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MICHELIN Guide Expands to Las Vegas, New Year's Eve Ideas, Forty Deuce Nightclub Returns, Changes at Virgin Hotels, Award-Winning Indian Restaurant Opens | Ep. 300 · Vegas Revealed

• 0:00
  Dayna Roselli: It's episode 300 of Vegas Revealed.
• 0:03
  Dayna Roselli: You heard that right.
• 0:04
  Sean McAllister: It's time to start thinking about New Year's Eve, another celebration.
• 0:08
  Sean McAllister: We have some ideas and interviews coming up.
• 0:11
  Dayna Roselli: Boston Award-winning Indian restaurant opens on the strip.
• 0:15
  Sean McAllister: And the president of Virgin Hotels Las Vegas parts way with the property.
• 0:19
  Sean McAllister: We just had an interview with Cliff Atkinson.
• 0:22
  Sean McAllister: You'll hear that, and we'll discuss.
• 0:25
  Dayna Roselli: We also hit up the NBA Cup semifinals at T-Mobile Arena.
• 0:29
  Sean McAllister: The Michelin Guide announced its latest expansion in the southwest part of the U.S.
• 0:34
  Sean McAllister: What that means for Las Vegas.
• 0:36
  Dayna Roselli: Plus, find out what we have planned over the next month.
• 0:39
  Dayna Roselli: Get your pens and papers out.
• 0:41
  Sean McAllister: Take some notes.
• 0:42
  Dayna Roselli: It's a long list.
• 0:44
  Dayna Roselli: All this coming up on Vegas Reveal.
• 0:46
  SPEAKER_06: Vegas Revealed, presented by Galindo Law, starts now.
• 0:51
  Dayna Roselli: It is episode 300 of Vegas Revealed.
• 0:54
  Dayna Roselli: Dana Roselli and Sean McAllister here with you, ready to celebrate 300 with a lot of good content and a lot of good conversation.
• 1:02
  Dayna Roselli: But first, a big thank you.
• 1:04
  Sean McAllister: A huge thank you to all of you uh who've been listening since the very beginning.
• 1:08
  Sean McAllister: Back when uh we started the podcast in the the studio over at the Venetian, and then of course COVID hit and we had to move to our own uh to our own spaces.
• 1:19
  Sean McAllister: We did.
• 1:20
  Sean McAllister: Uh but for all of you who've been listening for uh these past six years, thank you so much.
• 1:25
  Sean McAllister: If you've picked up along the way, we absolutely appreciate that just as much.
• 1:31
  Sean McAllister: And I think the only thing that we would ask is if there's one person that you could tell about the Vegas Revealed podcast, we would appreciate just each of you just sharing it with one person.
• 1:42
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, that would mean a lot.
• 1:43
  Dayna Roselli: And and I have one other ask maybe give us a score if you listen on Apple, because like a five stars or a comment, because we do have a lot of great reviews on there, and it's awesome, but sometimes after everyone kind of does that, it goes flat for a little while.
• 2:00
  Dayna Roselli: And you we need to kind of stay in the algorithm.
• 2:02
  Dayna Roselli: So if you could leave us a review, we would appreciate it.
• 2:05
  Dayna Roselli: Um, we love all the reviews, we love reading them, and we have appreciated everything that you've contributed to this show, including we want to give a big shout out to our subscribers who have uh monthly helped us out, especially when we first started the podcast and supported us all along the way because they loved what we were doing and wanted us to keep going.
• 2:26
  Dayna Roselli: If it weren't for them, you know, to get through some of the ups and downs, I don't know if we'd be here today.
• 2:31
  Dayna Roselli: So thank you.
• 2:32
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, I mean, that was instrumental and still is in what we do and how we do and why we do.
• 2:39
  Sean McAllister: So thank you, thank you, thank you.
• 2:42
  Sean McAllister: As we uh launch into episode 300.
• 2:45
  Dayna Roselli: I know, and then pretty soon we'll be heading into season seven.
• 2:48
  Dayna Roselli: So we're getting ready for that.
• 2:50
  Dayna Roselli: Um, we have a lot of things to talk about.
• 2:52
  Dayna Roselli: I know you were saying earlier you saw all the bubbles in my coming out of my head, like as I keep thinking of, oh, we gotta talk about this, we gotta talk about that.
• 2:58
  Dayna Roselli: I did want to mention I went to the NBA Cup, the semifinal game over at T-Mobile Arena um Saturday, and it was great.
• 3:06
  Dayna Roselli: The the arena was packed.
• 3:08
  Dayna Roselli: It's so much fun to watch basketball live.
• 3:10
  Dayna Roselli: Man, those guys are tall.
• 3:12
  Dayna Roselli: It's amazing.
• 3:13
  Dayna Roselli: We had amazing seats thanks to our friends at Brand Bomb PR.
• 3:17
  Dayna Roselli: Um, they set us up because we knew we wanted to get some video for the TV show and be able to talk about it.
• 3:22
  Dayna Roselli: And they uh were great seats.
• 3:24
  Dayna Roselli: We sat behind Ja Rule.
• 3:26
  SPEAKER_03: Oh, look at you.
• 3:27
  Dayna Roselli: I know, right?
• 3:28
  Dayna Roselli: Um, well, he was like, because we were in like the front row and he was in like a little section that was court.
• 3:33
  SPEAKER_03: Set on the floor, right?
• 3:34
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
• 3:35
  Dayna Roselli: And um, so anyway, he was there, a lot of people there, actually.
• 3:38
  Dayna Roselli: Um, lots of different, you know, basketball stars from the past, some retired.
• 3:43
  Dayna Roselli: It was a wonderful event.
• 3:44
  Dayna Roselli: Um, they always put on such a great show and as well because they have the hype team there.
• 3:49
  Dayna Roselli: And I think it was the Oklahoma Thunder had like um uh their their like drum core kind of hype team there as well.
• 3:56
  Dayna Roselli: So great stuff.
• 3:57
  Dayna Roselli: They had the quick change folks at halftime.
• 4:00
  Dayna Roselli: Is it what they call it halftime in basketball?
• 4:03
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I guess so.
• 4:04
  Dayna Roselli: You know, the the would they be a magician illusionist where they change outfits real quick and they pull up the curtain and then pull it down?
• 4:10
  Dayna Roselli: So it was some good entertainment job.
• 4:12
  Dayna Roselli: Rule was loving it, by the way.
• 4:13
  Dayna Roselli: He had his phone out, was putting it up on his Instagram stories.
• 4:17
  Dayna Roselli: Anyway, it was a great game, down to the buzzer.
• 4:20
  Dayna Roselli: You know, score was you know in the hundreds.
• 4:22
  Dayna Roselli: And so um Spurs at San Antonio Spurs actually won.
• 4:26
  Dayna Roselli: And, you know, by the time this podcast airs, the Spurs will have now played the New York Knicks and and then we'll have a winner of the cup, but it's the the Emirates Cup.
• 4:35
  Dayna Roselli: And this is the third year that they returned.
• 4:37
  Dayna Roselli: So we like having the NBA here, and maybe one day we'll have our own team.
• 4:41
  Sean McAllister: Well, and we've have a good relationship with the NBA here.
• 4:44
  Sean McAllister: We host the NBA Summer League every single year where we uh get a look at the uh the new players who are joining the joining the league, and you get to recognize some of the names that you're gonna be seeing, and now having the NBA Cup here for uh so many years already and continuing on uh into the future.
• 5:05
  Sean McAllister: And yeah, like you said, I mean, uh I don't think that uh a Las Vegas NBA team is too far off in the future.
• 5:15
  Dayna Roselli: I know that would be really cool.
• 5:16
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and we do have you know the ACEs, a W NBA team, so it only makes sense.
• 5:21
  Sean McAllister: Incredible.
• 5:22
  Dayna Roselli: I know we just keep winning.
• 5:23
  Sean McAllister: So Asia Wilson uh just uh was uh Time magazine's athlete of the year.
• 5:29
  Dayna Roselli: Great.
• 5:30
  Dayna Roselli: Anyway, you had something else to say.
• 5:31
  Sean McAllister: Uh oh no, I was just double checking.
• 5:34
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, you were double checking.
• 5:35
  Sean McAllister: To make sure that Asia was actually the I wanted to get the title right.
• 5:38
  unknown: Yeah.
• 5:39
  Sean McAllister: I wanted to make sure that she was uh overall athlete of the year, and she is.
• 5:44
  Dayna Roselli: Uh that is one thing that we do is we always and I know we always say it, but that's what we uh really pride ourselves on is trying to get everything super accurate.
• 5:54
  Dayna Roselli: In a world feel full of whatever rumors, gossip, misinformation.
• 6:00
  Dayna Roselli: We do really work hard here on Vegas Revealed to get everything right.
• 6:03
  Dayna Roselli: So sometimes we do pause and Google, and we started to just leave it in the show.
• 6:07
  Sean McAllister: We try and bring the receipts, proof, timeline, screenshots, everything.
• 6:13
  Dayna Roselli: It bothers us though.
• 6:14
  Dayna Roselli: Like sometimes we'll record something and we'll go back and edit.
• 6:16
  Dayna Roselli: And I'm like, ah, I should have said that, you know, this in front of it.
• 6:20
  Dayna Roselli: Like, you know, we were talking about the TV show about how I went to the NBA Cup, and then I was like, you know, I know the the Las Vegas Aces play there too.
• 6:28
  Dayna Roselli: What I meant was they have played there many times, but they don't play there regularly.
• 6:32
  Sean McAllister: No, they're in Mandalay Bay for most games, and even that bothered me.
• 6:36
  Dayna Roselli: I was like, ah, you know, the people are gonna think I, you know, I get worried about that stuff, but it's our it's our journalism background.
• 6:42
  Sean McAllister: It is.
• 6:43
  Dayna Roselli: Um, okay, so that was great.
• 6:44
  Dayna Roselli: I had a great time.
• 6:45
  Dayna Roselli: Big shout out to everyone at T-Mobile Arena.
• 6:48
  Dayna Roselli: I just want to point out um that the staff there, my friends and I were both talking about this.
• 6:53
  Dayna Roselli: And really, just from the minute you walk in the door, they are so friendly, so helpful.
• 6:59
  Dayna Roselli: They're like, have a great time, have fun from the concessions, people who just are there to help as you exit.
• 7:07
  Dayna Roselli: I just think it's such a great experience.
• 7:09
  Dayna Roselli: I sent out a um something on Twitter, and some uh a few people responded, like, that's how they are at UFC games too.
• 7:16
  Dayna Roselli: And oh yeah, the people up in the high lounge during, you know, Golden Knights games are great too.
• 7:19
  Dayna Roselli: And like, it seems like they constantly uh, you know, are making a difference and making an impact on people who go to T Mobile.
• 7:26
  Dayna Roselli: And I feel like that's that's so wonderful in a in a hospitality and tourism town.
• 7:31
  Dayna Roselli: The the folks at T Mobile were trained and are just or when they were interviewed, really, you know, wanted the job and and were gonna be happy doing it because they they spread the cheer, man.
• 7:43
  Sean McAllister: They certainly do.
• 7:44
  Sean McAllister: And I know from uh personal conversations that uh several of the bartenders at T Mobile Arena listened to Vegas Revealed also.
• 7:54
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, good.
• 7:54
  Dayna Roselli: I love it.
• 7:55
  Sean McAllister: We appreciate you all, and I love how at the end of an event, how uh so many of the the ushers and the greeters who are there at at T Mobile stand in the lobby and wave to you.
• 8:07
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 8:08
  Sean McAllister: Thank you for coming.
• 8:09
  Dayna Roselli: It's it's great.
• 8:10
  Sean McAllister: Like that's good hospitality.
• 8:12
  Dayna Roselli: It really, really was.
• 8:14
  Dayna Roselli: And I just really took note the other day because I think we weren't rushed going for once, or like, and like, you know, I just felt like I really just took note of how kind everyone was.
• 8:26
  Dayna Roselli: So good job, everyone that works at T-Mobile, everyone who hired those folks at T Mobile.
• 8:31
  Dayna Roselli: Uh it's an excellent experience, and it would definitely make me want to come back again.
• 8:35
  Sean McAllister: Well, a little bit of kindness goes a long way, doesn't it?
• 8:38
  Dayna Roselli: It really does.
• 8:39
  Dayna Roselli: And by the way, when I was leaving that night, we were in Valet, and I was just thinking Park MGM was packed again.
• 8:44
  Dayna Roselli: It was Mariah Carey's last Christmas show.
• 8:47
  Sean McAllister: Oh, right.
• 8:48
  Dayna Roselli: And apparently she came out and she was like signing some autographs and stuff.
• 8:52
  Dayna Roselli: I love like, you know, you find everything on TikTok.
• 8:55
  Dayna Roselli: If you miss anything, and I saw someone on TikTok say, Oh my gosh, I'm like literally like leaving my hotel or whatever or coming into my hotel, and there's Mimi.
• 9:05
  Dayna Roselli: And they were so excited, the Queen of Christmas.
• 9:08
  Dayna Roselli: And so, um, but she did her show live on TikTok on Saturday night.
• 9:13
  Dayna Roselli: She was promoting it, and um, people really enjoyed that.
• 9:16
  Dayna Roselli: And I love it.
• 9:17
  Dayna Roselli: Like, why not give people an experience, you know, if they can't get there.
• 9:21
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, absolutely.
• 9:23
  Sean McAllister: And I Rihanna uh popped up at um Mariah's show over there as well.
• 9:28
  Sean McAllister: But that's pretty cool that Mariah was out there just at valet, yeah, with a whole bunch of people around her saying, Mariah, Mariah, take a selfie, sign an autograph.
• 9:39
  Sean McAllister: And she was doing it.
• 9:40
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 9:41
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, she's great.
• 9:42
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know exactly if it was right in valet, but like at the exit, she was waiting for a car or something.
• 9:47
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 9:47
  Dayna Roselli: Also, quick shout out to Anna at Valet at Park MGM.
• 9:51
  Dayna Roselli: She's awesome.
• 9:52
  Dayna Roselli: I've seen her two weekends in a row, and I love her.
• 9:55
  Dayna Roselli: So FYI.
• 9:56
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, this is just gonna be a full podcast of shout-outs.
• 9:59
  Dayna Roselli: Who else?
• 9:59
  Sean McAllister: Hey, you know what?
• 10:00
  Sean McAllister: I think that's a good thing to do.
• 10:01
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 10:02
  Sean McAllister: For a milestone podcast.
• 10:03
  Sean McAllister: Just show a bunch of appreciation to everybody.
• 10:06
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 10:07
  Dayna Roselli: It is.
• 10:08
  Dayna Roselli: It's episode 300.
• 10:09
  Dayna Roselli: Why not?
• 10:10
  Sean McAllister: You know who else uh we're appreciative of is uh Cliff Atkinson.
• 10:15
  Sean McAllister: He was uh the president of Virgin Hotels Las Vegas.
• 10:20
  Sean McAllister: We recently sat down and uh did a really uh in-depth, wide-ranging uh in interview uh with him.
• 10:28
  Sean McAllister: You may have seen that if you watch the Vegas Revealed TV episodes on our YouTube channel.
• 10:35
  Sean McAllister: We have not shared that entire uh interview here on the audio podcast yet, uh because there have been some changes.
• 10:43
  Dayna Roselli: Well, yeah, and and the thing is is everyone's had a chance to talk about it, but and then we had recorded last week's podcast with that interview in it, but we felt just as it was about to drop, we didn't have a minute to we felt like it needed some context now.
• 10:56
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
• 10:57
  Dayna Roselli: Um, because Cliff did part ways with Virgin.
• 11:00
  Dayna Roselli: Our interview ran on television here in Las Vegas on Fox Five on a Sunday night, and then we found out that that Cliff had parted ways on that Tuesday.
• 11:10
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and so we were like, oh my goodness, well, the interview just ran, but also we did want to add some context.
• 11:16
  Dayna Roselli: First of all, we did that interview three weeks prior to when it aired, right?
• 11:19
  Dayna Roselli: But we take some time and then we knew we were going off to Thanksgiving, and then we could edit it together.
• 11:24
  Dayna Roselli: Ended up um, you know, and we just kind of chopped out some of the stuff that I don't know, if there was a noise and we stopped for a minute or whatever.
• 11:31
  Dayna Roselli: Um, turned out to be about a seven and a half minute interview.
• 11:34
  Dayna Roselli: It is on our YouTube channel.
• 11:36
  Dayna Roselli: Um, we didn't know Cliff was parting ways.
• 11:39
  Dayna Roselli: We certainly hope our interview didn't add to any of that.
• 11:42
  Dayna Roselli: And we kind of not joked, but said, Oh boy.
• 11:46
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and and I do plan to reach out to Cliff at some point, but I also know that when you part ways, um, and there's contracts.
• 11:54
  Dayna Roselli: We've been in the TV business for a long time.
• 11:56
  Dayna Roselli: And when it's happened to us, whether it was our choice or not our choice, when everyone tries to reach out for comment, we know you just can't talk about it.
• 12:04
  Sean McAllister: You can't talk about it.
• 12:05
  Sean McAllister: It can be very overwhelming too.
• 12:07
  Sean McAllister: It can be because there are a lot of people who reach out all at once.
• 12:11
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 12:11
  Sean McAllister: And so, you know, sometimes you just need to step back and take a beat and yes, let things be.
• 12:19
  Dayna Roselli: But um, we look forward to to hearing where Cliff ends up.
• 12:23
  Dayna Roselli: Clip Cliff was telling us that he loves Las Vegas, he loves raising his family here in Las Vegas.
• 12:28
  Dayna Roselli: Um, he had you know went over to Virgin I think uh like two years prior and uh made some good changes that we we thought they were good changes, you know, because it's a property that has a reputation for being the hard rock.
• 12:42
  Dayna Roselli: And it's not the hard rock.
• 12:44
  Dayna Roselli: And so it's been a little bit of a struggle to get feet in the door and um people hitting the casino floor, and he talked to us about that, and they just had like the Kiss Cruise weekend where they had KISS there all weekend, they had Meg and Moroni there.
• 12:59
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and that was sold out like two nights in a row, and he was excited about all the changes that were coming, and he was hoping to bring back a center bar, he's called it off-center bar because it's a little off-center.
• 13:10
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and that's what the hard rock was known for.
• 13:13
  Dayna Roselli: So um unfortunately, that may still be going on in the background, we don't know, but that was kind of his vision.
• 13:21
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and I think uh for judging, I don't know, from an outsider's perspective, I think that that Cliff was kind of taking things in the right direction.
• 13:31
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 13:31
  Sean McAllister: I mean, because when uh the Virgin hotels opened, there was one uh operator who ran the hotel side of things, there was another uh operator who ran the casino.
• 13:44
  Sean McAllister: And when you have multiple operators at a single property, sometimes it doesn't feel like a cohesive uh thing.
• 13:51
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
• 13:52
  Sean McAllister: And under Cliff's leadership, he kind of brought everything back to one uh operator running the place.
• 13:59
  Sean McAllister: And so that's why it was exciting to see what kind of changes he was going to make and planned on making, because that's when you have the real opportunity to push some things forward.
• 14:10
  Dayna Roselli: And I think he had a a vision, but um it was very hands-on yeah, hands-on too.
• 14:15
  Dayna Roselli: I know pe we just ran into two people that said actually, I got a well, I didn't tell you, I got a message from someone who works there and said loved working for Cliff.
• 14:22
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 14:22
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and then we just ran into uh someone that does work there that we know that felt feels the same way.
• 14:28
  Dayna Roselli: And I think Cliff was telling us that 20% of the workforce at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas used it's like from the hard rock days.
• 14:36
  SPEAKER_03: Right.
• 14:37
  Dayna Roselli: So, you know, they're still there, and and um obviously it just shows that you know, a large amount of the employees are still there today.
• 14:46
  Dayna Roselli: They enjoy working there.
• 14:47
  Sean McAllister: When dedicated to the property and its success, which is it's great to see that loyalty.
• 14:52
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, you don't see that every every day.
• 14:54
  Dayna Roselli: So we won't play the whole interview um because some of it certain just kind of doesn't make sense anymore.
• 15:00
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, he's not a clean old Cliff Atkinson, is is he was the president of Virgin Hotels Las Vegas.
• 15:05
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, he's not anymore.
• 15:06
  Dayna Roselli: By the way, before that, he was at Mandarin.
• 15:08
  Dayna Roselli: That's why he came out 13 years ago.
• 15:10
  Dayna Roselli: He was at Mandarin Hotels.
• 15:11
  Dayna Roselli: He said he was a luxury hotel guy.
• 15:13
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and then he learned, you know, more about gaming when he went over to Luxor.
• 15:18
  Dayna Roselli: And then he was at Fountain Blue for a while uh before it opened for a short period, actually, I should say.
• 15:23
  Dayna Roselli: And then now Virgin.
• 15:25
  Dayna Roselli: So we do look forward to hearing where he's gonna end up.
• 15:27
  Dayna Roselli: But let's play a little section of that interview.
• 15:29
  Dayna Roselli: Um, because just what we've just discussed, um, I think this portion of it kind of explains how he runs things and the kind of president of a hotel casino that he is.
• 15:41
  Dayna Roselli: But I ran into you on like a Friday night or a Saturday night, a Saturday night, and you were like, I'm here because we have a big show at the theater.
• 15:48
  Dayna Roselli: And that was when I was like, hey, can I interview you?
• 15:50
  Dayna Roselli: And you were like, email me.
• 15:52
  Dayna Roselli: So I love that you're just very accessible.
• 15:54
  Dayna Roselli: Is that how you envision running this property?
• 15:56
  Dayna Roselli: Is being pretty hands-on?
• 15:58
  SPEAKER_06: Absolutely.
• 15:59
  SPEAKER_06: I I I learned again from the old school, and I think just the way the town's evolved with how casinos are now owned and operated now, we're a little different.
• 16:07
  SPEAKER_06: And I can count on uh one hand, the you know, the people that I really respect right now.
• 16:12
  SPEAKER_06: Michael Gunn at South Point, Derek Stevens at Circa, my friend Jonathan Jostle at the Plaza.
• 16:18
  SPEAKER_06: These guys, Patrick at the Rio, these guys we're on the floor.
• 16:21
  SPEAKER_06: We're on the floor with our customers, and that's the way we learned, and and I and I think that's different.
• 16:27
  SPEAKER_06: And I think it's a way um to tell our customers how important you are.
• 16:30
  SPEAKER_06: We need to be there with our team members, our customers.
• 16:33
  SPEAKER_06: Like, that's that's that's how our hotels operate.
• 16:35
  SPEAKER_06: So you have to love the business, you have to eat, sleep, and breathe it.
• 16:38
  SPEAKER_06: You can't look at it on just on a spreadsheet.
• 16:41
  SPEAKER_06: You you have to be in it, and uh, and that's that's how I like to operate.
• 16:45
  SPEAKER_06: I have an incredible team here.
• 16:47
  SPEAKER_06: 20% of our of our team members have been here since day one of the hard rock.
• 16:51
  SPEAKER_06: And so that's my mission is them.
• 16:53
  SPEAKER_06: My mission is our 1800 team members.
• 16:56
  SPEAKER_06: Uh, when I get up every day, it's it's to not only provide jobs and a livelihood, but also a purpose.
• 17:01
  Sean McAllister: Well, it was great to have that conversation with Cliff.
• 17:05
  Sean McAllister: We absolutely wish him and his family all the best.
• 17:09
  Sean McAllister: And it will, as you mentioned, Dana, be exciting to see where Cliff ends up because he's a good guy.
• 17:14
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, he really is.
• 17:16
  Dayna Roselli: And we appreciate any head of a casino giving us an opportunity and giving us that much time to spend with them to do an interview.
• 17:24
  Dayna Roselli: We love that stuff because, you know, it's rare.
• 17:27
  Dayna Roselli: It is.
• 17:28
  Dayna Roselli: And so we like to have little things that are different than other people.
• 17:31
  Dayna Roselli: So instead of the same old, same old, you know, really be able to ask and and be open and free about it.
• 17:37
  Dayna Roselli: So anyway, like Sean said, we look forward to hearing where Cliff ends up.
• 17:41
  Dayna Roselli: But let's talk Michelin guide now.
• 17:43
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, so the Michelin guide, you hear about this in the the culinary world, you know, you hear, oh, this restaurant is a a Michelin star restaurant.
• 17:53
  Sean McAllister: Um, that means that it's like first of all, the the cuisine that they present is very elevated.
• 18:00
  Sean McAllister: But in addition to that, it's like a consistent uh uh level of service, presentation, everything.
• 18:08
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 18:09
  Sean McAllister: And they've just announced uh that the Michelin guide is coming out to the southwest portion of the United States, which of course includes uh Las Vegas.
• 18:19
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 18:20
  Dayna Roselli: So I guess it covers the states of Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and New Mexico and Utah.
• 18:24
  Dayna Roselli: And obviously Las Vegas has so many top-notch restaurants, but this really changes the game.
• 18:30
  Dayna Roselli: And we were talking with a chef here in Las Vegas who was saying, you know, it's gonna be interesting because like you just mentioned, it's it's really all about consistency.
• 18:40
  Dayna Roselli: And I I didn't know that.
• 18:41
  Dayna Roselli: I thought, I thought, ooh, you get a visit from Michelin and that particular day needs to be top of the line.
• 18:48
  Dayna Roselli: It's like, no, no, no, no, no.
• 18:50
  Dayna Roselli: They can pop in several times at any time, and it really has to do with the consistency.
• 18:56
  Dayna Roselli: And this particular chef was telling us, I've had to go in now to the kitchen and I've had to rearrange.
• 19:02
  Dayna Roselli: Like, we got to get ready now because of Michelin.
• 19:05
  Dayna Roselli: It changes the game.
• 19:07
  Sean McAllister: Well, it changes the game because in order to get that star, they make repeat visits to your restaurant and everything from the the first impression as you step in the door to you know, the the service, the busser, the the samoyer, the you know, everything front and back of house at the restaurant needs to be on point in order for uh the the uh reviewer to have the a level of experience that warrants that star.
• 19:44
  Sean McAllister: Because it is a big deal.
• 19:46
  Dayna Roselli: It makes me anxious, I think it does.
• 19:47
  Sean McAllister: Doesn't it?
• 19:48
  Sean McAllister: And the and listen, the restaurant industry is no joke as it is, right?
• 19:53
  Sean McAllister: But then to have the pressure of knowing that at any given time any person who uh you may be serving might be a Michelin reviewer.
• 20:03
  Sean McAllister: Right, like that's a little intense.
• 20:05
  Sean McAllister: That that makes you uh raise your game.
• 20:08
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 20:08
  Sean McAllister: But you have bad days sometimes, just as a person.
• 20:12
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my god, if you told me I had to walk into the office every day being completely on point from top to bottom, because we might have a surprise reviewer in here.
• 20:20
  Dayna Roselli: I'd be like, throw out the review, just take us out of the batch.
• 20:27
  Dayna Roselli: Even when I was in TV, regularly live TV, I mean, I was hitting the the you know, the green room often, the makeup room, I should say, to make tweaks into commercial break three.
• 20:40
  Dayna Roselli: But anyway.
• 20:41
  Sean McAllister: So by hour two, you were good to go?
• 20:42
  Dayna Roselli: Yes, by hour two was great.
• 20:44
  Dayna Roselli: And then the show was over.
• 20:46
  Dayna Roselli: I looked fabulous for the last half hour.
• 20:49
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but anyway, yeah, it there's a lot of pressure.
• 20:52
  Dayna Roselli: And, you know, when we were talking to this particular chef, they were saying, like, you know, and maybe, maybe, not that it's not important, but because Vegas is consistently we're a 24-hour town, you know, 24 or sorry, 365 days a year, you know, year-round kind of town.
• 21:09
  Dayna Roselli: We don't even close a lot of restaurants, don't even close for holidays.
• 21:12
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, it's gonna be tough.
• 21:14
  Dayna Roselli: But so I look forward to seeing how this goes.
• 21:17
  Dayna Roselli: And I definitely hope, you know, we see a bunch of our restaurants on that list.
• 21:22
  Dayna Roselli: And if some don't make it, I kind of feel like now I understand why.
• 21:26
  Sean McAllister: Yes, because it could be a bad day.
• 21:28
  Sean McAllister: I mean, the conversation we had was very eye-opening because I don't think that I really understood everything that went into a restaurant getting a Michelin star.
• 21:40
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 21:40
  Sean McAllister: And and how big of a deal it is and having to be on your game all the time.
• 21:46
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 21:47
  Sean McAllister: So it it'll be interesting.
• 21:48
  Sean McAllister: I'm I'm curious to see what it does for um restaurant prices too.
• 21:56
  Sean McAllister: Um you know, whether, you know, being on your game uh All the time and raising the level of cuisine is going to have an impact on cost.
• 22:06
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 22:07
  Sean McAllister: Or if that's just a you know, and I don't know.
• 22:11
  Sean McAllister: I don't know if cost has a correlation to a Michelin star.
• 22:15
  Dayna Roselli: I don't either.
• 22:17
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, this is new to our area, so we're gonna learn more.
• 22:20
  Dayna Roselli: Uh I guess the inaugural restaurant selection will be revealed and at a later date in 2026 during the annual Michelin guide ceremony for the Southwest.
• 22:29
  Dayna Roselli: No date or details released yet.
• 22:31
  Dayna Roselli: So, but apparently uh Michelin guide inspectors are already in the field.
• 22:36
  Sean McAllister: So all right, so keep your eyes open.
• 22:39
  Sean McAllister: Be ready.
• 22:40
  Dayna Roselli: Good luck, everyone.
• 22:42
  Dayna Roselli: Good luck, everybody.
• 22:43
  Dayna Roselli: Better you than me.
• 22:46
  Dayna Roselli: Oh man.
• 22:47
  Sean McAllister: Well, should we keep the uh culinary train moving along here?
• 22:51
  Dayna Roselli: Sure, let's do it.
• 22:53
  Sean McAllister: All right, so uh we've mentioned this before here on uh Vegas Revealed.
• 22:58
  Sean McAllister: The what used to be voodoo steak up at the top of the Rio has been remodeled, rebranded, re-everything.
• 23:08
  Sean McAllister: They've changed the the entire restaurant.
• 23:10
  Sean McAllister: Okay, it is now High Stakes Vegas.
• 23:13
  Sean McAllister: And the chef behind that is celebrated chef James Trees.
• 23:18
  Sean McAllister: He's uh been here in Las Vegas.
• 23:20
  Sean McAllister: He's born here in Las Vegas, went away to uh do a lot of his culinary training, came back here in uh 2016 as it has opened up several restaurants now across the Las Vegas Valley.
• 23:33
  Sean McAllister: Uh, this is his first restaurant inside of uh uh Hotel Casino, though.
• 23:39
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and he's been really excited about this and working hard.
• 23:42
  Dayna Roselli: And they also have something really special planned for New Year's Eve.
• 23:46
  Dayna Roselli: We went up to High Stakes to talk to Chef Trees.
• 23:49
  Sean McAllister: The inaugural High Stakes New Year's Eve celebration is coming up.
• 23:54
  SPEAKER_04: Yes, sir.
• 23:54
  SPEAKER_04: We're really excited to have everyone up here to watch the best place in the city to do fireworks.
• 23:59
  SPEAKER_04: It's gonna be great.
• 23:59
  Sean McAllister: So, what's going to be different on New Year's Eve than what people experienced on any other service night here?
• 24:06
  SPEAKER_04: So, service is gonna be a little bit different.
• 24:07
  SPEAKER_04: We're breaking it into two parts.
• 24:08
  SPEAKER_04: The first part from four to six o'clock, we're just gonna do a tasting menu, a five course tasting menu with some add-ons.
• 24:15
  SPEAKER_04: Um, and then we're gonna close and reset the room for a big open kind of style party.
• 24:21
  SPEAKER_04: We're gonna have paste hors d'oeuvres, shelf fish station, carving stations, open bar.
• 24:26
  SPEAKER_04: We're gonna have a bar outside, we're gonna have everything ready to go.
• 24:28
  SPEAKER_04: And then we all get to watch the fireworks at night, and it's gonna be so much fun.
• 24:34
  Sean McAllister: You're still in your uh first year here at Rio.
• 24:37
  Sean McAllister: How has everything been going since you opened the doors?
• 24:39
  SPEAKER_04: This has been a huge local draw.
• 24:41
  SPEAKER_04: I mean, I think people are really looking for a high-quality steakhouse where they don't have to go this trip to actually have that experience.
• 24:48
  SPEAKER_04: And I feel like we're really fulfilling that for a lot of people.
• 24:51
  SPEAKER_04: Even if you're not dining, come on out, sit on the patio, grab a cocktail.
• 24:55
  SPEAKER_04: It's the best view in the city, and it's always free to come over and hang out.
• 24:58
  SPEAKER_04: You don't have to pay any stupid fees, you don't have to pay for parking, you don't pay for any of that.
• 25:02
  Sean McAllister: It shouldn't come as a surprise to anybody that your entire menu is delicious, but I appreciate that you have game on the menu too.
• 25:10
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah, I think like, you know, so many of the steakhouses around Las Vegas are kind of doing the same thing.
• 25:14
  SPEAKER_04: And we wanted to get outside the box and start playing around with the fun uh kind of proteins that weren't being seen.
• 25:20
  SPEAKER_04: So we have elk, boar, venison uh all on the menu.
• 25:24
  SPEAKER_04: We're gonna be bringing in some ostrich.
• 25:26
  SPEAKER_04: We have an amazing bison ribeye and amazing bison filet, and we actually have a bison tomahawk, which is actually branded with a little bison in our logo, which is really cool.
• 25:36
  SPEAKER_05: These are never put on corn or anything, so it's very, very clean, very beautiful, all brass fed.
• 25:42
  SPEAKER_04: And then we do some other things on the menu that uh people wouldn't like really expect, like smoked fried chicken.
• 25:48
  SPEAKER_04: Like, even for our mac and cheese, we make the pasta for the mac and cheese here.
• 25:52
  SPEAKER_04: Like these are the things that we do that no one else does that we're really proud of.
• 25:56
  Sean McAllister: Have you ever uh spent a New Year's Eve up here from this vantage point?
• 26:02
  SPEAKER_04: And I never got up here until like Chef uh until Mr.
• 26:05
  SPEAKER_04: Patrick Miller brought me up and showed me the space.
• 26:07
  SPEAKER_04: I was like, wow, this is awesome.
• 26:09
  SPEAKER_04: And I was like, okay, let's do this thing.
• 26:11
  SPEAKER_04: And now here we are, like a year later, and we have this beautiful restaurant and this amazing team, and we're so lucky to be here.
• 26:18
  Sean McAllister: And it's your New Year's Eve party.
• 26:20
  SPEAKER_04: It's my New Year's Eve party, and I mean it's gonna be a really great experience for everybody.
• 26:24
  SPEAKER_04: We can't wait to share it with you guys.
• 26:27
  Dayna Roselli: And they did have a great staff back there.
• 26:29
  Dayna Roselli: We went b back in the kitchen.
• 26:30
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my gosh, yeah.
• 26:31
  Dayna Roselli: If you look at our YouTube channel and watch the story, you'll see some of the crew back there.
• 26:35
  Dayna Roselli: And uh they were great, and everything was just really nice back in the kitchen as well, very clean, and they just they got it down.
• 26:42
  Sean McAllister: Well, and I what I think is interesting is um you know, when when Chef Trees was introducing some of his staff to us, he was like, Oh, they trained at at Esther's and then went off and worked somewhere else, but then I finally got them back.
• 26:57
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 26:58
  Sean McAllister: You know, they're so good.
• 26:59
  Sean McAllister: I got them back.
• 27:00
  Sean McAllister: And I I think that that just uh speaks to the operation that that he runs that people want to come back and work for him again.
• 27:08
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, that's they go train under him and then you know, want to want to come back.
• 27:13
  Sean McAllister: That's that says a lot.
• 27:14
  Dayna Roselli: That's a big deal.
• 27:15
  Dayna Roselli: High stakes should be a great spot for New Year's Eve.
• 27:19
  Dayna Roselli: You know, my my mom's coming into town.
• 27:20
  Dayna Roselli: I keep thinking of little things we can do, but I'm like, even when he said just come have a cocktail on the patio, it's the best view.
• 27:26
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, I might have to take her up there.
• 27:28
  Dayna Roselli: We've been up there before, I think after a Chippendale's show, but this will be a different experience.
• 27:34
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, definitely a different experience.
• 27:37
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and side note, I did talk to Chef Trees about Esther's how I went on a Sunday and it was slammed.
• 27:42
  Dayna Roselli: And he was saying Sundays are one of his busiest days.
• 27:45
  Sean McAllister: Which is crazy.
• 27:46
  Dayna Roselli: I know, and that's the one in downtown Las Vegas, his his restaurant there that's always busy, but really sun.
• 27:52
  Dayna Roselli: I I went Sunday at 5 30 and it was packed.
• 27:55
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 27:56
  Sean McAllister: I think he said your best shot at at like getting a a walk-in spot is on Thursdays.
• 28:02
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, right.
• 28:03
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I think he did say that.
• 28:04
  Sean McAllister: And they're by no means slow on Thursdays, but that's just your your best shot at walking in.
• 28:11
  Sean McAllister: And by the way, um, the New Year's Eve at High Stakes, there's a couple different ticket prices uh for the New Year's Eve festivities, uh starting at$300 for the um uh for the whole party.
• 28:29
  Sean McAllister: And then there's a a$500 ticket that gets you in an hour early.
• 28:34
  Sean McAllister: And uh they're doing some uh special uh liquor tastings and some uh uh some extra stuff.
• 28:40
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, elevated stuff if you want to get in an hour early.
• 28:43
  Sean McAllister: Um but he's got top of the line stuff planned.
• 28:46
  Dayna Roselli: So yeah, he's excited about it.
• 28:48
  Dayna Roselli: So um and it will be a prime spot to watch those fireworks at midnight.
• 28:52
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, quick uh family-friendly event happening.
• 28:54
  Dayna Roselli: Glittering Lights is great here in Las Vegas.
• 28:56
  Dayna Roselli: It takes place up at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
• 29:00
  Dayna Roselli: They're doing a special thing on New Year's Eve, too.
• 29:03
  Dayna Roselli: You can ring in 2026 East Coast time, yeah.
• 29:07
  Dayna Roselli: So it's family friendly.
• 29:09
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and you know, this attraction is celebrating 25 years this year.
• 29:13
  Dayna Roselli: So congratulations.
• 29:14
  Dayna Roselli: If you've never been, it includes more than 6 million LED lights and more than 600 animated and sparkling displays.
• 29:21
  Dayna Roselli: Um, it will be open through January 4th, so you still have time to go up there.
• 29:26
  Dayna Roselli: I know you were gonna bring the dog like you do every year.
• 29:28
  Dayna Roselli: Sawyer, your dog.
• 29:29
  Dayna Roselli: Have you done that yet?
• 29:30
  Sean McAllister: We haven't yet.
• 29:31
  Sean McAllister: I think this week we're gonna go.
• 29:32
  Dayna Roselli: Okay.
• 29:33
  Dayna Roselli: Well, you can go to uh glittering lightslosvegas.com for tickets and more information.
• 29:37
  Dayna Roselli: They have all sorts of different nights planned.
• 29:39
  Dayna Roselli: There's lots of different themes and different appearances.
• 29:42
  Dayna Roselli: I think they had the wiener mobile there over the weekend and all sorts of stuff.
• 29:46
  Sean McAllister: Why wouldn't the wiener mobile be there?
• 29:48
  Dayna Roselli: I wonder if the wiener mobile must be decked out for the holidays.
• 29:52
  Sean McAllister: Throw some lights on that big wiener.
• 29:57
  Dayna Roselli: Who doesn't love uh decorated wiener?
• 30:04
  Sean McAllister: Well, let's keep things festive, shall we?
• 30:06
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and sexy.
• 30:07
  Dayna Roselli: Let's go over to 40 deuce uh that's reopening over at Mandalay Bay, an intimate burlesque club.
• 30:13
  Dayna Roselli: This was the hot club, like lounge in Vegas in the early 2000s.
• 30:19
  Dayna Roselli: It's coming back.
• 30:21
  Sean McAllister: It is.
• 30:21
  Sean McAllister: I know we're excited to hear about this.
• 30:24
  Sean McAllister: Um, Ivan Kane is the guy who brought 40 deuce to Las Vegas originally.
• 30:31
  Sean McAllister: He's the guy who's bringing it back, and he's opening it in the original location inside Mandalay Bay, but he's kind of redoing absolutely everything.
• 30:42
  Sean McAllister: But we stopped over to chat with him about his plans.
• 30:44
  Dayna Roselli: And he was really excited, he's really excited about this opening.
• 30:49
  Dayna Roselli: So listen to this interview, and it might also be something you want to do on New Year's Eve because he said he's gonna keep it affordable.
• 30:56
  SPEAKER_00: You go to any 40,000 square foot EDM nightclub or the sphere, and we take all that stuff and stick it in a closet because we're a very intimate nightclub, 5,000 square feet.
• 31:06
  SPEAKER_00: So we've got the same stuff.
• 31:08
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, you know, laser light show, light shows, huge LED walls, you know, bridges coming down from the ceiling.
• 31:13
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, it's just a Saturday.
• 31:15
  SPEAKER_00: Performance platforms all over the room.
• 31:17
  SPEAKER_00: It's very immersive, very cozy, very sexy, completely unique to anything you can get.
• 31:23
  SPEAKER_00: It's experiential though, but you know, I mean, if you're walking out of 42 and someone says, hey, what do you want to eat?
• 31:28
  SPEAKER_00: I didn't do my job, you know.
• 31:30
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, people are talking about a watercooler conversation.
• 31:32
  Dayna Roselli: You're kicking off New Year's Eve.
• 31:34
  SPEAKER_00: Kicking off New Year's Eve.
• 31:35
  SPEAKER_00: I think I gotta have my head examined, but if you're gonna go big, go home.
• 31:39
  SPEAKER_00: Otherwise, you know, so New Year's Eve, Las Vegas, gonna be better.
• 31:43
  SPEAKER_00: We'll do a sexy countdown with the 40 News dancers.
• 31:46
  SPEAKER_00: We got six dancers, two live bands, and then of course we're gonna decorate the room, and you know, they're gonna be the first people to get to experience 40's, and uh, I'm really excited about it.
• 31:58
  Dayna Roselli: And what made you want to come back or think about coming back?
• 32:02
  SPEAKER_00: Well, I love MGM, I've been part of the family, and uh, we were talking about various spaces and various properties, and somebody floated the idea, hey, what'd you think about going back to the OG space?
• 32:14
  SPEAKER_00: And what do you think of that idea?
• 32:16
  SPEAKER_00: And I thought it was a great story, and I and the space has a magic quality to it that's kind of hard to replicate, so I thought it was great.
• 32:24
  SPEAKER_00: So we just made it happen, and but we got it.
• 32:26
  SPEAKER_00: The space was starting all over.
• 32:28
  SPEAKER_00: This is 40 News 2.0, so to speak.
• 32:31
  SPEAKER_00: But uh, but the magic's still there.
• 32:33
  Dayna Roselli: I was gonna say, what will be different from last time?
• 32:35
  Dayna Roselli: Anything, or it's the same idea, just you know, more modern?
• 32:40
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I mean, ca you know, I mean, I've been doing this concept since 2002, so definitely, you know, I've kind of changed the concept over the years, just modernized it to use your word.
• 32:51
  SPEAKER_00: But, you know, conceptually it's the same idea.
• 32:53
  SPEAKER_00: You know, Warfame is burlesque, best dancers, best musicians, live bands only, the great DJs dancing.
• 33:00
  SPEAKER_00: That's all the same.
• 33:02
  SPEAKER_00: But the audio visual experience is insanity.
• 33:07
  SPEAKER_00: With what's going on in Las Vegas right now, there's a lot of pushback on a lot of pricing and a lot of different arenas, hospitality included.
• 33:15
  SPEAKER_00: And we, of course, look, I gotta pay the rent, but at the same time, we want it to be reasonable, we want people to be able to come in, and it's not gonna break the bank.
• 33:25
  SPEAKER_00: So I think they're gonna be very pleasantly surprised, including our New Year's Eve pricing.
• 33:30
  Dayna Roselli: Watching people have fun, it's gotta be so satisfying for you.
• 33:33
  SPEAKER_00: It's the only thing that puts a smile on my face these days because you know what?
• 33:36
  SPEAKER_00: Life's hard, and people need to take a break.
• 33:40
  SPEAKER_00: And if I can provide that for a few minutes, then I feel like what I do is worthwhile.
• 33:44
  Dayna Roselli: We are gonna have to check out 40 deuce one night.
• 33:47
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, side note, did you know Ivan Cain's in Platoon?
• 33:50
  Sean McAllister: I mean, I did not know that until he told us.
• 33:52
  Dayna Roselli: And then I Googled it and I'm like, look at Ivan.
• 33:54
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, there's Ivan.
• 33:55
  Dayna Roselli: He's got a he's pivoted into the nightclub scene, but he's done a lot of things.
• 33:59
  Dayna Roselli: He's had a long, successful career, and he's excited, as you could tell from the interview, really excited about bringing this club back.
• 34:07
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, he is.
• 34:08
  Sean McAllister: And I think it'll bring those, you know, that's a piece of nostalgia for a a chunk of the Las Vegas population that was that was club goers back in the early 2000s, and right, you know, have uh stopped clubbing to raise families and advance their careers.
• 34:28
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 34:28
  Sean McAllister: And now it's time to get a little taste of that.
• 34:32
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 34:32
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, it's great.
• 34:33
  Dayna Roselli: He says he loves working with Mandalay Bay, so I'm an MGM in general.
• 34:37
  Dayna Roselli: So that's you know, you heard in the interview.
• 34:39
  Dayna Roselli: He's like, I'll just go back in the same spot I was before.
• 34:41
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, why not?
• 34:42
  Dayna Roselli: Takes away, just cuts out the you know, the decision making.
• 34:46
  Dayna Roselli: So um, we did talk about hey, some things that we're gonna be doing over the next month.
• 34:50
  Dayna Roselli: I'm gonna be heading to um the nutcracker over at the Smith Center.
• 34:53
  Dayna Roselli: That's going on right now, and we wanted to let you know the Nevada Ballet, they put on the Nutcracker every year, and this year they're doing a different version.
• 35:00
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, it's a George Balanchine version of the Nutcracker.
• 35:04
  Sean McAllister: It's an art deco, uh theatrical design.
• 35:09
  Sean McAllister: Um, and it's a different production than what the ballet theater has done in previous uh years.
• 35:16
  Sean McAllister: This is an annual uh production that they do, but they mix it up.
• 35:21
  Sean McAllister: They like to mix it up with different costumes, different set pieces, different uh uh choreography.
• 35:27
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 35:28
  Sean McAllister: Um so that'll be great.
• 35:30
  Sean McAllister: That'll be great to see.
• 35:31
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, the little clips that I did see, I was really impressed and really looking forward to it.
• 35:35
  Dayna Roselli: Um, like I mentioned, my mom is coming into town for the holiday season, so I'm excited to I said, Hey mom, you want to go see the Nutcracker?
• 35:42
  Dayna Roselli: And she's like, you know, I've never seen it.
• 35:43
  Dayna Roselli: I'm like, you know, I don't know if I've seen it in full either.
• 35:47
  Dayna Roselli: So I'm excited.
• 35:48
  Sean McAllister: And the Nevada Ballet Theater, they have such a talent.
• 35:52
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, they do.
• 35:53
  Sean McAllister: So I I I hope that you both enjoy it.
• 35:56
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I I'll I'll share one after we go.
• 35:59
  Dayna Roselli: Um, nevadaballet.org is where you can go to get more information.
• 36:03
  Dayna Roselli: Um, the Nutcracker is running there December uh 13th.
• 36:07
  Dayna Roselli: It's already started to the 28th.
• 36:09
  Dayna Roselli: So you have time if you want to go check it out as well.
• 36:12
  Sean McAllister: We are also gonna be popping out is to um check out a new Barbie-themed cafe and roller rink.
• 36:22
  Dayna Roselli: This sounds great.
• 36:23
  Dayna Roselli: We're actually, by the time this podcast drops, we'll we will have gone or gone already.
• 36:28
  Dayna Roselli: Um, because we're actually going this week to check it out, and it's we're doing a story for our television show to run in early January.
• 36:36
  Dayna Roselli: I can't wait to see it, and I already just see success oozing out of it.
• 36:40
  Sean McAllister: Oh my god, a Malibu Barbie Cafe and Roller Rank.
• 36:43
  Sean McAllister: Are you kidding?
• 36:44
  Dayna Roselli: Could we have anything else in V?
• 36:46
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, it's unbelievable every time we say, like, there can't be anything else.
• 36:50
  Dayna Roselli: But there is, but there is.
• 36:52
  Dayna Roselli: Um, this is what over at area 15, so that makes sense.
• 36:55
  Sean McAllister: Over at area 15, where they have so many different types of experiential uh attractions, restaurants, lounges.
• 37:05
  Sean McAllister: Um and I think I mean this will fit in perfectly over there.
• 37:10
  Sean McAllister: But I think this Malibu Barbie cafe is going to draw its own crowd.
• 37:15
  Dayna Roselli: Yes.
• 37:16
  Dayna Roselli: And so hopefully there'll be something on our like social media that you'll be able to go look at and see once you hear this, if you want to go see what it looks like.
• 37:25
  Dayna Roselli: But it's a family-friendly pop-up restaurant and roller rink, like you mentioned, but it's also inspired by the groovy beachside energy of the 1970s Malibu.
• 37:35
  Dayna Roselli: Doesn't that just sound fun?
• 37:37
  Sean McAllister: Bring it on.
• 37:37
  Sean McAllister: I need to get my tall striped tube socks out.
• 37:40
  Dayna Roselli: I need a spray tan.
• 37:43
  Dayna Roselli: I'm feeling white this time of year, and people always look at me and go, why?
• 37:47
  Dayna Roselli: What are you talking about?
• 37:48
  Dayna Roselli: You're so tan.
• 37:49
  Dayna Roselli: I'm like, I know.
• 37:50
  Dayna Roselli: I gotta compete with Malibu Barbie.
• 37:52
  Sean McAllister: I know.
• 37:53
  Sean McAllister: And Skipper.
• 37:54
  Sean McAllister: Oh my god.
• 37:55
  Sean McAllister: Or Skipper later in the game.
• 37:56
  Dayna Roselli: This is gonna be great.
• 37:57
  Dayna Roselli: So we'll have more on that at a later date, but it's it's I think it's gonna be awesome to check out, and I just it's just gonna do well, period.
• 38:06
  Sean McAllister: It'll it'll do fantastically well.
• 38:10
  Dayna Roselli: There's certain things we just know, right?
• 38:12
  Sean McAllister: You you can already tell.
• 38:13
  Sean McAllister: Yes.
• 38:14
  Sean McAllister: Uh, we're also going to check out Jennifer Lopez.
• 38:17
  Sean McAllister: She's opening at the Coliseum over at Caesar's Palace with her new residency show.
• 38:22
  Sean McAllister: She's got a couple shows uh the end of the month going into uh like right around New Year's Eve.
• 38:29
  Sean McAllister: Um, and then she's back in March with more shows.
• 38:32
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 38:32
  Dayna Roselli: And I think she I don't know if I saw it on her page.
• 38:35
  Dayna Roselli: I was looking at a little bit of rehearsal or what, you know, it looks good.
• 38:39
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, listen, J Lo just puts on a great performance.
• 38:42
  Dayna Roselli: If you want to go see a show, I feel like you're gonna like it no matter what.
• 38:47
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and the music is great.
• 38:49
  Dayna Roselli: And actually, when I was sitting by Ja Rule at the end, this is gonna come full circle now at the NBA Cup.
• 38:56
  Dayna Roselli: I was thinking, I really love his song with J Lo.
• 38:59
  Sean McAllister: It's a good one.
• 39:00
  Sean McAllister: It's a good one.
• 39:01
  Dayna Roselli: And I thought, oh, maybe he's in town doing rehearsals with J Lo.
• 39:03
  Dayna Roselli: Maybe he's gonna make an appearance for that song.
• 39:06
  Dayna Roselli: But anyway, I look forward to seeing that.
• 39:08
  Dayna Roselli: We're all gonna be there.
• 39:09
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and we will come back with a full report.
• 39:12
  Sean McAllister: Yes.
• 39:13
  Dayna Roselli: I did like that song though, right?
• 39:14
  Dayna Roselli: It's good.
• 39:15
  Dayna Roselli: That is a good song.
• 39:16
  Dayna Roselli: I reminded you, right?
• 39:17
  Sean McAllister: I did, yeah.
• 39:18
  Dayna Roselli: Um, so yeah, J Lo over at the Coliseum.
• 39:22
  Dayna Roselli: That's gonna be awesome.
• 39:23
  Dayna Roselli: What else are we doing?
• 39:24
  Dayna Roselli: Um, we'll probably check out a few restaurants.
• 39:27
  Dayna Roselli: I was thinking of a bunch of places to take mom.
• 39:31
  Dayna Roselli: Um, maybe the terrace at Green Valley as well, the winter at the terrace.
• 39:36
  Dayna Roselli: They do a great thing over there.
• 39:38
  Sean McAllister: They have the igloos out there by the pool.
• 39:41
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 39:42
  Dayna Roselli: It's just, I mean, the weather's been so nice here.
• 39:44
  Dayna Roselli: It's been so unseasonably warm.
• 39:46
  Sean McAllister: You don't even need an igloo.
• 39:48
  Sean McAllister: You don't.
• 39:48
  Sean McAllister: You can just sit outside.
• 39:49
  Dayna Roselli: You had a cookie decorating party on Sunday, and we were supposed to wear like comfy pajamas, and like I was thinking, like, I had my whole like the Uggs and big comfy sweatshirt, and I couldn't wear any of it because it was like 70 degrees outside.
• 40:02
  Sean McAllister: And sunny and beautiful with the doors and windows open.
• 40:05
  Dayna Roselli: I love it.
• 40:06
  Dayna Roselli: I have actually been looking for an extra patio chair.
• 40:09
  Dayna Roselli: I went, okay, this is not me too.
• 40:11
  Dayna Roselli: I am not like a home store like big box store kind of person.
• 40:18
  Dayna Roselli: So in my hunt for an outdoor folding chair for a patio, okay, just one.
• 40:23
  Dayna Roselli: I wanted to add it to my one that I already have.
• 40:25
  Dayna Roselli: I went to Ace Hardware, which is smaller.
• 40:29
  Dayna Roselli: They were out.
• 40:30
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and uh Walmart, Target, Home Depot, and I think Ross and Lowe's.
• 40:39
  Dayna Roselli: Everyone was like, our Christmas stuff's out.
• 40:41
  Dayna Roselli: We don't have that stuff available.
• 40:43
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, the seasonal stuff is gone.
• 40:44
  Dayna Roselli: And I'm like, but it's 70 degrees out.
• 40:47
  Dayna Roselli: People are buying patio chairs.
• 40:48
  Dayna Roselli: So when I went into Ace, they said, Oh, somebody just came in and scooped up like all six that were left on the floor.
• 40:55
  Dayna Roselli: And I'm like, see, people are wanting to buy patio chairs.
• 40:59
  Dayna Roselli: They're missing out by loading up with those Christmas trees.
• 41:03
  Sean McAllister: With all that crap.
• 41:05
  Sean McAllister: All the Christmas crap.
• 41:07
  Sean McAllister: Uh I mean, come on.
• 41:09
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 41:10
  Sean McAllister: Listen, Las Vegas is a different kind of market, especially for those hardware stores.
• 41:15
  Sean McAllister: Like leave the patio stuff out all year.
• 41:19
  Sean McAllister: You need to have a patio section year-round.
• 41:23
  Sean McAllister: Like, cut down on that Halloween crap, on the Christmas crap.
• 41:27
  Sean McAllister: I mean, even though you have a 90-foot inflatable Santa to offer this year, like put a couple patio chairs next to him.
• 41:36
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 41:36
  Dayna Roselli: It's it's or some cushions or an umbrella.
• 41:39
  Dayna Roselli: Ugh.
• 41:40
  Sean McAllister: Come on.
• 41:41
  Dayna Roselli: I can't.
• 41:41
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and by the way, so then someone said to me, Why don't you just order it on Amazon?
• 41:46
  Dayna Roselli: I said, Well, because I was trying to actually like buy it locally in my town.
• 41:50
  SPEAKER_03: Right.
• 41:51
  Dayna Roselli: And just go to a store, throw it in my car and bring it up to the balcony and unfold it.
• 41:56
  Sean McAllister: And then you can see if it's comfortable or not, too.
• 41:58
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 41:58
  Dayna Roselli: And look at it.
• 41:59
  Sean McAllister: Because some chairs are not comfortable.
• 42:01
  Dayna Roselli: No.
• 42:02
  Dayna Roselli: Well, I had to order on Amazon.
• 42:03
  Dayna Roselli: I gave up.
• 42:04
  Dayna Roselli: I'm like, you know what?
• 42:06
  Dayna Roselli: Forget it.
• 42:06
  Dayna Roselli: So last night I was sitting there watching TV and I thought I'm just gonna order this thing on Amazon.
• 42:12
  Dayna Roselli: And I did, and it's coming December 22nd.
• 42:14
  Sean McAllister: So you tried to shop local.
• 42:15
  Dayna Roselli: Yep.
• 42:16
  Dayna Roselli: I tried.
• 42:17
  Dayna Roselli: A lot.
• 42:17
  Dayna Roselli: I went all over.
• 42:18
  Dayna Roselli: I just gave up every single person.
• 42:20
  Dayna Roselli: And they they weren't like it's funny too, because everyone like every single person that I asked, they weren't very nice about it.
• 42:27
  Sean McAllister: Really?
• 42:27
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, in every store.
• 42:29
  Sean McAllister: Because they just expected, like, oh, it's Christmas time.
• 42:31
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 42:32
  Dayna Roselli: And they're like, no, I mean, we don't have that stuff available right now.
• 42:35
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, I don't know.
• 42:36
  Dayna Roselli: If we do, it like it might be in camping, but I don't think so.
• 42:39
  Dayna Roselli: And like normal, no, we have all this stuff out now.
• 42:41
  Dayna Roselli: Or no, and I was like, all right, gosh, they were getting annoyed with me.
• 42:44
  Dayna Roselli: I'm like, all right, I just want a chair.
• 42:46
  Sean McAllister: They need to take lessons from the staff at T-Mobile Arena.
• 42:49
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, they do.
• 42:50
  Sean McAllister: Right?
• 42:51
  unknown: Right.
• 42:52
  Dayna Roselli: It's so true.
• 42:54
  Dayna Roselli: Uh anyway, we hope a lot of you have been visiting, or the ones that of you that listen and live here have been enjoying the weather.
• 43:00
  Dayna Roselli: It's really been nice.
• 43:02
  Dayna Roselli: It's it's great because we get a little crisp at night and in the morning.
• 43:05
  Sean McAllister: Yep.
• 43:05
  Dayna Roselli: But then it's nice in the day.
• 43:07
  Sean McAllister: It's beautiful during the day.
• 43:08
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, we have more tips, don't we?
• 43:10
  Sean McAllister: We do.
• 43:10
  Sean McAllister: Let's get to them.
• 43:16
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, I did get a note from the Museum of Illusions here in Las Vegas.
• 43:20
  Dayna Roselli: It's right on the strip.
• 43:22
  Dayna Roselli: And it is over at uh 63 City Center.
• 43:25
  Dayna Roselli: That's right on the strip between the Cosmopolitan and the shops at Crystals.
• 43:29
  Dayna Roselli: And they wanted to let us know about something they're doing for the holidays, but it was also just a reminder to let people know that this museum is there because we've walked by and we keep saying we need to go, we need to go.
• 43:40
  Dayna Roselli: And we have not been yet.
• 43:41
  Dayna Roselli: But they have like over 80 exhibits in this museum.
• 43:46
  Dayna Roselli: People love it.
• 43:46
  Dayna Roselli: I hear great things.
• 43:48
  Dayna Roselli: And during the holiday season, they are doing well, they say they say they're gonna feature like cozy holiday sweater decor throughout some of the exhibits, like the cloning table, the infinity room, and the color room.
• 43:58
  Dayna Roselli: And Santa's coming to Well, he's coming to the museum, I should say, for photo ops December 20th and 21st, one to four.
• 44:06
  Dayna Roselli: And the Santa photos are at no additional cost for museum guests.
• 44:09
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, nice.
• 44:10
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, so that'll be good, right?
• 44:11
  Dayna Roselli: That's a good little perk.
• 44:12
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and if you don't make it there for the holiday, just want to let you know that, you know, that museum is there.
• 44:17
  Dayna Roselli: It's a tough spot on that corner because unless you walk by, you know, you don't know it's there or see it.
• 44:24
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 44:24
  Dayna Roselli: You know, because it's not within a hotel casino where you walk by, it's actually in 63 City Center.
• 44:30
  Dayna Roselli: That's right near Ocean Prime and the Arte Museum.
• 44:33
  Sean McAllister: There's a lot of great stuff at at 63 City Center.
• 44:36
  Sean McAllister: You just have to make it your destination.
• 44:39
  Sean McAllister: You need to be going there and know that it's there.
• 44:42
  Sean McAllister: So look it up, look up everything that's there, including the Museum of Illusions, and put that on your to-do list.
• 44:49
  Dayna Roselli: If you want some fun pictures, and I know a lot of people do, if you're all about the the Instagram and all that, um, your Instagram, your TikTok, could do some fun stuff there as well.
• 44:59
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, for sure.
• 44:59
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 45:00
  Sean McAllister: Um, over at Aria, which is right by 63 City Center, um, there is a new Indian restaurant that has opened up, and there are so many people excited about this.
• 45:12
  Sean McAllister: It's called Gymkana.
• 45:14
  Sean McAllister: The original location was in London, still is, and it is like globally renowned for its food.
• 45:22
  Sean McAllister: It is so popular, and now we have one here.
• 45:26
  Dayna Roselli: I know it's at Aria, and it's open because we had talked, I think we did mention this before, but we want to let everyone know there's been a lot of anticipation.
• 45:33
  Dayna Roselli: Like, when's it gonna open?
• 45:34
  Dayna Roselli: And I've even heard in the community, like, do you know?
• 45:37
  Dayna Roselli: Or hey, if you get invited to that Indian restaurant, you gotta bring me and all this.
• 45:40
  Dayna Roselli: And I'm like, listen, I'm gonna be there no matter what because I love Indian food.
• 45:44
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and so we will have to go check it out, but yeah, a lot of anticipation, and it is officially open.
• 45:50
  Dayna Roselli: So, and I think it's perfect for the holiday season, you know, people coming in from all over the world, and a lot of people love their Indian food.
• 45:58
  Dayna Roselli: And I think we talked about this in the past.
• 46:00
  Dayna Roselli: I don't we don't really have a lot of Indian restaurants on the strip.
• 46:04
  Sean McAllister: No, there's not a ton at all.
• 46:06
  Sean McAllister: And I I mean, from uh you mentioned that it's gonna be in demand.
• 46:09
  Sean McAllister: The the people who I have seen, some of my you know, social media people uh who I've seen who have been just rave about it.
• 46:19
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 46:21
  Dayna Roselli: So you've seen people that have actually got okay.
• 46:23
  Sean McAllister: Oh yeah.
• 46:23
  Sean McAllister: Oh good.
• 46:24
  Sean McAllister: The flavors, the the atmosphere, the servers, they just rave about absolutely everything.
• 46:33
  Sean McAllister: So who knows?
• 46:34
  Sean McAllister: Maybe Jim Connor is up for a Michelin star once those reviewers hit the streets.
• 46:39
  Dayna Roselli: That's true.
• 46:39
  Dayna Roselli: That's true.
• 46:40
  Dayna Roselli: Now that I think about it, now that I'm even saying it's open, I'm gonna take my own tip and I was just telling you and go.
• 46:46
  Dayna Roselli: And my mom's here.
• 46:46
  Dayna Roselli: I think that's what we'll do one night.
• 46:48
  Dayna Roselli: I do love Indian.
• 46:50
  Dayna Roselli: I'm excited about this.
• 46:51
  Dayna Roselli: Well, and even looking at some of the pictures of the dishes, it looks so good.
• 46:55
  Dayna Roselli: So, anyway, that is now open at Aria.
• 46:57
  Dayna Roselli: I think that's a great addition to that hotel casino, too.
• 47:00
  Sean McAllister: It really is.
• 47:01
  Dayna Roselli: Perfect spot for it.
• 47:02
  Sean McAllister: So, congratulations to the team over there for bringing the restaurant to town.
• 47:07
  Sean McAllister: We're excited to have it.
• 47:08
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 47:09
  Dayna Roselli: Um, listen, over the next couple weeks, it's New Year, it's it's Christmas, uh, all the things.
• 47:15
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, by the way, also, I should have mentioned at the top, happy Hanukkah, everyone.
• 47:18
  Dayna Roselli: Yes.
• 47:19
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but you know, we might take a couple weeks off here and there, but we kind of want to throw something in.
• 47:25
  Dayna Roselli: So we think we might give you a little taste of the TV show.
• 47:29
  Dayna Roselli: Take some of the TV shows that we've done that are kind of like um, what do you call those?
• 47:34
  Sean McAllister: Uh like Evergreen.
• 47:35
  Dayna Roselli: Evergreen.
• 47:36
  Sean McAllister: Like content that doesn't get outdated.
• 47:38
  Sean McAllister: Yes.
• 47:39
  Sean McAllister: It's always there for you.
• 47:41
  Sean McAllister: Like a good friend.
• 47:43
  Sean McAllister: Like a good neighbor.
• 47:44
  Sean McAllister: Like a good neighbor.
• 47:46
  Sean McAllister: Vegas Revealed is there.
• 47:48
  Sean McAllister: That's so true.
• 47:49
  Dayna Roselli: I was just gonna side note into something else.
• 47:50
  Dayna Roselli: I'm not gonna.
• 47:52
  Dayna Roselli: Well, because that okay, wait, real quick.
• 47:54
  Dayna Roselli: Have you seen John Hamm's show um on Apple TV about my friend and neighbor?
• 48:01
  Dayna Roselli: What's it called?
• 48:02
  Sean McAllister: Um Oh, the one with Tina Faye?
• 48:04
  Dayna Roselli: Nope.
• 48:05
  Sean McAllister: Uh no, but I've seen him on the morning show.
• 48:08
  Dayna Roselli: No.
• 48:09
  Dayna Roselli: All right, anyway.
• 48:10
  Dayna Roselli: I'm blanking on the name.
• 48:11
  Dayna Roselli: Anyway, this have you seen the viral instant like like social media trend that everyone's doing when you something goes right and how you feel, and then it cuts to John Hamm in a nightclub?
• 48:22
  Sean McAllister: No, you haven't?
• 48:23
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my gosh.
• 48:24
  Dayna Roselli: Okay.
• 48:25
  Dayna Roselli: I feel like maybe this doesn't make sense then.
• 48:27
  Dayna Roselli: Forget it.
• 48:28
  Sean McAllister: Well, I'm sure somebody listening has seen it.
• 48:31
  Sean McAllister: It's all over the place.
• 48:32
  Sean McAllister: I mean, it just hasn't hit my algorithm yet.
• 48:34
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my gosh, you haven't seen John Ham's show?
• 48:36
  Sean McAllister: No, but now that we're talking about it and my phone is listening, it's gonna be like every single post that I see.
• 48:42
  Sean McAllister: The John Hamm nightclub trend.
• 48:44
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 48:46
  Dayna Roselli: Here we go.
• 48:47
  Dayna Roselli: Movie and okay, here we go.
• 48:48
  Dayna Roselli: Your friends' neighbors.
• 48:50
  Dayna Roselli: Yes, that's what it's called.
• 48:51
  Dayna Roselli: It's on Apple TV.
• 48:51
  Dayna Roselli: It's actually really good.
• 48:52
  SPEAKER_03: Is it?
• 48:53
  Dayna Roselli: Yes.
• 48:53
  Dayna Roselli: Okay.
• 48:54
  Dayna Roselli: Um, I won't spoil it, but um, anyway, this little clip from that show, it has become this viral TikTok, social media, Instagram trend.
• 49:05
  Dayna Roselli: And I'll show you one once we get off the podcast.
• 49:07
  Dayna Roselli: It's perfect.
• 49:08
  Sean McAllister: I look forward to it.
• 49:10
  Dayna Roselli: Anyway, because you said friends and neighbors, that's how it came to mind.
• 49:14
  Dayna Roselli: So what were we even what were we even talking about?
• 49:16
  Sean McAllister: Uh, we were wrapping it up.
• 49:18
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, we were okay.
• 49:18
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, yes, we're gonna show you, uh, we're gonna do the audio version of some generic television shows.
• 49:24
  Sean McAllister: Yes.
• 49:25
  Dayna Roselli: And uh might do that because we feel like there's a lot of good content in some of those.
• 49:29
  Dayna Roselli: And even though it's kind of made for a visual, it still works audio-wise.
• 49:33
  Dayna Roselli: So we'll bring you some of those.
• 49:34
  Dayna Roselli: And we always feel like those are great shows because they're evergreen that live on forever and have good information, sometimes uh some good recommendations for places for you to go and check out and all that kind of thing.
• 49:47
  Sean McAllister: So uh expect that in the weeks to come, and we'll be back uh again with all new stuff um in the new year for you.
• 49:59
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 49:59
  Dayna Roselli: Have a great new year if we don't talk to you.
• 50:03
  Sean McAllister: Be happy and healthy, end up in a nightclub like John Ham.
• 50:09
  Dayna Roselli: John Ham needs to be at the opening of 40 deuce.
• 50:12
  Sean McAllister: He does.
• 50:14
  Sean McAllister: Well, now he does.
• 50:15
  Dayna Roselli: Now he does.
• 50:16
  Dayna Roselli: All right, everyone.
• 50:17
  Dayna Roselli: We'll talk to you next time.
• 50:18
  Dayna Roselli: We will have stuff rolling out, so keep it here, keep subscribed, and again, we appreciate you.
• 50:23
  Dayna Roselli: That's a wrap on episode 300.