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Interview with Garth Brooks, Vegas Golden Knights Closer to Stanley Cup, Update on Tropicana Hotel's Future, Free Things to do Memorial Day Weekend | Ep. 169 · Vegas Revealed

• 0:00
  Sean McAllister: Welcome to episode 169 of Vegas Revealed.
• 0:04
  Sean McAllister: Garth Brooks returns to Las Vegas with a residency at the Coliseum at Caesar's Palace.
• 0:09
  Sean McAllister: Did you put out invitations for plus ones with this show?
• 0:13
  Sean McAllister: Oh no.
• 0:14
  SPEAKER_02: No, but you're in Vegas.
• 0:16
  SPEAKER_02: Everyone's here.
• 0:18
  SPEAKER_02: So I'm hoping somebody'll go, hey, you know, I'm gonna be there.
• 0:22
  SPEAKER_02: And then what you want to do is you want to work them like a rented mule if they're here, right?
• 0:25
  Sean McAllister: Get them out there because I'm a fan first.
• 0:28
  Sean McAllister: More from Garth coming up in our new interview.
• 0:31
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and we also went to see the show.
• 0:33
  Dayna Roselli: Plus, Memorial Day weekend is always packed in Las Vegas, but there are a few things that you can actually find to do for free.
• 0:41
  Sean McAllister: Love the price of that one.
• 0:42
  Sean McAllister: Plus, our Vegas Golden Knights are getting closer to the Stanley Cup Finals.
• 0:48
  Dayna Roselli: And the historic Tropicana Hotel is also getting closer to coming down.
• 0:53
  Dayna Roselli: It's all coming up this week on Vegas Revealed.
• 0:57
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• 1:00
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• 1:02
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• 1:07
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• 1:21
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• 1:25
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• 1:28
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• 1:32
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• 1:37
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• 1:41
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• 1:46
  Dayna Roselli: If it's fun to do or see, it's on Vegas Near Me.
• 1:51
  Sean McAllister: Let's spin that wheel.
• 1:59
  Sean McAllister: Welcome to Vegas Revealed, episode 169.
• 2:02
  Sean McAllister: Sean McAllister here, along with Dana Roselli, coming to you from where else?
• 2:07
  Sean McAllister: Las Vegas.
• 2:08
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 2:09
  Dayna Roselli: Nice and warm now, consistently, right?
• 2:11
  Dayna Roselli: We've been in the 90s.
• 2:12
  Sean McAllister: It consistently warm.
• 2:14
  Sean McAllister: Hopefully, we're done with all these crazy mood swings that Mother Nature's been having.
• 2:20
  Sean McAllister: But yeah, it has been nice.
• 2:22
  Sean McAllister: It's been great pool weather.
• 2:23
  Sean McAllister: The wind has died down a lot.
• 2:25
  Sean McAllister: So if you're planning a trip here, I think you're in for some good summer weather for the foreseeable future, which is great.
• 2:33
  Dayna Roselli: Yes.
• 2:34
  Dayna Roselli: Usually that's the way it works, right?
• 2:35
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 2:35
  Dayna Roselli: If we had a cooldown in the middle of July, it would be really odd.
• 2:38
  Sean McAllister: But that would be breaking headline news right there.
• 2:42
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, uh, love getting all these notes from our listeners that take our advice and use our tips.
• 2:47
  Dayna Roselli: Wanted to just point out a couple of them.
• 2:49
  Dayna Roselli: A big shout out to Frank from Des Moines, who came into town.
• 2:53
  Dayna Roselli: He hit up RPM at the forum shops for dinner, said he loved it, said the service was excellent.
• 2:59
  Dayna Roselli: And then he also ventured off the strip and used one of our latest tips to visit the Italian American Club on East Sahara.
• 3:07
  Dayna Roselli: I love it.
• 3:08
  Dayna Roselli: Now we made sure, remember when we talked about this recently, that everyone knows, even though it says club in the title, it doesn't mean you need to be a member to go to the restaurant.
• 3:17
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 3:17
  Dayna Roselli: And the lounge and any of the stuff really there.
• 3:20
  Dayna Roselli: So that's a big thing that people don't realize.
• 3:23
  Dayna Roselli: Anyway, so Frank said, you know what?
• 3:25
  Dayna Roselli: I'm going to go check out the Italian American Club.
• 3:27
  Dayna Roselli: Vegas Revealed says it's good.
• 3:28
  Dayna Roselli: Listen, he said it was amazing.
• 3:31
  Dayna Roselli: It was like stepping back in time and that he will definitely be back on his next visit.
• 3:37
  Dayna Roselli: He said it's kind of going to be probably a repeat thing for him.
• 3:39
  Dayna Roselli: So I love that.
• 3:40
  Sean McAllister: I mean, listen, we've talked about having it be a repeat thing for us too and having it be like the go-to place for happy hour.
• 3:46
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 3:47
  Dayna Roselli: We need to like go soon.
• 3:49
  Dayna Roselli: I love it.
• 3:50
  Sean McAllister: I'm ready to go today.
• 3:52
  Sean McAllister: We can finish up recording and hop over to Italian American Club for some drinks and apps.
• 4:00
  Sean McAllister: Also, we have been getting a lot of feedback, as Dana mentioned.
• 4:05
  Sean McAllister: You can always feel welcome to DM us on social media, send an email to ideas at vegas-revealed.com, or just go to our website, vegas-revealed.com, and there's a chat box on there where you can just put in your feedback and it sends it directly to our emails.
• 4:24
  Sean McAllister: So feel free to do any of that.
• 4:26
  Sean McAllister: Just like Aaron did.
• 4:28
  Sean McAllister: Uh, he wrote to us because last week we were talking about the NFL schedule being released.
• 4:34
  Sean McAllister: And he was gracious enough to get into the details of how the NFL schedule is set, who plays who and when and where, all of that kind of stuff.
• 4:46
  Sean McAllister: And he gave us this uh great website that we want to pass along to you if you're interested in you know advanced scheduling.
• 4:55
  Sean McAllister: It's fbschedules.com backslash NFL.
• 5:02
  Sean McAllister: And you can pick future schedules and your teams and see when and where they're anticipated to play, because there's a whole like methodology to it.
• 5:12
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 5:12
  Sean McAllister: That Aaron was explaining to us.
• 5:14
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, we got into it last week because we said a lot of people look at the schedule, especially for Las Vegas, because they want to know if their team is gonna play in Las Vegas so that they can kind of do a trip.
• 5:25
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 5:25
  Dayna Roselli: You know, hey, let's go to Vegas and let's watch our whatever Bengals play, you know, that kind of thing, the Raiders.
• 5:31
  Dayna Roselli: So it's kind of like a tourist thing.
• 5:34
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, it's what our sports tourism is based on.
• 5:36
  Sean McAllister: So, Aaron, thank you so much for taking the time to send that to us.
• 5:40
  Sean McAllister: We appreciate your your feedback and your advice so that we can stay up on top of that.
• 5:45
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and Aaron Oas also says he listens to us because it keeps him close to home when he's on the road a lot.
• 5:52
  Dayna Roselli: So I love it.
• 5:54
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 5:54
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, let's stick with sports and give a big shout out to our Vegas Golden Knights.
• 5:59
  Dayna Roselli: We haven't talked about them in a while.
• 6:00
  Sean McAllister: We've not.
• 6:01
  Dayna Roselli: We are one step closer to winning the Stanley Cup.
• 6:05
  Sean McAllister: I know.
• 6:05
  Sean McAllister: So we have advanced to with after a hard-fought series with the Edmonton Oilers, we've advanced to the Western Conference Finals, facing off against the Dallas Stars.
• 6:17
  Sean McAllister: Now, the last time that we made it this far in NHL playoffs, we also played the Dallas Stars.
• 6:25
  Sean McAllister: This was in 2020, and they knocked us out.
• 6:27
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 6:27
  Sean McAllister: So we're hoping for a different outcome this time.
• 6:31
  Sean McAllister: Uh Western Conference Finals are, you know, here upon us.
• 6:36
  Sean McAllister: We're wishing our guys well.
• 6:38
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I mean, it would be nice.
• 6:39
  Dayna Roselli: We we keep making it almost to the Stanley Cup, but then we don't.
• 6:46
  Dayna Roselli: And then, but but we're gonna this time, I feel it.
• 6:48
  Sean McAllister: And you know what the funny part about advancing this far in the NHL season is when you go to the uh the Golden Knights games here in Las Vegas, a lot of times it's like a hundred degrees outside.
• 7:01
  Sean McAllister: So you're dressed in your summer clothes as you're going to the game, but you need to bring your layers with you so that when you get inside the arena where it's like 50 degrees, you're gonna freeze your took us off if you're if you don't bring your layers.
• 7:20
  Sean McAllister: So it's like you need to be prepared for a big climate shift.
• 7:24
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, yeah.
• 7:25
  Dayna Roselli: That's for sure.
• 7:26
  Dayna Roselli: And it's a fun experience outside too, if you don't go to the games.
• 7:29
  Dayna Roselli: We've done that before.
• 7:30
  Dayna Roselli: Watch the game at Beer House.
• 7:31
  Dayna Roselli: We actually had another listener, in fact, write us and say, Where should I watch the game that's not inside the arena?
• 7:37
  Dayna Roselli: I know you guys know the spot.
• 7:38
  Dayna Roselli: And we recommended Beer House because you and I have gone there a few times.
• 7:41
  Dayna Roselli: I know you've been there even more than I have, and you can watch the game and hear the siren when they score.
• 7:46
  Dayna Roselli: It's a lot of fun.
• 7:47
  Dayna Roselli: The whole atmosphere in front of Team Mobile Arena.
• 7:50
  Dayna Roselli: We highly recommend that.
• 7:51
  Dayna Roselli: And and I'm glad to see the Golden Knights doing well because you know they had so many player shifts, and the community wasn't like a big fan of a lot of the change.
• 7:58
  Dayna Roselli: So it's like, okay, we had a good season now with new players, and and I feel like maybe people are settling in and realizing that this is what happens in sports.
• 8:09
  Dayna Roselli: We lose some of our favorites and we have to embrace the new players.
• 8:13
  Sean McAllister: Well, and speaking of changes, uh Pete Debore, who was our coach last season, is now the coach of the Dallas Stars.
• 8:22
  Sean McAllister: It's gonna be good.
• 8:22
  Sean McAllister: So he has intimate knowledge of our team, which could be an advantage for the Dallas Stars.
• 8:29
  Sean McAllister: So I don't know.
• 8:30
  Sean McAllister: I am hoping for a terrific outcome for our Goldis and Golden Knight.
• 8:37
  Sean McAllister: That would be nice.
• 8:37
  Sean McAllister: Oh gosh.
• 8:38
  Dayna Roselli: Then we would have the WNBA team that won.
• 8:41
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 8:42
  Dayna Roselli: And then we would have a Stanley Cup, and then we're on our way.
• 8:45
  Dayna Roselli: We just need the Raiders to do well this year.
• 8:47
  Sean McAllister: We do, yes.
• 8:49
  Dayna Roselli: Well, look likely, uh, we have talked about this before.
• 8:52
  Dayna Roselli: We are really getting close to a baseball stadium being built.
• 8:56
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and it's gonna be apparently on the site of the Tropicana.
• 9:00
  Dayna Roselli: We told you about that.
• 9:01
  Dayna Roselli: And the Tropicana is just to the south of MGM Grand, it's across from Mandalay Bay, a little to the north on that corner.
• 9:09
  Dayna Roselli: You know, the Tropicana was built back in 1957, so it's a big deal that this piece of history would come down.
• 9:15
  Dayna Roselli: But we're still waiting, and you know, anything can happen after we post this podcast, a change, a vote.
• 9:22
  Dayna Roselli: But we're waiting for, you know, a bill to be presented to the Nevada state legislature before June 6th.
• 9:28
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 9:28
  Sean McAllister: And as we've talked about here in our special coverage, uh Nevada lawmakers need to pass legislation that would approve about$400 million in public funds to help build uh the proposed stadium at that Tropicana site.
• 9:45
  Sean McAllister: So um, you know, that may happen after we we post this episode.
• 9:51
  Sean McAllister: Who knows?
• 9:51
  Sean McAllister: It's kind of it needs to happen before uh June 6th.
• 9:55
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 9:55
  Sean McAllister: Um and then the MLB would need to approve uh relocation of the Oakland A's to Las Vegas.
• 10:02
  Sean McAllister: That would happen uh by uh January 1st.
• 10:06
  Sean McAllister: So these next uh you know six months in terms of the MLB decision will be interesting to watch.
• 10:13
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and and you know it's it's a proposed stadium.
• 10:15
  Dayna Roselli: I I don't even know if we got into the details last time, but like with 35,000, it's supposed to hold retractable roof.
• 10:21
  Dayna Roselli: The stadium would go up, the Tropicana would come down, but the Tropicana also plans to build another hotel casino that would kind of like integrate.
• 10:29
  Dayna Roselli: They handed out a letter to employees saying that you know you would lose your job.
• 10:34
  Dayna Roselli: If we start this, it'll be in about 18 to 24 months, and so we kind of know where that stands.
• 10:39
  Dayna Roselli: So it's all becoming more and more real.
• 10:42
  Sean McAllister: Exactly.
• 10:42
  Sean McAllister: And uh, you know, if this plan does move forward as planned and on schedule, it looks like we would have a baseball stadium on that site by uh 2027, so in four years from now, if construction delays are factored in, then it could get pushed to 2028, which sounds so weird.
• 11:05
  Sean McAllister: Doesn't it sound so weird that 2027 and 28 are only like four and five years away?
• 11:12
  Dayna Roselli: I know it goes fast.
• 11:14
  Dayna Roselli: Whenever we announce something and then construction starts, and then all of a sudden the years just fly by and like hey, we have a new arena, we have a new stadium.
• 11:21
  Dayna Roselli: Like it feels like nothing, a blink of an eye.
• 11:23
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, it does.
• 11:23
  Sean McAllister: And seeing how quickly Allegiance Stadium went up and opened, I mean, things happen quickly here.
• 11:30
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 11:31
  Dayna Roselli: You're gonna hear a lot of things, you're gonna see a lot of things.
• 11:33
  Dayna Roselli: Make sure you do your own research to make sure we just saw today on Instagram a certain blogger influencer.
• 11:44
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, report something about this that was made absolutely no sense.
• 11:48
  Dayna Roselli: It's very frustrating coming from a news background, seeing all the misinformation out there that people, you know, they're trying.
• 11:56
  Dayna Roselli: It's interesting coverage, but it it's not factually correct.
• 12:00
  Dayna Roselli: And um people buy it.
• 12:03
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, you know, they're like, wow, what this, that, wow, I didn't know that.
• 12:07
  Dayna Roselli: Wow, this is so cool to learn this from you.
• 12:08
  Dayna Roselli: No one's talking about this.
• 12:09
  Dayna Roselli: Well, no one's talking about it because it's not right, right.
• 12:11
  Sean McAllister: Exactly.
• 12:12
  Sean McAllister: It's not true, it's not true.
• 12:13
  Dayna Roselli: So we don't want to call out any specifics, but we are gonna keep an eye on that stuff because I feel like, you know, I don't know, when it comes to this stadium, this certain post was not factually correct.
• 12:25
  Sean McAllister: And just know that we've talked about this in the past as well.
• 12:29
  Sean McAllister: We do our research, we talk to verified sources.
• 12:32
  Sean McAllister: Oftentimes we go to the source of information to make sure that what we bring to you on Vegas revealed is what's going on.
• 12:41
  Dayna Roselli: So yeah.
• 12:42
  Dayna Roselli: And if if we're ever wrong, send us an email and and call us out because we'll be like, oh, we didn't re you know, we'll look into it.
• 12:49
  Dayna Roselli: We had someone do that like maybe like a year ago and was just giving a little us a little bit more context and something that had to do with gaming.
• 12:56
  Dayna Roselli: And it was great because then we were like, oh, okay, we didn't realize that.
• 12:59
  Dayna Roselli: So anyway, we're always up for that stuff too.
• 13:03
  Sean McAllister: Well, Dana, the lightning rolled, the lightning struck, and once again, Garth Brooks is back as a Vegas headliner, and I mean, we could not be happier.
• 13:13
  Sean McAllister: What a show.
• 13:15
  Dayna Roselli: I think both of us today are like still talking about it, still thinking about it, and just smiling because we had the best time.
• 13:23
  Sean McAllister: I mean, he is the there's a reason why he has won Entertainer of the Year so many times.
• 13:31
  Sean McAllister: He is just incredible.
• 13:33
  Dayna Roselli: Listen, and he knows how to do Vegas.
• 13:36
  Dayna Roselli: So we're gonna get into our thoughts on why that is the case.
• 13:39
  Dayna Roselli: Because I think you and I have been discussing lately, like we've gone to shows and we like them, but we're not leaving with this feeling of like, gosh, that was amazing.
• 13:50
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 13:51
  Sean McAllister: It's felt like a concert and not an experience.
• 13:55
  Sean McAllister: Garth Brooks gives his audience an experience.
• 14:00
  Dayna Roselli: It really does.
• 14:01
  Dayna Roselli: So we talked to him earlier in the day.
• 14:03
  Dayna Roselli: He had a press conference, and then he allowed some of the media outlets to, you know, ask him a couple questions one-on-one.
• 14:09
  Dayna Roselli: And so we enjoyed getting a little one-on-one time with Garth.
• 14:13
  Dayna Roselli: And, you know, I kind of started off the interview.
• 14:15
  Dayna Roselli: I felt like I needed to let him know.
• 14:16
  Dayna Roselli: I was like, gosh, like even when he was doing the press conference, it's just like, well, he has those beautiful blue eyes, regardless.
• 14:22
  Dayna Roselli: But he just lights up the room.
• 14:23
  Dayna Roselli: He's so casual, but I was like, man, you look like 10 years younger.
• 14:27
  Dayna Roselli: Your energy is still there.
• 14:28
  Dayna Roselli: Like nothing's changed from the last time I interviewed him, like 10 years ago.
• 14:33
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 14:33
  Dayna Roselli: So it was really fun to catch up with him and let's roll that interview.
• 14:37
  Dayna Roselli: Doing the stadium tours, doing the intimate shows, doing a show like this, does this keep your energy up, keep you going, keep you excited?
• 14:44
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, of course, but being Mr.
• 14:45
  SPEAKER_02: Yearwood doesn't hurt either.
• 14:47
  SPEAKER_02: That woman's a dream.
• 14:49
  SPEAKER_02: So I really feel like the last, I don't know, 10, 15 years of my life have kind of gone the other way.
• 14:55
  SPEAKER_02: So it feels good, and I think music does that too.
• 14:58
  SPEAKER_02: I think music keeps you uh in the game and keeps it current.
• 15:01
  SPEAKER_02: It's fun.
• 15:02
  Sean McAllister: And and have do did you put out invitations for plus ones with this show?
• 15:08
  Sean McAllister: I don't know.
• 15:09
  SPEAKER_02: No, but you're in Vegas, everyone's here.
• 15:12
  SPEAKER_02: So I'm hoping somebody'll go, hey, you know, I'm gonna be there.
• 15:16
  SPEAKER_02: And then what you wanna do is you wanna work them like a rented mule if they're here, right?
• 15:19
  SPEAKER_02: Get them out there, because I'm a fan first.
• 15:22
  SPEAKER_02: So let's say, let's just drop a name like James Taylor.
• 15:26
  SPEAKER_02: Gosh, we named our first kid after James and so you know.
• 15:30
  SPEAKER_02: If James Taylor would be here at the same time and want to play, I think I would just turn the guitar over and I'd go sit out in the office.
• 15:38
  SPEAKER_02: I love the I love the thoughts and the possibilities.
• 15:40
  Sean McAllister: So if Usher shows up with his roller skates from his show, are you throwing on a pair too?
• 15:44
  Sean McAllister: Oh my gosh, that's gonna be tough.
• 15:46
  SPEAKER_02: Me and him did the uh me and him did the inauguration together, and I got to know him really well that day.
• 15:50
  SPEAKER_02: And I and it's weird.
• 15:51
  SPEAKER_02: What you find out is you think you guys are so different?
• 15:54
  SPEAKER_02: We're all a lot more like than you think.
• 15:56
  SPEAKER_02: It's great.
• 15:57
  SPEAKER_02: Looking forward to it, man.
• 15:58
  SPEAKER_02: Me too, man.
• 15:58
  SPEAKER_02: Thank you.
• 15:59
  SPEAKER_02: Thank you so much.
• 16:00
  Sean McAllister: Well, it wasn't Usher who was Garth's plus one opening night.
• 16:04
  Sean McAllister: It was his lovely wife, Trisha Yearwood, and the crowd went crazy when she stepped out on stage.
• 16:11
  Dayna Roselli: We had a feeling that that would happen because it only makes sense, right?
• 16:14
  Dayna Roselli: And you hear him in the interview talking Trisha up.
• 16:16
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, I love how much they support each other.
• 16:18
  Sean McAllister: Totally.
• 16:19
  Dayna Roselli: It's so cute.
• 16:20
  Dayna Roselli: She was amazing, she looked incredible, and she sang one of my favorite songs of hers.
• 16:26
  Dayna Roselli: Um, She's in Love with the Boy.
• 16:28
  Dayna Roselli: It was great.
• 16:29
  Dayna Roselli: And they did a duet too from uh A Star Was Born.
• 16:31
  Dayna Roselli: It was the Lady Gaga song, right?
• 16:33
  Dayna Roselli: Uh uh yes, I forget the name, but the very popular duet.
• 16:39
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, that one.
• 16:42
  Sean McAllister: Well, they sing that and they sound great.
• 16:45
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, that was uh incredible show.
• 16:47
  Dayna Roselli: Um, we mentioned that Garth really brought it, and what made it so vague is I think personally, it was a mix of emotion, fun, it was wild, there were stories, there was passion, and he talked to us, which you felt special.
• 17:08
  Dayna Roselli: No matter every person in that room felt special, and like they just had the time of their life.
• 17:14
  Dayna Roselli: It's like you're completely immersed.
• 17:15
  Dayna Roselli: He performed for two and a half hours.
• 17:17
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 17:17
  Sean McAllister: I mean the show just kept going and going.
• 17:20
  Sean McAllister: And even at the end, he said, Well, I've definitely gone over my time limit, but here we are.
• 17:25
  Sean McAllister: And I I think the show felt like remember MTV used to do those behind the music, yeah, like the unplugged behind the music kind of kind of deals.
• 17:36
  Sean McAllister: And you would watch that and listen to your favorite artist, a Mariah Carey, uh Usher, uh Christina Aguilar, like hear the stories behind the songs, and it just felt so intimate, and you wished you could be there in the audience.
• 17:53
  Sean McAllister: This felt exactly like that to me, except fifty times better than I could have ever imagined it.
• 18:02
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 18:03
  Dayna Roselli: And you know why too is because he didn't go on and on about it.
• 18:06
  Dayna Roselli: It still moved.
• 18:07
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 18:08
  Dayna Roselli: He moved, but he was like the story that he told was enough.
• 18:12
  Dayna Roselli: And he, you know, it spoke eloquent eloquently about it, where you're like, okay, you you had the idea, and then he kicks into it, and it and it just was great.
• 18:22
  Dayna Roselli: Um, I love that he took some audience questions that they had pre-written out that people had submitted.
• 18:28
  Dayna Roselli: Um, he respectfully pointed out um a husband who had just got home from the from serving.
• 18:36
  Dayna Roselli: The crowd went crazy, took off his hat.
• 18:38
  Dayna Roselli: That was a very emotional part.
• 18:39
  Dayna Roselli: And he actually put that out on his Twitter last night that that was his favorite part of the show.
• 18:44
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, it had a really special moment.
• 18:47
  Dayna Roselli: It was.
• 18:47
  Dayna Roselli: And he said it had nothing to do with music, but it had to do with you, as in like the people.
• 18:51
  Dayna Roselli: And I thought that was amazing.
• 18:52
  Dayna Roselli: Um, so there are moments like that that just pop up organically.
• 18:56
  Dayna Roselli: It was amazing.
• 18:57
  Sean McAllister: And I also loved that Garth even played some music that wasn't his, but it was music that inspired the songs that he ended up writing and making famous.
• 19:10
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 19:11
  Dayna Roselli: And the way he talked about other artists.
• 19:13
  Sean McAllister: Yes.
• 19:14
  Dayna Roselli: And also how much he really took time to introduce each band member and tell their history.
• 19:20
  Dayna Roselli: He had a huge band, the curtain lifts up, and there, I don't even know, there was like 15 people in that band.
• 19:25
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, everything from every instrument.
• 19:27
  Dayna Roselli: Some of them had been with him for years and years and years.
• 19:30
  Dayna Roselli: Others were newer, but he talked about their background and their influence on the song that he was just about to play.
• 19:36
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 19:36
  Sean McAllister: And so we're explaining what we loved about the show.
• 19:40
  Sean McAllister: We're not going into detail about every little aspect of the show.
• 19:45
  Sean McAllister: And that's because Garth really wants each performance to be special and unique for every single audience.
• 19:53
  Sean McAllister: And as part of that, he's decided not to allow phones in in the auditorium during his show.
• 20:02
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 20:03
  Dayna Roselli: It was a big decision, but you know what?
• 20:06
  Dayna Roselli: We loved it.
• 20:07
  Dayna Roselli: Now, this is probably unpopular opinion because I usually hear people say when I just look at comments and reactions to different kinds of shows that have people put their phones away that they don't love it.
• 20:19
  Dayna Roselli: I loved it because you and I could be immersed in the show.
• 20:23
  Dayna Roselli: The whole crowd could be immersed in the show.
• 20:25
  Dayna Roselli: And not standing there recording.
• 20:28
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, we have to get bits for our social media because it's what we do and we cover it and people want to see.
• 20:34
  Dayna Roselli: And so we often have to shoot little pieces.
• 20:36
  Dayna Roselli: But there are some people who sit there and record literally the whole show and have a phone in the air the whole time.
• 20:42
  Dayna Roselli: It was so nice not to see that.
• 20:43
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, I I felt like it created such connection with Garth and even with the people around us.
• 20:51
  Sean McAllister: I mean, we made friends with people who are who were sitting around us because we were striking up conversations instead of you know people being on their phones or you know, getting a social media post out or recording video that they're probably never going to look at again.
• 21:06
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 21:06
  Dayna Roselli: So let's listen uh to Garth in his own words.
• 21:08
  Dayna Roselli: He describes this.
• 21:09
  Dayna Roselli: He says, People are gonna be coming to my show over and over, and I want I don't want the whole thing posted online.
• 21:16
  Dayna Roselli: I want you to have that experience.
• 21:17
  Dayna Roselli: You're paying for a ticket, you might as well come and be a little bit surprised.
• 21:22
  SPEAKER_02: So since there are people that have tickets, December 20 something, you know, right?
• 21:28
  SPEAKER_02: It's crazy.
• 21:29
  SPEAKER_02: I want the show to be brand new for them, not something they go online and just do the whole damn thing.
• 21:34
  SPEAKER_02: I don't think it's fair to them, I don't think it's fair to the story, I don't think it's fair to the artist.
• 21:38
  SPEAKER_02: So Rainy Burr came up with API.
• 21:47
  SPEAKER_02: So Randy said what if they opened.
• 21:52
  SPEAKER_02: So one of the things we did is keyword code in the closed keyword.
• 22:26
  SPEAKER_02: So if it really works well, it will be part of the show the next day.
• 22:31
  SPEAKER_02: Those things are fine.
• 22:33
  SPEAKER_02: So hopefully, hopefully it'll just get better and better at the time as we do it.
• 22:38
  SPEAKER_02: But that's the original plan.
• 22:40
  SPEAKER_02: That's a great question.
• 22:41
  SPEAKER_02: Thanks for letting me get a chance to explain that.
• 22:44
  Dayna Roselli: So we didn't have that actually in the pouch.
• 22:46
  Dayna Roselli: We got a lanyard.
• 22:47
  Dayna Roselli: And this was great too because everyone got a Garth Brooks VIP lanyard.
• 22:52
  Dayna Roselli: Everyone was a VIP.
• 22:53
  Dayna Roselli: And that again is Garth Brooks.
• 22:55
  Dayna Roselli: Everyone is equal.
• 22:56
  Dayna Roselli: Everyone is a VIP that comes to my show.
• 22:58
  Dayna Roselli: You're all special.
• 22:59
  Dayna Roselli: And on there was a golden ticket.
• 23:02
  Dayna Roselli: And on that is a QR code.
• 23:04
  Dayna Roselli: And so if you click that after you get out of the show, it takes you to a link of a bunch of professional pictures from the night.
• 23:11
  Sean McAllister: And I thought that was really nice.
• 23:13
  Sean McAllister: That, you know, even though phones aren't allowed, he is still giving the audience pictures and in some cases video of those moments from the show that really were special.
• 23:27
  Sean McAllister: And that you have those really amazing photos to keep for yourself as a keepsake and as a memory of an incredible night with Garth Brooks.
• 23:38
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 23:38
  Dayna Roselli: We just loved it.
• 23:39
  Dayna Roselli: We could go on and on.
• 23:41
  Dayna Roselli: We hope you know some of this information helped.
• 23:43
  Dayna Roselli: Again, we don't want to get into the real nitty-gritty details.
• 23:46
  Dayna Roselli: One little note people asked us, like, is there a lot of production?
• 23:49
  Dayna Roselli: It's like, no, there is the band.
• 23:50
  Dayna Roselli: There's an amazing huge screen where you can see him up close if you're up in the balcony.
• 23:55
  Dayna Roselli: You uh a couple logos.
• 23:57
  Dayna Roselli: Um, the curtain came up and revealed his band at one point.
• 24:01
  Dayna Roselli: And other than that, but you didn't need it.
• 24:02
  Dayna Roselli: No, I didn't care.
• 24:04
  Dayna Roselli: No, it wasn't necessary.
• 24:05
  Dayna Roselli: But he filled the stage.
• 24:06
  Dayna Roselli: He runs back and forth more than I've ever seen anybody run back and forth.
• 24:11
  Sean McAllister: Well, and I will say, I think he acknowledged, not by name or by pointing out, but he acknowledged every part of the audience throughout the show.
• 24:21
  Sean McAllister: So Garth is an ultimate performer.
• 24:27
  Sean McAllister: He knows what he's doing.
• 24:30
  Sean McAllister: He has created an incredibly intimate, memorable, unique show that you will only get here in Las Vegas.
• 24:39
  Sean McAllister: And that's what I love about this residency.
• 24:42
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's great.
• 24:44
  Dayna Roselli: He sold out for 2023, but there are some resale tickets on Stubhub and stuff.
• 24:48
  Dayna Roselli: We browse, they started around, what did I say, 298 or 340?
• 24:52
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, right around 300.
• 24:54
  Dayna Roselli: But his tickets for 2024 are going on sale uh soon.
• 24:58
  Dayna Roselli: And if you want to hop on board uh any of those dates that he released, um, I would get on there and and get, you got to sign up, right?
• 25:04
  Sean McAllister: It's the verified Yeah, they're doing the Ticketmaster verified fan uh sign up.
• 25:10
  Sean McAllister: So you have to log in, become a verified fan of Garth Brooks.
• 25:13
  Sean McAllister: And here's the other thing that he's doing.
• 25:15
  Sean McAllister: If you signed up to be a verified fan for his first run of shows through uh the end of 2023, through the end of this year, but you didn't get in on those tickets, they uh put all of those fans aside, and you are now going to be first in line for tickets in 2024.
• 25:33
  Sean McAllister: I believe the shows begin in April, spring of 2024.
• 25:37
  Dayna Roselli: And before we get to tips, I wanted to mention this fabulous commercial center block party that took place.
• 25:43
  Dayna Roselli: You and I could not go because we were at Garth Brooks' show.
• 25:46
  Dayna Roselli: Yep.
• 25:47
  Dayna Roselli: But commercial center is like a shopping area, historic shopping area on East Sahara.
• 25:53
  Dayna Roselli: It's to the east of the Las Vegas Strip.
• 25:56
  Dayna Roselli: People have come and gone.
• 25:58
  Dayna Roselli: So there's been amazing stores and restaurants in there for many, many years.
• 26:02
  Dayna Roselli: There's a theater, there's the green door, all sorts of different kinds of things through the years.
• 26:07
  Dayna Roselli: Well, anyway, they're trying to revitalize this area.
• 26:11
  Dayna Roselli: And they had this block party where they gave out tickets, okay?
• 26:15
  Dayna Roselli: Free tickets.
• 26:16
  Dayna Roselli: So it was a big deal.
• 26:18
  Dayna Roselli: And 12,000 of them were gone in hours.
• 26:21
  Sean McAllister: Like, I mean, as soon as we started texting about it, as soon as we got word, it seemed like I I don't even think I had time to go on and apply for tickets.
• 26:33
  Sean McAllister: And we got another notice that tickets were all gone.
• 26:37
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, exactly.
• 26:38
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, it's funny because and you were saying it was so interesting because the county put this out there.
• 26:42
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, so you know, it's like that was something different, you know.
• 26:46
  Dayna Roselli: And and and the big deal was that that Dead Mouse was going to perform a very popular electronic DJ.
• 26:53
  Sean McAllister: Yep.
• 26:54
  Dayna Roselli: And celebrity DJ, really, I would say everyone knows, you know, has heard or seen the visual of Dead Mouse.
• 27:00
  Dayna Roselli: Exactly.
• 27:01
  Sean McAllister: Big ears kind of look looks like a big electronic Mickey Mouse kind of kind of deal.
• 27:05
  Sean McAllister: Um, but I thought what was interesting about this is there is this concerted effort right now to revitalize the areas east of the Las Vegas Strip because there are so many historic parts of town.
• 27:20
  Sean McAllister: There's a great golf course over here on the the east side, uh Las Vegas National.
• 27:26
  Sean McAllister: And that's where if you watch the movie Casino, that's the house where Robert De Niro lived in that movie, is over along that golf course.
• 27:36
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 27:36
  Sean McAllister: You know, and so there's all of these great historic pop culture places over on the east side, and Clark County is really putting an effort into revitalizing the area, bringing attention to the area, and hopefully bringing tourists to the area as well once revitalization efforts keep going.
• 27:59
  Sean McAllister: Because the Huntridge Theater is another place that uh is being revitalized right now.
• 28:04
  Sean McAllister: They just put the relit the sign to the Huntridge Theater.
• 28:08
  Sean McAllister: And this was built back in the 40s.
• 28:10
  Sean McAllister: I believe it was the first air-conditioned theater in Las Vegas, and lots of concerts have been held there.
• 28:16
  Dayna Roselli: The killers started there, they used to play there when they were young, and uh, you know, look at them now.
• 28:20
  Dayna Roselli: So I know they're huge backers of revitalizing that Huntridge Theater.
• 28:24
  Sean McAllister: So yeah, I would love to see the entire area because there is so much potential.
• 28:28
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, there really is.
• 28:30
  Dayna Roselli: Um, so anyway, this um was a great event with local artists.
• 28:34
  Dayna Roselli: They had food trucks, they had drink stations, a dead mouse performed, they had other local entertainers there too in several different stages.
• 28:40
  Dayna Roselli: So really cool to see that happen and hopefully it will bring attention to that area and people will start going, hey, we need to bring this back and keep this alive.
• 28:49
  Dayna Roselli: So look forward to hearing more about that.
• 28:52
  Sean McAllister: All right, let's get to tips.
• 28:57
  Sean McAllister: Dana Memorial Day weekend is upon us.
• 29:00
  Sean McAllister: That means tons of people are coming into Las Vegas for a long extended weekend, either driving or flying in.
• 29:08
  Sean McAllister: Um, there's of course lots to do.
• 29:11
  Sean McAllister: There's big pool parties, there's big concerts, as always.
• 29:14
  Sean McAllister: But people are always like, okay, that's cool, but what can I do for free?
• 29:19
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 29:19
  Dayna Roselli: So let's be honest.
• 29:21
  Dayna Roselli: Um, for our segment that we do in Los Angeles, KCal CBS, they said, hey, what free things are happening for Memorial Day?
• 29:27
  Dayna Roselli: And we went, probably not much, but we did our research.
• 29:30
  Dayna Roselli: So we thought, you know what?
• 29:31
  Dayna Roselli: Let's make this our tip segment.
• 29:33
  Sean McAllister: Exactly.
• 29:34
  Sean McAllister: Exactly.
• 29:35
  Dayna Roselli: So you looked around and you came up with some really good ideas, and I was like, Oh, yeah, I forgot about that.
• 29:39
  Dayna Roselli: I forgot about that.
• 29:40
  Dayna Roselli: So there are free things to do.
• 29:41
  Sean McAllister: There, there are.
• 29:42
  Sean McAllister: And let's start with uh the pools because we know that obviously Vegas is the place for day clubs.
• 29:51
  Sean McAllister: These huge pool parties are the thing to do, the place to be during the day in pool season here in Las Vegas.
• 29:59
  Sean McAllister: Well, you can get a great pool vibe if you come just like a block or two off the strip over at Top Golf.
• 30:08
  Sean McAllister: They have a great pool area, it's a great vibe in there, and it's free to go and use the pool.
• 30:17
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 30:18
  Dayna Roselli: Not a lot of people realize that it's first come, first served, so you gotta get there, you know, before anyone else if you want like a specific area to sit and all that or lounge around.
• 30:27
  Dayna Roselli: But not a lot of people realize.
• 30:30
  Dayna Roselli: So sometimes you go, especially if it's midweek, and it's like you have a nice pool to hang out at for free with a great vibe.
• 30:37
  Dayna Roselli: You hear music, you could go order some food, all of it.
• 30:41
  Sean McAllister: By the way, even if you're not golfing there, that's also a great spot to just go and hang out at one of the many bars that they have and grab some food.
• 30:49
  Sean McAllister: They have huge screens to watch games.
• 30:52
  Sean McAllister: So all in all, Top Golf is a great place to go.
• 30:56
  Sean McAllister: Like I said, even if you're not golfing.
• 30:59
  Sean McAllister: Right, exactly.
• 31:00
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, we've already talked about Nashville Unplugged, but let's reiterate that Friday at nine o'clock of Memorial Day weekend, they're doing another show, and those are free.
• 31:08
  Dayna Roselli: Is it eight o'clock?
• 31:09
  Dayna Roselli: Eight o'clock.
• 31:10
  Dayna Roselli: You look at it.
• 31:10
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, eight o'clock on Friday, the weekend of Memorial Day.
• 31:13
  Dayna Roselli: They're doing another show over there at Mandalay Bay, right in the lounge in the center of the casino.
• 31:19
  Dayna Roselli: Um, Nashville Unplugged is a great show.
• 31:21
  Dayna Roselli: Sean went, you loved it, right?
• 31:23
  Sean McAllister: Oh, it was so much fun.
• 31:24
  Sean McAllister: Living room style environment.
• 31:26
  Sean McAllister: It's just great to kick back, listen to the songwriters who've written, you know, incredible, not only country music, but other genres as well.
• 31:35
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 31:36
  Dayna Roselli: And then you can go up to Fremont Street, which we know a lot of you that listen love to do.
• 31:40
  Dayna Roselli: Fremont Street Experience, they have free concerts all the time, that weekend included.
• 31:45
  Dayna Roselli: And then we also saw that actually Smashmouth is headlining and performing on the Sunday night before Memorial Day Monday.
• 31:54
  Dayna Roselli: So if you want to see Smashmouth, get up to Fremont Street for the free concert.
• 31:59
  Sean McAllister: Also, over at uh Virgin Hotels, which is the former Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, they have a lounge in there called the Shag Room.
• 32:08
  Sean McAllister: And each Friday night from 9 p.m.
• 32:11
  Sean McAllister: until 1 a.m., they have free music in there as well.
• 32:15
  Sean McAllister: So those are some great options that are gonna cost you nothing to go and and partake in.
• 32:22
  Dayna Roselli: And just a note, you know, if you're like, I can't afford to come in, I'm looking at prices on the strip, you know, and like everything is through the roof because we ran into something similar.
• 32:30
  Dayna Roselli: Our families are coming in at a weekend in September for an award that Sean and I are getting.
• 32:36
  Dayna Roselli: And we said, What's going on that weekend?
• 32:38
  Dayna Roselli: It was like Mexican Independence Day weekend.
• 32:40
  Dayna Roselli: You look up and you're like, okay, so the prices are really high because it's going to be really busy.
• 32:43
  Dayna Roselli: But then we looked at off-strip pricing.
• 32:45
  Dayna Roselli: And keep that in mind, everyone, there are so many hotel casinos that are off the strip, but not too far.
• 32:52
  Dayna Roselli: I looked at Virgin and I looked at the Palms, and they had great rooms that were, you know,$700 at the win, but now but comparable, if not even a little bit bigger, over at the Palms for$149.
• 33:04
  Dayna Roselli: So make sure if you really want to come to Vegas, you may just not be able to stay exactly right on the strip, but you'll be close enough with the options that we have.
• 33:13
  Dayna Roselli: We've got the Rio, we've got and then there's ones that are farther too that are good.
• 33:17
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 33:17
  Sean McAllister: And you know what?
• 33:18
  Sean McAllister: That may not be a bad option when you think about it, so that you can go and be in the heart of everything happening in Las Vegas.
• 33:26
  Sean McAllister: But then when you go back to your room, it's like you're taking a little bit of a step away.
• 33:31
  Sean McAllister: You're not in it all the time.
• 33:33
  Dayna Roselli: Um, hey, I wanted to mention a couple things before we leave.
• 33:36
  Dayna Roselli: Um, I people always ask me about, like I always say on your Instagram pushing these goalie products, and they are they're gummy vitamins.
• 33:43
  Dayna Roselli: Yes, do you use them?
• 33:44
  Dayna Roselli: Yes, I do use them.
• 33:46
  Dayna Roselli: I use different ones for different things.
• 33:48
  Dayna Roselli: I love the super greens because I don't get a lot of greens in.
• 33:51
  Dayna Roselli: I love the super fruits because it's good for your skin.
• 33:54
  Dayna Roselli: Um, I don't take the sleep gummies very often because I usually have no trouble falling asleep.
• 34:00
  Dayna Roselli: But there's one called Ashwagandha, which is great to kind of relax you when I get stressed out.
• 34:04
  Dayna Roselli: So I use that one too.
• 34:05
  Dayna Roselli: There's so many.
• 34:06
  Dayna Roselli: They have a bunch of new ones, a beats one.
• 34:08
  Dayna Roselli: They have a super extra sleep uh gummy bottle.
• 34:11
  Dayna Roselli: They have the immune gummies, which are great for travel, but you can always check in with me because they give me a lot of sales to push out.
• 34:21
  Dayna Roselli: And right now there's a 35% off sale.
• 34:24
  Dayna Roselli: And all you have to do is if you're interested in ordering goalie gummies, and I know you've used them.
• 34:29
  Dayna Roselli: Your mom's used some of the sleep gummies she likes.
• 34:31
  Sean McAllister: My family's used them.
• 34:32
  Sean McAllister: I we have a cabinet of them.
• 34:34
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, they're good.
• 34:35
  Dayna Roselli: I they're really good.
• 34:36
  Dayna Roselli: And and you know what?
• 34:37
  Dayna Roselli: I love to pop one in whenever I'm craving something sweet.
• 34:40
  Dayna Roselli: I pop a gummy, and I figure it's better to have a bite.
• 34:43
  Dayna Roselli: Yep, the chocolate ones, and some of the gummy ones are actually, you know, sweet as well.
• 34:48
  Dayna Roselli: Yep.
• 34:49
  Dayna Roselli: So if you had that craving, it kind of but anyway, um 35% off is the sale right now.
• 34:54
  Dayna Roselli: You can go to goalie.com, surf around.
• 34:58
  Dayna Roselli: But when you check out, put in my code, and that is Dana Roselli.
• 35:01
  Dayna Roselli: So my name all the way through with no spaces.
• 35:04
  Dayna Roselli: D-A-Y-N-A-R-O-S-E-L-I.
• 35:08
  Dayna Roselli: If you want to order a pack of gummies, try one out.
• 35:10
  Dayna Roselli: It's a good deal.
• 35:11
  Sean McAllister: And just keep in mind those immune gummies would be great, especially if you're planning on traveling.
• 35:17
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, get them in time so that you can get them into your system before you travel, during, and then after as well.
• 35:24
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's it's a good deal.
• 35:26
  Dayna Roselli: They're delicious.
• 35:27
  Dayna Roselli: My whole counter's full of them.
• 35:28
  Dayna Roselli: If anybody came in, they'd be like, you obviously distribute goalie gummies.
• 35:32
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• 35:36
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• 35:53
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• 36:03
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• 36:10
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• 36:13
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• 36:17
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• 36:23
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• 36:25
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• 36:26
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• 36:28
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• 36:31
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• 36:36
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• 36:36
  Dayna Roselli: Let's hope.
• 36:37
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• 36:45
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• 36:49
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• 36:51
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• 36:52
  Dayna Roselli: We'll be back next week with episode 170.