dayna Roselli: It's gonna be cool.
• 10:14
  Dayna Roselli: Listen, uh pre-registration ticketing has been open, apparently.
• 10:19
  Dayna Roselli: F1 Las Vegas GP, standing for Grand Prix.com, is where you want to go.
• 10:26
  Dayna Roselli: F1 Las Vegas GP.com uh to get information, ticket information, all that kind of thing.
• 10:32
  Dayna Roselli: You know, good luck getting a ticket.
• 10:34
  Sean McAllister: And so we have talked about uh basketball, we've talked racing.
• 10:39
  Sean McAllister: How about a little football?
• 10:40
  Sean McAllister: Yes, because Dana, we went out to Illuminarium.
• 10:44
  Sean McAllister: This is a place that you've talked about here on Vegas Revealed before.
• 10:49
  Sean McAllister: Um, it's an attraction over at Area 15, that entire entertainment complex um that's just west of the I-15, the main highway that that goes right through Las Vegas.
• 11:02
  Sean McAllister: Uh, they're now doing they basically the concept there is that they have all these projections that go on the walls and ceilings and just transport you to a different place.
• 11:13
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's like ceiling to or uh ceiling to floor, too, you know, like the whole thing.
• 11:18
  Dayna Roselli: So when you go in, when I went to the one that was like kind of revolved around space, it was just like cool, you felt like you were in space, you know, everything was happening.
• 11:25
  Dayna Roselli: So now they're using that for Monday night football.
• 11:27
  Dayna Roselli: What a great idea.
• 11:28
  Dayna Roselli: We went the floor was like a football field because it was projected on.
• 11:33
  Dayna Roselli: The games were all around you, multiple screens going on all around the area.
• 11:38
  Dayna Roselli: They brought in couches and chairs and food waitresses, cocktail waitresses, and you could order food.
• 11:45
  Dayna Roselli: It was awesome.
• 11:47
  Dayna Roselli: And then when you entered, there was like cornhole and like almost like a tailgating experience, right?
• 11:52
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, so the main viewing room is this giant space that you know you are walking into a football wonderland.
• 12:01
  Sean McAllister: But as you're getting there, you go through a smaller room, which isn't really that small.
• 12:05
  Sean McAllister: Um, and it's set up kind of like a tailgate area.
• 12:09
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, that was really cool.
• 12:11
  Dayna Roselli: And the pictures and videos that we've put out there since we went, people were getting a good response.
• 12:16
  Dayna Roselli: People are like, this looks really fun.
• 12:17
  Dayna Roselli: I've even gotten private messages like, I want to go with you next time you go, and this and that.
• 12:21
  Dayna Roselli: Like, this looks awesome.
• 12:22
  Dayna Roselli: Like, it is a really cool spot, and they're gonna have Monday night football there every week.
• 12:27
  Dayna Roselli: So you can go hang out.
• 12:29
  Dayna Roselli: We watched the Bills game, which is, you know, we're both from that area.
• 12:33
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 12:33
  Dayna Roselli: So it was appropriate.
• 12:34
  Dayna Roselli: It was.
• 12:35
  Dayna Roselli: The Bills were playing.
• 12:36
  Sean McAllister: Um it was kind of a blowout game.
• 12:38
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it was, right?
• 12:40
  Sean McAllister: Go Bills.
• 12:41
  Dayna Roselli: Go Bills, they're doing really well.
• 12:43
  Dayna Roselli: Um, so yeah, a really fun place.
• 12:45
  Dayna Roselli: Illuminarium at Area 15, not too far from the strip.
• 12:48
  Dayna Roselli: If you're a local, you know where it is, right there on Rancho, just to the west of the I-15.
• 12:52
  Dayna Roselli: So go check it out for Monday Night Football, even if you're not into the game and who's playing, it's a fun experience.
• 12:58
  Sean McAllister: It is, it's a good environment.
• 12:59
  Dayna Roselli: So let's talk golf now.
• 13:01
  Dayna Roselli: How about that?
• 13:01
  Sean McAllister: Oh my, who knew we were so sporty?
• 13:04
  Sean McAllister: Geez.
• 13:05
  Dayna Roselli: Well, I just wanted to mention that you recently did a Vegas On piece, and that is at visitlosvegas.com.
• 13:11
  Dayna Roselli: The show is called Vegas On.
• 13:13
  Dayna Roselli: We do lots of pieces for them or correspondence for that show.
• 13:17
  Dayna Roselli: You just did something at a golf course, it's the only golf course on the Las Vegas Strip.
• 13:23
  Dayna Roselli: Am I saying that right?
• 13:24
  Dayna Roselli: That is correct.
• 13:25
  Dayna Roselli: Yes.
• 13:25
  Dayna Roselli: Yes, and we're talking about is it Bali High?
• 13:28
  Sean McAllister: Belly High.
• 13:29
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 13:29
  Sean McAllister: Yep.
• 13:29
  Sean McAllister: So if you're wondering where it is in relation to the big resorts and everything, it is south of Mandalay Bay, kind of right next to right across the street from the Welcome to Las Vegas sign.
• 13:42
  SPEAKER_00: Yep.
• 13:42
  Sean McAllister: So instead of kind of turning left into the, if you're going south on Las Vegas Boulevard, instead of turning left into the parking lot for the Las Vegas sign, you turn right into the parking lot for Belly High Golf Club.
• 13:56
  Sean McAllister: And this is a championship level course.
• 13:58
  Sean McAllister: It is beautiful, so well maintained, it's so lush, it kind of feels like you're stepping into a jungle or something.
• 14:08
  Sean McAllister: But even though it's a championship level course, like you can go out there and play a serious round of golf, or if you're in town for a bachelor party or a fun work event, or you just have a bunch of buddies come into town to watch some sports.
• 14:26
  Sean McAllister: Bally high is the place to go because it is like if you want to turn your round of golf into a party, this is the place to do it.
• 14:34
  Dayna Roselli: I know you were telling me about the the girl that does the cartwheels and flips or something.
• 14:38
  Dayna Roselli: What's that about?
• 14:39
  Sean McAllister: Yes, so they have parmates.
• 14:41
  Sean McAllister: Okay.
• 14:41
  Sean McAllister: Instead of caddies, they have parmates.
• 14:45
  Sean McAllister: They're these beautiful young women who will go around who know the course down to the blade of grass.
• 14:54
  Sean McAllister: Okay.
• 14:54
  Sean McAllister: So if you're looking for golf advice, they can give it to you.
• 14:57
  Sean McAllister: But they just uh keep the party atmosphere going is their job.
• 15:02
  Sean McAllister: They'll give you golf advice if that's what you want, but they'll give you the party vibe if that's what you want, also.
• 15:07
  Sean McAllister: And Ari, she uh has a past in circus performing.
• 15:13
  Sean McAllister: So she said whichever uh cart she's assigned to, she can do some circus tricks to distract the guys that you're playing.
• 15:22
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my gosh, that is guys or girls that you're playing.
• 15:25
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 15:25
  Dayna Roselli: I love that.
• 15:26
  Dayna Roselli: I love that.
• 15:26
  Dayna Roselli: So now I'm backtracking in my mind because I want to make sure that I got this right.
• 15:30
  Dayna Roselli: I don't want to speak incorrectly.
• 15:32
  Dayna Roselli: We said it's the only golf course on the strip, but what about the win golf course?
• 15:36
  Sean McAllister: So that is well, it's separated from the strip by the win.
• 15:40
  Dayna Roselli: Right, you're right.
• 15:41
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, so it's like in back of it.
• 15:43
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 15:43
  Dayna Roselli: So this is actually like on the road.
• 15:45
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, got it.
• 15:46
  Dayna Roselli: But though that but that would be it anyway, if it were those two.
• 15:48
  Dayna Roselli: If you were interested in playing golf, like right there near the strip.
• 15:52
  Sean McAllister: The closest proximity would be win and belly high.
• 15:55
  Sean McAllister: Bally high.
• 15:56
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, check it out.
• 15:57
  Sean McAllister: And they have a brand new uh sports bar that they just built over there.
• 16:01
  Sean McAllister: It's an indoor-outdoor space.
• 16:03
  Dayna Roselli: They have an event lawn that has Can you see like the buildings of the strip at certain holes?
• 16:08
  Sean McAllister: Oh my gosh.
• 16:09
  Sean McAllister: Just about every hole.
• 16:10
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, okay, cool.
• 16:11
  Dayna Roselli: I wasn't sure if it was like so.
• 16:13
  Sean McAllister: You can get the view of the strip and the vibe of the strip all while you play.
• 16:17
  Dayna Roselli: All right.
• 16:17
  Dayna Roselli: And if you want to watch Sean's behind the scenes look, you can go to uh visit losvegas.com and watch the latest episode of Vegas On.
• 16:25
  Sean McAllister: Okay, we've got sports covered.
• 16:27
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 16:27
  Sean McAllister: Man, and there was a lot of it.
• 16:29
  Dayna Roselli: There was.
• 16:29
  Sean McAllister: Jeez.
• 16:30
  Sean McAllister: Uh, how about music?
• 16:32
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, we're going to see Miranda Lambert this weekend.
• 16:35
  Dayna Roselli: And I say this weekend because we record a couple days before this podcast drops.
• 16:40
  Dayna Roselli: So we're gonna talk more about that next week, but we're excited to see Miranda.
• 16:44
  Dayna Roselli: I have never seen her perform live.
• 16:46
  Dayna Roselli: Have you?
• 16:47
  Sean McAllister: Uh I may have seen her at a country award show at the ACM Awards.
• 16:54
  Dayna Roselli: Right, or something like that.
• 16:55
  Sean McAllister: But I've but it's I don't count that as like a yes, it's a live performance, but it's not like the artists doing their whole show.
• 17:04
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 17:04
  Sean McAllister: So I've no.
• 17:06
  unknown: Yes.
• 17:06
  Sean McAllister: Long answer to your question.
• 17:07
  Sean McAllister: No, I have not.
• 17:08
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, got it.
• 17:09
  Dayna Roselli: I was like, well, if you have to try and think about it, then it wasn't memorable.
• 17:13
  Dayna Roselli: But anyway, yeah, we've gone to a lot of those different kinds of award shows, and it it, you're kind of half working, so it's hard to pay attention.
• 17:20
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but yeah, Miranda's doing her first show on the strip at Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood.
• 17:24
  Dayna Roselli: So um, we welcome Miranda to the strip.
• 17:27
  Dayna Roselli: Everyone that I talk to about Miranda Lambert says, man, she puts on a show.
• 17:31
  Dayna Roselli: So I'm excited to see what she's gonna do here in Las Vegas.
• 17:35
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, then the show is called Velvet Rodeo.
• 17:40
  Dayna Roselli: I like that.
• 17:40
  Sean McAllister: So if that's any indication of what we're what we're in for, it's gonna be good.
• 17:45
  Sean McAllister: And her music is so great too.
• 17:46
  Dayna Roselli: So I'm already thinking about my outfit.
• 17:48
  Dayna Roselli: What am I gonna wear to the show?
• 17:50
  Sean McAllister: Is it gonna be velvet?
• 17:51
  Dayna Roselli: Well, maybe I have some velvet pants.
• 17:54
  Sean McAllister: Uh total side note uh we were walking through the nursery, like the garden center, and there was a plant called the Velvet Elvis.
• 18:02
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, really?
• 18:03
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, it made me think of you.
• 18:04
  Sean McAllister: And now that we're bringing up velvet again.
• 18:06
  Dayna Roselli: Okay.
• 18:06
  Dayna Roselli: I thought the nursery, I'm like, what do you mean?
• 18:08
  Dayna Roselli: Did you have kids?
• 18:08
  Dayna Roselli: Where in the last week?
• 18:10
  Sean McAllister: No.
• 18:12
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, the garden nursery.
• 18:13
  Sean McAllister: The garden center.
• 18:14
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, listen, uh, don't roll your eyes at me, but I gotta do a quick plug for our friend Matt Goss and uh Las Vegas headliner for many, many years.
• 18:24
  Dayna Roselli: I told you in a past podcast that he went off to the UK.
• 18:27
  Dayna Roselli: He lives in London now, and he's doing the show Strictly Come Dancing.
• 18:30
  Dayna Roselli: Huge show over there.
• 18:32
  Dayna Roselli: And, you know, really what that's what dancing with the stars in the United States is kind of a spin-off of.
• 18:38
  Dayna Roselli: They do this show, it's its 20th anniversary.
• 18:42
  Dayna Roselli: Matt's on that as a contestant.
• 18:44
  Dayna Roselli: So if you're in the UK and listening to us, please vote for Matt.
• 18:48
  Dayna Roselli: Vote Matt Goss uh every weekend.
• 18:51
  Dayna Roselli: The show is live on Saturdays, and you can watch and vote.
• 18:56
  Dayna Roselli: He says, I'm in it to win it, baby.
• 18:58
  Dayna Roselli: That's what he told me.
• 18:59
  Sean McAllister: I can't wait to see.
• 19:00
  Sean McAllister: I know that I know that he put in some hard work to get ready for the show, and uh he's already wearing some pretty flashy outfits and all the promo video and pictures that are being put out.
• 19:12
  Dayna Roselli: I know it's all flash there in the UK, right?
• 19:15
  Dayna Roselli: And Matt really puts it on, turns it on.
• 19:17
  Dayna Roselli: He's excited for the sequence and sparkle.
• 19:19
  Dayna Roselli: That's right up his alley.
• 19:20
  Dayna Roselli: So we're excited to see Matt.
• 19:22
  Dayna Roselli: Uh the show kicks off this weekend.
• 19:24
  Dayna Roselli: They they actually pushed the opening show week after the Queen passed away because you know they just figured they had so many different kinds of events on TV and ever the country was in mourning that they would push the show one week.
• 19:36
  Dayna Roselli: So we get two shows this weekend.
• 19:39
  Dayna Roselli: So go, Matt, we'll keep you posted on on how he does.
• 19:43
  Sean McAllister: Uh moving into food, Mark Vettry is a chef that we've uh interviewed here on Vegas Revealed before.
• 19:50
  Sean McAllister: He's a Philly guy, but he has had Las Vegas connections for years.
• 19:58
  Dayna Roselli: He has.
• 19:58
  Dayna Roselli: And during the, I guess, pandemic, you know, when it was at its peak, he opened a at first pop-up restaurant at Red Rock because his restaurant over at the Palms had closed.
• 20:11
  Dayna Roselli: The Palms hadn't reopened yet, they were selling it off, they didn't, you know, they didn't have new owners.
• 20:15
  Dayna Roselli: And then the restaurant at Red Rock is now permanent.
• 20:20
  Dayna Roselli: And now we have found out, you know, since the Palms is open, that he is going to reopen his restaurant at the Palms.
• 20:28
  Dayna Roselli: So now he will have two restaurants.
• 20:30
  Sean McAllister: I love it.
• 20:31
  Sean McAllister: And Mark Vetri is such a great guy.
• 20:34
  Sean McAllister: And yeah, Vetri Cucina is returning to the 56th floor of the Palms.
• 20:41
  Sean McAllister: It is one of the best dining rooms in all of Las Vegas.
• 20:47
  Dayna Roselli: It is gorgeous, gorgeous views.
• 20:49
  Dayna Roselli: We always say this about the palms.
• 20:51
  Dayna Roselli: Remember, it may be off the strip, but that gives you a view of the strip.
• 20:55
  Sean McAllister: It's off the strip and actually above the strip, elevation-wise.
• 21:00
  Dayna Roselli: Uh-huh.
• 21:00
  Dayna Roselli: It's it's great.
• 21:01
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, his food is fantastic.
• 21:04
  Dayna Roselli: The restaurant at Red Rock is called Asteria Fiorella.
• 21:07
  Dayna Roselli: That's also delicious.
• 21:09
  Dayna Roselli: And vetery cucina is just as good.
• 21:14
  Dayna Roselli: I've eaten there once.
• 21:15
  Dayna Roselli: I always wanted to get back.
• 21:16
  Dayna Roselli: I'm excited to get back.
• 21:18
  Dayna Roselli: It's gonna open November 1st.
• 21:20
  Dayna Roselli: And apparently featuring only 75 seats.
• 21:25
  Dayna Roselli: So it's super intimate, which I think is kind of cool.
• 21:28
  Sean McAllister: So that's something to keep in mind if you're wanting to make uh Vetricucina a part of your Vegas trip, a part of your you know, night out, plan ahead because with only 75 seats, it's gonna be booked up and it makes it a super exclusive spot.
• 21:48
  Dayna Roselli: It does.
• 21:49
  Dayna Roselli: It's a great, great view.
• 21:51
  Dayna Roselli: Um check it out.
• 21:52
  Dayna Roselli: We're excited that Mark's opening that restaurant there at the Palms and and the Palms has you know a lot of things going on.
• 21:58
  Dayna Roselli: The the Pearl At the Palms is now reopened, by the way.
• 22:03
  Dayna Roselli: Great concert venue.
• 22:04
  Dayna Roselli: So they keep opening things little by little over there.
• 22:07
  Dayna Roselli: Um, since they had their grand opening, and we had, you know, talked to the general manager and she said, Listen, we want to just get the doors open, and we're going to be opening some of your favorite spots again, little by little, and they've done exactly that.
• 22:22
  Sean McAllister: They certainly have.
• 22:23
  Sean McAllister: I've been back over there several times, gone to see movies at the movie theater there, gone to play slots, gone for events.
• 22:30
  Sean McAllister: You went to Frankie Marino's show?
• 22:31
  Sean McAllister: I went to Frankie Marino's show at Chaos, the nightclub over there.
• 22:37
  Sean McAllister: Um, so it's a it's great.
• 22:39
  Sean McAllister: It's a hopping spot.
• 22:40
  Dayna Roselli: One spot we got to get back to is the ghost bar to see what is it, midnight sky?
• 22:44
  Dayna Roselli: Yes, yeah.
• 22:46
  Dayna Roselli: She's always changing things sky after dark, midnight sky, one of those.
• 22:49
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and we know we need to go see what sky's doing over there.
• 22:52
  Dayna Roselli: I'm hearing nothing but great things.
• 22:54
  Dayna Roselli: We just need to kind of pencil that in.
• 22:55
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, another restaurant coming to the strip.
• 22:58
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, this time we're talking about the strip and the forum shops.
• 23:02
  Dayna Roselli: We told you about RPM that opened there recently, a great Italian restaurant by uh Juliana Rancic and Bill Rancic.
• 23:09
  Dayna Roselli: And now a Mexican restaurant is coming to Forum Shops, and it's gonna be located in the spot that used to hold Border Grill.
• 23:17
  Dayna Roselli: So I wondered what was gonna happen with this.
• 23:20
  Dayna Roselli: And this is we got a lot of uh cocinas.
• 23:23
  Dayna Roselli: This is a cocina, that was a cucina.
• 23:26
  Dayna Roselli: Sol Mexican cocina is opening in that spot, and it's being opened by Experience Restaurant Group, which is from Southern California.
• 23:36
  Dayna Roselli: They have other popular restaurants, and so now they're bringing one inside the forum shops, and it seems like it's gonna be really cool.
• 23:44
  Sean McAllister: Very cool.
• 23:44
  Sean McAllister: And if you're familiar with the forum shops, you can uh look for this new dining spot uh on level one by that big spiral escalator that goes up.
• 23:56
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, yeah, and and then they're categorizing it as polished, casual, and fine dining Mexican.
• 24:01
  Dayna Roselli: Oh okay, so yeah, it'll be really, really good.
• 24:04
  Dayna Roselli: I was looking at some of the food.
• 24:06
  Dayna Roselli: They sent us some pictures.
• 24:07
  Dayna Roselli: Go to our Instagram and our Twitter.
• 24:09
  Dayna Roselli: We put some of the pictures up of the food and what the outside and inside of the restaurant will look like.
• 24:14
  Dayna Roselli: They say it's coming this fall in 2022.
• 24:18
  Dayna Roselli: They just don't have a target specific date just yet, but we'll keep you posted.
• 24:21
  Sean McAllister: Okay.
• 24:22
  Sean McAllister: Uh, and coming up next week here on Vegas Revealed, um, we have a bit of a taste test.
• 24:29
  Sean McAllister: We do.
• 24:30
  Dayna Roselli: Well, I meant to bring it over today and I forgot, but I have a big chilled can of Vegas Vicky beer in my fridge.
• 24:38
  Sean McAllister: Is it a blonde ale?
• 24:40
  Dayna Roselli: It is.
• 24:41
  Dayna Roselli: Uh Vegas Vicky, we all know who she is, right?
• 24:44
  Dayna Roselli: The neon sign that's located in Circa now in downtown Las Vegas.
• 24:49
  Dayna Roselli: Well, Circa debuted a new beer exclusive to the property.
• 24:53
  Dayna Roselli: It's the Vegas Vicky beer.
• 24:56
  Dayna Roselli: They sent me a can and they keep tweeting me, like, how do you like it?
• 25:00
  Dayna Roselli: I said, I don't day drink, I need it, but I wanted to share it with you, and I wanted to hold on to it so that we could kind of taste test it on the podcast.
• 25:06
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 25:07
  Dayna Roselli: Today I had to go do a sports radio show across town, and then I was coming here to do the podcast.
• 25:12
  Dayna Roselli: So I was like, do I bring it like a cooler?
• 25:14
  Dayna Roselli: So anyway, I forgot to bring it.
• 25:16
  Dayna Roselli: So we're gonna do it next week.
• 25:18
  Dayna Roselli: You and I are gonna taste test and do the podcast with a glass of beer in front of us, and we're gonna let you know what it tastes like and then let you know where you can get it.
• 25:28
  Sean McAllister: I mean, don't twist my arm.
• 25:29
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 25:30
  Sean McAllister: We could do the podcast every week with a glass of beer in front of us.
• 25:33
  Sean McAllister: I mean we could.
• 25:35
  Sean McAllister: This could be a new thing.
• 25:36
  Dayna Roselli: Well, I thought I looked at it and I thought I can't drink this all in one sitting, but Sean is definitely uh up for the game.
• 25:43
  Dayna Roselli: So anyway, next week, uh FYI will be taste testing Vicky Beer.
• 25:48
  Sean McAllister: Let's get to our tips.
• 25:52
  Sean McAllister: All right, Dana.
• 25:53
  Sean McAllister: The first tip that I have is um really mainly because of uh something that we saw uh driving to a recent uh video shoot that we were in charge of.
• 26:08
  Sean McAllister: And as we were driving by, I was like, oh my gosh, that looks really cool.
• 26:13
  Sean McAllister: Uh it's a fast food restaurant that serves all plant-based food, which I thought was a really cool concept.
• 26:24
  Sean McAllister: It's called Plant Power.
• 26:27
  Sean McAllister: Now, if you want to go check it out, it is a little bit north of the Las Vegas Strip.
• 26:34
  Sean McAllister: If you drive north on the I-15 freeway, um, you get off at Craig Road, and that's where you're gonna see the giant burger on top of the restaurant.
• 26:45
  Sean McAllister: But their menu, Dana, is just like what you would expect from any other fast food restaurant.
• 26:51
  Sean McAllister: They have a full lineup of uh breakfast sandwiches, croissants, uh, I was gonna say McMuffin, but um English muffin sandwiches.
• 27:01
  Sean McAllister: That's what I was trying to go for.
• 27:03
  Sean McAllister: Um a whole assortment of things.
• 27:06
  Sean McAllister: And then you go into their burgers, their specialty sandwiches, um, you know, it's like everything you would expect from a fast food restaurant, but it's all plant-based.
• 27:16
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, yeah, because plant-based is so popular right now, everyone's kind of into it.
• 27:21
  Dayna Roselli: Um, so I think it's cool that they have like a fast food place because we don't always have time to go in and sit and order.
• 27:26
  Dayna Roselli: So I love that.
• 27:27
  Dayna Roselli: So it's called what is it called?
• 27:29
  Dayna Roselli: Plant power, right?
• 27:30
  Sean McAllister: It's called Plant Power.
• 27:32
  Sean McAllister: It's up on uh Craig Road and the I-15.
• 27:35
  Sean McAllister: Um just something cool that we saw, wanted to bring it to your attention.
• 27:39
  Dayna Roselli: I love that.
• 27:39
  Dayna Roselli: Okay.
• 27:40
  Dayna Roselli: And just as we sit here and talk about tips, it's so funny.
• 27:42
  Dayna Roselli: Other tips roll in my head about all sorts of stuff.
• 27:45
  Dayna Roselli: Uh we have so much going on all the time.
• 27:47
  Dayna Roselli: But I wanted to talk about this.
• 27:49
  Dayna Roselli: This is something cool that I follow on Instagram, and I thought I have never done it.
• 27:54
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and I bet you anything, most people listening to this podcast didn't know it existed.
• 27:59
  Dayna Roselli: It's in Bunkerville, Nevada.
• 28:00
  Dayna Roselli: I looked it up.
• 28:01
  Dayna Roselli: We're sitting right now near the strip.
• 28:04
  Dayna Roselli: So I looked it up and it said it's an hour and 25-minute drive.
• 28:07
  Sean McAllister: Okay.
• 28:07
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 28:07
  Dayna Roselli: Okay.
• 28:08
  Dayna Roselli: So it's a camel safari.
• 28:11
  Dayna Roselli: Okay.
• 28:11
  Dayna Roselli: You can ride, and apparently, it's been about two and a half years since you've been able to ride the camels, but the camel rides are back.
• 28:18
  Dayna Roselli: So you can ride a camel, Sean, just outside of Las Vegas, and it's unreal to see the videos of these camels chilling.
• 28:32
  Dayna Roselli: Uh well, they look like happy camels, too.
• 28:35
  Dayna Roselli: Well, we are in the desert, it's not that odd, I guess, right?
• 28:39
  Sean McAllister: I mean, this is their jam.
• 28:40
  Dayna Roselli: But it I don't know why it cracks me up because it's like, here we are, like vivo Las Vegas, and then we're like, hey, ride this this camel.
• 28:47
  Dayna Roselli: But anyway, the camel rides are back.
• 28:49
  Dayna Roselli: It's a big deal, okay?
• 28:51
  Dayna Roselli: These guys are super excited over there at uh the camel safari, and they also got a brand new tram for the safaris.
• 29:00
  Dayna Roselli: So they've got a new little kind of tram bus that drives you around.
• 29:04
  Dayna Roselli: So you can go around, it's it's a zoo basically, and they'll take you on the tram to look at the different camels and this and that.
• 29:10
  Dayna Roselli: But you can also ride a camel.
• 29:13
  Dayna Roselli: And every hump day, they have a great post on Instagram.
• 29:16
  Dayna Roselli: I bet they do.
• 29:17
  Dayna Roselli: That says happy hump day with the camels.
• 29:20
  Dayna Roselli: Anyway, it's super cute.
• 29:21
  Dayna Roselli: If you want to follow them on Instagram, it's camels.
• 29:24
  Dayna Roselli: No, it's sorry, it's camel safari Las Vegas.
• 29:28
  Dayna Roselli: And they are a camel safari and it's a ZAA accredited zoo, if that makes you feel better.
• 29:37
  Sean McAllister: I totally want to go ride a camel now.
• 29:40
  Sean McAllister: Maybe we could pitch to them uh that they do a weekly podcast.
• 29:44
  Sean McAllister: Uh, maybe it drops every Wednesday called Between the Humps.
• 29:48
  Dayna Roselli: I love it.
• 29:48
  Dayna Roselli: Yes.
• 29:49
  Sean McAllister: They could record it while they're riding.
• 29:51
  Sean McAllister: If they do interviews, they could invite their interview person to sit up on a camel, chat while they ride.
• 29:58
  Sean McAllister: Between the humps.
• 29:59
  Sean McAllister: It's a great idea.
• 30:00
  Dayna Roselli: So if you live in Las Vegas, go check out the camels for tourists that come into town and visit Las Vegas.
• 30:06
  Dayna Roselli: I know sometimes they look for things that are a little bit off the beaten path.
• 30:10
  Dayna Roselli: So this could be something.
• 30:10
  Dayna Roselli: In fact, I was just chatting with one of our listeners, and he's in Germany, he's coming in for three weeks.
• 30:15
  Dayna Roselli: So he's got, you know, a lot of time to fill.
• 30:18
  Dayna Roselli: So maybe he wants to go ride the camels.
• 30:19
  Dayna Roselli: I'm gonna send him a note.
• 30:20
  Sean McAllister: Well, I don't think they have camels in Germany, do they?
• 30:22
  Sean McAllister: I mean, not like native camels.
• 30:24
  Dayna Roselli: Well, that's the thing.
• 30:25
  Dayna Roselli: It would be really unique for him, right?
• 30:26
  Sean McAllister: I guess we don't have native camels to the Las Vegas desert either.
• 30:30
  Dayna Roselli: No.
• 30:31
  Sean McAllister: Those legendary Mojave camels.
• 30:35
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 30:35
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, this isn't really a tip, but next week, also, we are going to fill you in on a new show that's coming to the win.
• 30:42
  Dayna Roselli: It's been very hush-hush over there at the win since La Rev left.
• 30:47
  Dayna Roselli: Apparently, they've redone the theater, and we are gonna find out some details from the producers.
• 30:54
  Dayna Roselli: We're gonna have a little breakfast chat with them on the win property and find out more about what is coming in place of that.
• 31:02
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, it's this has been a very closely guarded secret.
• 31:08
  Sean McAllister: A lot of people are involved, performers and people behind the scenes, and people have been very tight-lipped around town about what exactly this show encompasses.
• 31:19
  Sean McAllister: So it's gonna be fun to get some details and be able to share that.
• 31:22
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I'm really curious.
• 31:24
  Dayna Roselli: Um, I just walked by that yesterday.
• 31:25
  Dayna Roselli: I was at the win.
• 31:26
  Dayna Roselli: I went to the Earth Cafe to meet a friend from out of town, which also I recommend.
• 31:30
  Dayna Roselli: Maybe we'll get into that in another tip.
• 31:32
  Dayna Roselli: There's so much to talk about all the time.
• 31:33
  Dayna Roselli: It's like literally endless.
• 31:35
  Dayna Roselli: Um, Las Vegas is just always so much fun.
• 31:38
  Dayna Roselli: Anyway, I walked by there and I thought, I wonder what's gonna go in that theater.
• 31:42
  Dayna Roselli: So, and then boom, an email came and said, Hey, want to have breakfast with the producers?
• 31:45
  Dayna Roselli: And we're like, we're in.
• 31:46
  Sean McAllister: Yep, we got it.
• 31:47
  Sean McAllister: So um, you can expect that in the coming weeks here on Vegas Revealed.
• 31:53
  Sean McAllister: But that does it for episode 136.
• 31:55
  Dayna Roselli: Sure does.
• 31:56
  Dayna Roselli: We will see you for, well, you won't see us, but we will talk to you for episode 137.
• 32:02
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, FYI, download the Vegas Near Me app with the link in our show notes.
• 32:09
  Dayna Roselli: Go to the show notes and download the app.
• 32:12
  Dayna Roselli: Great information in there.
• 32:13
  Dayna Roselli: In fact, we had someone write us asking us about escape rooms, and I sent them back the link and I said, download this because in Vegas Near Me, in the app, they have a full list of all the escape rooms around Las Vegas.
• 32:25
  Dayna Roselli: And we'll do a little bit more on escape rooms in a future episode.
• 32:28
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, if it's fun to do or see, you're gonna find it on Vegas Near Me.
• 32:33
  Sean McAllister: I love it.
• 32:34
  Dayna Roselli: Have a great week, everyone.