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Legalized Gambling on the Table in Hawaii | Ep. 55 · Vegas Revealed

• 0:00
  Dayna Roselli: Welcome to Vegas Revealed episode 55.
• 0:03
  Sean McAllister: Hawaii could reverse the state's ban on gaming to help out with some budget shortfalls there.
• 0:08
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, but not everyone's for this, and we're gonna talk with Hawaii anchor and reporter Tom George to see what's going on on the island.
• 0:16
  Sean McAllister: Plus, will Las Vegas allow 50% capacity by March 1st?
• 0:21
  Sean McAllister: That's apparently the plan right now, but it's not set in stone.
• 0:26
  Sean McAllister: We get into the details.
• 0:27
  Dayna Roselli: And some big concerts announced in Las Vegas for 2021 and 2022.
• 0:33
  Dayna Roselli: That more coming up on Vegas Revealed.
• 0:46
  Sean McAllister: Welcome to Vegas Revealed.
• 0:47
  Sean McAllister: So we are officially into February.
• 0:51
  Sean McAllister: As this episode drops, we're also all revved up for the Super Bowl.
• 0:56
  Sean McAllister: Thanks for being here.
• 0:57
  Sean McAllister: I'm Sean McAllister.
• 0:58
  Dayna Roselli: And I'm Dana Roselli.
• 1:00
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, we have so much to talk about today.
• 1:02
  Dayna Roselli: Really, tons of topics, but uh something we're gonna hit on has to do with our friends in Hawaii.
• 1:08
  Sean McAllister: That's right.
• 1:09
  Sean McAllister: You know, Las Vegas is considered the ninth island because we do have so many residents who have moved here from Hawaii, but there's a chance that Hawaii could end up looking a heck of a lot more like Vegas, Dana.
• 1:23
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's interesting.
• 1:24
  Dayna Roselli: Uh when you look back, you realize that they do not legalize or it's not even allowed to have gaming in Hawaii.
• 1:31
  Dayna Roselli: And, you know, now that everyone is suffering, we're trying to come up with different kinds of ways for the states to make money.
• 1:37
  Dayna Roselli: And apparently Hawaii thinks maybe legalizing gaming could be a way.
• 1:42
  Dayna Roselli: But man, when you look through uh some of the stories done on this, you really notice that everyone's kind of coming up with reasons why it wouldn't work.
• 1:52
  Dayna Roselli: Crime would go up, you know, different kinds of things.
• 1:54
  Dayna Roselli: So we're gonna talk with Tom George, who used to be a reporter here in Las Vegas, but now is an anchor and reporter in Hawaii to get the skinny on what's going down.
• 2:02
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, so it'll be it'll be good to hear the ins and outs of that.
• 2:06
  Sean McAllister: Um but getting to business right here in Las Vegas first, you know, we've been talking about when in the world is Las Vegas gonna open up fully?
• 2:17
  Sean McAllister: When is entertainment gonna be back into the swing of things?
• 2:20
  Sean McAllister: Well, it it's seeming like it could be sooner than later because we're getting some announcements about some incredible shows that are set to be performed in concerts here in Las Vegas this year and into next year.
• 2:38
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 2:39
  Dayna Roselli: One of the most recent announcements came for the weekend uh to perform at T-Mobile Arena.
• 2:45
  Dayna Roselli: Now that's not gonna be until 2022, but nevertheless, it's exciting that he's announced his global world tour and that Las Vegas is on the map and one of the show days.
• 2:56
  Sean McAllister: And of course, the weekend is the halftime performer at the Super Bowl.
• 3:00
  Sean McAllister: So uh there's gonna be a ton of attention placed on him uh for the big game, and tickets, coincidentally, for his uh big world tour, go on sale the following morning, Monday morning uh at 10 a.m.
• 3:19
  Sean McAllister: Pacific time.
• 3:20
  Sean McAllister: So uh that's for the show here in Las Vegas.
• 3:23
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's interesting because um I remember watching the Lady Gaga documentary, and what a big deal.
• 3:28
  Dayna Roselli: Doesn't matter.
• 3:29
  Dayna Roselli: We think, oh, Lady Gaga, she's not, you know, like, but what a big deal it is to perform at the Super Bowl.
• 3:34
  Dayna Roselli: How they wait with baited breath.
• 3:36
  Dayna Roselli: And so the weekends taking this opportunity, like, hey, we've got to announce something, right?
• 3:40
  Dayna Roselli: Easy it's a good marketing plan.
• 3:42
  Dayna Roselli: Why not?
• 3:43
  Sean McAllister: And I think it's gonna be a a a fantastic halftime show, and the arena tour is gonna be amazing too.
• 3:50
  Sean McAllister: And it's good that we have things that are coming back on the calendar as well.
• 3:55
  Sean McAllister: Uh, somebody else talking about arena tours is Garth Brooks.
• 3:59
  Sean McAllister: And we've talked about this in past episodes here on Vegas Revealed.
• 4:04
  Sean McAllister: Uh Garth Brooks was set to open Allegiant Stadium, uh, which is where the Las Vegas Raiders play.
• 4:11
  Sean McAllister: This was last year.
• 4:13
  Sean McAllister: He was supposed to have this big concert, the big splashy grand opening for Allegiant Stadium, and as the shutdown happened, uh that obviously had to be pushed back, and it was supposed to be the rescheduled concert was supposed to be this month in February.
• 4:33
  Sean McAllister: But obviously that's not happening either.
• 4:35
  Dayna Roselli: No, so he's pushed it again, right, to July, and fingers crossed that that one will happen.
• 4:41
  Dayna Roselli: He may have to push it again.
• 4:43
  Dayna Roselli: We just don't know, and that's really part of the the planning process.
• 4:46
  Dayna Roselli: It's hard to plan.
• 4:47
  Sean McAllister: But it is seeming like summertime is kind of like go time for entertainment to pick back up because Usher uh has a a residency show at Caesar's Coliseum that is supposed to start this summer as well, either in June, uh late June or July.
• 5:05
  Sean McAllister: Um so it it's seeming like that is where you know show producers and casinos really have their eyes on summertime as you know a potential restart date for big shows and gatherings in a theater and arena environment.
• 5:24
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 5:24
  Dayna Roselli: But I guess you know it all comes down to the amount of people that will be able to attend these shows.
• 5:29
  Dayna Roselli: Right now we're at twenty-five maximum capacity in our restaurants, our bars, also our casinos and resorts.
• 5:36
  Dayna Roselli: So that would be a little difficult to put on a big show at the Coliseum, but uh there's been talk that that could change by March 1st.
• 5:46
  Dayna Roselli: So apparently our county commissioner has said that they are working to possibly increase from 25% maximum to 50% maximum by March 1st here in Las Vegas.
• 5:59
  Dayna Roselli: But also, you know, you think about March, that happening, then like you're saying, like when we get to summer, then could that increase go even more to 75% or maybe I don't know, full capacity.
• 6:09
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know if we'll we'll be at that with separation or whatever.
• 6:12
  Dayna Roselli: But um it was weird because there was a tweet by the county commissioner, then it was deleted, and so everyone's going, well, wait, what's going on?
• 6:19
  Dayna Roselli: Are we replanning for March 1st?
• 6:20
  Dayna Roselli: So I think it probably you know has uh a little bit of a a ways to go.
• 6:27
  Sean McAllister: Well, in and there is some interesting chatter about how um how uh casinos and ticketing sites are going to sell tickets for these shows.
• 6:40
  Sean McAllister: And there's there's been talk that um places I believe like Ticketmaster could partner with uh Clear, which is the organization that does all of the TSA pre-screening and all that.
• 6:53
  Sean McAllister: And essentially, whenever you get your COVID vaccine, you would link that up with the a Clear account, and you would need to have that in order to buy tickets.
• 7:05
  Sean McAllister: So uh really it would be an incentive to get the vaccine so that you could get back into sporting events, concerts, large gathering environments.
• 7:16
  Sean McAllister: Now, that is still all talk, nothing has been right um officially, you know, confirmed, no partnerships officially announced yet, but I know that that was one of the options that uh ticketing sites were looking into in order to get live entertainment back up and running again.
• 7:34
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I mean it it's interesting to see how things I mean, I do feel like things are starting to I don't know, there is a little bit of a vibe, let's put it that way, where you can feel changes are happening.
• 7:45
  Dayna Roselli: You know, our numbers have gone down a uh slightly.
• 7:48
  Dayna Roselli: I think we we did have like a record month, but then in a bad way.
• 7:52
  Dayna Roselli: I think it was December, but you know, January, and as we're into February, things are starting to look a little better here, and it just feels, don't you feel it?
• 8:01
  Dayna Roselli: Like there's some like I'm I'm seeing like more marketing of places and people pushing out, you know, uh events, you know, within the rules, but it just feels like there's a little bit of a turn.
• 8:12
  Sean McAllister: There and and I hope that that is a a trend that that continues because we need it.
• 8:18
  Sean McAllister: We need it and we need mentally, we need it.
• 8:21
  Sean McAllister: We need it mentally, we need it economically too.
• 8:24
  Sean McAllister: We need you know, conventions coming back in.
• 8:27
  Sean McAllister: We were actually on a uh phone call with a a business partner the other day who was talking about uh that I believe in March that some conventions are starting to return to Las Vegas with a smaller capacity, but conventions nonetheless, it looks like they're going to start, you know, bringing business back to town, which is great.
• 8:53
  Dayna Roselli: Sean, I drove by, and I know we've talked about it before, the new convention center the other night, but I've I haven't driven by at night.
• 8:59
  Dayna Roselli: And so I was driving by at night, and oh my, I mean, I literally like had a smile.
• 9:04
  Dayna Roselli: I'm not kidding.
• 9:04
  Dayna Roselli: I was like, this place is when it was all lit up and they had the front lights on.
• 9:09
  Dayna Roselli: It's absolutely gorgeous.
• 9:11
  Dayna Roselli: It it is stunning, and I'm like, I cannot wait for this to be used.
• 9:15
  Dayna Roselli: Be used, it's cool.
• 9:16
  Dayna Roselli: And then even the area around there, like there's like even like a bagel cafe, I think it's called, but the sign is like all lit up and it's blue and it's gold, and then the and then there's little areas that are lit up, and then the convention center has all these kind of like uh you know goldish lights, and it looks f amazing.
• 9:34
  Dayna Roselli: And I was like, I still can't believe how I know it's been a long year, but how quick it went up.
• 9:39
  Dayna Roselli: I was like, it was there, it wasn't there, and then it's there.
• 9:42
  Sean McAllister: It's true, and I think that's a testament to how little we've been leaving our homes.
• 9:46
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 9:47
  Sean McAllister: Because on a you know, under any normal circumstances, you know, be driving by, noticing the construction as it goes, but now it seems like whenever you leave the the house, which you know, it can be chunks of time between leaving the house, especially if you're going to a different part of town, there's new uh shopping malls that have popped up out of nowhere.
• 10:08
  Sean McAllister: There's housing developments that have popped up out of nowhere, a convention center that's popped up out of nowhere.
• 10:14
  Dayna Roselli: And it's beautiful, it's so it's just I can't wait for everyone to be able to use it and see it.
• 10:18
  Dayna Roselli: It really is stunning, really stunning.
• 10:20
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, it's it's super cool.
• 10:22
  Dayna Roselli: And then right down the road, even with Resorts World, I'm like, I mean, that whole area is like their whole screen every night.
• 10:28
  Dayna Roselli: Now they're doing like advertisements and talking about what's coming soon.
• 10:31
  Dayna Roselli: And so I don't know, it feels like there's more vibrance, more lights.
• 10:34
  Sean McAllister: Well, in in I mean, looking at at summer as a potential reopening for you know big entertainment venues, Resorts World is also set to open this summer, which is crazy to think.
• 10:46
  Sean McAllister: We've just been seeing it go up for I mean the past couple years, and uh to think that it's finally going to be opening is incredible.
• 10:56
  Sean McAllister: And I think they have like six thousand jobs or something to to hire before they open.
• 11:01
  Sean McAllister: Um we'll have to go in depth on a uh episode coming up, go really in depth about resorts world, what to expect there, and uh some of the the new innovations that the resort has.
• 11:13
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and it's interesting because I stare from my balcony at the Drew, which has been sitting there for I don't know, I feel like 13 years.
• 11:24
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 11:24
  Sean McAllister: I was gonna say 12, 13 years, unfinished, right?
• 11:27
  Dayna Roselli: And I say the the Drew because that's the latest project.
• 11:30
  Dayna Roselli: It had gone through a couple names of Fountain Blue.
• 11:32
  Dayna Roselli: But anyway, the Drew has been put on hold again, and I think that is like 2022 late or 2023 now.
• 11:40
  Dayna Roselli: So that's I'm not gonna hold my breath for that one.
• 11:43
  Dayna Roselli: That's across from resorts world.
• 11:45
  Dayna Roselli: So I'm hoping that gets done too at some point.
• 11:48
  Dayna Roselli: Um, something we also did want to mention is just kind of a little study that came out here, Clark County releasing some numbers on they do that like uh is it called contact tracing?
• 11:57
  Sean McAllister: Yes.
• 11:58
  Dayna Roselli: And they they, you know, if you get test positive for COVID, they you know, ask a few questions about like where were you, where are some of the places that you were before you contracted it.
• 12:07
  Dayna Roselli: And apparently, more than 13,100 people in Clark County said that they visited a restaurant before receiving a positive COVID test.
• 12:16
  Dayna Roselli: So and they're saying we can't guarantee that that's where it's from or where they contract.
• 12:21
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 12:21
  Dayna Roselli: But it just, you know, looking at that, it is inter s interesting and something to keep in mind.
• 12:25
  Dayna Roselli: And we're not saying don't go to restaurants because we all do here and there, but you know, a little be a little more cautious, maybe.
• 12:31
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and uh there is a full report on uh the Clark County website um and the Southern Nevada Health District on these locations um that they've pinpointed to uh potential uh COVID contraction sites.
• 12:49
  Sean McAllister: So if you want to look that, you can go to Southern Nevada Health District's website to check out that full report.
• 12:55
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 12:55
  Dayna Roselli: Well, let's get back to Hawaii.
• 12:57
  Dayna Roselli: State lawmakers are kind of preparing to have serious, apparently, discussions about whether they should allow some form of legalized gambling in Hawaii because they have a lot of bills to play pay, a lot of budget shortfalls.
• 13:13
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, Nevada's talked about legalizing the lottery before, too, because of the same reasons.
• 13:17
  Dayna Roselli: Basically, they, you know, are a tourism-based economy like us, and they're trying to come up with different ways.
• 13:23
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and so gaming has uh come up once again as a topic of discussion to see if you know now is the time for the state of Hawaii to reverse its ban on legalized gaming.
• 13:36
  Sean McAllister: And uh Tom George is a reporter who we know here in Las Vegas.
• 13:41
  Sean McAllister: He's now at KITV4 in Hawaii, and he's joining us now to give us all the ins and outs of this debate.
• 13:49
  Sean McAllister: Tom, how's it going?
• 13:50
  Sean McAllister: Good.
• 13:50
  Sean McAllister: Aloha.
• 13:51
  Sean McAllister: I mean, you know, can't complain.
• 13:52
  Sean McAllister: It's Hawaii, right?
• 13:53
  Sean McAllister: As we mentioned, you know, uh gaming, legalized gaming, has come up again as a topic of conversation there in Hawaii.
• 14:01
  Sean McAllister: Where do things stand right now?
• 14:04
  Sean McAllister: Is there really a prospect of this happening?
• 14:07
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, so well, it's kind of up in the air right now.
• 14:09
  SPEAKER_00: So when we're talking about gaming in Hawaii, it's not really the state per se that's that's doing it.
• 14:13
  SPEAKER_00: It's basically the way kind of around it, I guess, because you know, as you know, Hawaii and Utah are actually only two states that don't have any form of legalized gaming at all.
• 14:21
  SPEAKER_00: No, no lottery, no nothing.
• 14:23
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, it's part of the reason why so many people in Hawaii like to go to Vegas, but in this case, um, it's actually would be done by uh Department of Hawaiian Homelands, which basically that's the organization um that deals with housing for Native Hawaiians.
• 14:35
  SPEAKER_00: So it would kind of be sort of on on that land.
• 14:39
  SPEAKER_00: So kind of the equivalent of, you know, you would think of a Native American casino, it's kind of more of that concept, but it's facing a lot of opposition because basically right now, the Department of Hawaiian Homelands, there's been you know a waiting list for people to get homes, and it's obviously an island, it's limited land, and some people have uh if you basically have to have 50% Hawaiian blood uh to be able to get a home, and there have been people that have been on this waiting list for you know decades, and it's gotten to the point even where you know if someone's grandma or their parent is on the list, they may pass away and have to give the spot to the next generation just to even get this land.
• 15:14
  SPEAKER_00: And so, I mean, that's part of the reason why they are considering doing this in the first place, kind of like other Native American tribes, you know, to raise money for that.
• 15:22
  SPEAKER_00: But uh, a lot of people are upset about it because they're saying, hey, we have this housing crisis, and yet we would use land to uh put a casino there.
• 15:30
  SPEAKER_00: But it's definitely got a lot of people talking too because as you guys know, the Vegas lobby um is such a huge deal here because I mean there are package deals.
• 15:38
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, I as soon as I moved here, I met people that like they go to Vegas four or five times a year, and they have these package deals, especially you know, all the Boyd properties, the cow.
• 15:47
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, I was just driving to work the other day and they're already doing ads for the cow on the radio again.
• 15:51
  SPEAKER_00: They have a whole uh jingle for it, too.
• 15:53
  SPEAKER_00: Oh I mean, we love that.
• 15:55
  SPEAKER_00: No, yeah, the whole ninth island connection is uh is real.
• 15:58
  SPEAKER_00: You know, they've it's uh stuck on my head.
• 16:01
  Dayna Roselli: It's uh well and would you want to sing it for us?
• 16:05
  SPEAKER_00: If you feel like Vegas, there's just one place to stay, and it's like you find it at the cow, and then they got the that's my best uh rendition, but they got all the you know Hawaii themed stuff there.
• 16:17
  SPEAKER_00: You know, they have the the holo holo, that means travel, so they they have the holo holo bar there.
• 16:22
  SPEAKER_00: So um but it it it is kind of funny to me though that you'll have people that'll just go there and gamble and uh you know, like when I go on vacation, I want to experience you know the culture of wherever I'm going.
• 16:34
  SPEAKER_00: But it's just funny that it's like you know, people from Hawaii, they'll go to Vegas and then they'll go to the same, you know, noodle shops or this J Weiss place uh or the Hawaiian restaurants at the cow and then see all hang out with all the same people that they would be doing at home.
• 16:48
  SPEAKER_00: But to each their own kicking their normal crowd and just like going to Vegas to gamble for you know however long they go there.
• 16:55
  SPEAKER_00: But it's been rough, you know, without without with all the travel restrictions and everything, too.
• 17:00
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it it has been.
• 17:02
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, listen, um we we love, we love, we love our Hawaii visitors.
• 17:06
  Dayna Roselli: And and even when I was lit listening to you talk about, you know, possible uh gaming in Hawaii, it does make me a little nervous, like, well, but but they come here to gamble.
• 17:15
  Dayna Roselli: I don't I don't want them to have their own casino.
• 17:17
  Dayna Roselli: I don't mean it that way, but you know what I'm saying.
• 17:19
  SPEAKER_00: I know what you're saying, and and I don't well, like I said, it's it's very much up in the air, and it it may it may not even happen.
• 17:26
  SPEAKER_00: I don't think that it's gonna substitute Vegas because I think people are so loyal to that experience, they'll still go to Vegas because I mean, aside from the gambling element, I mean, if you think about it this way too, you know, for most people on the mainland, you know, Hawaii is like your I your ideal vacation.
• 17:44
  SPEAKER_00: When you think about that dream vacation, you're like, I want to go to tropical paradise, you know, I want to be sipping my ties on the beach.
• 17:49
  SPEAKER_00: But for people that grew up here, I mean they're used to that.
• 17:52
  SPEAKER_00: So what's a vacation to them?
• 17:53
  SPEAKER_00: They want desert lights, gambling, like pretty much like the opposite of what they would be getting at home.
• 17:59
  SPEAKER_00: So I I I don't I don't think it's gonna stop as a as a destination, but it is it definitely has people sweating, especially in the you know, the gaming industry looking at that, scratching their heads.
• 18:09
  SPEAKER_00: But I don't think it's gonna be a substitute for Vegas, and it may not even go through, but it there's still like a lot of layers that would have to happen for that to even be something they would consider.
• 18:19
  SPEAKER_00: And another factor is too, I mean, you know, if even if it does go through, who's gonna build it?
• 18:25
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, a lot of the a lot of the made major builders and players that you would even need to get a casino off the ground are probably based in Vegas anyway.
• 18:34
  SPEAKER_00: So because we don't really have the infrastructure for it.
• 18:37
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, I I think you'd have a lot of uh construction barges showing up with everything that you would need to uh build a casino out there out there on the islands.
• 18:47
  Sean McAllister: But I mean even your your governor is is opposed to this idea too, right?
• 18:52
  Sean McAllister: Like there are some high-level people that that would need to be convinced and really get on board to make this happen.
• 18:59
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I mean the governor has been against it.
• 19:02
  SPEAKER_00: There are there have been a lot of state senators and our lawmakers that have already said that they're against it.
• 19:07
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, Hawaii Hawaii politics is kind of unique uh because you know it's a very it's the bluest state in the country on paper, but you have like you have a lot of even though the Democrats control all levels of government, it's they're a lot more old school conservative uh when it comes to well, conservative with a small C when it comes to things like gambling.
• 19:26
  SPEAKER_00: You you do hear a lot of the arguments that it's gonna bring crime, you know, it could bring you know trafficking and things like that, or you know, if if they put a casino in.
• 19:34
  SPEAKER_00: So a lot of the the higher level state officials are kind of wary of it or against it, but um, that's kind of the interesting politics at play, just because um to a certain extent they don't have much of a say in it, uh, you know, but it would still have to get approval because like I said, it is more of an issue of um the native Hawaiian community and and what they think about it, because at the end of the day, that's what it would be used for, it would be on native Hawaiian homelands.
• 19:58
  SPEAKER_00: It was so but interestingly though, the area that they're talking about for it's in I don't know how familiar you guys are with Oahu, but um it it could work though, because um it's Kapo Lay is the area that they're talking about.
• 20:10
  SPEAKER_00: So um, you know, you have the the city of Honolulu and then you have more of the outskirts, and this is an area where it's they've done a lot of new developments.
• 20:18
  SPEAKER_00: So, you know, the big Disney property, Aulani, that's over there, the four seasons, all the big golf tournaments are all in this little resort area.
• 20:27
  SPEAKER_00: So that's where they're talking about for the potential casino.
• 20:30
  SPEAKER_00: So in theory, I could actually see it fitting in with that whole you know area of the island because you already have the tourism and the Disney properties, and it's a little bit more tourist focused, I guess.
• 20:43
  SPEAKER_00: So I you know, I could see it fitting in with that aspect of it though.
• 20:47
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, I've I've stayed over on that side of the island, and it it is beautiful over there, and it would have a uh there's definitely land, open land over there for a casino, but you know, uh as you said, lots of lots of hurdles.
• 21:01
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and and it's funny, Tom, because everyone always gives me a hard time for this.
• 21:04
  Dayna Roselli: I I've been to Hawaii, uh well, I've been to Maui, and I was there for like, I don't know, like five days, and I was there for a wedding, and it was really relaxed and it was great, but it there was one point where I was like, all right, I kind of need to kick it up a little, and uh this is a little too hang loose for me.
• 21:19
  SPEAKER_00: It it is it is it is a little sleepy sometimes, you know.
• 21:22
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, especially well, you know, I just I was in Vegas obviously and uh worked with you before I came here, and it's uh that was the first thing I noticed adjusting to.
• 21:30
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, obviously it's made up for by the great beaches and that element of it, but it's it's like you know, it's things close early.
• 21:37
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, you know, you take for granted, not even not even like partying or doing anything like that, but then you I think we forget how weird Vegas is in terms of just like being able to go go to the grocery store at 3 a.m.
• 21:47
  SPEAKER_00: or get tacos at 3 a.m.
• 21:49
  SPEAKER_00: or basically do any or go to the gym, like pretty much anything you want being open at all times here, especially the like you said, the neighbor islands, things close pr pretty early.
• 21:57
  Dayna Roselli: So it it's a different world, that's for sure.
• 22:01
  Dayna Roselli: It is.
• 22:02
  Dayna Roselli: It is.
• 22:02
  Dayna Roselli: But uh listen, we miss you in Las Vegas.
• 22:05
  Dayna Roselli: We love what you're doing in Hawaii.
• 22:06
  Dayna Roselli: You seem to be doing a great job.
• 22:07
  Dayna Roselli: And I must say, Sean, whenever Tom George is uh when we worked together at Channel 13, it was always incredible because I always felt very confident with Tom.
• 22:16
  Dayna Roselli: You could send him out on anything and you knew that you were gonna get a good live report.
• 22:20
  Dayna Roselli: So we miss you here.
• 22:21
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, I miss you guys too.
• 22:23
  SPEAKER_00: But I mean, yeah, you know, Vegas and then Hawaii.
• 22:25
  SPEAKER_00: I feel like I've I've lucked out in the terms of a location in the news world.
• 22:29
  SPEAKER_00: But I definitely uh gonna have to plan a trip back to Vegas soon.
• 22:32
  SPEAKER_00: We'll hang out.
• 22:33
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, definitely.
• 22:34
  Sean McAllister: Uh thanks so much for your time, Tom.
• 22:36
  Sean McAllister: And and we'll be checking in whenever uh Hawaii News warrants.
• 22:40
  Sean McAllister: We'll check back in with you.
• 22:42
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, for sure.
• 22:42
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, the Ninth Island Connection, there's always something going on.
• 22:45
  Dayna Roselli: So Alright, thanks, Tom.
• 22:46
  Dayna Roselli: Do we say Aloha on the end, too?
• 22:49
  Dayna Roselli: Is that alo?
• 22:49
  Dayna Roselli: Or is that a hello and goodbye, so that works.
• 22:52
  Dayna Roselli: Okay.
• 22:52
  Dayna Roselli: There we go.
• 22:53
  Dayna Roselli: Aloha, you guys.
• 22:54
  Dayna Roselli: Aloha.
• 22:55
  Dayna Roselli: Goodbye.
• 22:56
  Sean McAllister: Our two tips are still to come here on Vegas Revealed.
• 23:00
  Sean McAllister: But first, we wanted to remind you that Valentine's Day is coming up in less than a week, just a week away from Valentine's Day.
• 23:09
  Sean McAllister: And it can be really tough to come up with an idea that's really heartfelt and unusual.
• 23:15
  Sean McAllister: Something that's, you know, stays away from the box of heart-shaped candies in the Hallmark card, Dana.
• 23:22
  Dayna Roselli: That's right.
• 23:23
  Dayna Roselli: You know, we interviewed Jeff Diamond on episode 54 of Vegas Revealed.
• 23:27
  Dayna Roselli: If you want to go back and listen to that interview, but he has a lot of history here in Las Vegas.
• 23:32
  Dayna Roselli: He played with the platters and the coasters, and right now he's doing Skype grams.
• 23:36
  Dayna Roselli: Nice and safe, but he's still using his talents and bring it into your living room and just having a little bit of fun.
• 23:42
  Dayna Roselli: You can contact him at Jeff Diamondmusic.com or he also has a listing on gigsalad.com.
• 23:49
  Dayna Roselli: We've got these listed in our listener notes.
• 23:52
  Dayna Roselli: Again, it's Jeff Diamondmusic.com.
• 23:54
  Dayna Roselli: You can go, you can look around and pick a personal message that he'll do live for you.
• 23:59
  Sean McAllister: And he he'll perform a love song for your sweetheart for as little as$9.95.
• 24:06
  Sean McAllister: So go on, uh check that out.
• 24:08
  Sean McAllister: That's a great deal, by the way, for a live custom performance.
• 24:12
  Sean McAllister: Sure.
• 24:12
  Sean McAllister: Jeff Diamondmusic.com is where you can book your personal private performance.
• 24:18
  Dayna Roselli: That's right.
• 24:18
  Dayna Roselli: And he's available for weddings, too.
• 24:25
  Sean McAllister: All right, Dana, what do you say we uh give out some tips?
• 24:28
  Dayna Roselli: Let's do it.
• 24:29
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, we told you about Crimson, right, during Christmas time at Red Rock, which is our incredible resort casino off the strip.
• 24:37
  Dayna Roselli: And now, and I don't know if people like if you haven't looked at our social, go look at our social at this video we did of Crimson, and it was amazing.
• 24:43
  Sean McAllister: It was the jolliest joint around.
• 24:45
  Dayna Roselli: The jolliest joint, and that entrance tunnel is so cool.
• 24:49
  Dayna Roselli: Like, you know, like it was probably the most popular picture at the holiday time, don't you think, in Vegas?
• 24:54
  Sean McAllister: It totally was.
• 24:55
  Sean McAllister: It was just dripping with decorations and it just such a uh festive entrance into a uh into a whole winter wonderland is really what they transformed it into.
• 25:06
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 25:07
  Dayna Roselli: So now that Merry Crimson is over, apparently there are plans for Crimson in Bloom, which is this garden-inspired indoor, outdoor kind of terrace lounge, cocktail, floral decor, you name it, that all kicks off on February 12th.
• 25:21
  Dayna Roselli: So we're looking forward to checking that out.
• 25:22
  Sean McAllister: And the space is going to, obviously, with a name like uh Crimson in Bloom, that's going to be floral themed, but they're they're also going to have like garden gnomes and tableside rose cart and a lot of uh cocktails that have a lot of botanicals mixed in, some elder flower, orange blossom, that kind of thing.
• 25:45
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it it it looks really cool.
• 25:46
  Dayna Roselli: And listen, shout out to Station Casinos and Red Rock, they have come up with some really incredible, unique things that you can do safely in Las Vegas inside a hotel casino, and really, like we said, some of the photos over the holidays, I mean, most of them were from Mary Crimson.
• 26:06
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and you know what, I do have to tell you, whenever I have been to a station casino's property during this whole time, it it has been, I think, the safest that I've felt in a casino environment.
• 26:22
  Sean McAllister: They do a great job of screening people on the way in.
• 26:26
  Sean McAllister: They always have people going around wiping down the machines.
• 26:30
  Sean McAllister: It's i they do a really good job.
• 26:32
  Dayna Roselli: They do, and I remember you s telling me that, you know, outside of this podcast.
• 26:36
  Dayna Roselli: You told me that on your own one time as we were going to meet there, and I remember thinking the same thing when I went in.
• 26:40
  Dayna Roselli: I'm like, oh yeah, Sean said, and then when I went through, uh something else I notice is the staff is really friendly because some of the casinos that you walk into, and if you have to get your temperature whatever, they're like, next, uh like grumpy, you know, I don't want to be there.
• 26:51
  Dayna Roselli: But at station at Red Rock, they're always like all friendly, like, hey, how are you?
• 26:56
  Dayna Roselli: Have a good night.
• 26:57
  Dayna Roselli: And they do.
• 26:57
  Dayna Roselli: I like that.
• 26:58
  Sean McAllister: It's really nice.
• 26:59
  Sean McAllister: It is, and that's why that is the the place that locals love station casinos.
• 27:04
  Dayna Roselli: There you go.
• 27:05
  Dayna Roselli: Sound like a commercial.
• 27:07
  Dayna Roselli: Uh but yeah, we're looking forward to that, and we'll probably you know hit that up when it opens again.
• 27:11
  Dayna Roselli: It's February 12th, and that whole tunnel there.
• 27:14
  Dayna Roselli: I saw little reels on Instagram, and it looks like the flowers come down from the ceiling, so I'm looking forward to seeing what it's all about.
• 27:20
  Sean McAllister: Really cool.
• 27:20
  Sean McAllister: Hey, and our other tip as we uh, you know, just enter February.
• 27:26
  Sean McAllister: Um, we're looking ahead a little bit to March.
• 27:29
  Sean McAllister: Of course, this is a a huge tourism time normally for Las Vegas.
• 27:35
  Sean McAllister: Over three million people visit Las Vegas in March because of March Madness.
• 27:41
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 27:41
  Dayna Roselli: And remember last year it started and then it stopped and then it paused and then it never kicked back up.
• 27:47
  Sean McAllister: I know.
• 27:47
  Sean McAllister: Oh my god.
• 27:48
  Sean McAllister: I mean, we were just getting ready for all the March Madness action and then the world shut down.
• 27:55
  Sean McAllister: Um but if you are planning a trip to Las Vegas, I don't know if you're in LA, Phoenix, uh Utah, and you're planning on driving in, or maybe you're uh farther away and you're planning on flying into town, just remember to if you are planning to be here, make sure to book, book, book ahead of time.
• 28:15
  Sean McAllister: Get reservations to anything that you think you might do.
• 28:20
  Sean McAllister: And if you need to cancel them, if if your schedule doesn't permit, that that's fine, but just make reservations.
• 28:28
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and you know, we started talking about this because uh we were trying to book a dinner for Saturday, the Saturday evening before the Super Bowl, Super Bowl Sunday, and started looking around at different places to go on like the Sunday or Monday of this week.
• 28:46
  Dayna Roselli: Everything was booked.
• 28:47
  Dayna Roselli: And when we started actually making phone calls because we couldn't do it online, they were like, Yeah, sorry, it's the Super Bowl, and you know, they only have 25% capacity right now, so they're full, and people were planning out weeks in advance.
• 28:59
  Sean McAllister: That's crazy.
• 29:00
  Dayna Roselli: I know that's crazy, and so be careful, you know, the plan.
• 29:02
  Dayna Roselli: You don't want to get here and then all of a sudden you can't go anywhere.
• 29:04
  Sean McAllister: Well, right.
• 29:05
  Sean McAllister: And and Super Bowl usually brings in about 300,000 people to Las Vegas.
• 29:10
  Sean McAllister: So when you uh think about three million spread over, you know, the the course of the month, there's gonna be a lot of people here.
• 29:17
  Sean McAllister: Even if the numbers are lower this year, there's still gonna be a lot of people.
• 29:22
  Sean McAllister: And you know, if occupancy does go up a little bit, that'll help, but still you're gonna need reservations.
• 29:28
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 29:28
  Dayna Roselli: I went and uh made a prop bet, a couple prop actually a few prop bets for my dad's.
• 29:33
  Dayna Roselli: That's right.
• 29:34
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and I had never done that before, so I didn't know how to do it.
• 29:36
  Dayna Roselli: So I was like asking on Twitter and asking friends, and I could have asked uh you, I didn't know you had ever done prop bets, but I text you enough, so I thought let me leave Sean alone.
• 29:45
  Dayna Roselli: Um and I needed to get there to make these bets for my dad's birthday, which is February 7th, the day of the Super Bowl.
• 29:52
  Dayna Roselli: So anyway, I had never done prop bets, and it was so easy.
• 29:55
  Dayna Roselli: I love how they're all numbered.
• 29:56
  Dayna Roselli: And you go there and you pick up the sheet in the sports book, they're all numbered, and then you just write down the number and say how much you want on that.
• 30:02
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, it makes it really easy.
• 30:03
  Dayna Roselli: Well, is yeah.
• 30:04
  Dayna Roselli: Well, I got my dad something about no score at the last two minutes of the first quarter.
• 30:11
  Sean McAllister: Okay.
• 30:11
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, he put some money down on that.
• 30:13
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 30:14
  Dayna Roselli: And then something about will there or won't there be a safety in the second half?
• 30:20
  Dayna Roselli: Something like that.
• 30:21
  Dayna Roselli: Um he's got Tampa Bay to take it all.
• 30:24
  Dayna Roselli: And then um I picked an MVP for him, like who would get most valuable player, because those odds were all different, and the one I picked for him was 25 to 1.
• 30:35
  Dayna Roselli: So, like you, you know, it's not a shoe-in, but you know, there's a chance, and you win, you know, a decent amount of money if you put 10 bucks down.
• 30:42
  Dayna Roselli: Like it, like I think he'd win like obviously 250 if for 10.
• 30:46
  Dayna Roselli: So, you know, and I forget his name, but he's on the bucks.
• 30:48
  Dayna Roselli: Something Evans.
• 30:50
  Sean McAllister: That that's why you have your sports book ticket.
• 30:53
  Sean McAllister: It tells you everything you need to know.
• 30:55
  Dayna Roselli: There was there were prop bets on there that were like, will Tom Brady throw a complete pass in the first quarter?
• 31:02
  Dayna Roselli: And it's like, yes.
• 31:04
  Dayna Roselli: So if you vote no, vote bet no, I have the worst gaming lingo.
• 31:11
  Dayna Roselli: So if you put money down on no, obviously your odds are not, you know, not good.
• 31:18
  Dayna Roselli: But I'm probably gonna complete the pass.
• 31:20
  Sean McAllister: He probably is, yes.
• 31:22
  Sean McAllister: But our um our sportsbook directors really do come up with some great prop bets.
• 31:28
  Sean McAllister: Uh so kudos, kudos to them.
• 31:31
  Dayna Roselli: And uh it's how many times we're gonna see Giselle was one of them, Tom Brady's wife.
• 31:36
  Sean McAllister: Yep.
• 31:37
  Dayna Roselli: And then how many times, or if at all, they will bring up former, or sorry, not former, current coach of the Patriots name?
• 31:45
  unknown: Bill.
• 31:46
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, Bill Belichick.
• 31:47
  Dayna Roselli: Yes, if they will say his name.
• 31:48
  Dayna Roselli: So I was like, okay, thinking about that, going, okay, yep, they're gonna sit there and they're gonna go, oh, I bet Bill Belichick wishes he was here.
• 31:54
  Dayna Roselli: This you know, you know, like they're gonna say something.
• 31:56
  Dayna Roselli: The commentator is a good thing.
• 31:57
  Sean McAllister: Well 100% they're gonna talk about it.
• 31:59
  Sean McAllister: They absolutely will.
• 32:00
  Sean McAllister: With the number of times that the Patriots have been at the Super Bowl, of course they're gonna bring up Belichick and with Brady you know being there with the Buccaneers this time.
• 32:09
  Sean McAllister: I I think that's a no-brainer.
• 32:10
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 32:11
  Dayna Roselli: So that was one of the prophets.
• 32:12
  Dayna Roselli: But things like that anyway.
• 32:13
  Sean McAllister: Well, if you bet on the on the big game, good luck.
• 32:17
  Sean McAllister: We hope that the the score turns out or turned out in your favor, depending on when you're listening.
• 32:25
  Dayna Roselli: Exactly.
• 32:25
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 32:26
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 32:26
  Dayna Roselli: This comes out on a Saturday, so we might all be moving on.
• 32:29
  Dayna Roselli: So next weekend, oh, it seems like there's something every weekend, is Valentine's Day.
• 32:34
  Sean McAllister: So that means we'll be spreading the love for you with another episode of Vegas Revealed.
• 32:39
  Dayna Roselli: The favorite hallmark holiday for everyone out there.
• 32:43
  Dayna Roselli: And uh we expect to hear your plans, Sean, because I won't have any.
• 32:47
  Sean McAllister: I I need to think of some plans.
• 32:50
  Sean McAllister: But usually we just stay home and and cook a nice meal together.
• 32:54
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 32:55
  Sean McAllister: We we make it into like a home celebration instead of like going out and doing all the commercial stuff.
• 33:02
  Dayna Roselli: And you did that before even the pandemic.
• 33:03
  Dayna Roselli: That was kind of your own.
• 33:04
  Sean McAllister: Oh, yeah, we uh we always have.
• 33:06
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 33:06
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 33:07
  Dayna Roselli: Well, people remember you can order Jeff Diamond as a singing gram as well.
• 33:11
  Dayna Roselli: He does Skype grams.
• 33:13
  Dayna Roselli: Really cool.
• 33:14
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, we actually got a listener to write us a little message and say they called up Jeff and ordered him for a fun special happy birthday message for a coworker.
• 33:25
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, so the great idea.
• 33:27
  Sean McAllister: Uh, you know, whether you want uh just a quick Skype uh performance and message or you want a full show, Jeff can do it for you.
• 33:36
  Dayna Roselli: That's right.
• 33:36
  Dayna Roselli: All the details in our listener notes, okay, everyone.
• 33:39
  Dayna Roselli: So go there and all the contact information is listed.
• 33:42
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, have a great week.
• 33:45
  Dayna Roselli: Plan ahead, book ahead, think about that Valentine's Day, and we'll talk to you later.
• 33:53
  SPEAKER_02: Let's go today.
• 33:55
  SPEAKER_02: Let's go do it.
• 34:01
  unknown: Let's go ahead.
• 34:03
  unknown: Let's go ahead.
• 34:04
  unknown: Let's go today.
• 34:05
  SPEAKER_02: Let's go to that.