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We Attend WrestleMania 41, American Music Awards Move to Las Vegas, Palms Culinary Weekend, Water Parks Open, UNLV Wine and Food Grand Tasting | Ep. 267 · Vegas Revealed

• 0:00
  Dayna Roselli: It's episode 267 of Vegas Revealed.
• 0:03
  Dayna Roselli: A culinary weekend is taking place at the Palms for the first time ever.
• 0:07
  Sean McAllister: We have a couple water parks in Las Vegas, and they are great for the family.
• 0:12
  Dayna Roselli: UNL Vino is set to celebrate its 50th anniversary with a grand tasting.
• 0:17
  Sean McAllister: The American Music Awards are moving to Vegas this year.
• 0:21
  Dayna Roselli: And after months of talking about it, we finally attend WrestleMania for the first time.
• 0:26
  Sean McAllister: All this and more coming up on Vegas Revealed.
• 0:31
  Sean McAllister: Vegas Revealed, presented by Galindo Law, starts now.
• 0:36
  Dayna Roselli: Welcome to Vegas Revealed.
• 0:38
  Dayna Roselli: I'm Dana Roselli along with Sean McAllister, and we are recording on a Monday.
• 0:43
  Dayna Roselli: And last night we went to WrestleMania 41.
• 0:47
  Dayna Roselli: Finally, after all the talk, all the interviews, we saw this thing in person.
• 0:52
  Dayna Roselli: And wow, I have so many people messaging me today, Sean, and saying that looks insane.
• 0:58
  Sean McAllister: I got that message from my mom, who I wasn't even expecting to pay any attention to WrestleMania.
• 1:04
  Sean McAllister: She was like, oh my gosh, is it really as wild as the video clips that I've seen?
• 1:09
  Dayna Roselli: It's crazy, right?
• 1:11
  Sean McAllister: The fans that come out, it's absolutely incredible.
• 1:15
  Sean McAllister: On night one of WrestleMania, there were something like 62,000 fans inside of Allegiance Stadium.
• 1:22
  Sean McAllister: Night two, the night we went, it was almost 64,000 fans, total sellouts.
• 1:27
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 1:28
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, and when you we were in the press box, so when you look down on that crowd, you can see from left to right and up and down, and it was there wasn't a seat in the house.
• 1:36
  Dayna Roselli: It was incredible.
• 1:38
  Sean McAllister: Well, and what's uh really kind of fun and wild is uh people obviously fans who are going know the ins and outs of WrestleMania and the characters that they're cheering for.
• 1:50
  Sean McAllister: Um, and when people start chanting at the same time, like they know the chant to do at specific times.
• 1:57
  Sean McAllister: It's crazy to hear the entire arena just erupting in that chant.
• 2:04
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it really is.
• 2:05
  Dayna Roselli: Like the walkouts and stuff.
• 2:06
  Dayna Roselli: I'm like, they know everything about every person, persona, you know, that's out there.
• 2:11
  Dayna Roselli: The stage was incredible too.
• 2:13
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, you know, that walkout.
• 2:15
  Dayna Roselli: And then where we were sitting, you could see like even the ground, like the what do you call it where you walk out?
• 2:20
  Sean McAllister: Like the runway.
• 2:21
  Dayna Roselli: The runway, yeah.
• 2:22
  Dayna Roselli: You could it said WrestleMania across it, you know, for the overhead shots.
• 2:25
  Dayna Roselli: And um, the ring looks so small from where we were, but um, you know, that's what it's like.
• 2:30
  Dayna Roselli: I went to a boxing event at T-Mobile and it was the same thing.
• 2:33
  Dayna Roselli: But anyway, I mean, set was incredible, and I just thought the fans were great.
• 2:37
  Dayna Roselli: Everyone was like calm and into it and fun and just there for a good time.
• 2:41
  Sean McAllister: How many people do you think we saw walking around with a a wrestling belt?
• 2:46
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, tons.
• 2:47
  Sean McAllister: A championship belt.
• 2:48
  Dayna Roselli: So I guess that's a thing, right?
• 2:50
  Sean McAllister: Oh, it's totally a thing, yeah.
• 2:51
  Dayna Roselli: So it's like a thing that you buy, I guess, and it's part of your costuming or whatever.
• 2:56
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, now I didn't uh didn't stop to ask anyone about their belt, but uh my guess is that whenever they go to one of these major, whether it's WrestleMania or Monday Night Raw or SmackDown, maybe there are special souvenir belts that they make for these specific high-profile matchups, and that's what people bring.
• 3:20
  Sean McAllister: Kind of like uh putting a championship patch on your golden knights jersey.
• 3:24
  Dayna Roselli: Right, right.
• 3:24
  Sean McAllister: That kind of a deal.
• 3:25
  Dayna Roselli: Shows who you're for or whatever.
• 3:27
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, you like you really liked this match and blah, blah, blah.
• 3:30
  Dayna Roselli: So we got to see the women, uh, the men, and it was all of it was very entertaining.
• 3:37
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, the the three-person match with the women was entertaining.
• 3:40
  Dayna Roselli: I was like, wow, I have never seen this in person before.
• 3:44
  Dayna Roselli: Um anyway, Allegiant Stadium was host, you know, obviously for the first time.
• 3:49
  Dayna Roselli: And this event being held in Las Vegas was such a huge deal.
• 3:53
  Dayna Roselli: We talked about it, what it meant for the economy in Las Vegas.
• 3:57
  Dayna Roselli: First of all, you know, Easter weekend usually kind of slow.
• 4:00
  Dayna Roselli: So that was great.
• 4:01
  Dayna Roselli: And, you know, the two nights at Allegiant Stadium, that wasn't it.
• 4:04
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, there was events.
• 4:06
  Sean McAllister: Friday night SmackDown at T-Mobile Arena, and then Monday Night Raw also at T-Mobile Arena.
• 4:14
  Sean McAllister: But here's the thing Monday Night Raw at T-Mobile is sandwiched between two Golden Knights Stanley Cup playoff games.
• 4:24
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 4:24
  Sean McAllister: So they had to have the ice ready uh Sunday night, then change over the arena for Monday Night Raw, and then change it back to the ice for Tuesday night's Golden Knights game.
• 4:38
  Sean McAllister: That's a lot of work.
• 4:39
  Sean McAllister: That's a lot of work, and I think all of the crews who are making that switchover happen deserve a championship belt themselves.
• 4:46
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, seriously, that is a lot.
• 4:47
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, even just that stage alone.
• 4:49
  Dayna Roselli: Like, and I'm sure the one at Monday Night Raw will be just as, you know, fabulous that the rest imagine putting that up in like one day.
• 4:56
  Dayna Roselli: Man, in a few hours and making sure everything's good.
• 4:59
  Dayna Roselli: Um, you and I had interviewed Cody Rhodes, the American Nightmare, a while back.
• 5:03
  Dayna Roselli: We've posted a lot of our interviews with him and kind of broke them down.
• 5:07
  Dayna Roselli: And they've had a lot of traction.
• 5:08
  Dayna Roselli: Obviously, he was the undisputed WWE champion.
• 5:12
  Dayna Roselli: He did not take home the belt last night.
• 5:15
  Dayna Roselli: John Cena did.
• 5:17
  Sean McAllister: He did.
• 5:18
  Sean McAllister: We were a little upset.
• 5:19
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, but we Cody didn't retain his title.
• 5:22
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 5:22
  Dayna Roselli: We figured it would go that way.
• 5:23
  Dayna Roselli: You could kind of tell by the story that was developing, right?
• 5:26
  Dayna Roselli: We're like, but I thought maybe it would be like a surprise.
• 5:29
  Sean McAllister: Or maybe they could be co-champions.
• 5:31
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 5:31
  Dayna Roselli: But a lot of people seem happy about John Cena winning.
• 5:34
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, people were happy.
• 5:35
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's like his what 2025 is like his final year in WWE, I think.
• 5:39
  Sean McAllister: Yes, this was his final WrestleMania.
• 5:42
  Sean McAllister: Um, and he'll show up at a at matches throughout the rest of the year, but 2025 is it.
• 5:48
  Sean McAllister: And we did, as we were walking back to uh the car after the the match, I did overhear a fan behind us saying, Hey, where was the rock?
• 5:57
  Sean McAllister: Why didn't the rock show up in all this?
• 5:59
  Sean McAllister: Because he was instrumental in the the storyline of John Cena turning bad, I guess.
• 6:06
  Sean McAllister: And people were like, Oh, where's the rock?
• 6:08
  Sean McAllister: And someone else was like, Well, he probably had a scheduling conflict.
• 6:12
  Sean McAllister: It's like, no, you don't have a scheduling conflict with WrestleMania.
• 6:16
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 6:16
  Dayna Roselli: There must have been a reason, right?
• 6:18
  Sean McAllister: There had to have been a reason.
• 6:20
  Dayna Roselli: Well, and it was interesting because like as a woman, I like the the Cody Rhodes theatrics and costuming.
• 6:26
  Dayna Roselli: Like it's a whole thing.
• 6:27
  Dayna Roselli: And John Cena, I was like, all right, the jean shorts, like what's is maybe that's his shtick.
• 6:32
  Dayna Roselli: But I was like, eh.
• 6:33
  Sean McAllister: Well, did you see there is a sign that someone was holding up that said, just say no to jorts?
• 6:38
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 6:38
  Dayna Roselli: I was like, I don't know what's going on here.
• 6:40
  Dayna Roselli: But that so that's like the female non-WrestleMania fan, haven't followed the story kind of take.
• 6:47
  Dayna Roselli: But you know, Cody was great.
• 6:49
  Dayna Roselli: You know, he's always got the best outfits, the music, the whole nine.
• 6:53
  Dayna Roselli: There were fireworks.
• 6:54
  Dayna Roselli: Um, so it was a lot of fun to watch this go down.
• 6:57
  Dayna Roselli: And what Travis Scott came out in the middle and like interrupted.
• 7:02
  Dayna Roselli: And then um earlier in the night, uh, what's his name?
• 7:05
  Dayna Roselli: Jake Paul decided he was gonna come out and do a match.
• 7:09
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, he had a matchup.
• 7:10
  Dayna Roselli: And I didn't realize he was part of WrestleMania, and you were kind of saying, well, it's like not really, but like you can take on a match.
• 7:16
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know.
• 7:16
  Sean McAllister: He's wrestled a couple times.
• 7:18
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 7:18
  Sean McAllister: Um, this is what I I gathered through having conversation with with people who like follow, follow wrestling.
• 7:27
  Sean McAllister: Um, that he's only had a couple matches, but they say that he's super athletic and really good in the ring, which is what we saw.
• 7:34
  Sean McAllister: I mean, we saw him do like a a backflip off the off the ropes and then take the guy out as he landed.
• 7:42
  Sean McAllister: And I heard people say they were like, wow, he actually landed that perfectly.
• 7:46
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 7:47
  Dayna Roselli: Well, yeah, it was interesting.
• 7:50
  Dayna Roselli: We enjoyed it.
• 7:50
  Dayna Roselli: I thought, I mean, this is perfect for Vegas, right?
• 7:53
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, just everything about it.
• 7:55
  Sean McAllister: Yes, I get that they have to travel around with WrestleMania to, you know, give their fan base access in different parts of the country, but having uh Vegas, I don't know, every every year, every well not every year, but every other year or every five years or something, just having a regular rotation, clearly the fans showed up.
• 8:19
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, that's true, it's true.
• 8:21
  Dayna Roselli: And and it's in a nice that it's an in you know an indoor stadium.
• 8:24
  Dayna Roselli: So you know, that's nice.
• 8:26
  Dayna Roselli: Because I think when we talked to Cody, he said that the Philadelphia one the year before wasn't.
• 8:30
  Sean McAllister: Uh I believe that was open or something.
• 8:33
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, I believe that was open air.
• 8:34
  Sean McAllister: Something like that.
• 8:35
  Dayna Roselli: Um so you know, you gotta deal with the elements, which could make it fun too.
• 8:39
  Sean McAllister: But uh Yeah, I did hear uh I was listening to the Golden Knights game on the radio on the way home, and even the announcers, it was the the Minnesota Wild announcers who were on the radio, and they were talking about they were like, man, I just cannot believe the amount of WrestleMania fans who are in Vegas this week.
• 9:00
  Sean McAllister: They're like, everywhere you go, it's WrestleMania.
• 9:02
  Sean McAllister: This you see people in costumes, in wigs, in the robes, their belts.
• 9:08
  Sean McAllister: It WrestleMania totally took over.
• 9:10
  Dayna Roselli: It did.
• 9:11
  Dayna Roselli: It was insane.
• 9:12
  Dayna Roselli: I live near the convention center and it was packed all weekend over there.
• 9:15
  Dayna Roselli: So everywhere you went, you know, and hey, we'll take it.
• 9:18
  Dayna Roselli: It's great.
• 9:19
  Dayna Roselli: And like I said, I felt like the WrestleMania fans were into it, but very fun and like I don't want to say calm, but you know, but not a rowdy bunch.
• 9:29
  Dayna Roselli: Not a rowdy bunch, because you know, you hear all the things that a lot of times like Raiders fans, you know, they can be a little cornery, but um, you know, it's different kind of thing.
• 9:37
  Dayna Roselli: It's football and all that.
• 9:38
  Dayna Roselli: But yeah, so I thought it was really, really cool.
• 9:41
  Dayna Roselli: We were laughing when the final match started and the music went on.
• 9:46
  Dayna Roselli: We were so high up we could see like the concessions lower lower than us, and everyone started running to their seats.
• 9:54
  Dayna Roselli: Like literally, I've never seen anything like it, like scattering and running in all different directions.
• 9:59
  Sean McAllister: Scurrying because they they were like, Oh my gosh, the main event's happening now.
• 10:02
  Sean McAllister: I have to get back to see it.
• 10:04
  Sean McAllister: It was it was funny seeing people right maneuvering to get back for all the action.
• 10:10
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my gosh, so funny.
• 10:11
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, big shout out to the WrestleMania, or I should say WWE marketing and publicists, that whole crew, they through the last six months leading up to this have been so responsive and on it and helpful and just loved working with them.
• 10:27
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, they really have been been wonderful to work with, and I hope that it becomes a a regular thing.
• 10:34
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, that we see WrestleMania here.
• 10:36
  Sean McAllister: And who knows, maybe the the the blimp will come back too.
• 10:40
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, that we've seen that flying in our skies for the past several days, too.
• 10:44
  Dayna Roselli: The Good Year Blimp, a classic, right?
• 10:48
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, the American Music Awards are coming uh to Las Vegas, so this is our next big, big event on May 26th, and this is a first.
• 10:55
  Sean McAllister: It is.
• 10:56
  Sean McAllister: The American Music Awards, you know, celebrate all things music.
• 11:01
  Sean McAllister: Oh, we usually held over Memorial Day weekend.
• 11:04
  Sean McAllister: Uh this year, they're being held here in Las Vegas.
• 11:08
  Sean McAllister: The details are uh still emerging about uh everything involved, but we know that it's happening, and hosting uh the award ceremony this year is Jennifer Lopez, who had a Vegas residency here for years over at Planet Hollywood.
• 11:24
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and got married here.
• 11:25
  Sean McAllister: And got married here.
• 11:27
  Sean McAllister: That's right.
• 11:28
  Dayna Roselli: Remember that?
• 11:28
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, the quickie.
• 11:30
  Dayna Roselli: Um yeah, so it's gonna be held on Memorial Day, May 26th this year, that Monday.
• 11:35
  Dayna Roselli: We were just looking it up, so it does run live, so it'll be on 5 p.m.
• 11:39
  Dayna Roselli: Pacific time.
• 11:40
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 11:40
  Dayna Roselli: Um, we don't know the location yet, but hopefully we'll find out any day now.
• 11:45
  Dayna Roselli: And look forward to covering it.
• 11:47
  Dayna Roselli: I'm excited to have all these people in town.
• 11:50
  Dayna Roselli: It's really gonna pile on the crowds for Memorial Day weekend, though, huh?
• 11:54
  Sean McAllister: Oh my gosh, yeah, which is usually which is historically a busy weekend anyway.
• 12:00
  Sean McAllister: And to have a major award show here is going to be it's gonna be great.
• 12:05
  Sean McAllister: And I wonder if they're capitalizing on the fact that we probably do have so many artists in town for shows on Memorial Day weekend, anyhow, yeah, that it would be easy for them just to bop over to the American Music Awards and make appearances there, too.
• 12:21
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 12:21
  Dayna Roselli: True.
• 12:22
  Dayna Roselli: And they get to utilize this outside of the sphere, I feel like.
• 12:25
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know if that's happening, but I feel like everyone likes the look of the sphere.
• 12:29
  Sean McAllister: Well, you got to.
• 12:30
  Sean McAllister: If you have that aerial shot, yeah, I mean the sphere better be winking at you or throwing its logo at you or something.
• 12:38
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, something like that.
• 12:39
  Dayna Roselli: Too funny.
• 12:40
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, so we'll be covering that.
• 12:41
  Dayna Roselli: We look forward to it.
• 12:42
  Dayna Roselli: Again, it's uh May 26th here in Las Vegas.
• 12:45
  Dayna Roselli: We'll let you know where it's gonna be if you want to spot some stars or I don't know if they let crowds gather around the red carpet.
• 12:51
  Dayna Roselli: Um, because I've only done well, I because they've never had it here.
• 12:53
  Dayna Roselli: I guess I'm just used to the Billboard Music Awards.
• 12:55
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 12:56
  Dayna Roselli: It's usually kind of in the back of MGM grand whenever they do it.
• 12:59
  Dayna Roselli: A little hard to access or find, not out there on the strip or anything.
• 13:03
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, uh sometimes they have a small area where fans can gather kind of at the end of the red carpet, but it's definitely not room for a lot of people by any means.
• 13:15
  Sean McAllister: So I don't think that they really encourage people to come out and try and see their favorite stars.
• 13:22
  Dayna Roselli: Well, we have like so many, you know, singers now that own restaurants here too.
• 13:25
  Dayna Roselli: So Jason Aldean and Blake Shelton, and so it'll be interesting to see.
• 13:30
  Dayna Roselli: And they're all gonna have probably great parties and it's business for them.
• 13:33
  Dayna Roselli: So should be fun.
• 13:34
  Dayna Roselli: We'll keep you posted on that.
• 13:36
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• 13:40
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• 13:55
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• 13:58
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• 14:06
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• 14:15
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, so spread the word if you live in Texas.
• 14:18
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• 14:20
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• 14:23
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• 14:24
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• 14:26
  Sean McAllister: Let's move on to food news now, Dana.
• 14:29
  Sean McAllister: For the first time, uh Palms is hosting a culinary weekend.
• 14:34
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 14:35
  Dayna Roselli: We talked about Unstripped being moved there, and that is, you know, a lot of chefs coming together for a really fun food festival, but now they've made a whole weekend out of it.
• 14:44
  Dayna Roselli: And it's coming up when our podcast drops uh on a Thursday.
• 14:47
  Dayna Roselli: It's this upcoming weekend, so keep that in mind.
• 14:50
  Sean McAllister: Uh Sunday, April 27th, is the Vegas Unstripped after party.
• 14:57
  Sean McAllister: They're having that up at Ghost Bar.
• 14:59
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 15:00
  Sean McAllister: So they're fully kind of doing a food takeover of Palms.
• 15:03
  Sean McAllister: Unstripped is happening.
• 15:05
  Sean McAllister: Plus, Palms is utilizing its own chefs who have restaurants on property to do their own activations.
• 15:13
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 15:13
  Dayna Roselli: They've got a great schedule of things happening.
• 15:16
  Dayna Roselli: Um, it starts April 25th, then 26th, 27th, there'll be, you know, showcase experiences, chefs, creative, elevated offerings, a lot of different activations.
• 15:27
  Dayna Roselli: So it sounds like it'll be really fun.
• 15:29
  Dayna Roselli: You can go to the Palms website for more information.
• 15:31
  Dayna Roselli: And then Vegas Unstripped, like Sean said, is Sunday the 27th.
• 15:36
  Dayna Roselli: That's all day, then the after party at Ghost Bar.
• 15:38
  Dayna Roselli: Also um at Ghost Bar on Sunday the 27th.
• 15:42
  Dayna Roselli: I thought this was fun.
• 15:43
  Dayna Roselli: They're doing a Mai Thai competition.
• 15:45
  Dayna Roselli: Local bartenders will face off for the title of Best Mai Thai in a lively competition featuring tastings, judging, and tropical vibes.
• 15:54
  Dayna Roselli: So that sounds like a lot of fun too.
• 15:55
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, I hear about cocktail competitions, but like not specifically Mai Thai.
• 15:59
  Sean McAllister: Specifically the Mai Thai.
• 16:00
  Sean McAllister: I love a good Mai Thai.
• 16:01
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 16:02
  Sean McAllister: Especially when my feet are in the sand and the and the ocean surf is bubbling up.
• 16:10
  Dayna Roselli: Well, you know, might not be exactly that, but not exactly that.
• 16:13
  Dayna Roselli: You could take the recipe and make it there once you get to the sand.
• 16:16
  Sean McAllister: But you can take a sip and you can mentally go there.
• 16:19
  Dayna Roselli: Right, right.
• 16:20
  Dayna Roselli: Um, yeah, Vegas Unstripped is great.
• 16:22
  Dayna Roselli: A lot of, you know, it features a lot of off-the-strip chefs, which we have so many fabulous restaurants off the strip.
• 16:28
  Dayna Roselli: I don't even know if people realize, but some of the best.
• 16:31
  Dayna Roselli: So you'll want to go to this and be able to try stuff.
• 16:34
  Dayna Roselli: Um, bartenders, chefs, all of it.
• 16:37
  Dayna Roselli: Sounds like a great time out there by the Palms Pool, which is a nice area as well.
• 16:41
  Dayna Roselli: So if you get a chance, head over maybe for some of the activities or at least Vegas Unstripped.
• 16:47
  Sean McAllister: Hey, how about we do some tips?
• 16:49
  Dayna Roselli: Let's do it.
• 16:52
  Sean McAllister: You know, we talk a lot about all of these events that happen on the strip.
• 16:57
  Sean McAllister: Obviously, we cover off strip happenings as well.
• 17:00
  Sean McAllister: But um, one thing that happens every single year and has for the past 50 years is an event that really uh gives culinary students at UNLV hands-on experience with not only planning, but actually uh executing and working at a major culinary event here in Las Vegas.
• 17:25
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and so you're supporting them and going to what they're they've organized and put together, but you're also able to just have a great time and have tastings.
• 17:34
  Dayna Roselli: It's a wine and food event, and it's it is grand when they call it the grand tasting.
• 17:38
  Dayna Roselli: There's a lot of people there, it's a great event.
• 17:40
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, it's called UNL Vino.
• 17:42
  Sean McAllister: Um, like we said, it's an annual event.
• 17:45
  Sean McAllister: It's coming up.
• 17:46
  Sean McAllister: The Grand Tasting is coming up on Friday, May 2nd.
• 17:50
  Sean McAllister: This happens over at the Thomas and Mac Center.
• 17:52
  Sean McAllister: That's the big arena over on the UNLV campus.
• 17:55
  Sean McAllister: Um, and it really is just such uh it's an amazing event.
• 18:00
  Sean McAllister: And seeing the students who have worked so hard to put it all together and to make sure that the next generation of hospitality workers here in Las Vegas are just gonna be top-notch.
• 18:15
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, that's the point of all of this.
• 18:17
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 18:17
  Dayna Roselli: And it helps provide millions in scholarships to the UNLV Hera College of Hospitality.
• 18:22
  Dayna Roselli: It's a really fun event.
• 18:24
  Dayna Roselli: So if you get a chance and you are in town Friday, May 2nd, the Grand Tasting is celebrating its 50th anniversary at the Thomas and Mac.
• 18:32
  Dayna Roselli: Get your tickets at unlveno.com.
• 18:36
  Sean McAllister: And that is a great event.
• 18:38
  Sean McAllister: I've been before, and it's absolutely worth going.
• 18:41
  Sean McAllister: Uh, someplace else is going to be definitely worth going to is the water park, especially as our temperatures continue to rise as we creep toward the summer months here in Las Vegas.
• 18:52
  Sean McAllister: And we've got a couple great water parks.
• 18:54
  Dayna Roselli: We do, not just one, right?
• 18:55
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 18:56
  Dayna Roselli: And people always ask us, talk about more family events on the podcast.
• 18:59
  Dayna Roselli: So here's one, or family events, family attractions, I guess I should say.
• 19:02
  Dayna Roselli: Uh Cowabunga Bay in Henderson, and then Cowabunga Bay in Summerlin.
• 19:06
  Dayna Roselli: We have two water parks and they are opening for the season.
• 19:10
  Dayna Roselli: The Henderson one specifically is opening, I think, first.
• 19:14
  Dayna Roselli: And just the weekends for now, because even though the weather does feel very water parky, it's not quite summer yet.
• 19:21
  Dayna Roselli: So the weekends, then a little bit later in May, they're going to open for their daily schedule.
• 19:25
  Dayna Roselli: Operations will start.
• 19:26
  Dayna Roselli: I think it's May 23rd.
• 19:27
  Dayna Roselli: But yeah, these water parks are great.
• 19:29
  Dayna Roselli: Actually, rated the number three best outdoor water park by USA Today.
• 19:33
  Dayna Roselli: So if you love your water slides and your lazy rivers.
• 19:36
  Sean McAllister: Well, in there, I've driven, I have I have not been to the Henderson uh water park before, but I have driven by it, and they have this big slide that looks like a funnel.
• 19:51
  Sean McAllister: And I think you get spit out, I think you ride in a tube in it, and you get spit out into this big funnel, and you get, you know, all agitated around in there before you get dumped out into the pool down below.
• 20:05
  Sean McAllister: But they do have some really inventive, creative attractions.
• 20:10
  Sean McAllister: They do.
• 20:11
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 20:11
  Dayna Roselli: And I mean, I used to love water parks as a kid.
• 20:14
  Dayna Roselli: Loved, loved, loved.
• 20:14
  Dayna Roselli: Used to go to one at Darien Lake.
• 20:16
  Dayna Roselli: Darian Lake.
• 20:16
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it was great.
• 20:17
  Sean McAllister: Back in New York.
• 20:18
  Dayna Roselli: Well, this Henderson one has 25 water attractions, more than 25, including Towering Slides, a giant wave pool, and the Kawabunga Lazy River.
• 20:28
  Dayna Roselli: So perfect way to enjoy.
• 20:30
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, you know, uh, parents can go, brother, sister, everyone can go.
• 20:34
  Dayna Roselli: It's a whole family thing.
• 20:35
  Dayna Roselli: And I think um, I think we would mention it on the TV show and so that they're now serving up uh Pink's hot dogs over there, too.
• 20:41
  Sean McAllister: Yes.
• 20:42
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 20:42
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 20:42
  Sean McAllister: Famous in Hollywood.
• 20:44
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 20:44
  Sean McAllister: And uh now here at Cowabunga Bay.
• 20:48
  Dayna Roselli: So um, as I mentioned, don't know the specifics of the Summerland one, but it's opening soon too on the weekend.
• 20:54
  Dayna Roselli: So just go to you can get information on both at kawabungavegas.com.
• 20:59
  Dayna Roselli: You can click on either location and it gives you all the dates and that kind of thing.
• 21:03
  Dayna Roselli: But look forward to having them back.
• 21:04
  Dayna Roselli: And yes, we do have things in Las Vegas for families and ways to cool off other than just the strip hotel pools.
• 21:12
  Sean McAllister: Yes, we absolutely do.
• 21:14
  Sean McAllister: Hey, uh quick programming note coming up next week on Vegas Revealed, we're gonna be sitting down and talking with actress and comedian Lunel, who uh we love Lunel.
• 21:27
  Sean McAllister: She's just great.
• 21:28
  Sean McAllister: Um, she's in the new season of Hacks, which is out now.
• 21:32
  Sean McAllister: So we talk about that uh with that hockey Stanley Cup playoff action happening now.
• 21:38
  Sean McAllister: We talk about her newfound love for the Golden Knights and the potential of a possible late night show for Lunel.
• 21:47
  Sean McAllister: So we have that coming up for you next week here on Vegas Revealed.
• 21:50
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and she gets in depth about that, talks about where that stands and everything for the late night show.
• 21:54
  Dayna Roselli: It's good.
• 21:55
  Dayna Roselli: We've interviewed Lunel before and we've run it on the audio podcast, but we recently went over because she was having a birthday celebration and thought, let's interview her again.
• 22:01
  Dayna Roselli: And she's always interesting, charismatic, funny, and just so real.
• 22:06
  Sean McAllister: It's very real.
• 22:08
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 22:08
  Sean McAllister: And she's a great person.
• 22:11
  Sean McAllister: I like Lunel.
• 22:12
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 22:12
  Dayna Roselli: You can see her over at Jimmy Kimmel's Comedy Club.
• 22:14
  Dayna Roselli: Um, she's over there doing stand-up at least uh twice a week.
• 22:17
  Dayna Roselli: So anyway, more on that, like Sean said, next week.
• 22:20
  Dayna Roselli: For now, though, we're heading off.
• 22:22
  Dayna Roselli: Um, we will be back next week with Lunel and much, much more.
• 22:26
  Dayna Roselli: And Vegas near me.
• 22:28
  Dayna Roselli: The app is still kicking and it's a must-have.
• 22:30
  Dayna Roselli: If you haven't downloaded it yet, if you're coming to Vegas, if you live in Vegas, if you just want to look around at Vegas stuff, it's a great app.
• 22:37
  Dayna Roselli: You don't have to put in your email, you don't have to make a username.
• 22:40
  Dayna Roselli: You just download it and you can search around and find specifics for everything.
• 22:45
  Dayna Roselli: You can also book an Uber, you can make restaurant reservations, hotel accommodations, book shows.
• 22:52
  Dayna Roselli: It's got maps of inside the casinos.
• 22:54
  Dayna Roselli: You can find the closest restroom.
• 22:56
  Dayna Roselli: It's got everything, really, and hours, things for families, all that good stuff.
• 22:59
  Dayna Roselli: So Vegas near me, you can search it in the App Store on the Google Play and also on your iPhone.
• 23:06
  Sean McAllister: And that's a wrap for us.
• 23:07
  Sean McAllister: It sure is.
• 23:08
  Sean McAllister: Have a great week.
• 23:09
  Sean McAllister: Bye.
• 23:10
  Dayna Roselli: Bye.