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Venetian's 25th Anniversary, Blake Shelton Talks Ole Red Las Vegas, Off-Strip Restaurant Recommendation, Movies at Fontainebleau's Pool Deck, DWTS' Gleb Savchenko Hosts Chippendales | Ep. 218 · Vegas Revealed

• 0:00
  Sean McAllister: It is episode 218 of Vegas Revealed, an off-strip restaurant with a top chef in the kitchen.
• 0:07
  Sean McAllister: We check out the new spot this week.
• 0:10
  Dayna Roselli: Fountain Blue yells action on its summer pool plans, we'll explain.
• 0:14
  Sean McAllister: And you know him from Dancing with the Stars.
• 0:17
  Sean McAllister: Now Gleb Stavchenko is hosting Chippendales for a limited time.
• 0:21
  Sean McAllister: We chat with the Dancing Pro.
• 0:23
  Dayna Roselli: Also, Old Red gets the key to the strip, and Blake Shelton was there to receive it.
• 0:29
  Dayna Roselli: We were there too.
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  Sean McAllister: Plus, a happy 25th anniversary to the Venetian, what they have in store to celebrate.
• 0:36
  Dayna Roselli: It's all coming up this week on Vegas Reveal.
• 0:42
  SPEAKER_01: Vegas Reveal presented by Level Up Law starts now.
• 0:47
  Sean McAllister: Welcome to Vegas Revealed, episode 218.
• 0:50
  Sean McAllister: Sean McAllister and Dana Roselli here with you.
• 0:52
  Sean McAllister: And man, Dana, it has just been a whirlwind lately.
• 0:56
  Dayna Roselli: It really has.
• 0:57
  Dayna Roselli: We had a big project for four days.
• 0:59
  Dayna Roselli: We had events that we needed to go to for the podcast and to cover for the TV show.
• 1:04
  Dayna Roselli: Our last episode, um, well, actually audio and television, focused on an interview with the new uh CEO and founder of Dreamscape.
• 1:14
  Dayna Roselli: Well, he's not new to Dreamscape, but he's the new owner of the Rio, Eric Birnbaum.
• 1:19
  Dayna Roselli: And it is just taken off.
• 1:20
  Dayna Roselli: People are loving it.
• 1:22
  Dayna Roselli: We are so appreciative that they thought it was interesting and they learned a lot.
• 1:26
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, at this moment, in like 24 hours, it has, you know, thousands and thousands of views on YouTube.
• 1:32
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, which is pretty incredible.
• 1:33
  Sean McAllister: And I mean, we a little bit, we kind of anticipated what kind of reaction we would get to that interview because previously, when we did coverage at the Rio, we just got so many questions from listeners and viewers about everything that was going on over there.
• 1:52
  Sean McAllister: So I mean, it wasn't surprising that there was a good reaction to the interview, but I was kind of blown away by the volume that it's been getting.
• 2:01
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and I like I said, or like you just said, I think that we kind of knew there was interest, which is why we pursued the interview.
• 2:08
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 2:08
  Dayna Roselli: And then once we did the interview, we thought, wow, he really answered all our questions without hesitation.
• 2:15
  Dayna Roselli: Was very he was an open book, let's put it that way.
• 2:18
  Dayna Roselli: So I think people learned a lot, people find it interesting.
• 2:21
  Dayna Roselli: So we're glad you did.
• 2:22
  Dayna Roselli: It is up on our Vegas Revealed YouTube.
• 2:24
  Dayna Roselli: And if you want to hear that interview uh in audio, you can just go right to our last podcast, episode 217.
• 2:30
  Sean McAllister: And by the way, we were just back at the Rio uh to interview Gleb Savchenko, who is going to be the temporary celebrity host of Chippendales.
• 2:41
  Sean McAllister: And um, you know, as we mentioned in the open of the show, we have that interview coming up here in just a few minutes.
• 2:47
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 2:47
  Dayna Roselli: And in the interview that we did with the new owner of the Rio, he said the Chippendales aren't going anywhere.
• 2:52
  Dayna Roselli: They've been here a long time, and he is keeping them over at the Rio.
• 2:56
  Dayna Roselli: So love that.
• 2:57
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, lots of people are happy about that.
• 2:59
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, we did this four-day project, uh, as I mentioned at the top of the show, down in Southern Highlands.
• 3:04
  Dayna Roselli: We do it every year.
• 3:05
  Dayna Roselli: We do a video and interviews and put together a great uh recap video for Olympia companies.
• 3:11
  Dayna Roselli: They do this governor's black tie bash, and boy, Sean, this year was bigger than ever.
• 3:16
  Sean McAllister: It really was.
• 3:17
  Sean McAllister: Uh, more than one and a half million dollars raised over this four-day span of multiple events.
• 3:24
  Sean McAllister: There's a golf tournament, uh, black tie dinner with the governor, this big grand bash with multiple performers this year.
• 3:33
  Sean McAllister: Not only was Midland performing, the country band Midland, but also Joe Nichols got up there and performed.
• 3:40
  Sean McAllister: I think there was 700 plus people in the room for that show.
• 3:45
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 3:45
  Dayna Roselli: It was great.
• 3:46
  Dayna Roselli: They they had this VIP barbecue to kick it off where they were doing the what do you call it?
• 3:51
  Sean McAllister: Hat hat shaping.
• 3:53
  Dayna Roselli: Hat shaping, cowboy hat shaping, yeah.
• 3:55
  Sean McAllister: Shape it.
• 3:56
  Dayna Roselli: That was interesting.
• 3:57
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 3:57
  Sean McAllister: Uh there was a brunch with the first lady of the state of Nevada, Donna Lombardo, uh, a million-dollar shot competition.
• 4:06
  Sean McAllister: Basically, if uh one of the golfers who qualifies, if they get a hole in one on this one uh course, it's a million dollars that's won.
• 4:15
  Sean McAllister: It's split 50-50 between the golfer and uh all of the eight charities that money is being raised for.
• 4:22
  Sean McAllister: So it is just a packed four days.
• 4:25
  Sean McAllister: We were out there covering it all, and a lot of money was raised, and it's doing a lot of good for a bunch of organizations here in southern Nevada.
• 4:33
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and we got to meet some of our Vegas Revealed listeners.
• 4:36
  Sean McAllister: We did, which was so exciting.
• 4:38
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 4:38
  Dayna Roselli: A bunch of people came up to us and said, Hey, we listen, and we were so proud.
• 4:41
  Dayna Roselli: We're so glad that people are listening.
• 4:43
  Dayna Roselli: You know, we started the podcast in 2020, and we love how much it's grown uh outside of the Las Vegas market, but also within Las Vegas.
• 4:51
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and we, you know, we love to get feedback over email, which we've talked about just about every episode.
• 4:59
  Sean McAllister: Um, but we love the face-to-face meetings too.
• 5:02
  Sean McAllister: So if you are a listener, come and let us know if you see us out and about anywhere, because we love to we love to put faces with the with our listeners and viewers.
• 5:14
  Dayna Roselli: And while we were down in Southern Highlands, uh it was your birthday while we were in the midst of all this.
• 5:19
  Dayna Roselli: And and one night we had an event only lasted until about um seven o'clock.
• 5:23
  Dayna Roselli: So I said, Where can we go in this area?
• 5:25
  Dayna Roselli: We wanted to gather some friends, celebrate your birthday.
• 5:28
  Dayna Roselli: So we picked Pine Bistro because we had heard about it, but had never been, because we don't get down to that part of town a lot.
• 5:34
  Dayna Roselli: But man, we loved it, didn't we?
• 5:36
  Sean McAllister: It turned out to be a great spot.
• 5:38
  Sean McAllister: So we walked in, there was a really nice, swanky lounge area with the indoor dining room.
• 5:44
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 5:44
  Sean McAllister: And then we uh stepped out and found our friends sitting out there on the patio, which was a great patio and a beautiful night.
• 5:52
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, it was.
• 5:53
  Dayna Roselli: We all enjoyed it so much and enjoyed the food.
• 5:57
  Dayna Roselli: The chef is from uh used to work at the Wynn Las Vegas, but uh the food I had this kebab with rice, it was delicious.
• 6:03
  Dayna Roselli: And we had some baba ganoush and hummus and pita to start.
• 6:07
  Sean McAllister: It really was.
• 6:08
  Sean McAllister: It was so good and fresh.
• 6:11
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, like the freshness of Mediterranean food is what I really like.
• 6:14
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and you don't feel heavy afterwards, right?
• 6:17
  Dayna Roselli: And I don't want to say, like, it's hard to say, like, we didn't expect it to be that good, but we kind of were, we just didn't know going in that it was gonna be as nice as it was.
• 6:26
  Dayna Roselli: Exactly.
• 6:27
  Sean McAllister: Exactly.
• 6:28
  Sean McAllister: We were very uh very happy with our entire experience over there.
• 6:33
  Dayna Roselli: The staff was great too.
• 6:34
  Dayna Roselli: Our waiter was very attentive.
• 6:35
  Dayna Roselli: It's located on uh Dean Martin, just to the south of Cactus, and that's right off the I-15.
• 6:41
  Dayna Roselli: So they open 5 p.m.
• 6:43
  Dayna Roselli: to 2 a.m., I think it is late night.
• 6:45
  Dayna Roselli: So that's great.
• 6:46
  Dayna Roselli: Also, they just started a weekend brunch, literally, like this weekend.
• 6:51
  Dayna Roselli: So um, they're doing that now too.
• 6:53
  Dayna Roselli: So it seems like they're kind of expanding, and they should.
• 6:56
  Dayna Roselli: It's a great spot, and highly recommend Pine Bistro down there toward the in the Southern Highlands area.
• 7:02
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 7:03
  Sean McAllister: Uh speaking of brunch, by the way, I just saw Emmett's Las Vegas, Emmett's Vegas, over at Fashion Show is starting uh to open up earlier for lunch and brunch in addition to dinner service.
• 7:16
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, good.
• 7:16
  Sean McAllister: So now you can go over there for lunch.
• 7:19
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I figured that would happen eventually, but I know it just seemed like it was a good fit, right?
• 7:23
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, so many brunches out there right now.
• 7:25
  Dayna Roselli: Actually, in our tips, we have a brunch that we're gonna recommend as well if you want to try.
• 7:30
  Dayna Roselli: It's on the Las Vegas strip, which is really cool.
• 7:33
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but that's great about Emmett's as well.
• 7:35
  Dayna Roselli: Um, in the midst of all that, we stopped over to oh my gosh, old we've been busy, over to Old Red to watch Blake Shelton and Old Red get the key to the Las Vegas strip.
• 7:46
  Dayna Roselli: And, you know, we've talked about Old Red.
• 7:49
  Dayna Roselli: A lot of people have been there already.
• 7:51
  Dayna Roselli: There's lines to get in all the time, it gets so much buzz.
• 7:55
  Dayna Roselli: Sits there right on Las Vegas Boulevard at Flamingo.
• 7:58
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and uh so Old Red is run by uh the Ryman Hospitality Group, which is also um affiliated with the Grand Old Opry.
• 8:09
  Sean McAllister: And Blake Shelton, being uh an Opry member, you know, has worked with them to develop his Old Red honky tonks.
• 8:17
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, uh, the largest and newest one being here in Las Vegas.
• 8:22
  Sean McAllister: So all of the Opry and Ryman folks were in town from Nashville for this presentation.
• 8:29
  Sean McAllister: Blake Shelton was up there for the presentation and um talked about uh being here, having a location in Las Vegas and really kind of utilizing it to farm new country talent on the West Coast.
• 8:44
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 8:45
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, along with the food, cocktails, beer, um, there's live music every single night.
• 8:51
  Dayna Roselli: And I know people love that part of it.
• 8:53
  Dayna Roselli: And when um someone had asked Blake while we were there, we did this, it was kind of like a press conference slash kind of moderated chat, I guess you should say, um, where we were.
• 9:03
  Dayna Roselli: And someone had asked, you know, do you expect this to be this extension of Nashville?
• 9:07
  Dayna Roselli: Kind of like you're you mentioned.
• 9:09
  Dayna Roselli: And he did say, you know, listen, opening Old Red, you know, it's massive, it's a large property.
• 9:14
  Dayna Roselli: Um, it's right there in front of the horseshoe, by the way, and across from the Bellagio.
• 9:18
  Dayna Roselli: But he said, you know, it's been a lot of hard work.
• 9:21
  Dayna Roselli: And we may not see any large, as large as Old Red country type venues open up in Las Vegas anytime soon.
• 9:30
  Dayna Roselli: But he wouldn't be surprised if we do see more of this kind of venue opening up in Las Vegas in the future.
• 9:36
  Dayna Roselli: And here's why.
• 9:37
  SPEAKER_01: Just based on what we've seen since January when it opened, it's extremely obvious that people uh are are starving for a place just to that's not so over the top uh in your face that you can relax and and have a beer and have music in the background and and talk and and feel like you're at a party, but not necessarily uh you know at a uh a show.
• 10:01
  SPEAKER_01: You know what I mean?
• 10:02
  SPEAKER_01: And and that's what happens in Nashville.
• 10:04
  SPEAKER_01: It's just it's just all about the music that's happening all the time that you can take in uh and and different artists and stuff like that.
• 10:12
  SPEAKER_01: You know, this this really does feel like you're stepping in onto Broadway in Nashville.
• 10:18
  SPEAKER_01: I don't know if you've been there before, but this is what Nashville's like, and and uh and with especially with the live music, you know, no matter when you come in here, there there's gonna be it's gonna be happening here.
• 10:34
  Sean McAllister: Great to be there and hear from Blake.
• 10:36
  Sean McAllister: He also uh did back-to-back performances on two two separate nights.
• 10:42
  Sean McAllister: Um, Gwen Stefani was here with him.
• 10:44
  Sean McAllister: Gwen's family from California came out for the uh for the performance too.
• 10:50
  Sean McAllister: So it was a family gathering for the official grand opening of All Red, even though it's been open since the beginning of the year.
• 10:58
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and he was saying that Gwen's family loves when they go to that location because it's closer to them in California.
• 11:04
  Dayna Roselli: So pretty soon they'll have a high-speed train.
• 11:06
  Sean McAllister: Again, no kidding.
• 11:07
  Dayna Roselli: They did break ground on that bright line high-speed train, by the way, which we'll talk about more in another episode.
• 11:13
  Dayna Roselli: But um, yeah, it was it was great to see Blake.
• 11:15
  Dayna Roselli: I was shocked at how tall he is.
• 11:17
  Dayna Roselli: He is.
• 11:18
  Dayna Roselli: I've never seen him in per well, I have seen him in person when he came to Gwen's show and sang on stage, but I hadn't been that close to Blake Sheldon before.
• 11:26
  Sean McAllister: Okay.
• 11:26
  Dayna Roselli: And I realized, wow, he's towering tall.
• 11:29
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, he is.
• 11:30
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 11:30
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, definitely very, I don't know, statuesque.
• 11:35
  Dayna Roselli: Statuesque, cowboy, Marlborough man kind of look going on there.
• 11:40
  Dayna Roselli: I liked it.
• 11:40
  Dayna Roselli: I liked it.
• 11:41
  Sean McAllister: It works with the whole Blake brand, doesn't it?
• 11:44
  Dayna Roselli: It does.
• 11:44
  Dayna Roselli: Well, Blake mentioned that there probably wouldn't be any country bar restaurants of that size opening anytime soon, but there are actually some things that we found out, some rumors flying around that Morgan Wallen may be opening a spot right there in front of Aria near the Arte Museum in Ocean Prime.
• 12:04
  Dayna Roselli: Not confirmed though, but we're pretty sure it's happening.
• 12:08
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, there's reports out there about uh building permits uh being applied for for this 10,000 square foot two-floor space, potentially with a a rooftop uh patio, even.
• 12:23
  Sean McAllister: So again, these are just kind of reports and rumors that are flying around out there, not officially confirmed.
• 12:31
  Dayna Roselli: It sounds like it's more of a country restaurant, by the way, too, not like a big honky tonk like Old Red.
• 12:36
  Sean McAllister: But music's still involved also.
• 12:39
  Sean McAllister: I believe Morgan is also currently working right now to open a place in Nashville as well.
• 12:46
  Sean McAllister: Uh, someone else who has a place already in Nashville is Jason Aldean, and there are also rumblings that he could be looking at uh uh some spaces here in Las Vegas to open a honky tonk as well.
• 12:58
  Sean McAllister: So who knows?
• 12:59
  Sean McAllister: This could be the the start of a new country era here in Las Vegas with celebrity, you know, honky tonks popping up all over and who whatever.
• 13:10
  Sean McAllister: It's we've heard the phrase Nash Vegas before.
• 13:13
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 13:13
  Sean McAllister: So it would make sense if that started happening.
• 13:16
  Dayna Roselli: And speaking of eras, in the midst of all this, our project, Meet and Blake, Down at Olympia, Taylor Swift debuted a new album.
• 13:25
  Dayna Roselli: I feel like this is the only outlet I have to give my take on it because everyone's talking about their take.
• 13:30
  Dayna Roselli: Um, so gosh, so much going on with it.
• 13:33
  Dayna Roselli: We don't need to recap everything, but I have been listening to it over and over, Sean.
• 13:37
  Dayna Roselli: And I must say, I am absolutely addicted to this album.
• 13:41
  Dayna Roselli: I absolutely love it.
• 13:42
  Dayna Roselli: I know there's been pluses and negatives, and oh, it's redundant, and you know, but she released like so many songs.
• 13:48
  Dayna Roselli: I must say, I'm like obsessed with the first like 15.
• 13:51
  Dayna Roselli: I haven't even got past that point yet.
• 13:53
  Dayna Roselli: I listened to it over and over and I love it.
• 13:55
  Dayna Roselli: And I also think that a lot of people are saying, oh, I'm not sure it could be, but I always think as you start to listen to songs uh one time, two time, you start hearing it on the radio, they kind of have new life.
• 14:10
  Dayna Roselli: And I think Taylor's album is going to turn where some people who say, I don't know, I listened to it, and a lot of it seemed, you know, just familiar and this and that.
• 14:22
  Dayna Roselli: I I have a feeling a bunch of these songs are really gonna take off.
• 14:25
  Sean McAllister: I I think so too.
• 14:27
  Sean McAllister: And this is not one of those albums that has like those um really poppy, like bop kind of songs on it.
• 14:34
  Dayna Roselli: But there are a few.
• 14:35
  Sean McAllister: There are there are some there actually when you listen to the good beats, but it's not like the traditional like summertime jammer kind of song.
• 14:44
  Dayna Roselli: No, there is one, I would say that yes, there's one that's kind of like that that I think will probably take off.
• 14:50
  Dayna Roselli: Um I yeah, you're right.
• 14:52
  Dayna Roselli: It's it's different.
• 14:53
  Dayna Roselli: It's I mean, uh there's something about I've never been a lyric person, but I swear when I drive, I feel like I'm listening to like a book on tape set to music.
• 15:01
  Dayna Roselli: Like all these stories, and they're so relatable, but also, you know, I'm an adult.
• 15:06
  Dayna Roselli: So I don't know a lot of if a lot of her stories that she's telling now about these breakups and these deep connections and things didn't that younger girls would understand just yet.
• 15:15
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 15:16
  Dayna Roselli: So not that that matters, it's still like a story, but I don't know.
• 15:21
  Dayna Roselli: And then even the whole like the the song that she's referring to Kim Kardashian, people are getting so deep about that, you know.
• 15:28
  Dayna Roselli: In general, like, yes, the the Kim is capitalized.
• 15:31
  Dayna Roselli: It's almost like she's she's writing a song about the feelings of being bullied and how you how it affects you.
• 15:39
  Dayna Roselli: And it's in in general, it's a song about that.
• 15:44
  Dayna Roselli: It doesn't necessarily mean it's like word for word every single experience that she went through with Kim Kardashian and their little battle and how they haven't gotten along.
• 15:53
  Dayna Roselli: Like it's referred to, you use like ex you know, experiments from life to to make songs like that, but it's also a good song about how when you know you're feeling bullied or when things don't go your way, how you really work to try and make something of yourself and prove them wrong.
• 16:10
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 16:11
  Dayna Roselli: You know, in the end, it's it's a good song.
• 16:13
  Sean McAllister: It is, and and uh Kim is giving it more publicity when she, you know, puts out statements saying that Taylor should just get over their beef.
• 16:23
  Dayna Roselli: Right, exactly.
• 16:24
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, and Kim loves it, let me tell you.
• 16:26
  Dayna Roselli: Although Kim did lose 100,000 followers right off the bat.
• 16:29
  Dayna Roselli: The Swifties, yeah.
• 16:31
  Dayna Roselli: And then I unfollowed her, I'm not gonna lie.
• 16:33
  Dayna Roselli: I was like, you know what?
• 16:34
  Dayna Roselli: If I want to see something of hers, I'll just go there.
• 16:36
  Dayna Roselli: I don't really need to be following Kim Kardashian.
• 16:38
  Dayna Roselli: I've I just I had to go with the Swifties on that one.
• 16:41
  Dayna Roselli: But um, and and the only thing is, is you know, I just think it's all part of the both for both of them.
• 16:48
  Dayna Roselli: It elevates both of their brands.
• 16:50
  Dayna Roselli: It does.
• 16:50
  Dayna Roselli: So whatever.
• 16:51
  Dayna Roselli: We could all be fooled, you know.
• 16:53
  Dayna Roselli: But um, okay, so let's talk about uh Vegas again.
• 16:57
  Dayna Roselli: The Venetian resort celebrating 25 years, and when we heard this, we were like, wow, 25 years already.
• 17:02
  Sean McAllister: It's kind of crazy, isn't it?
• 17:03
  Dayna Roselli: It is, and that is happening um May 3rd.
• 17:07
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, so we are right up on this uh 25th anniversary celebration, and the Venetian has a lot of activities going on to celebrate the occasion.
• 17:17
  Sean McAllister: Uh Buddy Velastro, the cake boss, we know him on TV as the cake boss.
• 17:22
  Sean McAllister: He has a couple restaurants over at the Venetian.
• 17:24
  Sean McAllister: He's gonna be um making some surprise appearances over there.
• 17:29
  Sean McAllister: Uh Emerald Legossi, another famed chef uh who's had a longtime connection with the Venetian, is hosting a really fancy multi-course dinner over there at uh Delmonico Steakhouse.
• 17:44
  Sean McAllister: Um, and there's just a lineup of some really great things going on to, you know, keep this party going.
• 17:52
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I mean, Venetian's a great spot.
• 17:54
  Dayna Roselli: It's it's a massive property.
• 17:56
  Dayna Roselli: They have so much going the Grand Canal shops, you know.
• 18:00
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, they've got the canals in there that go inside and outside.
• 18:04
  Dayna Roselli: Um the Venetian itself, then the palazzo.
• 18:09
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, there's multiple restaurants and theaters, and I love it over there.
• 18:14
  Sean McAllister: And town nightclub and day club are over there at the Venetian, and I mean, there are just so many attractions.
• 18:20
  Sean McAllister: Madame Tussaud's is in there.
• 18:22
  Sean McAllister: There's the karaoke bar in the Grand Canal shops.
• 18:26
  Sean McAllister: I mean, it's there is so much uh at this resort.
• 18:31
  Dayna Roselli: I uh in St.
• 18:32
  Dayna Roselli: Mark's Square, I love it there.
• 18:33
  Dayna Roselli: It's it's so cool.
• 18:35
  Dayna Roselli: Um, they're also, you know, have been and are investing basically one billion dollars, you know, to make sure that they're constantly transforming the property um and making sure it's up to date, enhancing the guest experience.
• 18:50
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, they've already debuted a bunch of new restaurants and bars this year, entertainment venues like Voltaire.
• 18:56
  Dayna Roselli: So, I mean, I love that they're investing in always making improvements.
• 19:01
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, that's great news for the Venetian and for all the locals and visitors that come to Las Vegas.
• 19:07
  Sean McAllister: It is.
• 19:08
  Sean McAllister: And so the Venetian is not only investing in its own property for its 25th anniversary, but it's also giving back to the Las Vegas community as well.
• 19:18
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, they just received recognition from the White House praising their new Food Rescue Alliance food donation program.
• 19:26
  Dayna Roselli: And so I was reading a little bit more about this, and it's really cool.
• 19:30
  Dayna Roselli: It's the Venetian in partnership with the Just One Project.
• 19:34
  Dayna Roselli: Get this, Sean.
• 19:34
  Dayna Roselli: The Venetian prepares over 3.5 million meals annually for conventions, conferences, trade shows, all the attendees.
• 19:43
  Dayna Roselli: But any prepared, underserved, unserved, excuse me, any prepared or unserved food from the event qualifies for donation for the Food Rescue Alliance.
• 19:56
  Dayna Roselli: And so they make sure to not just throw those out, um, to utilize them.
• 20:01
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and all this food is packaged and delivered fresh to people in southern Nevada with food insecurity.
• 20:09
  Sean McAllister: So they're getting fresh, nutritious food thanks to this program that uh the Venetian has in place to make sure that food isn't going to waste.
• 20:19
  Sean McAllister: And that's such a commendable thing that they're doing.
• 20:23
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and I'm so glad they were recognized by the White House.
• 20:26
  Dayna Roselli: So congratulations on that.
• 20:27
  Dayna Roselli: It looks like year 25 for them is gonna be a hit.
• 20:32
  Dayna Roselli: And you know, Sean, I want to remind everyone Vegas Reveal is presented by Level Up Law.
• 20:37
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• 20:40
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• 20:49
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• 20:53
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• 21:00
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• 21:01
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• 21:11
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• 21:18
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• 21:22
  Sean McAllister: Well, Dana, do you have your uh dancing shoes on?
• 21:25
  Dayna Roselli: Well, I already did because I've been dipped by Gleb Sevachenko himself, the dancing with the stars professional, who is now the celebrity guest host of Chippendales.
• 21:38
  Dayna Roselli: He's trading in his ballroom dance shoes for the iconic bow tie and cuffs.
• 21:42
  Dayna Roselli: He is the latest celebrity guest.
• 21:43
  Dayna Roselli: They've had many through the years, and Gleb is now taking over for a couple weeks.
• 21:48
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, we stopped over to the Rio as he was preparing, going through his final rehearsals before his first show with the Las Vegas Chippendales.
• 21:57
  Sean McAllister: And uh, Dana, you had some hard.
• 22:00
  Sean McAllister: Hitting questions for Glem.
• 22:01
  Dayna Roselli: I did.
• 22:02
  Dayna Roselli: It was fun to talk to him.
• 22:03
  Dayna Roselli: I really enjoyed our conversation.
• 22:06
  SPEAKER_00: I'm bringing Prince Charming from Dancing with the Stars with a ton of dance experience and training.
• 22:14
  SPEAKER_00: That's what people want.
• 22:15
  SPEAKER_00: You know, that's people want, and what my fans are always wanted.
• 22:19
  SPEAKER_00: And it's uh You know, Dancing with the Stars, we don't take a lot of shirts off.
• 22:23
  SPEAKER_00: We used to, not anymore.
• 22:25
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, but this is a great opportunity for me.
• 22:28
  SPEAKER_00: You know, I'm super excited.
• 22:29
  SPEAKER_00: I'm gonna be doing a lot of dancing because I'm a dancer.
• 22:31
  SPEAKER_00: Um, I'm gonna be hosting the show.
• 22:34
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, and I'm doing um, besides the shower scene, the famous shower.
• 22:39
  Dayna Roselli: Well, you're doing the shower scene.
• 22:40
  Dayna Roselli: Okay.
• 22:41
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my gosh, right there.
• 22:42
  Dayna Roselli: That's enough to get your tickets.
• 22:43
  Dayna Roselli: Buy your tickets now.
• 22:45
  SPEAKER_00: Exactly.
• 22:45
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, but also I'm doing seduction.
• 22:48
  SPEAKER_00: There's another one uh which I'm super excited for.
• 22:50
  Dayna Roselli: And it's exciting to be part of the Chippendales brand.
• 22:52
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, it's so iconic, worldwide brand.
• 22:54
  Dayna Roselli: Um, did you ever think you would be in a Chippendale show?
• 22:58
  SPEAKER_00: No.
• 22:59
  SPEAKER_00: Uh but True story, um I was in a quick change on tour that just passed Dance with the Stars tour, and Val from Dance with the Stars uh looked at me in my underwear and said, dude, you look so good, you should do Chippendales.
• 23:16
  SPEAKER_00: I've haven't had a thought about it.
• 23:17
  SPEAKER_00: Vini did it and he was on tour with us last year, and he was telling me how amazing it is, and like the room gets so electric and full of energy and just girls screaming, and I was like, wow, that's a really cool experience, but I've never had a thought to do it myself.
• 23:32
  SPEAKER_00: So when Val said that, I was like, okay, so I reached out to my manager and I said, Dory, call Chippendales, I'm gonna do it.
• 23:40
  SPEAKER_00: And that's it.
• 23:41
  SPEAKER_00: That's how we're here.
• 23:42
  Dayna Roselli: That's how we're here, and we're looking forward to it.
• 23:46
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I mean they the Chippendales have I love that they change up the show all the time and they're always trying to bring something fresh to it.
• 23:52
  Dayna Roselli: So that's kind of fun, you coming in and using a little bit of your creativity too.
• 23:56
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, a lot of fun to uh be in the show and you know, host the show.
• 24:00
  SPEAKER_00: And to me, uh being a professional dance on the South Stars is all about my celebrity partner, right?
• 24:06
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, and I feel like this is my moment, it's all about Gleb Savchenko uh on stage.
• 24:12
  SPEAKER_00: Um, and just have fun, you know, and this is stage is my second home.
• 24:17
  SPEAKER_00: This is where I feel most comfortable at, and I love to have that just kind of like the control over the audience and just feel the energy, and that's why I do what I do.
• 24:29
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 24:29
  Dayna Roselli: What do you think of Vegas?
• 24:30
  Dayna Roselli: Um, I don't know if you visited here a lot before or you've just spent some time here now.
• 24:35
  SPEAKER_00: Um I've been to Vegas before, uh several times, and I love it.
• 24:38
  SPEAKER_00: I mean the energy is crazy.
• 24:41
  SPEAKER_00: You know what I've noticed is that every time, because I stay in a hotel, so every time I come down uh to a lobby, the everybody is there's there's like a celebration feeling.
• 24:50
  SPEAKER_00: Everybody wants to have fun, everybody's excited to see the show, to go out, to eat.
• 24:54
  SPEAKER_00: Like it that has this energy.
• 24:56
  SPEAKER_00: There's no never like a uh a low energy moment.
• 24:59
  Dayna Roselli: You know, even the Chippendale show has such great music in it.
• 25:02
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, everyone just going in, you're like, okay, am I into this?
• 25:06
  Dayna Roselli: And then immediately you become into it.
• 25:08
  Dayna Roselli: No matter if you were reluctant to go there or your friends dragged you or whatever.
• 25:11
  Dayna Roselli: So I think you're gonna love it.
• 25:12
  Dayna Roselli: We're happy to have you here.
• 25:14
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you so much.
• 25:14
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, the boys make you if you don't want it, they'll make you want it.
• 25:18
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, you know.
• 25:19
  Dayna Roselli: They do, they make you want it.
• 25:21
  Dayna Roselli: I thought it was interesting when he talked about that they they don't go shirtless on dancing with the stars anymore.
• 25:26
  Dayna Roselli: That is, or they're not allowed to, right?
• 25:28
  Sean McAllister: Yes.
• 25:28
  Sean McAllister: I wonder if that's part of the Disney effect of owning ABC.
• 25:32
  Dayna Roselli: Maybe, maybe.
• 25:33
  Sean McAllister: The Disnification of Dancing with the Stars.
• 25:36
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 25:36
  Dayna Roselli: Well, listen, um, he mentioned he's doing that shower scene in the show, and I am there for it.
• 25:42
  Sean McAllister: Not only is shirt coming off.
• 25:43
  Dayna Roselli: I know, it's a great scene, but it you know, it's so fun.
• 25:47
  Dayna Roselli: Listen, and like I know we have a lot of male listeners are who are like, all right, Roselli, move on.
• 25:52
  Dayna Roselli: But here's the deal like, no matter what, and we always talk about this.
• 25:56
  Dayna Roselli: I get so much joy going to those shows and Magic Mike, Thunder, Chippendales, and watching everyone have such a good time and letting loose, because that is what Vegas is about.
• 26:07
  Dayna Roselli: And you know, we are spoiled.
• 26:11
  Dayna Roselli: We live here, we see shows, we go to male review shows, women, you know, fantasy, all these shows, and it's kind of normal to us.
• 26:18
  Dayna Roselli: It is, and it's fun still, and it's elevated and it's different, but watching other people have the time of their life doing something that they have never done before or seen before, and then you got the music and the vibe, and celebrating whether it's just a girls' group, a guy's group, a bachelor party, a bachelorette, a birthday party.
• 26:38
  Dayna Roselli: Maybe it's grandma's 80th.
• 26:39
  Dayna Roselli: I've seen that, you know.
• 26:40
  Sean McAllister: I've seen that too.
• 26:42
  Dayna Roselli: So it's fun.
• 26:43
  Dayna Roselli: And people shouldn't knock shows like that when they're like, uh no, I'm not going to do the show.
• 26:48
  Dayna Roselli: You know, it's like, go, it's fun.
• 26:50
  Sean McAllister: Well, and here's the thing the audience is predominantly a female audience.
• 26:54
  Sean McAllister: However, there are a good number of guys who go with their uh best friend during her bachelorette or whatever.
• 27:03
  Sean McAllister: Groups of guys have even I've seen over at those shows.
• 27:07
  Sean McAllister: But I think the like you're saying, the most go too to you know, get things off to a nice start before they go finish the evening somewhere.
• 27:18
  Sean McAllister: Um what I find so entertaining is the fact that when people step into these theaters, it's like almost a zone where no one's watching and anything goes.
• 27:32
  Sean McAllister: Like people feel those inhibitions just completely dropped away, especially once the show gets started.
• 27:40
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 27:40
  Sean McAllister: And people are feeding off the energy of other people in the audience, and pretty soon like everybody is laughing, clapping, getting up, cheering on the people who are going up on stage.
• 27:55
  Sean McAllister: It's it's so fun.
• 27:59
  Dayna Roselli: It is, and it's a show, it is, you know, right, and it's just and an experience.
• 28:03
  Dayna Roselli: It is so fun.
• 28:04
  Dayna Roselli: I I love it.
• 28:05
  Dayna Roselli: I love it.
• 28:06
  Dayna Roselli: I think it's great.
• 28:07
  Dayna Roselli: You can go see Gleb for a limited time at the Rio Las Vegas.
• 28:10
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and you know, like I said, this uh is a limited engagement.
• 28:13
  Dayna Roselli: He's just there April 25th through May 12th.
• 28:16
  Dayna Roselli: So uh three weeks only, but um yeah, he is so excited about this that I can't wait.
• 28:22
  Dayna Roselli: We're going on Friday night, so I can't wait to see the show, and I think it's gonna be so much fun.
• 28:28
  Dayna Roselli: And you know, he even mentioned um if you're a housewives person, anyone, um, you know, he's worked with on Dancing with the Stars a lot of the Housewives.
• 28:36
  Dayna Roselli: I think um Lisa Vanderpump was one of his first dancing partners, I think he was saying, and Erica Jane.
• 28:41
  Sean McAllister: Erica Jane.
• 28:41
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and so he's you know, he knows that Erica had a show over at House of Blues and Lisa's got her restaurants in town.
• 28:47
  Dayna Roselli: And I have a feeling we can expect some of them to show up.
• 28:50
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and I also have a feeling that if Gleb enjoys this run of uh three weeks, that he may be back for more.
• 28:58
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I agree.
• 28:59
  Dayna Roselli: Then he's going off to Jersey too in the summer.
• 29:01
  Dayna Roselli: He's doing the Jersey shore chip in uh Atlantic City, yeah.
• 29:04
  Dayna Roselli: The Atlantic City, yeah.
• 29:05
  Dayna Roselli: So I think, oh my gosh, Jersey's gonna eat him up.
• 29:08
  Dayna Roselli: I'm from Jersey, I know what's going on over there.
• 29:12
  Dayna Roselli: All right, let's do some tips.
• 29:16
  Sean McAllister: Well, this is the time of year to take advantage of some beautiful Las Vegas spring weather.
• 29:24
  Sean McAllister: And one of the ways that you can do that is uh some outdoor movie nights.
• 29:30
  Sean McAllister: We have things that pop up uh on the strip and across the Las Vegas Valley where this happens.
• 29:36
  Sean McAllister: But the latest movie venue is the Oasis Pool over at Fountain Blue.
• 29:43
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, this is cool because even when we say springtime, it can get pretty hot during the day.
• 29:47
  Dayna Roselli: However, once that sun goes down, the weather is perfect.
• 29:50
  Dayna Roselli: And so it's great to be able to watch a movie out on a pool deck.
• 29:55
  Dayna Roselli: And this is gonna go all through the summer, because even our summer nights, you know, even though again it does get so hot during the day, the nights can feel just perfect and warm and and and comfortable.
• 30:05
  Dayna Roselli: So the Fountain Blue is doing uh movie night.
• 30:08
  Dayna Roselli: It's the Oasis Cinema Club series, and it kicks off May 5th and goes through September 1st.
• 30:14
  Dayna Roselli: Now, here's the deal though, it's for hotel guests and Las Vegas locals.
• 30:19
  Dayna Roselli: So if you're staying at another property, you can't just get in, you have to be staying at the Fountain Blue or be a Las Vegas local.
• 30:25
  Dayna Roselli: Las Vegas Locals, it's only five bucks.
• 30:28
  Dayna Roselli: Hotel guests, it's free.
• 30:30
  Dayna Roselli: And they have a whole lineup of different movies that they're showing.
• 30:34
  Dayna Roselli: Um, doors at 7 p.m., movies at 8 p.m.
• 30:38
  Dayna Roselli: They're showing Coco, Mamma Mia, Barbie, Mean Girls, Ted, Top Gun Maverick, Father of the Bride, Pretty Woman.
• 30:45
  Dayna Roselli: It's a great lineup.
• 30:47
  Sean McAllister: So again, this is May 5th through September 1st, each Sunday, out on the Oasis pool deck uh throughout the summer.
• 30:55
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, you can go to FountainblueLosvegas.com and then you'll find a tab there.
• 30:59
  Dayna Roselli: Um, it's backslash oasis-cinema dash club if you want to go directly there.
• 31:04
  Dayna Roselli: We'll put the link in our show notes as well.
• 31:07
  Sean McAllister: Well, Dana, earlier you mentioned that we had another brunch option in tips.
• 31:13
  Sean McAllister: So here it is.
• 31:14
  Sean McAllister: This is in uh kind of an unusual, not unusual, but it's not your typical Las Vegas brunch.
• 31:21
  Sean McAllister: This one is over at the Venetian in the Grand Canal shops at Flight Club.
• 31:26
  Sean McAllister: We've talked about Flight Club before.
• 31:27
  Sean McAllister: This is the social darts venue, but that is really a great spot, and I wish that more people uh got over there.
• 31:36
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, Flight Club can be hard to find because it is there in the canal shops, and I know they bank a lot on and do well with convention business, but we love to let people know that it's there because it's a fun spot, it's a nice spot, it's different, it's unique, it's fun, and um you need to go.
• 31:54
  Dayna Roselli: And they've started this brunch, so this might be a way to get you there.
• 31:57
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and it's not just Sundays, their brunch is on Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m.
• 32:04
  Sean McAllister: to 3 p.m.
• 32:06
  Sean McAllister: So you can walk in or make a reservation to make sure that you have a spot, but there's a variety of uh food and drink options you can do a la carte or there's bundles that you can look into.
• 32:19
  Sean McAllister: I've taken my family there to Flight Club when they've been in town, and we had an absolute blast.
• 32:26
  Sean McAllister: I mean, we grew up, you know, playing darts in East Coast bars.
• 32:31
  Sean McAllister: So this was like kind of a throwback to that.
• 32:34
  Sean McAllister: And it's and but it's taken to a high-tech level, right?
• 32:38
  Dayna Roselli: Modern, very modern, and they do have windows in there where you can see the strip.
• 32:43
  Dayna Roselli: It's actually strip side, so it's a little bit of a view as well.
• 32:46
  Sean McAllister: And their cocktail menu is great.
• 32:49
  Sean McAllister: I have not had a cocktail there that I didn't like.
• 32:53
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 32:53
  Dayna Roselli: Love that they're doing a brunch.
• 32:54
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, why not?
• 32:55
  Dayna Roselli: People, and I love the Saturday and Sunday thing because sometimes, you know what, Sunday brunch just doesn't fit in the schedule, but Saturday does.
• 33:01
  Sean McAllister: Very true.
• 33:03
  Dayna Roselli: Listen, thanks for listening, everyone.
• 33:05
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, we love sharing all these experiences with you.
• 33:08
  Dayna Roselli: We have a lot coming up that we're gonna be doing.
• 33:10
  Dayna Roselli: We just filled out our entire May calendar, and um, as usual, we're we're stressed but excited about how much is going on.
• 33:17
  Sean McAllister: We've got a lot to bring in.
• 33:19
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, we really do, right?
• 33:20
  Sean McAllister: Over the next month.
• 33:21
  Dayna Roselli: We'll be interviewing Sammy Hagar at some point for his new Sammy's Island over at the Palms.
• 33:26
  Dayna Roselli: We've got the uh Power of Love Gala, which is gonna be star-studded, and they're honoring Blake Shelton this year, but other people are going to be there to celebrate and raise money for uh the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health.
• 33:42
  Sean McAllister: And we've got uh lots of restaurants and pools and brunches.
• 33:48
  Sean McAllister: The whole calendar is absolutely packed.
• 33:51
  Sean McAllister: So lots of good stuff coming your way uh throughout the next month and beyond right here on Vegas Revealed.
• 33:58
  Sean McAllister: And as always, uh thank you to our presenting sponsor, Level Up Law.
• 34:04
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• 34:08
  Sean McAllister: You can find the Vegas Near Me app in Google Play and on the Apple App Store.
• 34:14
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and a little note on that, um, I saw one of the uh folks, influencers, bloggers on Twitter talk about how they mistakenly said a place was closed because on Yelp and some other app it said it was closed permanently, but that they were wrong and they don't know why.
• 34:32
  Dayna Roselli: And it made me think Vegas Near Me updates those hours and closures and temporary closures all the time.
• 34:39
  Dayna Roselli: They're so specific about that.
• 34:41
  Dayna Roselli: So I recommend definitely downloading Vegas Near Me because they work so hard at keeping all the information current, and that's why I think it's really good.
• 34:52
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, it is.
• 34:52
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• 34:58
  Dayna Roselli: Have a great week, everyone.