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Let's Talk Las Vegas Visitation, Durango Poolside Concerts & More, Sphere Discount Tickets, Benson Boone Tour Stop, Rooftop Venue Opening on The Strip | Ep. 269 · Vegas Revealed

• 0:00
  Dayna Roselli: It's episode 269 of Vegas Revealed.
• 0:03
  Dayna Roselli: Is Vegas busy or not?
• 0:04
  Dayna Roselli: New numbers say visitation is down, but visually on certain occasions, the strip seems packed.
• 0:10
  Dayna Roselli: We discussed.
• 0:11
  Sean McAllister: Plus, an off-strip casino that's bringing in the locals and already expanding.
• 0:16
  Sean McAllister: We have details about some new additions to the summer lineup at Durango.
• 0:21
  Dayna Roselli: The sphere has a deal for Las Vegas area residents, and a new rooftop bar, restaurant, and nightlife spot is opening this summer on the strip.
• 0:29
  Sean McAllister: All this and more are coming up right now on Vegas Revealed.
• 0:33
  SPEAKER_00: Vegas Revealed, presented by Galindo Law, starts now.
• 0:38
  Dayna Roselli: Welcome to Vegas Revealed, episode 269.
• 0:41
  Dayna Roselli: I'm Dana Roselli along with Sean McAllister.
• 0:44
  Dayna Roselli: Both of us just back from a little time off, nothing too crazy, but I was in upstate New York.
• 0:49
  Dayna Roselli: Sean was cruising, and we want to talk about your cruise at some point, maybe next week.
• 0:54
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, let's do next week.
• 0:55
  Dayna Roselli: Because I think it's a great trip for people who live in the Las Vegas area or really on the West Coast.
• 1:01
  Dayna Roselli: You had some good tips.
• 1:02
  Dayna Roselli: You ran into some Golden Knights fans.
• 1:04
  Sean McAllister: Ran into Golden Knights fans, watch some playoff hockey out on the high seas.
• 1:10
  Dayna Roselli: I love that.
• 1:11
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, our golden nights are in the playoffs right now.
• 1:13
  Dayna Roselli: We're heading into round two.
• 1:14
  Dayna Roselli: So um we're recording this on a Tuesday and there's a big game tonight.
• 1:18
  Sean McAllister: Yes, so we're excited.
• 1:19
  Sean McAllister: Go nights go.
• 1:21
  Sean McAllister: We need to just go all the way because listen, once you get into playoff hockey, uh, it's like it can stretch into what, like June?
• 1:29
  Sean McAllister: Oh, a long time.
• 1:30
  Sean McAllister: Like it goes a long time.
• 1:32
  Sean McAllister: And especially here in Las Vegas, like it can be a hundred degrees outside, and then you go into like the 50-degree arena to watch the game.
• 1:42
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 1:42
  Sean McAllister: So you need to like wear one set of clothes in and bring things to layer on top as the day goes on, as the game goes on.
• 1:50
  Dayna Roselli: It's true, and it gets more competitive and competitive to get tickets, right?
• 1:54
  Sean McAllister: It does.
• 1:54
  Dayna Roselli: As like, you know, the games go on, like you said.
• 1:56
  Dayna Roselli: But yeah, but it's great for the economy, right?
• 1:58
  Dayna Roselli: Home games that let it ride because everyone comes down to the strip, they're buying food, they're buying drinks, they're buying merch.
• 2:07
  Dayna Roselli: So we like that, and we need it according to a lot of numbers that have been tossed around lately saying that visitation in Las Vegas is down.
• 2:16
  Dayna Roselli: We want to discuss this because it's all the hot topic on social media.
• 2:20
  Sean McAllister: It is.
• 2:20
  Sean McAllister: And if you read like newspaper articles and sources that have actual data, um you'll get the uh you'll get the actual picture.
• 2:31
  Sean McAllister: If you're looking online, there's a lot of things that say, oh my gosh, Vegas is dead.
• 2:36
  Sean McAllister: What's happening?
• 2:37
  Sean McAllister: This is a dying city, whatever.
• 2:40
  Sean McAllister: Well, first of all, no, it's not.
• 2:42
  Sean McAllister: Um is there a a dip in visitation compared to this time last year?
• 2:48
  Sean McAllister: There is.
• 2:50
  Sean McAllister: However, you have to remember we had stuck a big thing going on last year.
• 2:54
  Dayna Roselli: Called the Super Bowl, right?
• 2:55
  Dayna Roselli: Exactly.
• 2:56
  Dayna Roselli: Biggest event basically in the country.
• 2:58
  Dayna Roselli: Um you know, every single year.
• 3:00
  Dayna Roselli: So yeah, I mean, you know, if you look at the first three months of 2025, Las Vegas visitation down almost seven percent compared to 2024.
• 3:09
  Dayna Roselli: Uh but um and there were declines in all three months, so keep that in mind.
• 3:14
  Dayna Roselli: But, you know, Super Bowl, we did have, you know, high numbers of lots of people in town and not only people attending the Super Bowl for fun, but people coming in just for the events.
• 3:26
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, even all the journalists in town are from across the world, you know.
• 3:30
  Dayna Roselli: So it does make a big difference.
• 3:31
  Dayna Roselli: However, you know, there are things that are uncertain right now, and people might be keeping their money a little tighter to their, you know, pocket and that kind of thing.
• 3:41
  Dayna Roselli: And, you know, we are seeing some dips, which is which is normal.
• 3:45
  Dayna Roselli: But then it gets confusing because I go to visit my friend at the Fountain Blue last Friday.
• 3:51
  Dayna Roselli: She was in town for the show at the sphere.
• 3:53
  Sean McAllister: Okay.
• 3:54
  Dayna Roselli: She was in from New York City and a bunch of friends.
• 3:56
  Dayna Roselli: They had a vowel renewal thing for some friends, and then they were going to see Dead and Company.
• 4:00
  Dayna Roselli: Went to Fountain Blue.
• 4:02
  Dayna Roselli: We had lunch at La Cote by the pool.
• 4:04
  Dayna Roselli: It was full at brunch lunchtime.
• 4:07
  Dayna Roselli: Um, we went out to get a seat at the pool.
• 4:10
  Dayna Roselli: We could not find one.
• 4:11
  Dayna Roselli: Asked the pool guy for the towels, and I'm like, man, how do we get a seat?
• 4:14
  Dayna Roselli: He's like, I don't know.
• 4:15
  Dayna Roselli: He's like, I haven't seen it like this.
• 4:16
  Dayna Roselli: It's crazy, like it's packed.
• 4:18
  Dayna Roselli: So we finally did find one.
• 4:20
  Dayna Roselli: Um, you just had to go a little further and around the corner, but it was hard to find one.
• 4:23
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and then she wanted to extend her stay at Fountain Blue and stay another night, and they said, sorry, we're booked.
• 4:31
  Sean McAllister: So there are people here.
• 4:33
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 4:34
  Dayna Roselli: So she had to go over to Park MGM.
• 4:36
  Dayna Roselli: So I'm confused because I'm like, wait a minute, I thought Vegas was dead.
• 4:40
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, Vegas is not dead.
• 4:42
  Sean McAllister: You walk the strip and you can clearly see that it is not dead.
• 4:46
  Sean McAllister: People are still coming here.
• 4:48
  Sean McAllister: Have numbers dipped a little bit.
• 4:50
  Sean McAllister: Yes.
• 4:51
  Sean McAllister: However, the numbers that we uh have right now are only for the first three months January, February, March.
• 4:59
  Sean McAllister: It doesn't take April into account.
• 5:01
  Sean McAllister: And we just had a huge WrestleMania week, essentially.
• 5:04
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 5:05
  Sean McAllister: Which brought in tons of people over Easter weekend, which is usually uh one of the slowest weekends of the year.
• 5:14
  Sean McAllister: So we know we're gonna see a spike uh in April, regardless.
• 5:18
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 5:19
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I mean, yeah, exactly.
• 5:21
  Dayna Roselli: And I think like, you know, we have a lot of things going on with like international travel.
• 5:25
  Dayna Roselli: We've talked about that before, you know, maybe less less people coming in from Canada to visit us.
• 5:30
  Dayna Roselli: But remember you said you ran into someone from Canada who was like, we love Vegas, we wish we could live here.
• 5:35
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, it's it's all differing.
• 5:37
  Dayna Roselli: And and recently we actually sat down with financial analyst Steve Buden.
• 5:41
  Dayna Roselli: We love Steve, we trust him.
• 5:43
  Dayna Roselli: Both Sean and I have accounts with him through the years.
• 5:46
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but he's we actually met him through um, you know, uh coming in to the newsroom for segments.
• 5:53
  Dayna Roselli: He's done a lot of financial segments on the local TV and stuff like that.
• 5:56
  Dayna Roselli: But we wanted to get his perspective on, you know, what he thinks is going on in Las Vegas, if if it's really gonna hurt us.
• 6:06
  Dayna Roselli: And so we got his take.
• 6:07
  Dayna Roselli: It was interesting.
• 6:08
  SPEAKER_00: Things are definitely uncertain right now.
• 6:10
  SPEAKER_00: The tariff policy, the tax policy, people's job status, a lot of federal government workers are getting laid off.
• 6:17
  SPEAKER_00: So having said all that, Vegas is still Vegas.
• 6:21
  SPEAKER_00: You know, our marketing is second to none, the shows are second to none, the restaurants are second to none.
• 6:28
  SPEAKER_00: So I'm I'm I'm confident that we'll be okay.
• 6:31
  SPEAKER_00: Now, on the margins, we might not be as okay as a year ago or two years ago, but I still think we'll we'll do all right.
• 6:38
  SPEAKER_00: You might be angry in the short term, and you might tweet out in the moment that you're done with Vegas.
• 6:45
  SPEAKER_00: But where else are you gonna go?
• 6:46
  SPEAKER_00: Where are you gonna get the world-class restaurants?
• 6:48
  SPEAKER_00: Where are you gonna get the world world-class shows?
• 6:50
  SPEAKER_00: Where are you gonna get the great airport that you can get in and out very quickly?
• 6:53
  SPEAKER_00: I challenge you to find another place that will give you that type of experience.
• 6:58
  Dayna Roselli: So he said Vegas is still Vegas, right?
• 7:00
  Dayna Roselli: And he's right.
• 7:01
  Sean McAllister: Vegas is still Vegas, and Steve keeps his eye on trends.
• 7:06
  Sean McAllister: He looks at future uh prices for hotel rooms, and if prices are high, that means that there's demand.
• 7:13
  Sean McAllister: If they're low, it means that demand is slipping a little bit.
• 7:17
  Sean McAllister: Um and he said from what he has seen so far that prices are generally pretty stable, which is a good sign.
• 7:26
  Sean McAllister: That means that there's a a good amount of demand still there in the market.
• 7:30
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 7:31
  Dayna Roselli: You know, and I think I had mentioned to you last Saturday, I went to an early dinner, 5 30, with some friends at Bar Bohem.
• 7:37
  Dayna Roselli: Right in downtown, James Tree's new restaurant.
• 7:40
  Dayna Roselli: We had talked about we went to a media preview, we wanted to try it on our own, and so I suggested this with some friends.
• 7:45
  Dayna Roselli: You know, and it's not a cheap restaurant, um, but the quality is amazing, and it's not over the top.
• 7:52
  Dayna Roselli: Packed.
• 7:53
  Dayna Roselli: Packed in downtown Las Vegas at 5 30.
• 7:56
  Dayna Roselli: Like it got busier, you know, towards six, six thirty.
• 7:59
  Dayna Roselli: So at 5 30, you know, it wasn't at but like literally within that half hour, all of a sudden I look back and the whole restaurant's full.
• 8:05
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 8:06
  Dayna Roselli: So it is interesting because it is pricey.
• 8:09
  Dayna Roselli: And listen, I'm I'm being careful with my money now because I'm you know, so I mean, people are being careful, but I feel like they're still taking that splurge.
• 8:17
  Sean McAllister: Well, uh, people are being careful, but I think people are also, especially coming out of COVID, it's like it made a lot of people realize why am I waiting to do something?
• 8:29
  Sean McAllister: Like you need to still bring joy into your life.
• 8:32
  Sean McAllister: You can't put your life on hold.
• 8:34
  Sean McAllister: You still need to go with the go and do things that make you happy.
• 8:38
  Sean McAllister: And for a lot of people, that means Las Vegas.
• 8:41
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 8:41
  Sean McAllister: And like you mentioned just a minute ago, uh, you know, the international inbound uh uh travel, there have been articles about how that uh, you know, could be slipping and all that.
• 8:52
  Sean McAllister: Well I mean the same could be said for uh US travelers going to other countries.
• 9:00
  Sean McAllister: I mean, there could be people who are saying, you know what, I'm gonna hold off on my international trip right now just because of the state of uh the world.
• 9:09
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 9:09
  Sean McAllister: And and maybe do a a domestic vacation, maybe come to Las Vegas.
• 9:14
  Sean McAllister: Or if you don't want to fly, maybe you're driving in.
• 9:17
  Sean McAllister: If you live on anywhere on the west coast or in the southwest, Vegas is easy to get to.
• 9:23
  Dayna Roselli: No, I know.
• 9:24
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, I looked for some tickets.
• 9:25
  Dayna Roselli: My friend wanted me to visit London in July, and uh it was over well over 1,500.
• 9:31
  Dayna Roselli: It would have come out to well over 2,000.
• 9:33
  Dayna Roselli: And I thought, I don't know.
• 9:34
  Dayna Roselli: Just for the flight.
• 9:35
  Dayna Roselli: Just for the flight.
• 9:36
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I just thought, I don't know, you know, because then you kind of also want to fly comfortably these days.
• 9:42
  Dayna Roselli: And by comfortable, I mean I want to include picking my seat, I want to include a bag.
• 9:46
  Dayna Roselli: Well, especially in all these international flights, yeah.
• 9:49
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, so I mean, you gotta add on all those things.
• 9:51
  Dayna Roselli: So I mean, it is a time where you go, well, you know, I could go on like like you did, like I go on a you know, four-day cruise four times for that.
• 10:00
  Sean McAllister: Exactly, exactly.
• 10:01
  Sean McAllister: I don't know if you would want to go four times in a row.
• 10:03
  Dayna Roselli: I just keep getting off, getting back on.
• 10:05
  Sean McAllister: There were actually people who so we did the we'll get in depth about it because I have tips about about this cruise too.
• 10:12
  Sean McAllister: But there were people um who stayed on because the the one that we did went to Catalina and Ensenada.
• 10:21
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and the next cruise was going down to Cabo and maybe Port of Ayarda, but Cabo was definitely on the itinerary, and so people were staying on the boat to do that next cruise too.
• 10:35
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 10:35
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, that makes sense.
• 10:36
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, cruises are affordable, and then also when you when you brought up the COVID time after that, we didn't know what the you know the future held for um cruises.
• 10:46
  Dayna Roselli: So remember there were some of those cruise ships that were docked and weren't letting people off, and people thought, oh my gosh, I'm never going on a cruise again.
• 10:51
  Dayna Roselli: And but ever the cruise industry seems to be just doing fine.
• 10:54
  Sean McAllister: It's bounced back well.
• 10:56
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, it did.
• 10:57
  Dayna Roselli: Um, something I wanted to say when you mentioned something about um visiting Las Vegas.
• 11:02
  Dayna Roselli: When I mentioned the Fountain Blue was busy, I do want to note because I had commented under a social media post and somebody said, Well, that's because the rich are still rich.
• 11:10
  Dayna Roselli: Fountain blue, you know, you know, Fountain Blue is a more luxurious hotel, and they make a point, you know, people who can afford the Fountain Blue, even though I actually think Fountain Blue has great room rates.
• 11:21
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but but I see what kind of point they're making.
• 11:24
  Dayna Roselli: And my point is that my friends that stayed there, they actually got a pretty good deal.
• 11:29
  Dayna Roselli: But, and they had done like they've been like gambling at Venetian and Fountain Blue, they went to the Sphere Show, they had spent a good amount of money.
• 11:36
  Dayna Roselli: And that day they were like, you know, what what could we do?
• 11:38
  Dayna Roselli: We just want to like go gamble, but like, and I was like, you know what?
• 11:42
  Dayna Roselli: Walk across the street and go to Circus Circus.
• 11:45
  Dayna Roselli: There's a building right in front of it that has coin slots, dollar beers, dollar hot dogs, and they were like, we're in like their their seats.
• 11:53
  Sean McAllister: Lots of fun.
• 11:54
  Dayna Roselli: Yes, lots of fun.
• 11:55
  Dayna Roselli: They pushed their seats out from the table and they're like, let's go.
• 11:58
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, they spent the whole day there.
• 11:59
  Sean McAllister: They're like hightailed it in the middle.
• 12:00
  Dayna Roselli: Well, they hightailed it right out of there because we were getting ready because me and my friend Mara were going to the pool and they wanted to all go do gambling.
• 12:06
  Dayna Roselli: But you know, I think they had spent a lot of money all night at the Venetian and stuff, and you know, didn't want the high limit tables and stuff.
• 12:12
  Dayna Roselli: So, I mean, big, big pro tip.
• 12:14
  Dayna Roselli: If you just want to have some fun, play some slots.
• 12:18
  Dayna Roselli: We haven't been over there in a year.
• 12:19
  Dayna Roselli: I'm assuming it's still dollar beers or five dollar hot dogs or one dollar hot dogs or whatever they have going over there.
• 12:25
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's a great spot.
• 12:26
  Dayna Roselli: They had a blast.
• 12:27
  Sean McAllister: So and you get that taste of vintage Vegas, too.
• 12:31
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, hold those coins in your hand.
• 12:33
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 12:33
  Dayna Roselli: So see, everyone wants a deal.
• 12:35
  Sean McAllister: Everyone wants a deal.
• 12:36
  Dayna Roselli: And so, anyway, you can mix it up.
• 12:37
  Dayna Roselli: You can mix it up.
• 12:38
  Dayna Roselli: You gotta look around, you gotta listen to our podcast, and we'll keep you in the know.
• 12:44
  Sean McAllister: Absolutely.
• 12:45
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• 13:53
  Dayna Roselli: All right, let's go back to the strip now.
• 13:55
  Dayna Roselli: Got a new venue opening there on the strip.
• 13:57
  Dayna Roselli: And this one's on the southeast corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Flamingo, so right across from the iconic Bellagio Fountains.
• 14:03
  Dayna Roselli: People always love a location there because the views are incredible.
• 14:08
  Dayna Roselli: Anyway, it's called Bottled Blonde Las Vegas.
• 14:10
  Dayna Roselli: It's opening this summer, but we don't have an exact date yet.
• 14:13
  Sean McAllister: Not yet, but we do know the if you live down in the Phoenix, Scottsdale area, you probably already know about Bottled Blonde because that's where the that's where it originated.
• 14:24
  Sean McAllister: And now we have a location coming here to the Las Vegas Strip, a massive uh three-story building, huge rooftop, and we already know from uh going up to the roof at all red that that location has incredible views north and south on the strip.
• 14:44
  Sean McAllister: So Bottle Blonde is gonna have amazing views too.
• 14:47
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, we saw some renderings.
• 14:48
  Dayna Roselli: It looks cool, the the food looks good.
• 14:50
  Dayna Roselli: Um, reading from the exact press release, it says the$50 million standalone venue offers a high-energy blend of sports-driven excitement by day, complete with brunch, lunch, and happy hour offerings and nightlife vibes by night.
• 15:06
  Dayna Roselli: So they've got a lot going on, and I mean that place is gonna be packed probably there on the strip.
• 15:12
  Dayna Roselli: So we'll have to see.
• 15:13
  Dayna Roselli: Um, it opens again this summer.
• 15:15
  Dayna Roselli: We don't have an exact date, but it looks great and look forward to checking it out eventually.
• 15:19
  Sean McAllister: So that's a new venue that is opening on the Las Vegas Strip.
• 15:23
  Sean McAllister: Let's jump off the strip to the southwest part of the Las Vegas Valley, where Durango Casino has just been packing people in since it opened a year and a half ago.
• 15:36
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know, is it longer?
• 15:37
  Dayna Roselli: I you and I'm longer.
• 15:39
  Dayna Roselli: You and I are always shocked because we're like, we were literally just sitting here for the the announcement, laying out.
• 15:43
  Dayna Roselli: Groundbreaking like in the desert, you know, they had like furniture out there and stuff.
• 15:47
  Sean McAllister: It feels like uh the entire place went up in a year.
• 15:50
  Sean McAllister: I think and it's been open for a little bit now.
• 15:54
  Sean McAllister: Well, the demand is already so high that they're adding on to the casino.
• 16:00
  Dayna Roselli: It's crazy.
• 16:00
  Dayna Roselli: We went over there and to see the construction.
• 16:03
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, they're adding on like parking garages and all sorts of stuff, but I'm just like, how are they expanding already?
• 16:08
  Dayna Roselli: And we were talking to someone on property and they said this wasn't even planned.
• 16:11
  Dayna Roselli: Like we didn't know how it was gonna do.
• 16:12
  Dayna Roselli: We expected it to do well, but so it's so cool to see them adding on already.
• 16:17
  Dayna Roselli: Locals love Durango.
• 16:19
  Dayna Roselli: I have no doubt that people drive in from Southern California and go there too, and they get a great mix of, I mean, even celebrities, they have a lot of events there.
• 16:27
  Dayna Roselli: I know there are people, a lot of celebrities that live here in Las Vegas that frequent Durango.
• 16:33
  Dayna Roselli: So, anyway, we went over to find out what they got on tap for the summer.
• 16:36
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and it's very if you haven't been over to Durango, it's very much like a Palm Springs deserty kind of upscale, elevated vibe.
• 16:45
  Sean McAllister: Um, uh Bel Air Lounge is just off of the lobby over there at Durango, and it has turned into the a hot spot for locals.
• 16:57
  Sean McAllister: And I'm not just talking about people who pop it.
• 17:00
  Sean McAllister: People go in dressed to the nines at Bel Air.
• 17:04
  Sean McAllister: It is like the place to be and be seen.
• 17:07
  Dayna Roselli: It is, and they have a popular ladies' night over there too.
• 17:10
  Dayna Roselli: But we went over and we're like, you know what, we gotta talk to someone about this.
• 17:13
  Dayna Roselli: They have so much stuff coming up uh for the summer over there at Bel Air Backyard.
• 17:18
  Dayna Roselli: It's gonna be a great summer at Durango.
• 17:20
  Dayna Roselli: So we went over and talked to Mustafa Abdi.
• 17:22
  Dayna Roselli: He works with Click Hospitality and got the lowdown.
• 17:25
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, this casino has just blown up over the last couple years.
• 17:28
  SPEAKER_01: Absolutely.
• 17:29
  SPEAKER_01: You know, we're very excited for season two here at Bel Air Backyard.
• 17:32
  SPEAKER_01: Um, have some amazing things going on with some awesome partners.
• 17:35
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, we're actually teaming up with AG this summer, doing an amazing poolside uh concert series.
• 17:41
  SPEAKER_01: We have Thievery Corporation coming up, uh, Memorial Day Sunday.
• 17:44
  SPEAKER_01: We have Dashboard Confessional, uh, a lot of really exciting bands, uh, well-versed around, you know, indie rock to reggae to you know, you name it.
• 17:52
  SPEAKER_01: So it's gonna be very exciting summertime.
• 17:55
  Dayna Roselli: Tell us a little bit about the concert series.
• 17:56
  Dayna Roselli: So you what you folks will be able to what, hang on the lawn, sit in the pool?
• 18:00
  SPEAKER_01: Absolutely.
• 18:00
  SPEAKER_01: You know, listen, it's it's an outdoor venue that's never been used for a concert before that happens to be a pool as well.
• 18:06
  SPEAKER_01: So, you know, people can enjoy the the concert and go out to our lawn and you know get a real concert style experience, but you can also be in the water and watch, you know, Michael Franti and Spearhead do their reggae set.
• 18:18
  SPEAKER_01: So it's it's very pool-friendly, pool side concert series.
• 18:22
  SPEAKER_01: That's what we're doing this summer.
• 18:23
  Dayna Roselli: Well, and that's the thing.
• 18:23
  Dayna Roselli: With a Vegas summer, you know, the pool is fine all night long, right?
• 18:27
  Dayna Roselli: And so we gotta take advantage.
• 18:28
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, it's warm.
• 18:29
  SPEAKER_01: It does get a little hot sometimes at night in the summertime, as we know, so you know, it's always nice to be able to take a dip and still enjoy the show.
• 18:36
  Dayna Roselli: What have you heard from uh people that live here?
• 18:37
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, obviously, I know people that come regularly, every single weekend, and I think the locals what they like about Belair Lounge, Bel Air Backyard, is it's a strip experience with some local love.
• 18:49
  SPEAKER_01: And you know, it's it's very approachable, it's friendly, we're not gonna hit you over the head.
• 18:53
  SPEAKER_01: You know, you feel like you get some value out of your money when you come and spend spend it here.
• 18:57
  SPEAKER_01: You know what I mean?
• 18:57
  SPEAKER_01: So uh it's an amazing, amazing high-level uh chic atmosphere that gives you great vibes, great music, and great service.
• 19:06
  Dayna Roselli: Uh talk about Bel Air Um the Lounge.
• 19:08
  Dayna Roselli: Is it open all day?
• 19:09
  Dayna Roselli: Give me the whole rundown.
• 19:10
  Dayna Roselli: Open all day, open all night.
• 19:12
  Dayna Roselli: What's the deal?
• 19:12
  SPEAKER_01: Well, Bel Air really has two identities, right?
• 19:14
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, if you're coming in here to check in, you can come in with your laptop, you know, get some work done, have some lunch, do you know, do a power meeting if you're you know a local that's down the street and you just want to get out of the office and meet with your peers or whatever.
• 19:27
  SPEAKER_01: But then at night we have another whole animal, and Bel Air at night really turns into a beast.
• 19:34
  SPEAKER_01: Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
• 19:35
  SPEAKER_01: On Thursdays we have Ladies' Night, starts at 8 o'clock.
• 19:38
  SPEAKER_01: Ladies are 50% off every single Thursday.
• 19:41
  SPEAKER_01: It's probably been our most successful night out of the week.
• 19:44
  SPEAKER_01: Fridays and Saturdays we're always programming DJs, having really good events, and uh it's just you get people from all around, or you know, young people, uh, people that are still looking to have a good time and are professionals, but you know, they don't want to go all the way out of this trip.
• 20:00
  SPEAKER_01: This is really close to their crib, so they're gonna come by and they know what to expect at Melee Lounge.
• 20:04
  Dayna Roselli: You guys stay busy.
• 20:05
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, you know, and and we're grateful for it.
• 20:07
  SPEAKER_01: You know, like it speaks to the locals in the area that keep coming back because, again, they know they have a great time and it's an option that's not too far from their house.
• 20:16
  SPEAKER_01: You know, there's no parking fees, there's no traffic, you can get in and get out, and you can still have a great time.
• 20:22
  Dayna Roselli: And they're expanding.
• 20:23
  Dayna Roselli: You can hear it behind us.
• 20:24
  SPEAKER_01: Absolutely.
• 20:24
  SPEAKER_01: Listen, like the this is phase two that's happening right now.
• 20:27
  SPEAKER_01: Phase three is coming down the line, but exciting, exciting stuff here at Durango.
• 20:32
  SPEAKER_01: Um, we're very excited to see where it goes and we'll go from there.
• 20:36
  Dayna Roselli: Uh tell me about the pool if locals do want to come to the pool.
• 20:38
  Dayna Roselli: I know there's a fee, um, but you can, and people just like to know they're able to come.
• 20:42
  SPEAKER_01: What's great about it, you know, we are the hotel pool, so if you're staying here and you have a room key, you can always come in, but that doesn't exclude locals from being able to come in and you know, whether it's paying our cover charge to get in during the week, it's like 30 bucks, 40 on the weekend.
• 20:55
  SPEAKER_01: Um, or you could just make a day bed reservation or a cabana reservation and come in and enjoy the facility as well.
• 21:02
  SPEAKER_01: So our busiest days are Saturdays and Sundays.
• 21:04
  SPEAKER_01: Usually those are the days that comanas book out the fastest, and day beds are very, very uh few and far between to get.
• 21:11
  SPEAKER_01: Um, but the good part about Sundays is we just launched our new Sunday Fun Day campaign.
• 21:15
  SPEAKER_01: It's the only day that you can come in at 10 a.m.
• 21:17
  SPEAKER_01: all the way through 10 p.m.
• 21:19
  SPEAKER_01: So it's a really good time.
• 21:20
  SPEAKER_01: Stretch it out for 12 hours.
• 21:22
  Dayna Roselli: What I was gonna say, I mean, I know you plan for it to be the best and to be busy, but I mean, did you ever expect it would be as popular as it is so quick?
• 21:30
  SPEAKER_01: Well, you know, it was a it was a perfect storm.
• 21:32
  SPEAKER_01: Uh we have some amazing people in this hotel that uh really know what they're doing.
• 21:37
  SPEAKER_01: You know, and when you have click hospitality involved in the mix, you know, we have a database and we have a proven track record of the amount of venues that we have done with our customer database and things like that.
• 21:47
  SPEAKER_01: So we're putting them all together.
• 21:48
  SPEAKER_01: Uh it was a perfect storm.
• 21:50
  SPEAKER_01: And you know, this place, I know that you know, they were sitting on this land for a long time, and this the Southwest really needed this, and we're grateful for it.
• 22:00
  SPEAKER_01: And we love being here for the community.
• 22:02
  SPEAKER_01: The community loves us.
• 22:03
  SPEAKER_01: And it's a it's a match made in heaven right now, especially with uh Vegas being in this transition of all this sports and traffic and all this stuff right now.
• 22:12
  SPEAKER_01: You know what I mean?
• 22:13
  SPEAKER_01: So it's nice having that local option that a lot of people live in this area, love it, and they love not being able to go down to the strip, pay those parking prices, run into the traffic and things like that.
• 22:23
  Sean McAllister: So again, I think that poolside concert series is gonna be so great.
• 22:28
  Sean McAllister: People in the pool, people on day beds, people out on the event lawn.
• 22:33
  Sean McAllister: And the fray is coming.
• 22:34
  Sean McAllister: They have a concert coming up.
• 22:35
  Sean McAllister: And being the massive Gray's Anatomy fan that you are, this is like the soundtrack to your viewing.
• 22:42
  Dayna Roselli: Of my life.
• 22:43
  Dayna Roselli: Yes.
• 22:44
  Dayna Roselli: No, I know.
• 22:44
  Dayna Roselli: The Frey, so many songs from Gray's Anatomy by the Frey.
• 22:48
  Dayna Roselli: So whenever I hear their music, I'm like, oh, I remember that episode.
• 22:53
  Sean McAllister: How to save a life.
• 22:55
  Dayna Roselli: Yes, and so many more, which you don't realize as you go on with the season, they they incorporate the fray in a lot of different that was the big one though at a time.
• 23:02
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 23:03
  Dayna Roselli: So that was crazy.
• 23:04
  Dayna Roselli: Anyway, I'm excited to see um them do just continue to do these concerts and do really well over there.
• 23:10
  Dayna Roselli: They continue to.
• 23:11
  Dayna Roselli: And who else is on that?
• 23:12
  Dayna Roselli: Because I know he mentioned a couple, but you had the list up.
• 23:14
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, we have the fray uh May 16th, uh, Thievery Corporation, May 25th.
• 23:20
  Sean McAllister: The Struts are coming in uh September 12th.
• 23:24
  Sean McAllister: Uh be sure to follow Durango uh resort on social media and they'll have all the updates immediately as artists are added to this summer back Bel Air Backyard Concert Series.
• 23:38
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 23:38
  Sean McAllister: Um that should be great.
• 23:39
  Dayna Roselli: We went over there um with our TV camera to do a piece.
• 23:43
  Dayna Roselli: So um eventually it'll be on our YouTube as well.
• 23:45
  Dayna Roselli: If you want to see what the Durango pool looks like, if you want to see what you know, Bel Air looks like lounge and all that.
• 23:52
  Sean McAllister: And by the way, the ticket prices for these shows are pretty darn good.
• 23:55
  Sean McAllister: Um, some of them start at 35 bucks.
• 23:58
  Dayna Roselli: Great.
• 23:59
  Sean McAllister: So it's a it's a great ticket deal.
• 24:02
  Sean McAllister: It's a great vibe over there, so you will not be disappointed.
• 24:06
  Dayna Roselli: All right.
• 24:06
  Dayna Roselli: Well, if that wasn't enough for tips, we've got more.
• 24:12
  Dayna Roselli: All right, Sean, this is for all our out-of-town conventiers.
• 24:16
  Sean McAllister: And we've got a lot of them.
• 24:17
  Sean McAllister: We see them every single week, milling about over at the convention center, at different properties, in the meeting rooms.
• 24:24
  Sean McAllister: Well, guess what?
• 24:25
  Sean McAllister: There is a deal just for you.
• 24:27
  Sean McAllister: So if you are coming into town for work and going to one of these conventions or meetings, you need to head over to Swingers.
• 24:34
  Sean McAllister: This is the adults-only crazy golf club over inside Mandalay Bay.
• 24:39
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's a lot of fun over there.
• 24:41
  Dayna Roselli: Um, we've gone, what, two or two times now?
• 24:44
  Dayna Roselli: You two are at least a few times.
• 24:45
  Dayna Roselli: It's a lot of fun.
• 24:46
  Dayna Roselli: They have games that you can mini golf.
• 24:48
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, there's drinks and bars and wonderful food.
• 24:51
  Dayna Roselli: It's just a blast.
• 24:52
  Dayna Roselli: Well, now you can get 25% off a round of crazy golf and a free frozen drink Sundays through Wednesdays.
• 25:02
  Dayna Roselli: And this is for Las Vegas meetings and conventions attendees to enjoy.
• 25:07
  Dayna Roselli: You gotta bring your badge, okay?
• 25:10
  Dayna Roselli: You get a badge when you're going to a show, a convention, a meeting.
• 25:14
  Dayna Roselli: You gotta bring that and show the front reception desk, and you'll get the discount.
• 25:19
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, you have to walk up and get this deal in person.
• 25:22
  Sean McAllister: You're not gonna find it online.
• 25:24
  Sean McAllister: So that's why you need to listen to Vegas Revealed, bring your badge, and head over to Swingers.
• 25:29
  Sean McAllister: And by the way, um, their burger and the pizza inside there is fantastic too.
• 25:35
  Dayna Roselli: Even the salads were good, remember?
• 25:37
  Sean McAllister: The salads were delicious.
• 25:38
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it was really everything was delicious.
• 25:41
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, okay, here's another deal.
• 25:42
  Dayna Roselli: This one is for locals, though.
• 25:44
  Dayna Roselli: We have a lot of Las Vegas listeners.
• 25:46
  Dayna Roselli: And hey, if you know someone that lives in Las Vegas, maybe someone can get a ticket for you.
• 25:52
  Dayna Roselli: The Sphere just launched an offer.
• 25:54
  Dayna Roselli: This is the first offer coming from the Sphere.
• 25:56
  Dayna Roselli: It is.
• 25:57
  Dayna Roselli: So we're like that.
• 25:58
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and this is for Clark County, Nevada residents.
• 26:01
  Dayna Roselli: Las Vegas is in Clark County.
• 26:03
  Dayna Roselli: You can save 20% on select tickets to the Sphere Experience featuring postcard from Earth.
• 26:10
  Dayna Roselli: And this deal takes place through August 27th.
• 26:13
  Dayna Roselli: You notice how it takes place through August 27th, and then remember the Wizard of Oz comes out on August 28th.
• 26:19
  Dayna Roselli: Yes.
• 26:20
  Dayna Roselli: So now's your chance to get in there and see postcard from Earth.
• 26:24
  Dayna Roselli: Discounted tickets can be purchased at thesphere.com backslash Clark County or in person at the Sphere box office.
• 26:33
  Sean McAllister: I'm looking forward to that Wizard of Oz premiere.
• 26:35
  Sean McAllister: I know.
• 26:36
  Sean McAllister: That's gonna be a big deal.
• 26:37
  Dayna Roselli: We've had a lot of feedback about that, and we've gotten some inside intel that it's gonna be the premiere not to miss.
• 26:43
  Sean McAllister: Absolutely.
• 26:44
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 26:44
  Sean McAllister: I'm not gonna miss it.
• 26:45
  Dayna Roselli: No, that'll be fun.
• 26:46
  Dayna Roselli: I have it marked on the calendar.
• 26:48
  Dayna Roselli: Like, make sure you don't go anywhere and you're in town so that you can go to this.
• 26:51
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 26:52
  Sean McAllister: Friends and family, don't ask me to do anything on August 28th.
• 26:57
  Sean McAllister: I'm busy.
• 26:58
  Dayna Roselli: We actually someone uh DM'd us on Vegas Revealed in our Instagram and said, I feel like they're being really secretive about it.
• 27:04
  Dayna Roselli: Like, when are tickets going on sale?
• 27:05
  Dayna Roselli: When are this?
• 27:06
  Dayna Roselli: And then I told the person, like, they're well, it opens August 28th, and they were like, Oh, that's what I was like wondering to even get an opening date.
• 27:12
  Dayna Roselli: I'm like, Yeah, it opens August 28th, but you're right, the tickets have not gone on sale yet.
• 27:17
  Dayna Roselli: So we'll have to wait and see.
• 27:19
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but a lot of people eyeing that, they do have um a spot on the website where you can sign up like to put your email in to get updates, email.
• 27:28
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 27:28
  Dayna Roselli: So if you want like to be first, you know, that's where you go.
• 27:32
  Dayna Roselli: But yeah, 20% off for Clark County residents.
• 27:34
  Dayna Roselli: Um, if you want to go see postcard from Earth, and we've seen it, it's fantastic.
• 27:38
  Sean McAllister: By the way, uh, totally unrelated, but Benson Boone is coming to play T-Mobile Arena in September.
• 27:46
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 27:46
  Sean McAllister: And tickets uh just went on sale, depending on when you're listening to this.
• 27:51
  Sean McAllister: Uh, general on sale uh for the Las Vegas show is Friday, May 9th.
• 27:58
  Sean McAllister: So if you're a Benson Boone fan, he's up for a lot of awards.
• 28:01
  Sean McAllister: The American Music Awards are are coming to Las Vegas uh at the end of this month, and he's a nominee there.
• 28:08
  Sean McAllister: He's all over the place.
• 28:09
  Sean McAllister: He just did Saturday Night Live.
• 28:11
  Sean McAllister: I love his album.
• 28:12
  Sean McAllister: I'm going to see him.
• 28:13
  Sean McAllister: Uh I signed up for the early bird tickets on his website.
• 28:17
  Sean McAllister: So good.
• 28:18
  Dayna Roselli: T Mobile and September 26th.
• 28:21
  Sean McAllister: Uh September 26th, I believe.
• 28:24
  Sean McAllister: That sounds right.
• 28:25
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 28:25
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I think so.
• 28:26
  Dayna Roselli: Um, yeah, he's great.
• 28:28
  Dayna Roselli: I see he's got a song coming out about moms, actually, a song about, and I thought he just started teasing it.
• 28:34
  Dayna Roselli: He said coming soon.
• 28:35
  Dayna Roselli: He joked around like he didn't know the date yet when it was coming out.
• 28:38
  Dayna Roselli: But I thought this is awesome because I have been thinking lately with everything going on in my life, my dad passed away, and you know, just I've always cherished my mom, but cherishing her a little bit more now.
• 28:48
  Dayna Roselli: And I was thinking, like, sometimes when you drive and you listen to, you know, there's a lot of song about uh relationships, couples, you know, breakups, get back togethers.
• 28:58
  Dayna Roselli: Not a lot of songs about family.
• 29:01
  Sean McAllister: That is true.
• 29:02
  Dayna Roselli: And so he showed a little clip, a video clip, and it looks like it's really nice and talks about I don't know, like he needs to get more in-depth in it, but it looks really nice, like a nice song for mom.
• 29:12
  Dayna Roselli: So or or about mom.
• 29:14
  Dayna Roselli: So I I thought it was cool, and I love that he's dipping his toes into that.
• 29:17
  Dayna Roselli: So I wonder, I feel like that'll be a hit.
• 29:19
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it already sounds good.
• 29:21
  Sean McAllister: And he's like his music is just so good, and he is so talented.
• 29:26
  Sean McAllister: He is that voice, and then doing backflips and rocking the rocking the uh jumpsuits, the tight jumpsuits, they're very tight jumpsuits.
• 29:37
  Dayna Roselli: That's entertainment.
• 29:38
  Dayna Roselli: See, he belongs in Vegas.
• 29:40
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my gosh.
• 29:40
  Dayna Roselli: All right, well, that's it for this week.
• 29:42
  Dayna Roselli: We've got a lot coming up next week as well.
• 29:44
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, we are back.
• 29:45
  Dayna Roselli: We'll hear more about Sean's cruise and maybe you know, like he said, he has some tips and maybe you want to go take a cruise.
• 29:52
  Dayna Roselli: And especially, you know, maybe in the summer when it gets really hot here in Las Vegas, it might be a good little drive to it gets cooler on the coast.
• 30:01
  Dayna Roselli: It does west coast, you know.
• 30:02
  Sean McAllister: Thanks for joining us.
• 30:03
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• 30:09
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• 30:13
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• 30:14
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 30:14
  Sean McAllister: It's entertaining.
• 30:15
  Dayna Roselli: It is entertaining.
• 30:16
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• 30:18
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• 30:20
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• 30:25
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• 30:28
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• 30:30
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• 30:32
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• 30:33
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• 30:35
  Sean McAllister: We will be back next week with more.