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Interview with The Cake Boss at Venetian, Blake Shelton Talks Las Vegas Residency, Free Valet at Fontainebleau, EDC Weekend | Ep. 221 · Vegas Revealed

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  Dayna Roselli: Also, we chat with Buddy Bellastro at the Venetians' 25th anniversary.
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  Dayna Roselli: It's all this week on Vegas Reveal.
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  SPEAKER_00: Vegas Revealed, presented by Level Up Law, starts now.
• 1:26
  Dayna Roselli: Welcome to Vegas Revealed, episode 221.
• 1:29
  Dayna Roselli: Dana Roselli and Sean McAllister here.
• 1:32
  Dayna Roselli: Another week, and it is finally getting hot in Las Vegas.
• 1:37
  Dayna Roselli: And Sean, usually I love it, but I don't know.
• 1:39
  Dayna Roselli: I'm kind of worried.
• 1:39
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know if I'm prepared for it.
• 1:41
  Sean McAllister: What do you mean?
• 1:42
  Sean McAllister: You've been talking for months.
• 1:43
  Sean McAllister: You're like, oh my gosh, I can't wait till the warm weather's here.
• 1:46
  Sean McAllister: I can't wait for the pool weather to be here.
• 1:48
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, the pool weather's been here, though.
• 1:50
  Dayna Roselli: That's fine.
• 1:50
  Dayna Roselli: I'm already in the pool.
• 1:51
  Dayna Roselli: I was swimming all weekend and laying out.
• 1:54
  Dayna Roselli: So that's fine, but it's beautiful.
• 1:55
  Sean McAllister: Is it just the 90s and above?
• 1:57
  Dayna Roselli: It's not even the nine.
• 1:58
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I guess the 90s I can handle.
• 1:59
  Dayna Roselli: I'm thinking of the 100s.
• 2:00
  Sean McAllister: Got it.
• 2:01
  Dayna Roselli: I'm like, I don't know because it feels hot when it's 90.
• 2:04
  Dayna Roselli: It's already been 90.
• 2:05
  Dayna Roselli: And I'm like, wow, we gotta go another like 10, 20, 20 degrees some days.
• 2:11
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know if I'm ready for that.
• 2:13
  Sean McAllister: I mean, it is toasty.
• 2:15
  Sean McAllister: That sun is intense.
• 2:16
  Sean McAllister: I you do forget about it.
• 2:17
  Sean McAllister: You do.
• 2:18
  Sean McAllister: And you know, it you have to acclimate yourself to the Las Vegas summertime weather.
• 2:23
  Sean McAllister: And especially someone the other day I was just talking to when they were like, oh my gosh, the the hair dryer effect is gonna start kicking in soon.
• 2:31
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 2:31
  Sean McAllister: Like that summer breeze that's just hot.
• 2:35
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 2:35
  Sean McAllister: And it feels like there's a big hair dryer blowing in your face.
• 2:38
  Dayna Roselli: That's true.
• 2:38
  Dayna Roselli: And you know, this weekend is gonna be in the 90s, and EDC, the electric daisy carnival, is in town, and that will be really steamy.
• 2:48
  Dayna Roselli: Good thing is, I mean, they do have some stuff going in the day, though, with like the EDC camp and stuff, but good thing it's 7 p.m.
• 2:54
  Dayna Roselli: to 5 30 a.m.
• 2:55
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and okay, all in the overnight hours.
• 2:58
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, when that sun goes down, and that does make a difference.
• 3:00
  Sean McAllister: It makes a huge difference.
• 3:02
  Sean McAllister: It really does.
• 3:02
  Sean McAllister: And I we were just out, uh, we went to one of those uh lantern festivals in Mesquite that's right on the Nevada uh Arizona border.
• 3:10
  Sean McAllister: And driving back home from it, it was nighttime, and we drove by the speedway and saw all of the lights that were set up and all the staging being set up there for EDC.
• 3:21
  Sean McAllister: They have that camp EDC with all the canopies and everything that were set up out there.
• 3:27
  Sean McAllister: So they're ready.
• 3:28
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, yeah, it looks really nice.
• 3:30
  Dayna Roselli: And when I was because we were we're doing a little bit on that in our segment that we do on KCal, and I was reading about it, and I was like, the traffic starts at 2 p.m.
• 3:38
  Dayna Roselli: So be prepared, even though it starts at seven.
• 3:40
  Dayna Roselli: So, you know, people start, you know, kind of filing in.
• 3:43
  Dayna Roselli: So they're like, if you're going to the daytime camp EDC, keep that in mind.
• 3:47
  Dayna Roselli: And so anyway, it it gets packed up there, hundreds of thousands of people.
• 3:50
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and it is popular.
• 3:52
  Sean McAllister: People from all over the world uh come here to Las Vegas for EDC, one of the biggest uh electronic dance music festivals in North America and even uh in the world.
• 4:04
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah.
• 4:05
  Sean McAllister: So it is definitely an attraction, and um, so are the outfits that we're going to see uh from guests who are in town for the festival.
• 4:15
  Sean McAllister: We'll see those all over, all over the strip.
• 4:17
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 4:18
  Dayna Roselli: And you know, I learned something new when I was reading the website.
• 4:21
  Dayna Roselli: Um, you can go, you only have to be 18 to go.
• 4:24
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, and then 21 and over, obviously, to purchase alcohol on site, but I didn't realize that, you know, there was an age limit on it.
• 4:31
  Dayna Roselli: I didn't know it was 18 and over.
• 4:32
  Dayna Roselli: So I thought that was interesting.
• 4:34
  Dayna Roselli: Also, I noticed that uh um Resorts World just put out that the EDC hotel is completely sold out.
• 4:39
  Dayna Roselli: So they kind of, you know, they theme it up over there for that.
• 4:43
  Dayna Roselli: And it's one of the northern, you know, properties, which is closer to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
• 4:50
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 4:50
  Dayna Roselli: So that's where EDC is.
• 4:52
  Dayna Roselli: So anyway, yeah, they're they're sold out.
• 4:54
  Sean McAllister: So yeah, now have lots of activations over there for the the EDC guests who are staying there on property and who are just gonna pop in to visit.
• 5:03
  Sean McAllister: So welcome to all the EDC visitors.
• 5:06
  Sean McAllister: Have a good time and be safe out there.
• 5:09
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and get some pool time in while you're here.
• 5:11
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I do love the pool, Sean.
• 5:12
  Dayna Roselli: I went swimming the other day and I was like, people like to go and like lay out and like chill in their chair.
• 5:17
  Dayna Roselli: Not me.
• 5:18
  Dayna Roselli: I'm in the chair.
• 5:20
  Dayna Roselli: I am in the water.
• 5:21
  Dayna Roselli: I am under, I am swimming, I am all of it.
• 5:24
  Dayna Roselli: I just I love the a good, like the first dunk.
• 5:29
  Dayna Roselli: I love it.
• 5:30
  Dayna Roselli: It's the most refreshing thing ever.
• 5:32
  Dayna Roselli: All right.
• 5:32
  Dayna Roselli: So anyway, it's gonna be a fun summer here in Las Vegas.
• 5:35
  Dayna Roselli: Should we talk about some of our text messages we got?
• 5:38
  Dayna Roselli: Last week, you were talking about uh people bringing their kids to the Las Vegas strip, no big deal, but like having them out and about late night, you know, after the sun goes down and doing cartwheels in the lobby and crossing the street, you know, rolling the carriage and all that.
• 5:57
  Sean McAllister: Well, and also if you're gonna bring your kids to the strip, like just because you are in Las Vegas doesn't mean that parenting stops.
• 6:04
  Sean McAllister: Like you still have to parent your children while you're here in Las Vegas, especially at night when it gets packed and it's a more adult vibe.
• 6:13
  Sean McAllister: And we did get some uh text message responses um from listeners.
• 6:18
  Sean McAllister: Uh Kevin in South Carolina chimed in for Myrtle Beach.
• 6:22
  Dayna Roselli: Baby, listen, Myrtle Beach.
• 6:24
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, I had a couple good spring breaks there.
• 6:27
  Sean McAllister: I remember being piled in the car driving down to Myrtle Beach.
• 6:31
  Sean McAllister: That was fun.
• 6:32
  Sean McAllister: Man, a lot.
• 6:32
  SPEAKER_05: Oh my god, the stories.
• 6:34
  Sean McAllister: Uh, but Kevin said he was like, hey, I was listening to the story about that girl doing cartwheels through the Bellagio lobby, and I agree a hundred percent.
• 6:42
  Sean McAllister: Parents have got to be responsible for their children, and that seems to be a rarity.
• 6:47
  SPEAKER_05: Yeah.
• 6:48
  Sean McAllister: And it's not a rule.
• 6:50
  Sean McAllister: Every parent isn't, you know, abandoning their parental duties in Las Vegas, but some are.
• 6:57
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 6:57
  Dayna Roselli: Exactly.
• 6:58
  Dayna Roselli: So that's what you know.
• 6:59
  Dayna Roselli: Kevin agrees.
• 7:00
  Dayna Roselli: Kevin um also said, hey, he likes the text messaging.
• 7:04
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, we do too.
• 7:05
  Dayna Roselli: He says, I love the show.
• 7:06
  Dayna Roselli: I've been supporting you guys and listening for several years.
• 7:08
  Dayna Roselli: Hope to run into you one day out in Las Vegas.
• 7:11
  Dayna Roselli: Well, you probably will because we're out and about a lot, right?
• 7:15
  Dayna Roselli: Um, we also got a message from the first person who text messaged us.
• 7:20
  Dayna Roselli: We celebrated him last week.
• 7:21
  Dayna Roselli: And now we know it's a him.
• 7:23
  Dayna Roselli: It's Steve.
• 7:24
  Dayna Roselli: And um Steve said, thanks for reading my message on the podcast.
• 7:30
  Dayna Roselli: My wife and I are on our way to Las Vegas right now.
• 7:33
  Dayna Roselli: So we love that Steve and his wife were coming out.
• 7:36
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and he loved the Vegas Near Me info.
• 7:40
  Dayna Roselli: And um he said, you know, he's gonna use it on his trip.
• 7:43
  Dayna Roselli: And he's here until the 18th.
• 7:44
  Dayna Roselli: So we hope you're having a good time from Charlotte, North Carolina.
• 7:48
  Sean McAllister: Also, uh from Newburgh, New York, Sue wrote in, and um, this was kind of back on the kids in in Vegas thing, too.
• 7:57
  Sean McAllister: She says, I don't understand why you would want to bring your kids to Las Vegas.
• 8:01
  Sean McAllister: We were at a nights game, and the parents of a 9 to 11-year-old girl were hammered, and the little girl was so embarrassed.
• 8:09
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, geez, that's awful.
• 8:11
  Sean McAllister: That's sad.
• 8:11
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, I think kids going to a golden nights game is fine, but when your parents are hammered, yeah, that doesn't, and it's worrisome to the people around you.
• 8:18
  Dayna Roselli: Like, who's taking care of this child?
• 8:21
  Sean McAllister: It is.
• 8:22
  Dayna Roselli: Gosh, yeah, be careful, people.
• 8:24
  Dayna Roselli: So, yeah, I mean, I think people are making some good points.
• 8:26
  Dayna Roselli: It can be really frustrating.
• 8:28
  Dayna Roselli: So we are um glad to see that resonated with some people and you know, get your feedback, and maybe we just, you know, bring the kids to Vegas, but you know, just maybe not out and about at night and maybe not being drunk.
• 8:43
  Sean McAllister: Maybe keep tabs on them and yourself.
• 8:46
  Sean McAllister: That's the key.
• 8:46
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, that's the key right there.
• 8:48
  Sean McAllister: Uh uh, Matt from Raleigh, North Carolina, also wrote in and said, uh, just wanted to say I love your show and all the latest Vegas news and Vegas topics.
• 8:58
  Sean McAllister: It's really great hearing from real Vegas veterans.
• 9:02
  Sean McAllister: We appreciate you listening, Matt and Steve and Sue and Kevin.
• 9:08
  Sean McAllister: We appreciate the text messages.
• 9:10
  Sean McAllister: Um, keep them coming in.
• 9:12
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, definitely.
• 9:13
  Dayna Roselli: And hey, FYI, Matt's Twitter handle is at VegasFan777.
• 9:19
  Dayna Roselli: If you want to follow Matt on Twitter.
• 9:21
  Dayna Roselli: Thank you, Matt.
• 9:22
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, we went to the Power of Love Gala last week.
• 9:26
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, we were on the red carpet because it's always a star-studded affair.
• 9:30
  Dayna Roselli: This year they were honoring Blake Shelton.
• 9:32
  Dayna Roselli: He was there with Gwen Stefani.
• 9:34
  Dayna Roselli: This it raises so much money for the Cleveland Clinic, Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in downtown Las Vegas, a fabulous facility we have here.
• 9:45
  Dayna Roselli: And it's so important.
• 9:46
  Dayna Roselli: They, you know, raise money for hopefully to find a cure for Alzheimer's, bring awareness, they support caregivers, dementia, all that.
• 9:53
  Dayna Roselli: Um, anyway, while we were there, we got to talk with a lot of celebrities.
• 9:57
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, we did.
• 9:58
  Sean McAllister: Uh, there were uh uh Housewives from Bravo who are on the carpet, lots of music stars, including Blake Shelton and uh Gwen Stefani, um, and other celebrities who are just there to support and who have personal stories connected with um Alzheimer's and dementia as well.
• 10:16
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, definitely.
• 10:17
  Dayna Roselli: And Kristen Chenowith looked so cute, didn't she?
• 10:19
  Sean McAllister: Oh my gosh, she was adorable.
• 10:21
  Sean McAllister: She was a stunning and her dress was like this black, sparkly dress that kind of looked tuxedo-ish.
• 10:28
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, looked like it had little like white flaps along the edge that looked like collars.
• 10:34
  Dayna Roselli: It was it was a great the style of her dress um is something that I like to wear a lot.
• 10:39
  Dayna Roselli: And so I was like, oh gosh, where did she get that?
• 10:42
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 10:43
  Dayna Roselli: So the next day she posted a picture and she put where the dress was was from.
• 10:47
  Dayna Roselli: She tagged them, and it was actually like more of a uh really formal wedding type.
• 10:52
  Dayna Roselli: Really?
• 10:53
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it was like on a like you know, I I'm gonna actually find it right now and share it because I don't want people to go, well, you need to tell us.
• 11:00
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but it was so cute.
• 11:03
  Dayna Roselli: And so now I'm all like, I need to find this dress, but I haven't looked yet on um at how much it costs.
• 11:09
  Dayna Roselli: So that could be a factor in if I get it or not.
• 11:11
  Sean McAllister: That could, it could very well be.
• 11:12
  Sean McAllister: It's one thing to know where it comes from, it's a whole other thing to find out if it uh is accommodating your your bank account.
• 11:20
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it was Lee Petra Grebina.
• 11:24
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know if I'm saying that right, but it says, Welcome to the world of Lee Grebinah, bridal and evening couture.
• 11:29
  Dayna Roselli: So yeah, interesting.
• 11:31
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, so I was like, Oh, I found out where it is.
• 11:33
  Dayna Roselli: So anyway, she looked adorable.
• 11:35
  Sean McAllister: She did.
• 11:36
  Sean McAllister: And uh Blake Shelton, as you mentioned, Dana, was the honoree of the night.
• 11:42
  Sean McAllister: He was being celebrated for um all of the philanthropic work that he has done throughout his career.
• 11:50
  Sean McAllister: Um, and as we talked to him there on the the carpet, he ended up uh talking about the potential of a Las Vegas residency.
• 11:58
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and it sounded pretty convincing.
• 12:02
  Dayna Roselli: So let's listen to what he had to say.
• 12:05
  SPEAKER_00: We've been talking about doing a residency for uh actually a few years now, and and and to be honest, I've just kind of pushed it away just because at the time I was still doing two seasons of The Voice a year, every year, and and so now that uh I've got uh some time on my hands, I'm starting to think maybe we'll do it.
• 12:26
  SPEAKER_00: So maybe we'll do it next year.
• 12:28
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, we as I said, that's not like some cryptid, you know, message.
• 12:34
  SPEAKER_00: I'm just saying that we're we're talking about it right now.
• 12:36
  SPEAKER_00: I don't know if next year's too soon, but I'd like to do it.
• 12:40
  Dayna Roselli: I feel like there wasn't even like a doubt in his language there that he wants to do one and will do one.
• 12:46
  Sean McAllister: Absolutely.
• 12:47
  Sean McAllister: I mean, he says there are talks happening and he would love it to happen next year.
• 12:51
  Sean McAllister: So if he's the one who wants to it to happen next year, he could make it happen.
• 12:56
  Dayna Roselli: Right, exactly.
• 12:57
  Dayna Roselli: You know, the price just needs to be right for everyone, exactly.
• 13:00
  Dayna Roselli: So you never know.
• 13:01
  Dayna Roselli: But um, you know, and and gosh, country music is so big.
• 13:04
  Dayna Roselli: We've had so many like residencies lately that are you know based around country music.
• 13:09
  Dayna Roselli: And I am I like country music, but I'm not a huge, huge fan where I listen to it all the time.
• 13:14
  Dayna Roselli: But you know, it's true.
• 13:15
  Dayna Roselli: If you go to a good country music show, even if you aren't familiar with it, and I know I bring it up all the time, like Luke Bryan show, you'll become a fan.
• 13:23
  Sean McAllister: You do.
• 13:24
  Sean McAllister: And I think the appealing thing to me about country music is that the songs tell such good stories.
• 13:32
  Dayna Roselli: They do, and simple.
• 13:33
  Sean McAllister: It's simple stories, it's not I mean the other genres for me, it's hard to follow.
• 13:40
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah.
• 13:40
  Sean McAllister: What is being it's hard to follow the lyrics.
• 13:44
  Sean McAllister: Um, I find country music easy to follow, and it's you know, fun songs and great, yeah.
• 13:52
  Sean McAllister: It is, it's good.
• 13:52
  Dayna Roselli: And I mean the big thing I think if for for country music artists who play Vegas is you've gotta make it a little bit of a show.
• 13:59
  SPEAKER_04: You do.
• 13:59
  Dayna Roselli: You know, that's just the difference.
• 14:00
  Dayna Roselli: It's just, you know, as long as it doesn't feel like a concert.
• 14:03
  Dayna Roselli: I know there's some people who like that feel too, but I think for a residency, you know, just gotta do some a couple different things, you know, just do some cool stuff, do something different that you wouldn't do at a concert, and then sold.
• 14:14
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it'll be successful.
• 14:16
  Sean McAllister: That's why I like Carrie Underwood's show over at Resorts World, because that is a freaking show.
• 14:22
  SPEAKER_05: Yeah.
• 14:23
  Sean McAllister: That's a production.
• 14:24
  Sean McAllister: Um, but yeah, it'll be great to see if Blake ends up here with a residency of his own.
• 14:30
  Sean McAllister: Time will tell, hopefully sooner than later.
• 14:33
  Sean McAllister: But um, as soon as we get word on that, we'll of course share that with you too.
• 14:38
  Sean McAllister: And if you'd like to see our other celebrity interviews from the Keep Memory Alive gala, you can go to our Vegas Revealed YouTube channel.
• 14:46
  Sean McAllister: Uh, our new TV episode that is out this weekend uh is a good chunk is focused on Keep Memory Alive and the interviews that we got over there, including uh some Footloose action.
• 15:02
  Dayna Roselli: I interviewed Denise Williams all about her song Let's Hear It for the Boy.
• 15:07
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, an iconic scene in Footloose, which just celebrated 30 years.
• 15:10
  Dayna Roselli: Uh Kevin Bacon went back and visited the the school that they shot the film in in Utah, you said, right?
• 15:17
  Dayna Roselli: Utah, yeah.
• 15:18
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and it was fun.
• 15:19
  Dayna Roselli: He was it was great.
• 15:20
  Dayna Roselli: He went and looked, opened up the locker he had and all that.
• 15:23
  Sean McAllister: Um, so my mother-in-law went to high school at that school.
• 15:28
  Sean McAllister: Wow.
• 15:28
  Sean McAllister: And so it's a huge deal up in the Salt Lake area.
• 15:33
  Sean McAllister: People are like, oh, that's the Footloose School.
• 15:35
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my gosh, that's a big deal.
• 15:37
  Dayna Roselli: I love that.
• 15:37
  Dayna Roselli: What a classic movie.
• 15:39
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, and Let's Hear It for the Boy was such an iconic moment in the film.
• 15:44
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and Denise Williams was saying, you know, she still gets emotional about it because she didn't know how the song, you know, or where it was gonna be placed in the movie, she was telling us.
• 15:52
  Dayna Roselli: And she was saying, like, the fact that it was, you know, when he teaches Willard to dance and one of the best, like really the best, you know, scenes of the movie.
• 16:03
  Dayna Roselli: Um, because, you know, now the town's gonna allow everyone to dance and they're gonna have a dance.
• 16:07
  Dayna Roselli: And and Kevin Bacon, who plays Wren, he's like, you need to learn how to dance, Willard.
• 16:12
  Dayna Roselli: And he's like, What do you mean?
• 16:13
  Dayna Roselli: Like, I've never danced.
• 16:14
  Dayna Roselli: So it's and then Let's Hear for the Boy comes on.
• 16:16
  Dayna Roselli: It's a great moment.
• 16:17
  Dayna Roselli: Anyway, Denise Williams lives in Las Vegas.
• 16:20
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and I just love how she lit up when you asked that question.
• 16:25
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 16:25
  Sean McAllister: I mean, she just a switch flipped and she was all about it.
• 16:32
  Sean McAllister: So go check that out on our Vegas Revealed YouTube.
• 16:35
  Dayna Roselli: Um, sticking with country music, real quick, quick, wanted to mention because I see Red Rock Resort promoting this uh concert with Dustin Lynch.
• 16:43
  Dayna Roselli: And I know a lot of people love Dustin.
• 16:45
  Dayna Roselli: Um, he's a country music superstar.
• 16:47
  Dayna Roselli: He's coming to Las Vegas again for a performance at the Sandbar Stage.
• 16:52
  Dayna Roselli: That's August 2nd.
• 16:53
  Dayna Roselli: So it's coming up, not too far from now.
• 16:56
  Dayna Roselli: Um, doors open at 6 p.m.
• 16:58
  Dayna Roselli: That's located poolside at Red Rock, and tickets start at$55.
• 17:02
  Dayna Roselli: So you'll want to get those.
• 17:03
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and they go on sale Friday, May 17th.
• 17:06
  Dayna Roselli: So if you're listening to this, they go on on a Thursday, they go on sale tomorrow.
• 17:10
  Dayna Roselli: If you're listening to this anytime after that, they're on sale now.
• 17:13
  Sean McAllister: Well, speaking of shows, um, there was a show that was announced this week, um, and it got us thinking, what defines a residency in Las Vegas?
• 17:26
  Sean McAllister: Because the show that announced uh has uh really just a handful of dates.
• 17:33
  SPEAKER_05: Yeah.
• 17:34
  Sean McAllister: And we're like, well, is this really a residency or is this just like that person's popping in that person every time you're free?
• 17:41
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, that person's performing five times over the next two years.
• 17:45
  Dayna Roselli: Like, yeah, it is odd, right?
• 17:48
  Dayna Roselli: But it I think we might have discussed this way back in like 2020.
• 17:52
  SPEAKER_05: Yeah.
• 17:52
  Dayna Roselli: But it's worth bringing up again, like, what is a residency, you know?
• 17:56
  Dayna Roselli: Um, this show's going on um and has three dates in 2024 and two dates in 2025.
• 18:04
  Dayna Roselli: And I was like, is that a residency?
• 18:06
  Dayna Roselli: Or is it that person performing or doing a show five times, three times in 2024, and two times in 2025.
• 18:16
  Dayna Roselli: I know there's always a chance to extend and stuff like that, but I don't know.
• 18:19
  Dayna Roselli: I uh just how do you feel?
• 18:20
  Dayna Roselli: Since we've got the text messages going, by the way, we didn't even explain.
• 18:23
  Dayna Roselli: You can text message us by going to our show notes.
• 18:25
  Dayna Roselli: We have a link there that now sends us a text.
• 18:28
  Dayna Roselli: Um, it doesn't reveal your whole number, your name, or anything, so it's a private.
• 18:32
  Dayna Roselli: But um, let us know your feelings.
• 18:34
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, what do you think?
• 18:34
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, a Las Vegas residency to me is like a continued show um with that's a little bit closer together.
• 18:43
  Dayna Roselli: You know what I mean?
• 18:44
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, like hey, July, August, well, like weekends with Adele.
• 18:49
  Sean McAllister: Weekends with Adele, I feel like is a good example.
• 18:52
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, that's definitely a residency.
• 18:53
  Sean McAllister: A full-blown residency.
• 18:55
  Sean McAllister: I mean, there were shows throughout the year, and it was you know, one, two, three, two shows a weekend.
• 19:02
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 19:03
  Sean McAllister: So I think that counts.
• 19:05
  Sean McAllister: I don't know.
• 19:06
  Sean McAllister: I think sporadic pop-ins don't necessarily count.
• 19:10
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 19:11
  Dayna Roselli: Like Duran Duran was here recently, and we didn't call it a residency.
• 19:15
  Dayna Roselli: They were here before and they're back again.
• 19:17
  Dayna Roselli: It's not a residency.
• 19:18
  Dayna Roselli: They came in for a show.
• 19:19
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, I think a recurring engagement is different from a residency.
• 19:24
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 19:24
  Dayna Roselli: I think a recurring engagement is a better way to put it.
• 19:28
  Dayna Roselli: I like that.
• 19:29
  Dayna Roselli: I like that.
• 19:31
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 19:32
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I don't, I don't know.
• 19:34
  Dayna Roselli: But um, I don't know.
• 19:35
  Dayna Roselli: So it's it's interesting, but I just don't want, I don't want it to be overdone, I guess.
• 19:39
  Dayna Roselli: I feel like it's such an honor to have a residency, and it's it's doing you're doing it differently if you're doing a residency.
• 19:46
  Dayna Roselli: You are planted, you have a show that's Las Vegas based, you have an idea of a show you're gonna put on that's gonna be a little bit different if you're out touring.
• 19:56
  Sean McAllister: For example, Lunel.
• 19:58
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, the comedian Lunel, she has a residency every Sunday and Monday over at Jimmy Kimmel's comedy club.
• 20:04
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 20:04
  Sean McAllister: Like that's a a standing thing.
• 20:07
  Dayna Roselli: Continued, right?
• 20:08
  Dayna Roselli: And then she'll do, you know, her one-offs in different cities and stuff like that occasionally.
• 20:12
  Sean McAllister: And um But she doesn't go to Detroit and say, here's my one night residency.
• 20:18
  Dayna Roselli: Right, yeah.
• 20:18
  Dayna Roselli: So yeah, I don't know.
• 20:20
  Dayna Roselli: But I feel like if you get a residency, it's you know, it's something different and and it should be called that, but yeah, a few shows.
• 20:29
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know.
• 20:30
  Dayna Roselli: I feel like there needs to be at least like a couple days in a row or something.
• 20:33
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, uh the term's being tossed around pretty loosey goosey.
• 20:38
  Sean McAllister: It really is these days.
• 20:39
  Dayna Roselli: It really is.
• 20:39
  Dayna Roselli: So anyway, what do you guys think?
• 20:41
  Dayna Roselli: Uh let us know.
• 20:42
  Dayna Roselli: You can always text us, it's in our show notes.
• 20:45
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, update, um, because we love to keep you updated on the Rio.
• 20:49
  Dayna Roselli: Since you guys love the Rio news, they got a new president.
• 20:52
  Dayna Roselli: The last president that they had, we interviewed the the CEO and and owner of the of the company that owns the Rio.
• 21:01
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 21:02
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but this is the president of the property, and so um whoever was the president before had to step down.
• 21:08
  Dayna Roselli: I think there were some medical issues or some health issues, I should say, that they needed to step away.
• 21:14
  Dayna Roselli: And so they have now um announced a new president, and I love this.
• 21:18
  Dayna Roselli: It is uh Patrick Miller, and he actually comes from Park MGM and Nomad.
• 21:26
  Dayna Roselli: So he was like a big part of when the Monte Carlo turned over to the Park MGM, and all I can think of is wow, that was a pretty big transformation because I used to live connected to that because I lived over at Veer, which is right in front of Aria.
• 21:44
  Dayna Roselli: So I used to walk over to that Monte Carlo and it was not good.
• 21:50
  SPEAKER_05: Whenever I put that in front of something, you know I wasn't a fan.
• 21:53
  SPEAKER_05: Well that Monte Carlo.
• 21:55
  Sean McAllister: And they did over at at Park MGM, they did a great successful.
• 22:00
  Sean McAllister: Uh brand transition from Monte Carlo to Park MGM.
• 22:04
  Sean McAllister: It's I mean, it feels even now when you step inside there, it does not feel like an older property.
• 22:12
  Dayna Roselli: No.
• 22:13
  Dayna Roselli: And they have no smoking, so I wonder if Rio will think about that.
• 22:15
  Dayna Roselli: I wonder if it's a good idea.
• 22:16
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 22:17
  Sean McAllister: I mean, I don't know.
• 22:18
  Sean McAllister: I saw there was something I saw online recently uh asking people what their thoughts are on uh a smoking ban at all casinos and um there were a bunch of polls going around.
• 22:29
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, there seem to be a a lot of people for it, obviously some against it as well.
• 22:34
  Sean McAllister: I doubt it will be something that takes hold uh citywide.
• 22:38
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, but um certainly I think other individual properties uh could catch on to something like that, especially like the Rio, because it's a standalone entity, like the Dreamscape, the company that owns it, doesn't have a ton of other properties.
• 22:53
  Dayna Roselli: Right, right.
• 22:54
  Dayna Roselli: Exactly.
• 22:54
  Dayna Roselli: So they could just yeah, it doesn't like affect anything else really.
• 22:58
  Dayna Roselli: It's just we decided our property's not gonna have smoking.
• 23:01
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, you know, whatever.
• 23:02
  Dayna Roselli: But we'll see.
• 23:02
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know.
• 23:03
  Dayna Roselli: Um I don't know if it's the best idea or not.
• 23:05
  Dayna Roselli: I'm I'm still tossed on the smoking thing, but I think it's cool to have certain properties that don't have smoking.
• 23:10
  Dayna Roselli: And if people choose to hang out there because that's where they want to go eat and gamble, that's a great option for them.
• 23:15
  SPEAKER_04: Absolutely.
• 23:16
  Dayna Roselli: Options are everything, right?
• 23:17
  SPEAKER_04: Yep.
• 23:18
  Dayna Roselli: Um, so Patrick Miller is the new president over there at the Rio, and he did hold key positions with MGM Resource International, including senior vice president overseeing the hospitality divisions at MGM Grand New York, New York, Excalibur Signature, and the Shadow Creek Golf Course as well.
• 23:35
  Dayna Roselli: So interesting.
• 23:36
  Dayna Roselli: He definitely has some experience, so excited to see what he'll do over there.
• 23:40
  Dayna Roselli: Sean, you know, I get confused on what we've done and where.
• 23:43
  Dayna Roselli: Did we even ever talk about the cake class we took with Buddy Velaster on the audio podcast?
• 23:47
  Dayna Roselli: Because I know we talked about it on KCal.
• 23:50
  Dayna Roselli: I know we did it in the TV show.
• 23:52
  Sean McAllister: I don't think we've talked about it on the audio podcast, no.
• 23:56
  Dayna Roselli: We are always like literally staring at our like wall of things that we have stuck up to the wall, our computers and going, wait, what did we talk about?
• 24:05
  Dayna Roselli: But anyway, we took a cake decorating class with Buddy Velastro, and that was a blast.
• 24:09
  Dayna Roselli: Buddy um has a restaurant over at the Venetian called Buddy V's.
• 24:14
  Dayna Roselli: He has Carlos Bakery, which is, you know, I don't know what location it is.
• 24:19
  Dayna Roselli: The third location he's got locations in New Jersey and he's got them all over now.
• 24:23
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 24:24
  Dayna Roselli: And so people line up for that bakery.
• 24:26
  Dayna Roselli: And it's so good.
• 24:27
  Dayna Roselli: It is so good.
• 24:28
  Dayna Roselli: And now we know why.
• 24:29
  Dayna Roselli: Because we decorated and had to eat some desserts.
• 24:31
  Dayna Roselli: We were forced.
• 24:32
  Sean McAllister: And got a lot of intel from Buddy in the process.
• 24:34
  Sean McAllister: We were chatting with him the whole time.
• 24:36
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 24:37
  Sean McAllister: And and heard how he does all this stuff.
• 24:39
  Sean McAllister: He's kind of a cake chemist.
• 24:42
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 24:42
  Dayna Roselli: It's really good at what he does.
• 24:44
  Dayna Roselli: And in the cake class, he had to fix all my roses that I was trying to do.
• 24:49
  Dayna Roselli: And I was like, wow, buddy, you're really good at this.
• 24:51
  Dayna Roselli: And he was like, Well, I better be.
• 24:52
  Dayna Roselli: And I was like, Yeah, I guess good point.
• 24:54
  Sean McAllister: You don't get a name like Cake Boss by being bad at cake decorating.
• 24:58
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I mean, he's a reality star.
• 25:00
  Dayna Roselli: My the girl who does my eyebrows is like, oh my God, I love his show with his family.
• 25:04
  Dayna Roselli: And, you know, she's Italian and she's like, and I'm like, I need to watch this.
• 25:08
  Dayna Roselli: She's like, oh, it's so great.
• 25:09
  Dayna Roselli: Um, so um, and then obviously, you know, like we said, he's got, you know, got the bakery, the restaurants, so he's got all sorts of stuff.
• 25:16
  Dayna Roselli: He's got cake vending machines.
• 25:18
  Dayna Roselli: He is so popular.
• 25:19
  Dayna Roselli: We were there for the 25th anniversary of the Venetian, and it's like we sat there to interview him, but we had to wait for everyone to take their selfies with him.
• 25:26
  Sean McAllister: We did, everyone was stopping to get a picture with Buddy.
• 25:31
  Sean McAllister: It was great.
• 25:32
  Sean McAllister: His popularity is just so widespread.
• 25:36
  Sean McAllister: I mean, everyone from little kids to like grown men who were coming over, they were like, Buddy, how's it going, man?
• 25:43
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 25:44
  Sean McAllister: So it is.
• 25:45
  Sean McAllister: He has such a wide fan base, but it was great to stop.
• 25:50
  SPEAKER_05: I was just thinking, Elton.
• 25:51
  SPEAKER_05: Like, what with the name Buddy, right?
• 25:54
  SPEAKER_05: It's funny because people probably come up to him and like, hey, buddy.
• 25:57
  Sean McAllister: Hey, buddy.
• 25:59
  SPEAKER_05: Okay, sorry.
• 26:03
  SPEAKER_05: And it just like it flows and makes sense.
• 26:06
  SPEAKER_05: It does.
• 26:07
  SPEAKER_05: Hey, buddy.
• 26:08
  Sean McAllister: Hey, buddy.
• 26:08
  Sean McAllister: What's going on, buddy?
• 26:10
  Sean McAllister: Uh, but we just had a chance to talk with Buddy.
• 26:12
  Sean McAllister: He gave us some of his time and it was a great chat.
• 26:15
  Dayna Roselli: It was.
• 26:15
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, he um is happy to be at the Venetian and he will continue to be there.
• 26:20
  Dayna Roselli: And and I said, Sean, grab Buddy and let's talk to him.
• 26:23
  Dayna Roselli: And you guys had a great chat.
• 26:24
  Dayna Roselli: Let's roll that.
• 26:26
  Sean McAllister: Buddy, it's the Venetian's 25th anniversary.
• 26:29
  Sean McAllister: I know you uh baked quite the celebration cake.
• 26:32
  Sean McAllister: Tell me about it.
• 26:33
  SPEAKER_01: Well, I gotta tell you, just so proud to be part of the Venetian 25 years, and you know, we've been part of the Venetian family for about 11 years now.
• 26:43
  SPEAKER_01: Um, and sometimes I just pinch myself.
• 26:46
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, you know, making that deal with Mr.
• 26:48
  SPEAKER_01: Adelson on a handshake and in a dream, and and what we've been able to accomplish.
• 26:54
  SPEAKER_01: It was just like my honor to give back and make such a fantastic cake.
• 26:58
  SPEAKER_01: So we made this giant elaborate cake, very Venetian-esque in a decor.
• 27:04
  SPEAKER_01: Um, and just happy to be here to be part of the festivities.
• 27:07
  Sean McAllister: And I know you have uh Buddy V's, we're looking at Buddy V's right behind us.
• 27:11
  Sean McAllister: We have the uh bake shop.
• 27:13
  Sean McAllister: We call this the Buddy Corner here, you know?
• 27:16
  Sean McAllister: It's nice how they did that for you, isn't it?
• 27:18
  SPEAKER_01: Honestly, and um and and and truth be told, like I said, I I told Mr.
• 27:22
  SPEAKER_01: Adelson, he said, you know, it's my dream to have a restaurant.
• 27:26
  SPEAKER_01: Because I'm not a I'm not a uh a restaurateur, I'm a baker by trade.
• 27:30
  SPEAKER_01: I go, but uh I love food, uh my family cooks the culinary rock stars of my life from my mom, my aunt, my dad, my wife, my mother-in-law, um, and and I just wanted to bring those flavors to the to a restaurant in a strip.
• 27:44
  SPEAKER_01: And look, when the idea's like done, we're gonna make it happen.
• 27:47
  Sean McAllister: It was just like that.
• 27:49
  Sean McAllister: I'm curious, is there a member of your family who's always like pushing in, like, hey, when's the next Vegas trip?
• 27:55
  SPEAKER_01: My wife loves Vegas.
• 27:57
  SPEAKER_01: Um, but she we love coming to Vegas.
• 27:59
  SPEAKER_01: I honestly, it's not another city like it on a planet.
• 28:03
  SPEAKER_01: It's like a second home for us.
• 28:05
  SPEAKER_01: Um, it's funny because when when I opened a concept, I moved my in-laws out to help run it.
• 28:12
  SPEAKER_01: They were supposed to come and get it started for a year.
• 28:14
  SPEAKER_01: They don't want to leave, they won't come home.
• 28:17
  SPEAKER_01: And then Vegas is their home now, so I'm like, alright, you're gonna come back to Jersey?
• 28:21
  SPEAKER_01: Like, no, no, we're staying in Vegas, so see, that's what Vegas does.
• 28:24
  SPEAKER_01: It stinks its clubs in the end and you don't leave.
• 28:26
  SPEAKER_01: It really does, but um, I've been coming here for like 11 years.
• 28:31
  SPEAKER_01: I'm here like five, six times a year.
• 28:34
  SPEAKER_01: My staff at Buddy V's and my staff at the bakery have known me since the beginning that we're family.
• 28:40
  SPEAKER_01: Why we're here and why we continue to thrive is because they do what they do every day, and I couldn't be prouder or happier with my staff, and and honestly, just not because it's my place, but they do an amazing job.
• 28:54
  Sean McAllister: And I know the Venetian has a partnership with uh Formula One for the race coming up again in November.
• 29:00
  Sean McAllister: Are you gonna be back out here for the race?
• 29:02
  SPEAKER_01: Honestly, last year I wasn't able to make it because I had something important for one of my children, but this year, that are live.
• 29:11
  SPEAKER_01: I'm coming no matter what, because I I'm gonna watch that race from that window right there, buddy bees.
• 29:18
  SPEAKER_01: And I think I'm gonna get the best view in a strip.
• 29:20
  SPEAKER_01: I love it.
• 29:21
  Sean McAllister: And I know you have a cake decorating class that's going on right behind us.
• 29:25
  Sean McAllister: Um if I go home and decorate a cake tonight, what is your top tip for me?
• 29:31
  SPEAKER_01: Well, all right.
• 29:33
  SPEAKER_01: So if you're baking it from from like, you know, box or scratch, that doesn't matter, right?
• 29:38
  SPEAKER_01: You gotta let the cake cool down.
• 29:40
  SPEAKER_01: Now, my kids are guilty of it.
• 29:42
  SPEAKER_01: They want to make a cake, they do a box make a cake at home.
• 29:45
  SPEAKER_01: The thing they dump it, it's hot.
• 29:47
  SPEAKER_01: They don't want to frost it.
• 29:48
  SPEAKER_01: No, you can't frost a cake until it's completely cool.
• 29:51
  SPEAKER_01: I think that's the hardest thing is to get like a square, beautiful iced cake.
• 29:56
  SPEAKER_01: And and and you'll see, because they're gonna be successful here.
• 29:59
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, it might not look exactly like mine.
• 30:01
  SPEAKER_01: Well, decoration is objective too, isn't it?
• 30:03
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, and it's not gonna be like cockeyed or crooked and stuff like that.
• 30:07
  SPEAKER_01: So um, that's the trick.
• 30:09
  SPEAKER_01: The secret sauce.
• 30:10
  Dayna Roselli: And if you want to see that interview with Buddy Velastro, you can watch that on our YouTube channel.
• 30:16
  Dayna Roselli: We do that in our TV show this weekend.
• 30:18
  Dayna Roselli: It should post uh over the weekend, and then you'll be able to watch it there.
• 30:22
  Sean McAllister: And a quick note about that interview we talk about Buddy's cake vending machines, and there is an important tip that you're going to hear uh in the uh TV episode.
• 30:33
  Sean McAllister: So be sure to go and check that out before you get a slice of cake out of Buddy V's vending machine.
• 30:38
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, because I have a feeling a lot of people get that slice of cake at like 2 a.m.
• 30:41
  Sean McAllister: or they don't follow instructions.
• 30:46
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 30:46
  Dayna Roselli: Or they might not care at 2 a.m.
• 30:48
  Sean McAllister: They may not care, but buddy does because he puts his heart and soul into each slice.
• 30:53
  Dayna Roselli: He sure does.
• 30:54
  Dayna Roselli: All right, well, speaking of tips, let's do some tips.
• 31:00
  Sean McAllister: This week in Tips Dana, we have something that is absolutely free, which is free is always good.
• 31:07
  Sean McAllister: And we have something for sports fans too.
• 31:10
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, this is a really good tip segment.
• 31:12
  Dayna Roselli: One of them includes free valet.
• 31:15
  Dayna Roselli: And I love this.
• 31:15
  Dayna Roselli: The Fountain Blue is doing uh a special all summer through Labor Day.
• 31:20
  Dayna Roselli: It's going on right now, and that is free valet on property if you spend money there.
• 31:27
  Dayna Roselli: And we're talking about like eating at the restaurants, like including Don's Prime, China Club, Washing Potato, La Fontaine for breakfast, lunch, dinner, um, if you enjoy a signature cocktail at one of the bars or lounges, all of you are eligible to validate uh your valet.
• 31:44
  Dayna Roselli: So that is something that you and I recently talked about.
• 31:47
  Dayna Roselli: It is.
• 31:48
  Dayna Roselli: We said if you're going there to spend money, you'd think that you could at least have your parking or valet validated.
• 31:55
  Dayna Roselli: And that's what they are doing.
• 31:56
  Dayna Roselli: Also, if you hit up one of the stores, uh Aquamarine, uh the Masoni store, get some treatments at Lapis Spa, if you go to the salon, all that is included in that validation promotion.
• 32:09
  Sean McAllister: And on top of that, um, we also want to remind you Fountain Blue also offers up to four hours of free self-parking to all of its guests in the resort's garage.
• 32:21
  Sean McAllister: So there's always four hours of free parking, but now through Labor Day, you can get your valet validated if you're spending money on property, which I think is how everyone should be.
• 32:33
  Sean McAllister: Um, but bravo, Fountain Blue.
• 32:35
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's great.
• 32:36
  Dayna Roselli: We went over to that party recently and I valeted because it included free valet with the invitation, and it was really nice.
• 32:43
  Dayna Roselli: They're quick over there.
• 32:44
  Dayna Roselli: You go right in, walk through the doors, and you're there.
• 32:47
  Dayna Roselli: I don't mind the uh parking garage for certain hotels.
• 32:51
  Dayna Roselli: I prefer to park in the parking garage.
• 32:53
  SPEAKER_04: Right, yep.
• 32:54
  Dayna Roselli: Because it takes long to get your car back and stuff like that.
• 32:56
  Dayna Roselli: This one you get that link to your phone, and then it's like sitting there for you when you get by the time you get down there.
• 33:01
  Dayna Roselli: I love that.
• 33:02
  Dayna Roselli: Um, also I have a friend that does not like elevators.
• 33:05
  Dayna Roselli: So she always makes me drop her at the bottom.
• 33:08
  Dayna Roselli: Then I've got to drive up and park, go down the elevator, try and find her.
• 33:12
  Dayna Roselli: So this whole valet thing, it's great.
• 33:17
  Dayna Roselli: So, and I usually go over there with her because she lives in my building and it's right around the corner.
• 33:21
  Dayna Roselli: So I'll be like, hey, want to grab dinner or want to grab a coffee?
• 33:23
  Sean McAllister: It's your neighborhood casino.
• 33:24
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and I'm like, oh, that I gotta drop you at the thing.
• 33:27
  Dayna Roselli: So now I'm all about the free valet.
• 33:29
  Dayna Roselli: Valet me.
• 33:30
  Dayna Roselli: I don't want to go through all this rigma roll, as my mom would call it.
• 33:34
  Sean McAllister: I love it.
• 33:35
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 33:35
  Sean McAllister: And I love uh valet validation and free parking.
• 33:39
  Sean McAllister: Hey, uh, sports fans, listen up.
• 33:41
  Sean McAllister: Uh Sunset Station, this is one of the casinos that is owned by uh station casinos.
• 33:49
  Sean McAllister: Uh, they have just unveiled a new station sports book uh over at uh Sunset Station Resort.
• 33:57
  Sean McAllister: So there are a ton of uh new high-definition screens everywhere you look.
• 34:03
  Sean McAllister: It's a really swanky vibe in there.
• 34:06
  Sean McAllister: They have plaid carpets, uh very visually interesting, luxury stadium box experiences as well.
• 34:13
  Sean McAllister: Um, so this is uh I always look for great places to go and watch sports.
• 34:20
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 34:20
  Sean McAllister: Watching at home is fun, but I like to, especially if it's a game that I'm really interested in, right?
• 34:26
  Sean McAllister: I like to feel the vibe of a crowd if I can't be at the game in person.
• 34:31
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 34:31
  Dayna Roselli: No, that makes sense.
• 34:32
  Dayna Roselli: And they even have comfortable leather seating.
• 34:34
  Dayna Roselli: So it's like you're at home, but not really.
• 34:37
  Sean McAllister: It is.
• 34:37
  Sean McAllister: And so the debut of the new sports book over at Sunset Station comes uh just really months after the Durango Resort opened, which is another station casino property.
• 34:49
  Sean McAllister: Um, that sports book is uh absolutely beautiful.
• 34:52
  Sean McAllister: And I feel like they kind of took a page out of what they did at Durango and applied it over at Sunset too.
• 34:59
  Dayna Roselli: Because they have plaid carpet too, right?
• 35:00
  Sean McAllister: They do, yes, they do.
• 35:02
  Dayna Roselli: No, but I know it's a big deal.
• 35:03
  Dayna Roselli: I know some people really uh it factors into you know where they're gonna go when they wanna go watch games depends on uh how good the sports book is or if it's the feel that they want.
• 35:16
  Dayna Roselli: So I think something like this is important because now this could be a destination spot for people to go to Sunset Station.
• 35:22
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 35:23
  Sean McAllister: And I mean, sports books have definitely changed a lot over the years here in Las Vegas.
• 35:28
  Sean McAllister: I know even when I moved here in 2005, largely the sports books still had like those it almost looked like a college library.
• 35:37
  Sean McAllister: You know how you walk in and there's just all those little cubicles and you just pull up, do your studying in there.
• 35:42
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, it was like all those cubicles that were kind of set up staring at the the screens and they had all the wagers up on the board.
• 35:49
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 35:50
  Sean McAllister: But now the sports books have transitioned into a much more like living room kind of feel where you can sit there, be comfortable, and uh know that if you're there for the long haul, you're gonna be comfortable for the long haul.
• 36:04
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 36:05
  Dayna Roselli: And it's fun and it's a new environment.
• 36:06
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 36:07
  Dayna Roselli: And I was reading at the bottom of the uh release about the sports book that they were saying like this is all part of Station Casino's ongoing reinvestment uh in its portfolio of off-strip luxury resorts and neighborhood casinos.
• 36:19
  Dayna Roselli: So they're really pouring a lot into not only the new hotel casinos, like you mentioned, but also the ones that are already standing.
• 36:27
  Dayna Roselli: And and you make a good point there.
• 36:29
  Dayna Roselli: I I love that.
• 36:30
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and I think this is just part of a um a refresh that's going on property wide over there at Sunset Station as well.
• 36:38
  Sean McAllister: So we love uh when investments are made uh to keep things current.
• 36:44
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, definitely.
• 36:45
  Dayna Roselli: Again, speaking of Red Rock, I'm gonna be over there this weekend for the launch of basically the unveiling of the Easy Day Foundation.
• 36:55
  Dayna Roselli: It's uh labeled as a beacon of support for veterans and their families.
• 37:00
  Dayna Roselli: So I'm interested to learn more.
• 37:02
  Dayna Roselli: Um, this one of the co-founders is Frank Fritita.
• 37:06
  Dayna Roselli: And, you know, uh Frank and the Frititas obviously own station casinos all around town.
• 37:11
  Dayna Roselli: So I'm excited to go over there and see what that's all about.
• 37:14
  Dayna Roselli: Um, we're gonna be interviewing Sammy Hagar coming up soon as he kicks off Sammy's Island at the Palms.
• 37:20
  Dayna Roselli: We're going over to Lindo Michican at Palace Station, another station property.
• 37:24
  Sean McAllister: Another station property, yeah.
• 37:26
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, which is a Mexican restaurant that has been so popular here in Las Vegas for years.
• 37:30
  Sean McAllister: And this is a locals' favorite.
• 37:31
  Dayna Roselli: It is.
• 37:32
  Sean McAllister: And it is now just steps from the strip, right there off of Sahara.
• 37:37
  Sean McAllister: So you're gonna want to hear this when when we share it with you here on the podcast.
• 37:42
  Dayna Roselli: Right, because we're going over to do an interview for that too.
• 37:44
  Dayna Roselli: We'll be interviewing Terry Fader coming up.
• 37:47
  Dayna Roselli: He's moving over to the Strat from New York, New York.
• 37:49
  Dayna Roselli: So lots of good stuff coming your way as usual.
• 37:52
  Dayna Roselli: We've been getting so much content because we're doing the TV show now, and uh, we also have the supporters of the audio podcast that uh subscribe and and donate to us every month.
• 38:03
  Dayna Roselli: So thank you to everyone.
• 38:04
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• 38:05
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• 38:06
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• 38:10
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• 38:18
  Dayna Roselli: Have a great week, everyone.