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Alanis Morissette Residency, Ellis Island Upgrades, Fontainebleau Wellness Amenities, F1 Arcade, Earth Wind & Fire | Ep. 293 · Vegas Revealed

• 0:00
  Sean McAllister: It is episode 293 of Vegas Revealed.
• 0:03
  Sean McAllister: And buckle up for some racing action.
• 0:06
  Sean McAllister: The F1 arcade is now open at the Form Shops.
• 0:10
  Dayna Roselli: Plus, wellness tourism is a growing trend, and Fountain Blue offers a variety of healthy amenities to keep up with the movement.
• 0:17
  Sean McAllister: A new rooftop deck has a view of the strip that is seldom seen.
• 0:22
  Sean McAllister: We reveal where it is and how you can enjoy it.
• 0:25
  Dayna Roselli: And Alanis Morset kicks off her extended run of shows at the Coliseum at Caesars Palace.
• 0:31
  Dayna Roselli: Our thoughts on the production that might surprise fans.
• 0:35
  Sean McAllister: All this and more coming up on Vegas Revealed.
• 0:39
  Sean McAllister: Vegas Revealed, presented by Galindo Law, starts now.
• 0:44
  Sean McAllister: Welcome to Vegas Revealed, episode 293.
• 0:47
  Sean McAllister: Sean McAllister and Dana Roselli here with you.
• 0:51
  Sean McAllister: And uh Dana, we kind of lived out a 90s musical uh experience on the strip recently.
• 0:59
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 1:00
  Dayna Roselli: Alanis Morset kicked off her mini residency, I would call it, because she's not here for too long.
• 1:05
  Dayna Roselli: In fact, she's only got about four more shows at the Coliseum at Caesars Palace.
• 1:09
  Dayna Roselli: But if you want to see her live in her element and doing something different here in Vegas, you'll want to go.
• 1:16
  Dayna Roselli: So we're gonna get into that in just a minute.
• 1:18
  Dayna Roselli: But I just want to say again, nostalgia.
• 1:20
  Dayna Roselli: We talk about it all the time.
• 1:21
  Dayna Roselli: It just seems like this is the guy it's just crazy how many artists from our upbringing are getting shows in Vegas.
• 1:32
  Sean McAllister: It's true, and it's not only shows, it's experiences and attractions here in Las Vegas that are basing their success around that nostalgic feeling.
• 1:44
  Sean McAllister: People of, you know, people who are in their 40s and 50s now, the these businesses and you know, concert promoters are tapping into what was big when in our formative years in the 80s and 90s.
• 2:00
  Sean McAllister: And I mean, I love it.
• 2:02
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I mean, what did we just we just did a TV show where we were listing off, and I was like, wow, Cindy Lauper's coming.
• 2:08
  Dayna Roselli: Boy George just announced shows, more shows in Vegas.
• 2:11
  Dayna Roselli: He was over at the win for a little while, and now he's coming back to the Venetian.
• 2:15
  Sean McAllister: Toto, Toto, another big one, yeah.
• 2:18
  Dayna Roselli: Kings of Leon.
• 2:19
  Sean McAllister: Kings of Leon.
• 2:20
  Sean McAllister: We have Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block, and now we're even like inching into the early 2000s as well, with a couple uh One Direction band members doing solo shows on the strip.
• 2:34
  Dayna Roselli: And No Doubt just announced at the Sphere.
• 2:38
  Sean McAllister: That's gonna be so good.
• 2:39
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, so it's so interesting because you know, now No Doubt is where Gwen Stefani was a lead singer and got her start.
• 2:45
  Dayna Roselli: She went off solo for a little while, and then they did a couple appearances since then, but now they're coming together as a full band again and playing the sphere, and they put a run of shows on sale and they've already had to add more.
• 2:57
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 2:58
  Sean McAllister: So I think No Doubt is going to be absolutely bananas.
• 3:04
  Sean McAllister: Don't pardon the pun.
• 3:05
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 3:06
  Sean McAllister: Cause you know, there are going to I can almost guarantee there's gonna be lots of bananas.
• 3:10
  Dayna Roselli: You think, well, I don't know, because it that's one of Gwen's songs, right?
• 3:13
  Dayna Roselli: Well, that's a solo artist.
• 3:14
  Sean McAllister: So I wonder But I mean, I don't know if you can do shows and not have bananas.
• 3:20
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 3:20
  Dayna Roselli: Well, they the whole orange thing is the big symbol.
• 3:24
  Dayna Roselli: Orange, yeah.
• 3:25
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, they turned the sphere into an orange for the big announcement.
• 3:28
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 3:29
  Dayna Roselli: I thought you were gonna say, I have no doubt they'll sell more sell out more shows.
• 3:35
  Sean McAllister: Well, that is also true.
• 3:38
  Dayna Roselli: All right, let's go back to Alanis.
• 3:40
  Dayna Roselli: Ready?
• 3:40
  Sean McAllister: I'm ready.
• 3:41
  Dayna Roselli: Because we gotta run through a bunch of stuff.
• 3:42
  Dayna Roselli: First of all, this show had an intermission.
• 3:44
  Dayna Roselli: It was at the Coliseum at Caesar's Palace.
• 3:46
  Dayna Roselli: That was different.
• 3:47
  Sean McAllister: It was very different.
• 3:48
  Sean McAllister: You don't really see residency shows, residency style shows with intermissions.
• 3:53
  Sean McAllister: I mean, they're generally produced to a a pretty tight 70 to 90 minute time frame.
• 4:02
  Sean McAllister: And, you know, that's done from the view of the casino operators to get people in, see a good show, and get them back out to spend money in the casinos, at the bars, at the restaurants.
• 4:14
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 4:14
  Dayna Roselli: And there was a line to get in.
• 4:16
  Dayna Roselli: It was packed.
• 4:17
  Sean McAllister: There was.
• 4:18
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, I looked around and most seats were taken.
• 4:21
  Dayna Roselli: I think I glanced up at the balcony, and there may have been a couple seats up there, but I would say it was pretty much sold out.
• 4:28
  Dayna Roselli: And yeah, the the lines and all of Caesars Palace was busy before the show.
• 4:32
  Dayna Roselli: The show started at eight.
• 4:34
  Dayna Roselli: Um it was opening night, so I think she started more like 8 15, 810.
• 4:39
  Sean McAllister: 815-ish.
• 4:39
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 4:40
  Dayna Roselli: But it was about two and a half hours.
• 4:42
  Sean McAllister: It was a it was uh I mean, listen, anybody who bought a ticket and went to that show got their money's worth for sure.
• 4:50
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 4:51
  Dayna Roselli: So this was a different type of show, and it was longer because she did some talking, some acting, some some skits, some some she gave examples of the ups and downs in her life.
• 5:03
  Dayna Roselli: We saw a lot of pictures.
• 5:05
  Dayna Roselli: Um, I think her husband made an appearance at once too, and then I think so.
• 5:09
  Dayna Roselli: Uh there was some like comedy, visual arts, interpretive dance.
• 5:13
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, it's a little bit of everything.
• 5:14
  Dayna Roselli: And when I left, I felt like I really knew her, but then I was also tired that night and we had a long day.
• 5:21
  Dayna Roselli: So the next day, as I sat around and thought about it, I thought, that was different.
• 5:25
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know, but as the day went on, I was like, you know, I really like that.
• 5:29
  Sean McAllister: I feel the same way.
• 5:30
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 5:31
  Sean McAllister: And I was texting with a a colleague in the um casino world who asked my opinion the next morning.
• 5:39
  Sean McAllister: And I said, you know what?
• 5:41
  Sean McAllister: This was different, but for me, I I found it really refreshing that Alanis decided to go with her gut to do what she wanted to do, because that's not been the case for a lot of her career, which is one of the themes in the show is that people have told her what to do, what to say, how to do things.
• 6:01
  Sean McAllister: And this is a moment where she's like stepping out on stage as her own person, doing her own thing, doing it her way, and it really was kind of refreshing that she decided to I'll say use non-traditional storytelling to uh kind of get us through her show.
• 6:24
  Dayna Roselli: And like maybe that's not non-traditional for like if you were on Broadway, and maybe this is eventually where but it was non-traditional for Vegas.
• 6:30
  Sean McAllister: A hundred percent.
• 6:31
  Dayna Roselli: And then we were thinking, like, well, okay, so it a la Atlantis fans probably love this, but they were like, okay, well, if it was a Vegas show, would it bring people in?
• 6:42
  Dayna Roselli: Um, would they be satisfied or maybe care to learn this much if they weren't a huge fan?
• 6:48
  Sean McAllister: For more of a general audience, yeah.
• 6:51
  Dayna Roselli: But then maybe you're like, well, maybe they didn't know much before and now they do.
• 6:54
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, I felt a little that way.
• 6:56
  Dayna Roselli: I definitely like her music and I knew a little bit of her story, but not exposed as much as she exposed it.
• 7:02
  Dayna Roselli: But then again, she's doing eight shows.
• 7:04
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, listen, I don't know, she might extend, but I feel like they would have added more already.
• 7:09
  Dayna Roselli: But maybe she will be back.
• 7:10
  Dayna Roselli: But this is perfect for eight shows because you're getting the diehards, the Alanis fans, the people who love her music and know enough about her to enjoy this show.
• 7:20
  Sean McAllister: Absolutely.
• 7:21
  Sean McAllister: And I think that it really does give um, at least for me, I got new insight um to a lot of the music that I've listened to for decades now.
• 7:31
  Sean McAllister: Since what was it, 1995 when Jagged Little Pill came out?
• 7:35
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 7:35
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, it really explained Yeah, 1995.
• 7:38
  Sean McAllister: A lot of that music, and I was like, oh wow, that's what that song was about.
• 7:42
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 7:42
  Dayna Roselli: And every song on that album was like a hit.
• 7:44
  Dayna Roselli: We did have a couple people chime in and tick TikTok and say, Hey, I hope she sings songs outside of Jagged Little Pill.
• 7:49
  Dayna Roselli: Like the diehards want to hear, they love everything.
• 7:52
  Dayna Roselli: Yep.
• 7:52
  Dayna Roselli: Not just the mega hits.
• 7:54
  Dayna Roselli: Um, I even went to Earth, Wind and Fire recently, which I can talk about in a minute, but they even said, Well, listen, we know you want to hear the hits hits, the radio hits, but you're gonna have to listen to just a couple of the songs that we love that we put together because they know, you know, that you've got to give what but yeah, Jagged Little Pill.
• 8:10
  Dayna Roselli: I've missed that voice.
• 8:11
  Dayna Roselli: I enjoyed it so much because I was like, I mean, every now and then I'll hear a song, but you know, because I don't anyway listen to the radio as much as I used to.
• 8:21
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know if you those songs aren't in the rotation of my life anymore.
• 8:25
  Dayna Roselli: Where you used to just you'd have a radio station on and they always played Alanis, didn't matter what year it was.
• 8:30
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 8:30
  Dayna Roselli: You know, if it was that kind of radio station, but now you've got to actually pick it.
• 8:34
  Dayna Roselli: You do, or it needs to be in your rotation.
• 8:37
  Dayna Roselli: So I was listening to her going, I miss first of all, she uh another thing, she sounds amazing.
• 8:42
  Sean McAllister: Sounded and looked fantastic.
• 8:44
  Sean McAllister: Yes, and by the way, I was thinking during the show, that stage inside Caesar's Coliseum is massive.
• 8:51
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and she was back and forth across that stage the entire time.
• 8:56
  Sean McAllister: And I was wondering, I was like, is she wearing a Fitbit so that she can see how many steps she's getting in?
• 9:01
  Sean McAllister: Because it had to have been easily 10,000 throughout the course of that two and a half hour show.
• 9:06
  Dayna Roselli: I know, I know.
• 9:07
  Dayna Roselli: Well, she worked it.
• 9:09
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, because they had, you know, when it was just her singing, it was just her.
• 9:12
  Dayna Roselli: So maybe she felt like she wanted to fill the space.
• 9:15
  Dayna Roselli: And I know that she even made a comment at the beginning of the show, like, can't wait to see you up there in the balcony.
• 9:20
  Dayna Roselli: And they were like, No, no, you know, we've got a show to do.
• 9:23
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 9:23
  Sean McAllister: She wanted to say hi to everybody.
• 9:25
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, so maybe that was her way of going one side to the other side, and it was important to her.
• 9:29
  Dayna Roselli: But um, yeah, definitely did learn a lot.
• 9:31
  Dayna Roselli: I thought it was different, and um she sounded great.
• 9:35
  Dayna Roselli: The crowd was into it.
• 9:36
  Dayna Roselli: I got some video at the end of the show, and then I was looking back as I was editing some video, and I was noticing the crowd was on their feet.
• 9:43
  Sean McAllister: Oh, they were emotional and happy and during the encore and the end the end of the second act set list and into the encore, people were on their feet the entire time.
• 9:55
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 9:56
  Dayna Roselli: It was good.
• 9:57
  Dayna Roselli: She is back.
• 9:58
  Dayna Roselli: What did I say?
• 9:58
  Dayna Roselli: We got a couple more shows to go here.
• 10:00
  Dayna Roselli: November 1st and 2nd, this podcast dropping on the 23rd.
• 10:05
  Dayna Roselli: So uh she also has shows this weekend, 24th and 25th of October.
• 10:08
  Dayna Roselli: So four more shows um at the Coliseum, and we'll see if if she comes back or adds more, but welcome back.
• 10:16
  Dayna Roselli: It was great to see her.
• 10:17
  Sean McAllister: It was great to see her.
• 10:18
  Sean McAllister: It was a different type of show, and uh like I said, I think it was refreshing and and good to see um a different kind of a different kind of show on the Vegas strip.
• 10:30
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 10:31
  Dayna Roselli: Um I did go to Earth, Wind and Fire, I wanted to mention at the Venetian, they're in town too, um, doing a a few more shows, but and they usually come back, so I think they'll be back.
• 10:40
  Dayna Roselli: But that show just it's always good.
• 10:42
  Dayna Roselli: I haven't seen them in a really long time, but I knew that I loved it.
• 10:44
  Dayna Roselli: But the amount of musical instruments they use and the amount of singers, some sweet Philip Bailey is still in the group and sings a lot of the songs, but other people come in, and I think he said uh his son was one of them.
• 10:57
  Dayna Roselli: So I mean it was um they just have like a good large group of people on stage that things are always changing up, voices are changing, instruments are changing, and I always feel like it's was such a uh good live music experience.
• 11:12
  Sean McAllister: Well, and whenever I see images of their shows, it like the first thing that pops into my head is that it it seems like kind of a jam band.
• 11:22
  Sean McAllister: Yes, it's just you know, where it's just fun, where things happen organically and things flow from one thing to the next.
• 11:29
  Dayna Roselli: Yes, totally that way, and they they work it and the crowd gets on their feet.
• 11:34
  Dayna Roselli: This was at the um Venetian theater.
• 11:37
  Dayna Roselli: So I love that theater.
• 11:38
  Dayna Roselli: I hadn't been there in a while, and I was excited.
• 11:40
  Dayna Roselli: It was full and packed.
• 11:42
  Dayna Roselli: I saw some person running in at the end trying to get one ticket at the box office, and they're like, uh, and then then they found like one.
• 11:48
  Dayna Roselli: But yeah, they sell out, they do well.
• 11:51
  Dayna Roselli: Earth, wind, and fire at the Venetian.
• 11:52
  Dayna Roselli: If you haven't seen them, I definitely put it on your bucket list.
• 11:55
  Dayna Roselli: It's good for a date night.
• 11:56
  Dayna Roselli: Saw lots of couples enjoying what seemed like uh, you know, beginning of a relationship.
• 12:03
  Sean McAllister: You could just tell it was like so it was early on.
• 12:06
  Dayna Roselli: Early on.
• 12:06
  Dayna Roselli: I felt like there was a lot of that.
• 12:08
  Dayna Roselli: It was a good, safe earth wind, and fire.
• 12:10
  Dayna Roselli: Little September, let's groove tonight, you know.
• 12:14
  Sean McAllister: Well, they they say it is cuffing season when people get all locked into locked into relationships.
• 12:22
  Sean McAllister: Uh hey, coming up in November, we have uh the Formula One race returning here to Las Vegas.
• 12:30
  Sean McAllister: That is uh later in November, like the 20th through the 22nd.
• 12:35
  Sean McAllister: Um but leading up to that, there is a massive F1 arcade that has just opened up inside Caesar's Coliseum.
• 12:46
  Sean McAllister: And this is uh a pretty cool thing.
• 12:49
  Sean McAllister: Oh, I have the Coliseum on my mind.
• 12:52
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, this is over at the forum shops at Caesar's Palace.
• 12:56
  Sean McAllister: Um, and this is a kind of a one-of-a-kind entertainment and hospitality destination.
• 13:02
  Sean McAllister: They do have F1 arcade uh like simulators, tons of them that you can uh try your hand at.
• 13:09
  Sean McAllister: Um, but they also have great food and drinks and other activations that will put you at the center of the Formula One experience.
• 13:18
  Dayna Roselli: And it's the largest US location to date.
• 13:22
  Dayna Roselli: So welcome.
• 13:23
  Dayna Roselli: I'm sure it's great over there at the Form Shops.
• 13:25
  Dayna Roselli: I think it will do well.
• 13:26
  Dayna Roselli: It's 20,000, 21,000 square foot space.
• 13:28
  Dayna Roselli: So that's a lot.
• 13:29
  Sean McAllister: And by the way, there are going to be a lot of other uh F1 activations popping up at resorts up and down the Las Vegas strip.
• 13:37
  Sean McAllister: Some are free, a lot are free, actually.
• 13:40
  Sean McAllister: Uh some are paid.
• 13:42
  Sean McAllister: But just to let you know, keep your eye out.
• 13:44
  Sean McAllister: If you're coming into town between now and uh the end of November, you're gonna see a lot of F1 everywhere.
• 13:51
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 13:51
  Dayna Roselli: And I think this one's here to stay.
• 13:53
  Dayna Roselli: I don't think it's like a pop-up, so um year-round.
• 13:57
  Dayna Roselli: Um, hey, we ran over to Ellis Island to check out the deck.
• 14:00
  Dayna Roselli: This is a rooftop bar that just opened.
• 14:03
  Dayna Roselli: Ellis Island Casino is at the corner of Lomingo and Coval, right there in the middle of all the F1 action when that weekend comes up.
• 14:12
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but it's a great casino that has some really cool spots for sports viewing, brewery, karaoke room, and now a rooftop bar.
• 14:21
  Dayna Roselli: And we went up there, it just happened to be the most perfect weather as it usually is here in Las Vegas in fall.
• 14:26
  Dayna Roselli: And it what a spot.
• 14:28
  Sean McAllister: I mean, it really is.
• 14:29
  Sean McAllister: This is part of a$35 million renovation uh that they're doing over at Ellis Island.
• 14:36
  Sean McAllister: And we talked to Christina Ellis, who is part of the Ellis family, and Ellis Island gets its name from the Ellis family.
• 14:43
  Sean McAllister: Uh, she is the vice president of development over there at Ellis Island, and we talked to her about all the development that they're doing.
• 14:50
  SPEAKER_01: We just opened phase one of our construction.
• 14:53
  SPEAKER_01: So we have a new casino expansion with that new casino bar, big screens for sports.
• 14:59
  SPEAKER_01: And on top of that expansion, we have our new rooftop bar where we're at right now.
• 15:03
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, with a bar, we have great seating, open air, of course, being on the rooftop, great views of the strip.
• 15:09
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, and then our next phase of construction, we have more casino that'll get a little facelift to the property, and then from there the restaurants go under construction.
• 15:17
  Sean McAllister: And we always say that anytime that you can add patio space, that's like a key thing because you think it's a no-brainer in Las Vegas, but not everybody has it.
• 15:29
  SPEAKER_01: No, it's true, and the weather here is really so beautiful so much of the year.
• 15:33
  SPEAKER_01: You know, we get a little bit of a bad breath for our hot summers, but beautiful night tonight for the majority of the year.
• 15:38
  SPEAKER_01: It's so nice.
• 15:39
  SPEAKER_01: Um, so we have the front yard, which is great, indoor-outdoor, and now we're excited to welcome this roof top venue.
• 15:44
  Sean McAllister: I know, and I think we were over here when the front yard was brand new and talked to you.
• 15:50
  Sean McAllister: And uh to have this evolution of um, I don't know, new experiences at Ellis Island continually rolling out.
• 15:59
  Sean McAllister: Um, how exciting is that for you guys and your customers?
• 16:02
  SPEAKER_01: It's so exciting, and the customers really love it and really appreciate it.
• 16:05
  SPEAKER_01: We're still the same value-driven price point we've always been, still the same Ellis Island, but introducing these new amenities where you can enjoy rooftop dining at the deck, you can enjoy a place to watch sports and have great beers at the front yard, and now carrying that onto our casino floor.
• 16:20
  SPEAKER_01: Same$5 blackjack, just in a brand new, beautiful environment.
• 16:24
  Sean McAllister: And so uh up here on the deck, what is offered?
• 16:28
  Sean McAllister: Is it just lounge?
• 16:30
  Sean McAllister: Is it taking in the views?
• 16:32
  SPEAKER_01: It's a little bit of everything, right?
• 16:33
  SPEAKER_01: We have lots of beautiful lounge furniture up here.
• 16:35
  SPEAKER_01: Of course, the view speaks for itself, a great vantage point of the strip.
• 16:39
  SPEAKER_01: But it's cocktails, it's our Ellis Island beers, of course.
• 16:42
  SPEAKER_01: Great place to grab a small bite and a drink, whether it's before dinner, after dinner, in place of dinner.
• 16:47
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, it's just a great spot to hang.
• 16:49
  Dayna Roselli: And we'll have more with her in the future because we talked to her all about F1 coming up and some of the things they've got going on.
• 16:55
  Dayna Roselli: And boy, do they have a great deal.
• 16:57
  Sean McAllister: Oh my gosh, the F1 deal that they have.
• 17:00
  Dayna Roselli: We'll put it next week, maybe.
• 17:01
  Sean McAllister: I might, I'm I think I'm gonna take advantage of that myself.
• 17:05
  Dayna Roselli: Well, now I feel rude.
• 17:05
  Dayna Roselli: Should we just say it?
• 17:06
  Sean McAllister: Okay, it was a hundred bucks for the Thursday night of Formula One at the front yard at Ellis Island, which is their indoor-outdoor uh venue over there.
• 17:17
  Dayna Roselli: So you'll be right there on the corner of the action.
• 17:19
  Dayna Roselli: And what did she say?
• 17:20
  Dayna Roselli: Food and drink included.
• 17:21
  Sean McAllister: Uh food and drink included, and I believe access to the viewing platform, Ellis Island's viewing platform.
• 17:28
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, what a deal.
• 17:30
  Dayna Roselli: Get in quick on that.
• 17:32
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 17:32
  Dayna Roselli: Maybe go to their website and look for that.
• 17:34
  Dayna Roselli: Man, that's shoot.
• 17:35
  Sean McAllister: I'm gonna have to get my ticket now.
• 17:37
  Dayna Roselli: It's true.
• 17:37
  Dayna Roselli: You might need to.
• 17:38
  Sean McAllister: Because I think they're gonna sell out.
• 17:39
  Dayna Roselli: You were taken back, uh taken back by that.
• 17:41
  Dayna Roselli: You were gasping.
• 17:42
  Sean McAllister: I I was.
• 17:43
  Sean McAllister: I had no words.
• 17:44
  Sean McAllister: I was like, whoa, wait a second.
• 17:46
  Sean McAllister: Is this the best deal in Vegas right now?
• 17:50
  Dayna Roselli: All right, well, let's talk wellness.
• 17:52
  Dayna Roselli: If you don't want a beer and a drink and some food, maybe you want a smoothie, stick with us here.
• 17:57
  Dayna Roselli: We've got a great tip right now.
• 18:05
  Sean McAllister: Okay, let's dive into tips.
• 18:06
  Sean McAllister: And this is something that we've talked about before here on the audio podcast, and that is wellness tourism.
• 18:13
  Sean McAllister: This is a trend where people are traveling, vacationing with the entire idea that their vacation is going to be centered around activities, meals that make them feel better.
• 18:28
  Dayna Roselli: And I kind of thought when we first started talking about that, I remember we talked to a woman from Forbes Travel, right?
• 18:34
  Sean McAllister: That was the first time we heard about it.
• 18:35
  Dayna Roselli: And I was like, who's coming to wellness, right?
• 18:37
  Dayna Roselli: But then we went over to Fountain Blue and I was like, okay, I get it.
• 18:41
  Dayna Roselli: Now, also we partner with Fountain Blue for these blue access segments.
• 18:45
  Dayna Roselli: This is part of that.
• 18:46
  Dayna Roselli: But we also actually go over to do the reporting and learn about, you know, the topic.
• 18:53
  Dayna Roselli: And by the time I left there, I was like, this is heaven.
• 18:57
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, now I get it, and I feel like it's true.
• 19:01
  Dayna Roselli: You don't want to always wake up, eat bad, have the whole day, be no nutrition.
• 19:10
  Dayna Roselli: And there are things that you want to do to improve your experience and it to be a part of your travel.
• 19:17
  Sean McAllister: When especially if you're spending money on a good vacation, you want to feel good during your vacation so that you can make the most of it.
• 19:25
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 19:25
  Sean McAllister: You don't want to wake up feeling hungover and sluggish and waste half the day because you have to sleep in and get over your hangover.
• 19:34
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's so true.
• 19:35
  Dayna Roselli: Well, listen, they are taking luxury to the next level with this uh health and wellness program that they have going on over there.
• 19:43
  Dayna Roselli: They have everything from a top-of-the-line fitness center and spa.
• 19:47
  Dayna Roselli: They have a new wellness bar.
• 19:49
  Dayna Roselli: They're updating their menus with more nutritious sections so that they stick out and you can see exactly what item might be more, you know, beneficial for you.
• 19:58
  Sean McAllister: We went over there and we talked with Chef Joe from Fountain Blue.
• 20:02
  Sean McAllister: We also talked with Ashley Tulo, who uh runs the spa over there.
• 20:07
  Sean McAllister: Um, check out everything wellness that Fountain Blue has going on.
• 20:14
  SPEAKER_00: The health and wellness trend has definitely taken off over the last couple of years.
• 20:18
  SPEAKER_00: A big part of the health and wellness that we believe in is actually where the ingredients come from.
• 20:22
  SPEAKER_00: We have great relationships with all the farmer markets in Arizona and California where they you know they hand select vegetables and fruits for us specifically.
• 20:29
  SPEAKER_00: Um we have an amazing, uh, fully sustainable beef program and water when we stay up.
• 20:35
  SPEAKER_00: We use the list of everything's from the Minecraft in the shape.
• 21:24
  SPEAKER_00: I'm eating a little injured summer and eight summer.
• 21:37
  SPEAKER_00: I'm two fish and we have a salad we have a healthy driven, we have a healthy salad section, and then ultimately what the women is individually.
• 21:54
  Dayna Roselli: When you vegan, you need to be, you know, energized and healthy for the whole day.
• 22:00
  SPEAKER_00: Dynamic, the margins have definitely shifted to where people want to go and work out.
• 22:04
  SPEAKER_00: And when they're staying in the hotel with a group of people, they all go to the gym and then they'll all go to the spa.
• 22:09
  SPEAKER_00: And then when they come and dine, it's the same thing.
• 22:11
  SPEAKER_00: It's communal dining, eating healthier, and still enjoying yourself.
• 22:15
  SPEAKER_00: So it's a really great change, I think, for the city itself.
• 22:18
  SPEAKER_00: Um, and and we're super proud to be hopefully one of the one of the leaders in that in that segment.
• 22:25
  SPEAKER_03: We have people say they come here again just because this is the best hotel gym they've ever been to and they stay here exclusively for that.
• 22:33
  SPEAKER_03: Our goal with our Fitness and Wellness Center was really to make it an advanced training facility.
• 22:38
  SPEAKER_03: So we have multiple rooms.
• 22:40
  SPEAKER_03: We have your strength and conditioning room, we have a stretch and recovery room, as well as a movement studio where we offer complimentary group fitness classes every single morning to our guests.
• 22:51
  SPEAKER_03: It's really fun because we have certain equipment like a Kaiser compression system, an entire turf track with a sled push, as well as a great view of Las Vegas Boulevard from all of our cardio equipment.
• 23:02
  Dayna Roselli: Everyone raves about the spa.
• 23:04
  SPEAKER_03: Spa is one of my favorite places.
• 23:06
  SPEAKER_03: I'm a spa girl at heart.
• 23:08
  SPEAKER_03: Our facility here, it's very unique.
• 23:10
  SPEAKER_03: Not only is it a large facility, we have two stories, but we have one of the largest co-ed spaces, as well as a multitude of rooms, including a salt mist cave, infrared saunas, herbal inhalation room, a snow shower, celestial shower experience, zero gravity chairs.
• 23:29
  SPEAKER_03: So there's just so much to do here, and you can do it individually on the men's and women's side or together in our co-ed experience.
• 23:35
  SPEAKER_03: Our herbal room as well as our spa, it has a pulse to it.
• 23:39
  SPEAKER_03: Our spa is based around this circadian rhythm.
• 23:42
  SPEAKER_03: So in the morning when you go in, you're gonna get these hues of blues and purples, also these soft smells of lavenders.
• 23:48
  SPEAKER_03: Then at two o'clock, everything switches to your reds and orange.
• 23:52
  SPEAKER_03: Even our event sauna, we switch our smells to the cinnamons, more spicy, more invigorating.
• 23:57
  SPEAKER_03: So you actually get two different experiences depending on what you're looking for.
• 24:01
  SPEAKER_03: The reboot lounge is like our express a la carte experience.
• 24:05
  SPEAKER_03: Sometimes people may be walking around and they only have a little bit of time and are not looking to partake in a full spot experience.
• 24:12
  SPEAKER_03: So we have this relaxation area downstairs where they can immerse, get their feet rubbed, lay back, have a hot compress over their neck, pop in for maybe 30 or 45 minutes, and then go back about their day feeling refreshed.
• 24:26
  Dayna Roselli: Alright, and if you actually want to look at this story, visualize what we're talking about, you can get it.
• 24:32
  Dayna Roselli: Which you should.
• 24:32
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, which you should.
• 24:33
  Dayna Roselli: You can go to our YouTube channel, our at Vegas Revealed YouTube channel.
• 24:37
  Dayna Roselli: We have the full story on there, and you can see us going, you gotta see this gym and this spa.
• 24:41
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my gosh.
• 24:42
  Dayna Roselli: Incredible, right?
• 24:43
  Sean McAllister: It really is.
• 24:44
  Sean McAllister: I mean, uh uh they make it snow in there, it's a double decker spa.
• 24:50
  Dayna Roselli: Relaxing.
• 24:51
  Dayna Roselli: Um so also, just so you know, they have these sauna meisters at the spa.
• 24:56
  Dayna Roselli: Because sometimes people go to a spa, and believe it or not, not everyone has been to a spa.
• 25:00
  Dayna Roselli: You might be a first timer and you want to start trying out spas as part of your travel tourism.
• 25:06
  Dayna Roselli: Um they have sauna meisters that help guide you through the sauna experience, and then they also help you with the cold plunge and all that kind of thing.
• 25:14
  Dayna Roselli: So um they guide you through, which is great.
• 25:17
  Sean McAllister: Which that's nice to have, especially like you said, if you are just dipping your toes into the spa waters.
• 25:22
  Sean McAllister: And on the dining side, they're also uh incorporating wellness menus at a couple of the restaurants over there at Fountain Blue, including La Fontaine and Vita.
• 25:33
  Sean McAllister: They plan to have more uh as time goes on as well.
• 25:37
  Sean McAllister: So keep an eye out if you're dining at Fountain Blue for the healthy sections on the menus.
• 25:43
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, Chef was saying it'll stick out, like you'll see it.
• 25:45
  Dayna Roselli: You know, sometimes you have to go hunt for it.
• 25:47
  Dayna Roselli: They're trying to do like a you know a nice square on the menu where it sticks out, and you can say, okay, here's a great alternative or choice.
• 25:55
  Dayna Roselli: And if you want to dig in an adult, go do something else.
• 25:57
  Dayna Roselli: Like that's fine too, you know?
• 25:59
  Dayna Roselli: So yeah, really great over there.
• 26:00
  Dayna Roselli: Um, I'm gonna be I got my best friend coming into town.
• 26:04
  Dayna Roselli: Um I had her stay at the Fountain Blue, her and her husband coming up.
• 26:07
  Dayna Roselli: I got a bunch of girlfriends coming into town, so I feel like I'll be at Fountain Blue a lot, and then over at I got some friends staying over at Virgin hotels too.
• 26:14
  Dayna Roselli: So we're going to see new kids on the block and the whole thing.
• 26:17
  Dayna Roselli: So um I'll have some tips from that as sure.
• 26:20
  Dayna Roselli: But for sure.
• 26:22
  Dayna Roselli: But I guess what I'm trying to get at is that my one friend, she is like, no matter what, I'm going back back to Fountain Blue's spa for a facial because she said it was the best facial she's ever had in her life.
• 26:32
  Sean McAllister: Well, I mean, there are people who specifically stay at Fountain Blue for the spa and the gym.
• 26:37
  Dayna Roselli: Yes, it's true.
• 26:38
  Dayna Roselli: It's a nice gym.
• 26:39
  Dayna Roselli: And maybe you see Tom Brady in there.
• 26:40
  Sean McAllister: Hey, you just might.
• 26:42
  Dayna Roselli: All right.
• 26:43
  Dayna Roselli: Well, thanks for joining us, everyone.
• 26:45
  Dayna Roselli: Um, we gotta make this one kind of quick today.
• 26:47
  Dayna Roselli: I think people are getting used to our long podcast, but um, we need to jet and go do some new coverage.
• 26:53
  Dayna Roselli: We are actually going to the opening next week of the Jabberwockies.
• 26:56
  Dayna Roselli: Actually, this week, when the podcast drops, it'll be this week, the Jabberwockies are back at MGM Grand.
• 27:02
  Dayna Roselli: So we'll be talking to them and check out their new show and a ton of other stuff as well.
• 27:08
  Sean McAllister: We'll also be checking out a new hotel in downtown Las Vegas.
• 27:12
  Sean McAllister: It's a non smoking, non-gaming property, but there are definitely reasons for you to stop in there, and we'll get into that next week here on Vegas Reveal.
• 27:23
  Dayna Roselli: All right, have a good one.