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Casino Takeovers, Vanderpump First Looks, Living Like BTS, No Doubt at Sphere, Pool Concerts, Direct Flights to Panama | Ep. 323 · Vegas Revealed

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  SPEAKER_00: Las Vegas is coming to Hawaii.
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  SPEAKER_00: This summer, Vegas Revealed makes its Hawaii debut on Kiku TV.
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  SPEAKER_00: Every week at the latest from on and off the strip.
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  SPEAKER_00: Shows Dining.
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  SPEAKER_00: The experiences everyone is talking about.
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  Sean McAllister: Whatever's happening at the sphere is kind of taking over the town.
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  SPEAKER_00: All from the city that never slows down.
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  Sean McAllister: And I can't shake my love for Vegas Revealed.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's go.
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  SPEAKER_00: Vegas Revealed, your Las Vegas connection.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sundays at 6:30 on Kiku.
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  Sean McAllister: It is episode 323 of Vegas Revealed.
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  Sean McAllister: Caesars Entertainment has a new owner, and another major casino group could follow suit.
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  Dayna Roselli: The Vanderpump Hotel is open for business, and we were just on property with some initial thoughts.
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  Dayna Roselli: We'll also be back for the grand opening.
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  Sean McAllister: BTS took over Las Vegas with a series of shows, and the global icons stopped off the strip for a meal.
• 0:55
  Sean McAllister: Find out where you can refuel BTS style.
• 0:58
  Dayna Roselli: And who doesn't love a little yacht rock by the pool will tell you more about a summer pool concert series at the Sahara.
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  Dayna Roselli: And I just got back from Panama and I have some tips.
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  Sean McAllister: I'm looking forward to that.
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  Sean McAllister: Let's get to it now on Vegas Reveal.
• 1:14
  Sean McAllister: Welcome to Vegas Revealed, episode 323.
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  Sean McAllister: Sean McAllister and Dana Roselli here with you.
• 1:21
  Sean McAllister: And Dana, you have a glow because you've been away closer to the equator for a little bit.
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  Dayna Roselli: That humidity really does wonders for your skin.
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  Dayna Roselli: Does not do wonders for my hair, though.
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  Dayna Roselli: I could never live there.
• 1:31
  Dayna Roselli: No.
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  Dayna Roselli: Well, no.
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  Dayna Roselli: I mean, it's I have a lot of hair.
• 1:35
  Dayna Roselli: So it needs to be back at all times.
• 1:38
  Dayna Roselli: But anyway, yeah, went to Panama.
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  Dayna Roselli: I don't want to get into a big thing because I know this is a podcast about Las Vegas, but I did want to point out that I took two nonstop flights there on Copa Airlines.
• 1:48
  Dayna Roselli: And a lot of people that have asked me about my trip to Panama, because they've seen pictures and videos, were shocked to hear there's a nonstop flight.
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  Dayna Roselli: So I thought that was really worth sharing.
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  Sean McAllister: I was surprised by that too.
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  Dayna Roselli: And Panama, great uh airport.
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  Dayna Roselli: Easy, beautiful, uh, like newer parts.
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  Dayna Roselli: You land right in Terminal 2, you go down the stairs, you're in immigration, you go out the door and get your bag, and you're on your way.
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  SPEAKER_02: Great.
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  Dayna Roselli: So it was great.
• 2:11
  Dayna Roselli: Uber rides, I mean, from the airport to I stayed in the city, um, the Waldorf Astoria there, you know, I don't know what it was, like 20 minutes or whatever.
• 2:20
  Dayna Roselli: And like, I think it was like$18.
• 2:22
  Dayna Roselli: Uber's very cheap in Panama.
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  Dayna Roselli: But anyway, Copa Airlines is great.
• 2:26
  Dayna Roselli: We even got meals, Sean.
• 2:27
  Dayna Roselli: I had breakfast and dinner fair.
• 2:30
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I guess they serve meals.
• 2:32
  Dayna Roselli: So I was like, I haven't had a meal.
• 2:33
  Dayna Roselli: I smelled it coming, and then the cart was rolling down, and I smelled the choices, and it was good.
• 2:40
  Dayna Roselli: Had a nice omelet for breakfast.
• 2:42
  Sean McAllister: Oh my gosh, that's great.
• 2:44
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, so it was great.
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  Dayna Roselli: Um, so anyway, um, and very affordable when I booked.
• 2:48
  Dayna Roselli: Okay.
• 2:49
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know at all times.
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  Dayna Roselli: But Copa Airlines is great, goes down to Panama and back.
• 2:53
  Dayna Roselli: They do have other flights that aren't nonstop, but I went on a Sunday evening to a Thursday evening, and there were two nonstop flights back and forth to Vegas.
• 3:01
  Dayna Roselli: I think there was one on Saturday too.
• 3:02
  Sean McAllister: Oh, that's amazing.
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  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, Panama was wonderful.
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  Dayna Roselli: I was shocked.
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  Dayna Roselli: I'd never been there.
• 3:07
  Dayna Roselli: I I've only transferred to go to Costa Rica there in the airport, but um, I've never visited.
• 3:12
  Dayna Roselli: It was a friend's 50th birthday, and I just must say I enjoyed it so much.
• 3:16
  Dayna Roselli: I love that there's like water in city and historic neighborhoods and shopping and islands.
• 3:23
  Dayna Roselli: It just has everything you would need.
• 3:25
  Dayna Roselli: It's funny too, because everyone kept DMing me because Bethany Frankel was there when I was there.
• 3:30
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, I was watching her.
• 3:31
  Sean McAllister: She was popping up all over the place, little cafes, going down the street, bopping around.
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  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, so as soon as we would see it was funny because we'd be like, hey, we were just there because we recognized like the couches or the tables or whatever.
• 3:44
  Dayna Roselli: But you know, Bethany also is constantly pushing content out.
• 3:49
  Dayna Roselli: So she may have been there weeks before, a week before, but it was funny to see some of the places that she was recommending that we had gone to and been like, yeah, that she's right, that was good.
• 3:58
  Dayna Roselli: Um, the food's amazing there.
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  Dayna Roselli: It's so affordable to visit there.
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  Dayna Roselli: Um, the shopping was great.
• 4:05
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, the colors and the art and just the people, so nice.
• 4:10
  Dayna Roselli: And I wanted to point out um that the tipping was really interesting because I had an appreciation that people appreciated our tips, which I feel like that's gone away.
• 4:21
  Sean McAllister: Really?
• 4:22
  Sean McAllister: So, like how is it still the standard like 20% tipping in Panama too?
• 4:27
  Dayna Roselli: No, I think it's 10%.
• 4:28
  Dayna Roselli: There, so anything above that is like wow, you really, yeah, it was 10%.
• 4:33
  Dayna Roselli: I think on a couple of the like we went to a couple nice restaurants and then other place days we just bopped around, got a little ceviche here and a drink, moved on, got something else.
• 4:41
  Dayna Roselli: So, but um mostly what I saw was 10% at the bottom of, and I can't think of what, maybe even the bill, I don't know, different things, receipts or whatever.
• 4:49
  Dayna Roselli: Um, so when you tip above and beyond, you know, we were just kind of in our 20% mode.
• 4:56
  Dayna Roselli: Um it, you know, and even tip at all, because it says it would be nice or recommended if you had great service, but it doesn't like force you to all of your servers were like, Man, look at these ballers I'm serving over here.
• 5:10
  Sean McAllister: Well, kind of dropping some cash, right?
• 5:12
  Dayna Roselli: But not with that attitude, with this gracious big smile, beautiful people, just appreciative.
• 5:19
  Dayna Roselli: They had no attitude about I'm here to work for ti.
• 5:23
  Dayna Roselli: It was just welcome, what do you guys want?
• 5:26
  Dayna Roselli: And then when you give them a tip, they're just like, um, thank you so much, and a huge smile, and then they wrap up, you know, with with just making sure you have everything you need.
• 5:36
  Dayna Roselli: It just was such a nice feeling.
• 5:38
  Sean McAllister: So nobody flipped the iPad around right in front of you and said, You need to make some choices before you pay.
• 5:43
  Dayna Roselli: No, and sometimes they were surprised you even tipped at all.
• 5:46
  Dayna Roselli: They were just thankful that you even tipped it all.
• 5:48
  Dayna Roselli: So it was so nice.
• 5:49
  Sean McAllister: That's great.
• 5:50
  Sean McAllister: And having it be affordable on top of that, yeah, that's a win-win.
• 5:54
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 5:54
  Dayna Roselli: So we really enjoyed that.
• 5:55
  Dayna Roselli: We took a boat ride out to Toboga Island.
• 5:57
  Dayna Roselli: It was great.
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  Dayna Roselli: And um, we tipped 20% to the the driver and his son.
• 6:02
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and they were so appreciative.
• 6:04
  Dayna Roselli: Like, oh my gosh, like I, you know, so it was it was great.
• 6:08
  Dayna Roselli: Um, a lot of fun.
• 6:09
  Dayna Roselli: Panama, I highly recommend it for a trip.
• 6:12
  Dayna Roselli: And you know, I went and landed on a Monday morning, Sunday night, and came back on a Thursday.
• 6:16
  Dayna Roselli: Left there at 5 30 p.m.
• 6:17
  Dayna Roselli: And it was a it was a perfect, it was almost like a really super long weekend, but I feel like I got a lot in and really enjoyed it.
• 6:24
  Sean McAllister: Well, good.
• 6:24
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 6:25
  Sean McAllister: I'm glad that it was a good vacation that jellyfish didn't get you.
• 6:30
  Dayna Roselli: Well, I did actually.
• 6:31
  Dayna Roselli: So I got bit a little bit by a jellyfish.
• 6:34
  Dayna Roselli: Um, they're called, he called them something, the captain of the ship that was we went swimming when he anchored and we were like, Do you guys feel little things pinching?
• 6:42
  Dayna Roselli: And I was like, I do.
• 6:43
  Dayna Roselli: And then we got out, I had a little bit of a rash on my leg and I was laughing because he said it's not it's like jellyfish, like little, I don't want to say parts of a jellyfish, but he said, What happens is because the water was very warm.
• 6:55
  Dayna Roselli: He said, in this time of year when it transitions from colder to warm and the two blend together, it creates some, I don't know what, and it's a certain season, and he goes, Sometimes they pinch at you.
• 7:05
  Dayna Roselli: Um, shouldn't do anything, but sometimes it can leave a little rash.
• 7:08
  Dayna Roselli: So he just told I bought I just poured uh cold water on it, it was fine.
• 7:13
  Dayna Roselli: And then I bought a little uh ointment when I got back to the hotel to fix it.
• 7:17
  Dayna Roselli: But I was like, oh my god, if this gets bad, it's like I literally called it.
• 7:22
  Sean McAllister: Well, I'm glad that it didn't get bad.
• 7:24
  Sean McAllister: It didn't get bad.
• 7:25
  Sean McAllister: And that the ointment in Panama I went to the pharmacy, they're so nice.
• 7:30
  Dayna Roselli: Pharmacia, I got a$10 big tube of antihistamine ointment.
• 7:37
  Dayna Roselli: They were so nice.
• 7:38
  Sean McAllister: I bet.
• 7:38
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, those pharmacias are great.
• 7:40
  Dayna Roselli: They are.
• 7:41
  Sean McAllister: Hey, uh back here in Las Vegas on the Las Vegas strip, there has been some moving and shaking going on with casino management starting at uh Caesars Palace, Caesars Entertainment, I should say, which owns Caesar's Palace, um, has been bought by Tillman Fertita.
• 8:00
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, big news, right?
• 8:02
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, we kind of heard a buzz that this might happen, um, but then it just kind of dropped and it was like, wow.
• 8:08
  Dayna Roselli: Um, so apparently uh they entered into a definitive agreement, Caesar did, to be acquired by Fertita Entertainment in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately 17.6 billion, including the assumption of approximately 11.9 billion of Caesar's outstanding debt.
• 8:26
  Dayna Roselli: And I guess it could just move forward, but I did notice there was this little um go shop period through July 11th of 2026.
• 8:35
  Dayna Roselli: And during that time, Caesars and its financial and legal advisors may solicit, consider, and negotiate alternative acquisition proposals from third parties.
• 8:46
  Dayna Roselli: So I guess we'll have to wait till July 11th to know for sure.
• 8:51
  Sean McAllister: And it seems like uh some of the management should stay in place.
• 8:57
  Sean McAllister: Yep.
• 8:57
  Sean McAllister: Um, but uh that all remains to be seen as whenever new management comes in, you know that that things can change a little bit.
• 9:06
  Sean McAllister: But time will tell.
• 9:07
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, the Fertita family as a whole open and run great hotel casinos and entertainment stuff.
• 9:13
  Dayna Roselli: So I mean, you know, if this is a changeover um that's positive for everyone, then hey, bring it.
• 9:20
  Dayna Roselli: Um, Caesar's properties have been staples in Las Vegas forever.
• 9:26
  Dayna Roselli: And you know, even when they got bought bought last time, it's like not too much changes, but sometimes it can.
• 9:31
  Dayna Roselli: So we'll have to see if he takes over what changes will come.
• 9:35
  Dayna Roselli: You know, I think I think we kind of a lot of people really felt that Caesars was kind of putting a hold on a lot of like refurbishing things because it was kind of feeling like they might get bought.
• 9:45
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, yeah.
• 9:46
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, so that deal with uh Tillman Fertita and Caesars Entertainment, a done deal.
• 9:51
  Sean McAllister: What's not a done deal yet is the potential buyout of MGM Resorts International.
• 9:58
  Sean McAllister: Uh, Barry Diller, who owns People Inc., has put in an offer um to buy out uh MGM Resorts.
• 10:07
  Sean McAllister: He's had shares of MGM resorts for years, but now wants to go in and uh buy out the company.
• 10:16
  Sean McAllister: Um, and one of the interesting things that I was reading about is uh that Diller says, you know, as we enter this age where AI is kind of taking over, these real life in-person experiential things like Las Vegas are really going to start to be more meaningful to people because uh those experiences cannot be uh duplicated, replicated, initiated by AI.
• 10:49
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 10:51
  Sean McAllister: We don't think well, not yet.
• 10:54
  Sean McAllister: Not yet.
• 10:56
  Dayna Roselli: But yes, no, he makes a good point, and it's interesting.
• 10:59
  Dayna Roselli: He's definitely got his eye on something.
• 11:02
  Dayna Roselli: He sees what it can be if he took over.
• 11:06
  Dayna Roselli: So yeah, we have to watch that.
• 11:07
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, can you imagine though, like two big sales if this happens?
• 11:10
  Sean McAllister: I know it really could true.
• 11:12
  Sean McAllister: I mean, yeah, having just Caesar's Entertainment have new ownership, that's already a massive uh effect on Las Vegas as a whole because they own so many properties, uh, especially Center Strip.
• 11:26
  Sean McAllister: But uh you toss in possible management uh ownership changes at MGM, and that's that's the bulk of the Las Vegas strip.
• 11:36
  Dayna Roselli: MGM Grand, Luxor, Excalibur, Bellagio, Aria.
• 11:39
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, the park MGM, it goes on, you know, cosmopolitan now.
• 11:43
  Dayna Roselli: So um the two biggest.
• 11:45
  Dayna Roselli: It'll be interesting to see what happens.
• 11:47
  Dayna Roselli: So anyway, that's what's going on there.
• 11:48
  Dayna Roselli: For more details, you can Google it.
• 11:50
  Dayna Roselli: And uh Sean and I just like to tell you a couple of the things going on that could, you know, possibly affect you or you might be hearing about buzzing in Las Vegas.
• 12:00
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, we went to see No Doubt, um, and they were great.
• 12:04
  Dayna Roselli: I went separately, you went separately, um, different days, but we saw them at the sphere, and you know, I really, really enjoyed it.
• 12:11
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, there were not I didn't know every single song, but I don't know that it really mattered.
• 12:15
  Sean McAllister: No, it didn't matter at all.
• 12:16
  Sean McAllister: I didn't know every song, but I knew the bulk of them.
• 12:20
  Sean McAllister: And it was just they put on such a great show.
• 12:24
  Sean McAllister: Gwen Stefani, I mean, moves around that stage.
• 12:28
  Sean McAllister: She likes kicks and runs and hops and she looks like she's having a lot of fun.
• 12:34
  Dayna Roselli: I could tell this is really, I don't know, made her happy doing this.
• 12:37
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 12:37
  Dayna Roselli: I could tell.
• 12:38
  Sean McAllister: It seems like it.
• 12:39
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 12:39
  Dayna Roselli: And you know, I was never a no-doubt fanatic, liked their music, but so, and I I don't think you were either, is to the point where we learned a lot because the storytelling that they like Gwen would go off and kind of change her outfit and stuff like that, and they'd show videos, but they were always so interesting and they would tell stories about the band back in the day.
• 12:57
  Dayna Roselli: And I I felt like I learned a lot and I found it very interesting.
• 13:00
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, I did not know that uh Gwen and Tony dated.
• 13:04
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, they were together, and um, like Don't Speak was like their breakup song.
• 13:09
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 13:10
  Sean McAllister: And how many times have they had to play that together since then?
• 13:14
  Dayna Roselli: And the band was like, we had to, you know, take this on.
• 13:17
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 13:18
  Dayna Roselli: Like, you know, people walking into work basically, you know, that it just broke up that were together.
• 13:22
  Dayna Roselli: So yeah, it was it was great.
• 13:24
  Dayna Roselli: The visuals were good.
• 13:26
  Dayna Roselli: Um, I love that she called people up on stage, embraced, she would read some of the signs.
• 13:32
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, when someone was there, you know, and take pictures and selfies.
• 13:35
  Dayna Roselli: It was great, very interactive.
• 13:36
  Dayna Roselli: I thought they really did it right.
• 13:38
  Sean McAllister: And part of the production, you saw a lot of uh pictures, some pictures, but mostly video.
• 13:45
  Sean McAllister: And it had to have been like old VHS recordings of the band, like when they were in their early days in Orange County and just starting out playing fairs and festivals, and seeing that footage and the fact that it survived, and even their show posters from throughout the years, yeah.
• 14:07
  Sean McAllister: I'm like, man, who had the the foresight to hang on to this stuff?
• 14:14
  Sean McAllister: Obviously, they didn't know at some point it would become part of the production inside of the sphere in Las Vegas, but uh just having all that stuff made me think, God, I've thrown away a lot of my a lot of my personal history.
• 14:28
  Sean McAllister: Not that I'm headlining the sphere anytime soon, but they that's just really cool stuff to hang on to.
• 14:34
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and you can see a lot of some of that stuff over at the Venetian with that free pop-up that they had going on over there.
• 14:39
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, you could buy VIP tickets too, but they had a whole experience.
• 14:43
  Dayna Roselli: So um, next up, uh Kenny Chesney's coming back, Backstreet's back in in August, uh, Metallica will be in the fall.
• 14:51
  Dayna Roselli: Who else?
• 14:52
  Dayna Roselli: Someone else was mixing up.
• 14:54
  Dayna Roselli: So all that coming up at the sphere.
• 14:56
  Dayna Roselli: They have a lot going on.
• 14:57
  Dayna Roselli: Well, I love when people listen to us and send us notes.
• 15:00
  Dayna Roselli: We always say, email us, send us a note.
• 15:02
  Dayna Roselli: What do you want to hear about?
• 15:03
  Dayna Roselli: Tell us about a deal.
• 15:04
  Dayna Roselli: And we got a note from Barthos Beer Bar in Las Vegas, and I love this.
• 15:09
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, they say, Hi guys, a couple weeks ago, you mentioned in your podcast to get in touch with you if there's a good deal.
• 15:16
  Dayna Roselli: So they just opened a little living room style bottle shop with an artsy touch with the largest selection of German beers.
• 15:24
  Dayna Roselli: It's at the District on Commerce in Wyoming in Las Vegas, and they offer$3 PBR every day during opening hours.
• 15:32
  Dayna Roselli: All right.
• 15:33
  Dayna Roselli: And I guess they soft open when they had written us this, and they said um about a week ago, so more than a week ago, but um, they said they're on a limited run menu right now, but they're gonna add more, they're gonna have more specials.
• 15:45
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and they said, check out our Instagram, which we did.
• 15:48
  Dayna Roselli: We went over and looked, and it's um Barthos Vegas at Barthos Vegas, and it looks really nice.
• 15:57
  Sean McAllister: It does, and it is like kind of a living room feel, and they're playing off of that with uh some of the things that they have going on in there.
• 16:05
  Sean McAllister: For example, every Wednesday night, they have board game nights.
• 16:10
  Sean McAllister: Love that they welcome players of all levels, uh all games are welcome.
• 16:15
  Sean McAllister: They say bring your favorites, or you can discover some of the classics that they have there.
• 16:21
  Sean McAllister: There's drinks and snacks.
• 16:23
  Sean McAllister: That's a fun that's a fun night out.
• 16:25
  Sean McAllister: It is.
• 16:26
  Sean McAllister: I like board games.
• 16:27
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 16:28
  Dayna Roselli: They're so fun.
• 16:28
  Dayna Roselli: And uh July 4th, they're having a big red, white, and bruise party starting at 5 p.m.
• 16:34
  Dayna Roselli: So anyway, um, check them out.
• 16:36
  Dayna Roselli: We love that they emailed and we think it's great that there are places that are have great deals at this time when everyone's trying to save a little bit of money.
• 16:45
  Sean McAllister: And uh again, if you're listening and you uh have a business with a great deal, or if you've been somewhere recently where you were like, wow, that was pretty insane that we got that for X amount, um, email us ideas at vegas-revealed.com and we'll share because we want everyone to know about a good deal.
• 17:08
  Dayna Roselli: Yes.
• 17:08
  Dayna Roselli: Love it, love it, love it.
• 17:10
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, we went over to the Vanderpump Hotel, and actually, when this audio podcast drops, you and I are sitting there doing 25 live shots around the country because we're gonna be at the top of the Vanderpump uh to have a backdrop of the Las Vegas strip.
• 17:23
  Dayna Roselli: We're doing uh something that uh for stations across the country where we're gonna be pushing all the different summer things happening in Las Vegas.
• 17:31
  Dayna Roselli: So we look forward to that.
• 17:32
  Dayna Roselli: But we did go up there for the site visit and we got to see the new pool area at Vanderpump and the views that you get.
• 17:39
  Dayna Roselli: We got to walk through the hotel casino.
• 17:41
  Dayna Roselli: We walk by the Gigolo Bar.
• 17:43
  Sean McAllister: The Gigolo Bar, yeah.
• 17:45
  Dayna Roselli: So it looks nice.
• 17:46
  Dayna Roselli: Um, we're gonna go to the grand opening and get more, you know, in-depth then and really be able to check out stuff.
• 17:51
  Dayna Roselli: But it is, I mean, the top area, you know, the pool area was Dre's for so long.
• 17:56
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but now it's a more relaxed atmosphere in the day and the evening.
• 18:00
  Sean McAllister: And it just a really nice, uh an elevated feel up there.
• 18:05
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 18:06
  Sean McAllister: Really.
• 18:06
  Sean McAllister: Um, the part of uh Dre's that used to be the uh the nightclub y part because it's Dre's Beach Club up there, but there was an indoor and outdoor space, the pool and then the indoor clubby kind of vibe.
• 18:20
  Sean McAllister: Um that's going to be mostly for events at this point.
• 18:25
  Sean McAllister: Um, but that could be activated as uh something else in the in the future.
• 18:30
  Sean McAllister: Um, one thing that I found out that I thought was really interesting is that if you stay at Vanderpump Hotel and order room service, the food comes from Giata.
• 18:40
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 18:41
  Sean McAllister: The Giata De Lorentis restaurant that's been there for a while.
• 18:44
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, because everyone was saying, Oh, is it gonna close?
• 18:46
  Dayna Roselli: No, she's staying open.
• 18:48
  Dayna Roselli: And in fact, what did they say?
• 18:49
  Dayna Roselli: They're doing brunch seven days a week.
• 18:51
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, so expanded hours.
• 18:53
  Dayna Roselli: I think it's wonderful.
• 18:55
  SPEAKER_02: It is great.
• 18:55
  Dayna Roselli: And if anyone's not familiar, it's the old Cromwell.
• 18:58
  Dayna Roselli: So the Cromwell has now turned into the Vanderpump Hotel.
• 19:01
  Dayna Roselli: Lisa Vanderpump, reality star, restaurateur.
• 19:04
  Dayna Roselli: She's got cocktail lounges up and down Las Vegas.
• 19:07
  Dayna Roselli: So um it's a really great addition to the strip.
• 19:10
  Sean McAllister: And Lisa has said she is doing a reality show about opening her first ever hotel and the fact that it's on Las Vegas Boulevard doesn't hurt.
• 19:21
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 19:21
  Sean McAllister: Uh so she's been around at the property.
• 19:25
  Sean McAllister: Lots of fans have snapped pictures of Lisa doing uh a lot of the promotional filming that's that's going on right now.
• 19:33
  Sean McAllister: Um, and Lisa's got a lot of fans, and so there's a lot of people who are gonna come here and see her.
• 19:38
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 19:38
  Dayna Roselli: Or hope to.
• 19:39
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 19:40
  Dayna Roselli: We'll be there June 11th for the big party and red carpet and all that.
• 19:44
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, while we were up there, we saw the Hard Rock Hotel Tower, um, which we see when we drive on the ground, but it was fun to see from a distance um how far along it is.
• 19:52
  Dayna Roselli: Almost like, I mean, uh maybe even more than halfway at this point, but wanted to point out, you know, it's supposed to open, you know, fourth quarter of 2027.
• 20:01
  Dayna Roselli: That's what they said originally.
• 20:02
  Dayna Roselli: Don't know the update on timeline for that.
• 20:05
  Dayna Roselli: I'm sure things change, but it looks like fourth quarter of 2027.
• 20:09
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but uh they are hiring already on their website for top-level positions.
• 20:14
  Dayna Roselli: So FYI actually went and looked because I was writing a script for our television show, and they're in full swing to hire.
• 20:19
  Dayna Roselli: So if you're interested in coming to move to Las Vegas or you're working on another property and you want to move over to another one, apply.
• 20:26
  Sean McAllister: And it really is amazing to see how quickly that guitar tower has uh come to be.
• 20:33
  Sean McAllister: I mean, uh, that's the site where the old Mirage volcano used to be, and now it's a giant glass guitar that really dominates the skyline of the Las Vegas Strip.
• 20:46
  Dayna Roselli: And a lot of people say, Oh, wait, you can stay in and like they just think it's just like built for show.
• 20:52
  Dayna Roselli: Oh no, you can stay in the guitar tower.
• 20:53
  Dayna Roselli: It's a hotel.
• 20:54
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 20:55
  Sean McAllister: And they're building an entire, like uh they're connecting the casino to the guitar tower, so that's gonna be a huge area um of new casino space, too.
• 21:08
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's gonna be great.
• 21:09
  Dayna Roselli: Listen, we get a lot there like I feel like a lot of people are excited about it, but then you get the occasional comments on social media whenever we post about it and we get a lot of hate.
• 21:18
  Dayna Roselli: Like, it's awful, it's an eyesore.
• 21:19
  Dayna Roselli: I don't, and I'm like, uh I don't know.
• 21:21
  Dayna Roselli: Sean and I are staying firm.
• 21:22
  Dayna Roselli: We like it.
• 21:22
  Dayna Roselli: I like it, I think it's cool.
• 21:24
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, I think that it's I you know what it's grown on me because I was one of those people uh when the renderings first came out, but now actually seeing it there, I mean, it's pretty cool, and it is massive, massive.
• 21:40
  Dayna Roselli: But it just adds to we need a little, you know, new something.
• 21:44
  unknown: Absolutely.
• 21:45
  Dayna Roselli: You know, something different, you know?
• 21:46
  Dayna Roselli: We've had a lot of luxury hotels open recently and they're wonderful.
• 21:49
  Dayna Roselli: Love the Fountain Blue, love Resorts World, but it's kind of fun to go back to okay, now we got a guitar, you know, we've got a castle and we've got the pyramid and we've got the Eiffel Tower.
• 21:58
  Dayna Roselli: We haven't had like a thing, right?
• 22:00
  SPEAKER_02: Right.
• 22:00
  SPEAKER_02: A theme.
• 22:01
  Dayna Roselli: A theme in a while.
• 22:03
  Dayna Roselli: So yeah.
• 22:03
  Dayna Roselli: And the people that like visit Florida or live down there where they have the other hard rock uh guitar tower.
• 22:09
  Dayna Roselli: They say, Oh, you're gonna love it.
• 22:10
  Dayna Roselli: It's just the coolest thing to drive by.
• 22:12
  Dayna Roselli: And our ours is way bigger, by the way.
• 22:14
  SPEAKER_02: It is.
• 22:14
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 22:15
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, went to see the Yachtly crew at the Sahara.
• 22:17
  Dayna Roselli: They are doing summer pool concerts.
• 22:19
  Dayna Roselli: So FYI.
• 22:20
  Dayna Roselli: I, first of all, love that there are yacht rock fanatics out there.
• 22:26
  Dayna Roselli: So many people were dressed in the nines and their captain's hats.
• 22:30
  Dayna Roselli: The yachtly crew, fantastic.
• 22:33
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and yeah, people were really excited about this.
• 22:36
  Dayna Roselli: And I think because Sean and you and I always say we like covers.
• 22:39
  Dayna Roselli: It's like because they sing yacht rock and you know all the music.
• 22:42
  Dayna Roselli: And I realize I'm such a fan of yacht rock.
• 22:45
  Dayna Roselli: You know, I actually listen to the Yacht Rock station on my Apple Music.
• 22:48
  Dayna Roselli: So um, it's good stuff.
• 22:50
  Dayna Roselli: Everyone knows the words, it was a vibe.
• 22:52
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but really nice out there at the pool deck.
• 22:54
  Dayna Roselli: I've never been to the pool deck at night when they have concerts, and it's so spacious.
• 22:59
  Dayna Roselli: Great, like LED screens, a great stage, drinks, cabanas.
• 23:04
  Dayna Roselli: So it was wonderful.
• 23:06
  Dayna Roselli: I'm glad they're doing this.
• 23:07
  Dayna Roselli: And when we walked in to go to dinner first, there was a line wrapped around to get in.
• 23:12
  Sean McAllister: Oh, no way.
• 23:13
  Dayna Roselli: They're very popular.
• 23:14
  Dayna Roselli: Yes.
• 23:15
  Dayna Roselli: Anyway, shout out to the Yachtly crew.
• 23:17
  Dayna Roselli: They're fabulous.
• 23:18
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but FYI, the other concerts coming up, Billy Bob Thornton and the Boxmasters coming June 13th, Sugar Ray, June 20th, Smashmouth performing July 4th.
• 23:29
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, the Totally Tubular Festival is set for July 25th.
• 23:34
  Dayna Roselli: And this includes a bunch of different bands, old school bands, including like Flock of Seagulls, The Motels, The Escape Club, and many more.
• 23:42
  Dayna Roselli: So that'll be fun.
• 23:43
  Dayna Roselli: Spin Doctors are performing in October.
• 23:45
  Dayna Roselli: Doors open at 7:30.
• 23:47
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, when I looked, most shows, I think they're all like$47, and they usually have a like buy one, get one for locals.
• 23:53
  Sean McAllister: Oh, good.
• 23:54
  Sean McAllister: Great.
• 23:55
  Dayna Roselli: So it was great.
• 23:55
  Dayna Roselli: I loved it.
• 23:56
  Sean McAllister: I might need to head over there at the Sahara Pool concerts to my agenda for the summer.
• 24:02
  Sean McAllister: Hey, there is some new entertainment over at Fountain Blue Las Vegas.
• 24:06
  Sean McAllister: Award-winning mentalist duo Mind to Mind has an exclusive residency over there inside Azul.
• 24:15
  Sean McAllister: And this is gonna showcase their one-of-a-kind talents.
• 24:19
  Sean McAllister: Those mentalists just always blow me away because they just somehow there's a trick to it.
• 24:26
  Sean McAllister: There's gotta be.
• 24:27
  Sean McAllister: I don't know what it is, and I think that's what bugs me a little bit.
• 24:30
  Sean McAllister: But they do sleight of hand, they know what kind of thoughts are in your head, uh, mind reading, thought reveals, predictions.
• 24:39
  Sean McAllister: And just like everybody else who sees them, that'll make you say, How is that even possible?
• 24:45
  SPEAKER_02: Right.
• 24:45
  Sean McAllister: I have no idea.
• 24:47
  Sean McAllister: Uh, they're known as world champions of mentalism.
• 24:51
  Sean McAllister: They uh gained a global following through their appearances on America's Got Talent, Britain's Got Talent, Masters of Illusion.
• 24:58
  Sean McAllister: They've been on a bunch of other shows, but there are tickets now on sale for Mind to Mind over at Fountain Blue.
• 25:06
  Dayna Roselli: And I think I saw Tom Brady went to one of the soft openings.
• 25:10
  Dayna Roselli: He's been bouncing around the Fountain Blue a lot.
• 25:13
  Dayna Roselli: Um, so that was cool.
• 25:14
  Dayna Roselli: And then you and I actually uh missed lat uh when this runs last night's like preview, media preview kind of soft opening because we had to get up early for these live shots around the country and we couldn't make it, but we are going to get there because I look forward to seeing this.
• 25:29
  Dayna Roselli: It sounds great, and I love that they're doing something with the Azul space.
• 25:33
  Sean McAllister: Oh, yeah, for sure.
• 25:34
  Dayna Roselli: It looks nice.
• 25:35
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, so that's a great addition over there at Fountain Blue.
• 25:39
  Dayna Roselli: Well, we just mentioned Tom Brady.
• 25:41
  Dayna Roselli: Let's talk about more celebrities coming up now in Celebrity News with a Vegas twist.
• 25:48
  Dayna Roselli: All right, we head back over to Lotus of Siam.
• 25:51
  Dayna Roselli: The original location is back open, which is super exciting.
• 25:55
  Dayna Roselli: We told you that Oprah had visited the other location down the road a few months back, and now BTS stopped by the new location.
• 26:05
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, Lotus of Siam posted a Instagram and said thank you to V, J Hope, and all the members of BTS for always visiting Lotus of Siam when they're in town.
• 26:14
  Dayna Roselli: Posted a picture that uh V actually shared on his page.
• 26:19
  Dayna Roselli: And so um members of the army were there, and I guess a lot of fun was had.
• 26:24
  Sean McAllister: Oh, I bet it was.
• 26:26
  Sean McAllister: That was really cool.
• 26:26
  Sean McAllister: I mean, BTS kind of took over Las Vegas.
• 26:30
  Sean McAllister: There was a marquee takeover, they did four shows uh at Allegiance Stadium over Memorial Day weekend, the long weekend, um, and tons of people.
• 26:41
  Sean McAllister: I know my uh social media feed was just flooded with all the people who went to the concert and who were taking in every bit of BTS-ness that was happening around Las Vegas.
• 26:56
  Sean McAllister: There were specialty drinks, specialty menus, photo ops.
• 27:01
  Sean McAllister: Everything.
• 27:02
  Sean McAllister: Everything.
• 27:02
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, they even had like, yeah, immersive experiences at the museum Arte Museum and all sorts of stuff.
• 27:08
  Dayna Roselli: Did you mention that already?
• 27:09
  Dayna Roselli: No, not yet.
• 27:10
  Sean McAllister: But that was crazy popular.
• 27:12
  Sean McAllister: Huge line for that.
• 27:14
  Dayna Roselli: In case you're curious of what V ordered, they put that down.
• 27:17
  Dayna Roselli: You ready?
• 27:18
  Dayna Roselli: V ordered the famous crispy garlic prawns.
• 27:21
  Sean McAllister: Oh, those are delicious.
• 27:23
  Dayna Roselli: Pad say ooh.
• 27:24
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know if I said that right.
• 27:25
  Dayna Roselli: I'm sorry.
• 27:26
  Dayna Roselli: EW.
• 27:27
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and sticky rice.
• 27:29
  Dayna Roselli: Another favorite is the Pooh Pad Pong Kari.
• 27:34
  Dayna Roselli: So what they posted pictures of all of it, and it looks absolutely delicious, and I'm starving, so I need to put that away.
• 27:41
  Sean McAllister: Lotus of Siam is fantastic.
• 27:43
  Dayna Roselli: It is.
• 27:43
  Dayna Roselli: So welcome back.
• 27:44
  Dayna Roselli: I'm glad the original location over there.
• 27:45
  Dayna Roselli: Commercial center, just off East Sahara, is back open.
• 27:48
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, uh, we were at Caesars, as I said, the Vanderpump Hotel the other day, and we were talking with some folks from Caesars, and they were talking about what a pleasure it was to have the hacks crew um film this season.
• 27:58
  Dayna Roselli: They filmed a lot in Las Vegas for this final season.
• 28:01
  Dayna Roselli: And I just wanted to say it's always nice to hear that people are great to work with when you love a show.
• 28:05
  Dayna Roselli: And they said they were fabulous.
• 28:07
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, everyone from the on-camera uh talent, the stars of the show to all the behind-the-scenes folks who make the show happen.
• 28:16
  Sean McAllister: Um, they said it was an absolute joy having them here and working with them.
• 28:20
  Sean McAllister: Super easy to work with.
• 28:22
  Sean McAllister: I just finished the uh finale last night.
• 28:25
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's so good.
• 28:26
  Dayna Roselli: So I cried.
• 28:28
  Dayna Roselli: I right you don't want to give it away, but I definitely the ending shot with Vegas and the drone.
• 28:33
  Dayna Roselli: Ugh, they really did Vegas well in the show.
• 28:36
  Sean McAllister: And so and what's great about it is it wasn't fake Las Vegas on a soundstage somewhere else.
• 28:42
  Sean McAllister: They came here, they found some really great, unique places to film.
• 28:49
  Sean McAllister: A lot at Fountain Blue, there was a lot at Caesars, the Bellagio Fountains were in there, Carbone Riviera.
• 28:56
  Sean McAllister: Yep.
• 28:56
  Sean McAllister: Um, those martinis look great when they were sitting and having that Martin at Carbone.
• 29:00
  Sean McAllister: I was like, oh man.
• 29:02
  Sean McAllister: And the view isn't too bad either.
• 29:04
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 29:04
  Dayna Roselli: My friend's coming into town next weekend, and he said, Listen, I want to go to Carbone.
• 29:08
  Dayna Roselli: I haven't been yet.
• 29:09
  Dayna Roselli: So I'm like, all right, you know, I'll go.
• 29:12
  Dayna Roselli: Let's do it.
• 29:12
  Dayna Roselli: Let's do it.
• 29:13
  Dayna Roselli: So I'm I'll stay tuned for that.
• 29:15
  Sean McAllister: Oh, that'll be great.
• 29:16
  Sean McAllister: And it was, it was uh, and hacks that was the final, the finale series finale.
• 29:23
  Sean McAllister: So no more hacks, but um you're right.
• 29:28
  Sean McAllister: They did do Vegas well in this final season.
• 29:30
  Dayna Roselli: They did.
• 29:30
  Dayna Roselli: They just did, yeah, they did it right.
• 29:32
  Dayna Roselli: Just something about it didn't feel it didn't feel I mean, it was funny, but it didn't feel forced and super fake.
• 29:39
  Dayna Roselli: No, it was just, I don't know.
• 29:40
  Dayna Roselli: The Diva opened, which was with the plaza, right?
• 29:43
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, yeah.
• 29:44
  Dayna Roselli: That was great.
• 29:44
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, a lot of it's nice to see everyone get, you know, their credit in the in such a popular, you know, award-winning show.
• 29:52
  Sean McAllister: For sure.
• 29:53
  Sean McAllister: And like you just mentioned, it wasn't just properties and locations on the Las Vegas Strip.
• 30:00
  Sean McAllister: They went downtown, they went out to a few different places outside of the immediate valley.
• 30:07
  Sean McAllister: So it was it was really good to see that.
• 30:09
  Dayna Roselli: And hey, another celebrity sighting, my friend was over at the Wynn uh and said they saw Kevin Hart come out of Zero Bond, the new, you know, private members-only club.
• 30:18
  Dayna Roselli: And then I was looking at his Instagram, and he had done a whole weekend in Vegas that he needed to recover.
• 30:24
  Dayna Roselli: Um, he was out and about all over.
• 30:25
  Dayna Roselli: I think I saw him at Omnia Day Club.
• 30:27
  Dayna Roselli: I think he was playing golf with Usher, maybe or something.
• 30:30
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know.
• 30:31
  Dayna Roselli: It was a whole thing.
• 30:32
  Dayna Roselli: Anyway, always fun to see uh people in town.
• 30:34
  Dayna Roselli: And obviously, we had the uh American Music Awards here.
• 30:37
  Dayna Roselli: I was out of town in Panama, but seems like it went off without a you know, a hitch and uh a lot of different performers, new kids on the block look fabulous.
• 30:45
  Dayna Roselli: I saw their performance, they're so good.
• 30:47
  Dayna Roselli: Man, yeah.
• 30:48
  Sean McAllister: So they just have the best time.
• 30:49
  Dayna Roselli: They do, and they're coming back here to park MGM this summer, so get it while it's hot.
• 30:54
  Dayna Roselli: Their show's great because they said after this run, they announced you know, they're extending.
• 30:58
  Dayna Roselli: I think they're back in the fall and all that, but then after that, they might tour a little bit.
• 31:02
  Dayna Roselli: But Donnie said, you know, the door's open to come back.
• 31:05
  Sean McAllister: Well, it better be.
• 31:06
  Sean McAllister: The door has had better always be open for new kids, right?
• 31:09
  Sean McAllister: And backstreet for for that matter.
• 31:11
  Sean McAllister: Yes, because they've both become I don't know, I feel like they've become staples of Vegas Entertainment these days.
• 31:18
  SPEAKER_02: Agree, agree.
• 31:19
  Sean McAllister: This era of Vegas, anyhow.
• 31:21
  SPEAKER_02: They're wonderful.
• 31:21
  Sean McAllister: Hey, thanks for joining us this week on Vegas Revealed.
• 31:25
  Sean McAllister: We'll be back next week with more.
• 31:27
  Sean McAllister: As always, you can download the Vegas Near Me app from Apple App Store and Google Play.
• 31:35
  Sean McAllister: It is like a concierge in your pocket for all the things to do or see in Las Vegas.
• 31:42
  Sean McAllister: Make reservations, book your travel, book your hotel, all within the app.
• 31:46
  Sean McAllister: They also have a newly redesigned website, Vegasnearme.com, that's got a great user interface there.
• 31:53
  Sean McAllister: So check that out as well.
• 31:54
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I'm just looking at the website right now.
• 31:56
  Dayna Roselli: It really is nice and easy to navigate.
• 31:59
  Dayna Roselli: So they got all the shows, top shows happening this week, featured resorts, exploring Vegas hubs.
• 32:05
  Dayna Roselli: You can look at uh get a tipping guide, coffee scene, burger battle, all the different burger places, poker rooms, so a lot of different resources here, and it's all in one place.
• 32:16
  Dayna Roselli: And George is very passionate, the creator of this, about making sure he has the most information on his site possible and the most information available out of all the Vegas sites.
• 32:29
  Sean McAllister: And the most correct information.
• 32:30
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, he gets serious.
• 32:31
  Dayna Roselli: Just send him.
• 32:32
  Dayna Roselli: He always says, send me in feedback.
• 32:34
  Dayna Roselli: If I if something's wrong, I'll change it ASAP.
• 32:37
  Dayna Roselli: So I love that.
• 32:38
  Dayna Roselli: All right, we'll see you next week, everyone.