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ComplexCon in Las Vegas, NETFLIX BITES Coming to MGM Grand, Popular Diner Opening, Circus Festival, Dita Von Teese Show Recap | Ep. 245 · Vegas Revealed

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  Sean McAllister: It's episode 245 of Vegas Revealed.
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  Sean McAllister: Food, fashion, and entertainment all collide in a first of its kind festival in Las Vegas.
• 0:39
  Sean McAllister: What you should know about Complex Con.
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  Dayna Roselli: Dita Von Tees has extended her performance dates on the strip.
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  Dayna Roselli: We were there for her grand opening.
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  Dayna Roselli: Here are thoughts coming up.
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  Sean McAllister: A competition under the big top.
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  Sean McAllister: Acts from around the world here in Vegas right now.
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  Sean McAllister: How you can take part as they vie for the title of the best circus act in the world.
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  Dayna Roselli: Netflix landed a culinary residency on the strip.
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  Dayna Roselli: We'll explain why it's going to be a tough reservation to get.
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  Sean McAllister: Plus some music news and an all-new Formula One experience.
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  Dayna Roselli: It's all coming up on Vegas Revealed.
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  Sean McAllister: Vegas Revealed, presented by Level Up Law, starts now.
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  Sean McAllister: Welcome to Vegas Revealed, episode 245.
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  Sean McAllister: Sean McAllister here, along with Dana Roselli.
• 1:29
  Sean McAllister: Hi.
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  Dayna Roselli: Hi.
• 1:31
  Sean McAllister: How's it going?
• 1:31
  Dayna Roselli: Great.
• 1:32
  Dayna Roselli: It's Halloween.
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  Sean McAllister: It is Halloween.
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  Sean McAllister: Happy Halloween, everyone.
• 1:36
  Sean McAllister: Happy Halloween to all of you.
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  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
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  Dayna Roselli: Well, the podcast drops on Halloween.
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  Dayna Roselli: If you listen to it after Halloween, then it's not Halloween, and that's on you.
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  Dayna Roselli: But we're celebrating Halloween at the sphere, actually.
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  Dayna Roselli: They announced that they're doing a live stream and putting some really cool stuff on the outside, the exosphere.
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  Dayna Roselli: Sean, we're talking creepy eyeballs, flying bats, and slithering snakes.
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  Sean McAllister: I I saw these eyeballs the other day, and it really is kind of it is creepy.
• 2:08
  Sean McAllister: Do you remember when you would go into a like a haunted house as a kid and there would be that bowl of peeled grapes?
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  Sean McAllister: And it felt like you were putting your hand inside a bowl of eyeballs.
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  Sean McAllister: I never liked those things.
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  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I know.
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  Dayna Roselli: As we've discussed, I'm not a big Halloween person, but I do like fun stuff like images on the outside of the sphere.
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  Sean McAllister: That I can get on board with.
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  Sean McAllister: Yes.
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  Dayna Roselli: And the good thing is it runs through November 2nd.
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  Dayna Roselli: So if you want to see the Halloween-themed sphere stuff and get a glimpse, you can watch on the live stream or in person if you're here in Las Vegas or visiting Las Vegas.
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  Dayna Roselli: Um, and it's going to start taking place 6 p.m.
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  Dayna Roselli: each night until midnight Pacific time.
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  Dayna Roselli: And it's always at the top of each hour.
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  Sean McAllister: So that's the sphere always does great stuff for holidays, occasions, events.
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  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
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  Dayna Roselli: Voting.
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  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
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  Dayna Roselli: The voting sticker.
• 3:00
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
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  Dayna Roselli: Waking up, going to sleep, all of it.
• 3:04
  Dayna Roselli: Um, hey, I felt a little earthquake last week.
• 3:06
  Dayna Roselli: And I don't even know if we've discussed this, but I threw it in to talk about it.
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  Sean McAllister: We have not discussed this, but I did not feel it.
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  Sean McAllister: I was passed out, fast asleep, felt nothing, but woke up to tons and tons of posts on social media of people saying, What was that?
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  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
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  Dayna Roselli: I happened to be up because actually, I think that night I was working late, editing or something.
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  Dayna Roselli: And then by the time I sat down to watch TV, I got involved, and it was like one, I remember it was 111 in the morning.
• 3:35
  Dayna Roselli: I was just about to turn off the TV.
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  Dayna Roselli: Um, and I felt like my bed started moving and it was like a rumbling.
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  Dayna Roselli: And then I heard creaking.
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  Dayna Roselli: I live in a high rise.
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  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, that's not good.
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  Dayna Roselli: I know it only took, it was like a second, but I noticed the difference.
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  Dayna Roselli: It wasn't a normal like windy night or a truck driving by or anything like that.
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  Dayna Roselli: So I went to Twitter and I decided to post about it.
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  Dayna Roselli: Like, hey, anyone else feel that?
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  Dayna Roselli: And then I was shocked because it was 111 in the morning at the response that I got.
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  Sean McAllister: There were so many people who were still up and felt it.
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  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, or actually, people did wake up, unlike you.
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  Dayna Roselli: Some people said my dog started barking.
• 4:11
  Dayna Roselli: Oh.
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  Dayna Roselli: Or um, I felt something, something jarred me out of bed or whatever.
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  Dayna Roselli: So I mean, I guess probably the light sleepers or maybe people who were just falling asleep.
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  Dayna Roselli: So it wasn't anything major, but it was a 4.7 about two hours away.
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  Dayna Roselli: And that's why I guess some of us felt a little bit of the effect.
• 4:26
  Sean McAllister: Just over the state line into California.
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  Dayna Roselli: Right.
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  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
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  Dayna Roselli: And I mean, you know, that's not a big deal, but you know, we don't have much, like, luckily, that's why we live here.
• 4:36
  Dayna Roselli: Stuff happened here.
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  Dayna Roselli: We don't have hurricanes and tornadoes and you know, all that kind of stuff, and and major earthquakes.
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  Dayna Roselli: So when we have a little rumble, it's it's a big talking point.
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  Sean McAllister: Yeah, it's been a few years since I've felt an earthquake.
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  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
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  Sean McAllister: Because it's it was like two houses ago.
• 4:51
  Sean McAllister: I don't even know time periods anymore.
• 4:54
  Sean McAllister: I just know two houses ago.
• 4:56
  Sean McAllister: Right.
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  Sean McAllister: That's where I felt the the earthquake happen because the blinds kind of shifted were shaking on the window, and we're like, what in the world is going on?
• 5:05
  Sean McAllister: Right.
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  Sean McAllister: Is there a truck like driving through our front yard?
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  Sean McAllister: But no, it was yeah, those earthquakes are weird.
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  Sean McAllister: So all of you listening in California, um, I mean, you obviously get it much worse than we do here.
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  Sean McAllister: Yeah, but it is such an eerie feeling.
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  Dayna Roselli: You know, and I always feel like that's the best use of social media.
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  Dayna Roselli: Like there's the dancing and the funny and the news, but then when you go on for the immediate reaction and question to figure out what's going on, and you know, so you feel like, okay, am I going crazy?
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  Dayna Roselli: Did this happen?
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  Dayna Roselli: And then and then everyone starts discussing like that.
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  Dayna Roselli: I feel like is what social media is about.
• 5:42
  Dayna Roselli: It is.
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  Sean McAllister: That's that's where the connection comes in.
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  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
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  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
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  Dayna Roselli: All right.
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  Dayna Roselli: Well, um, we just got some something that just popped into our inbox, and we thought, let's talk about this.
• 5:52
  Dayna Roselli: It's called Netflix Bites.
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  Dayna Roselli: And MGM Grand on the strip has announced plans for this new dining experience.
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  Dayna Roselli: Um, it's gonna be a one-year culinary residency, I guess.
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  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and this is kind of uh there was a successful Netflix Bites pop-up restaurant in Los Angeles that was a super hard reservation to get.
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  Sean McAllister: Basically, uh, some of uh Netflix's uh big celebrity chefs who have shows on the streaming service, they teamed up, put together a tasting menu uh that was available for people who went and were lucky enough to get a reservation in there.
• 6:32
  Sean McAllister: Well, it was so successful in Los Angeles, they're now deciding to do that here in Las Vegas as well.
• 6:39
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, so I mean, they they were saying that um in this article that the LA one, like you said, was a hard reservation to get and that it would book out like six weeks.
• 6:47
  Dayna Roselli: So I wonder how but I feel like ours will probably be bigger.
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  Dayna Roselli: We always do bigger.
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  Sean McAllister: Yeah, we've got to.
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  Dayna Roselli: We'll probably have a lot more room.
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  Dayna Roselli: But um, just to read the little synopsis, it says From screen to table, fans and foodies alike will be invited to a one-of-a-kind restaurant experience offering guests a savory journey that combines inspiration from hit Netflix titles with MGM's grand's renowned expertise in hospitality and immersive entertainment.
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  Dayna Roselli: So it sounds fun.
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  Dayna Roselli: It's gonna serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner when it opens its doors in early 2025.
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  Sean McAllister: Yeah, they're starting construction on that space now.
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  Sean McAllister: Um, so we'll look forward to that coming up in the new year.
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  Sean McAllister: Well, speaking of Netflix, there's another Las Vegas connection.
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  Sean McAllister: Uh the hit series Queer Eye filmed several, an entire season worth of episodes here in Las Vegas earlier this year, and they've just announced that the new season is coming out December 11th.
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  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and I personally didn't even know the show was still on.
• 7:50
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
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  Dayna Roselli: So I mean, it's developed and evolved and all that.
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  Sean McAllister: And it's taken on a whole new life on Netflix.
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  Dayna Roselli: So explain how it works.
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  Sean McAllister: Are they still doing like, hey, we're gonna give you a makeover and and redo things and yes, but I feel like it has definitely evolved to more facets of a person's life.
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  Sean McAllister: So uh it starts with a friend or family member or coworker nominating somebody to get this uh makeover.
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  Sean McAllister: It's a physical makeover of the person, but also kind of a a makeover of their life, too.
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  Sean McAllister: Oh, okay.
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  Sean McAllister: You know, the Fab Five, there's five of the queer eye guys, cast members, they each have their own uh their own avenue of expertise.
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  Sean McAllister: Yes.
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  Sean McAllister: So uh they'll go in and you know work with people on their wardrobe, on their skin care, hair routine, uh interior design, you know, and then they uh touch on emotional things too.
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  Dayna Roselli: Okay.
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  Sean McAllister: Like getting in touch with uh what's going on and and being emotionally healthy.
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  Sean McAllister: Right.
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  Sean McAllister: And you know, if there's a relationship that needs to be mended, they'll offer advice on how to do that and sometimes even be the mediator in those meetings.
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  Sean McAllister: So it's it really is a great series and they have some great stories.
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  Sean McAllister: So it'll be exciting to see uh who in Las Vegas has been chosen and what those stories are.
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  Sean McAllister: I wonder, are we gonna know anyone?
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  Sean McAllister: I I guarantee we probably will.
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  Dayna Roselli: There'll definitely be some probably some like guest experiences, you know, or like guest uh what do you call it?
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  Dayna Roselli: Like guest star.
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  Dayna Roselli: Right.
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  Dayna Roselli: Right.
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  Dayna Roselli: So that'll be good.
• 9:36
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, I look forward to this.
• 9:37
  Dayna Roselli: December 11th on Netflix.
• 9:39
  Dayna Roselli: Um, I saw the Nevada Film Office actually put it out, so I know they're excited about that.
• 9:44
  Dayna Roselli: Love when people shoot shows in Las Vegas.
• 9:46
  Dayna Roselli: It's good for us and it's fun to watch.
• 9:48
  Sean McAllister: It is.
• 9:49
  Sean McAllister: Hey, uh there is this big international circus festival that's here in Las Vegas right now, uh, November 1st through the 10th, it's going on.
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  Sean McAllister: Uh there's a big top that's set up.
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  Sean McAllister: It's just off of Sahara, a little bit west of the Las Vegas Strip.
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  Sean McAllister: But there are circus acts from around the world who are here competing to win the title of the best circus act in the world.
• 10:17
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, we went over to do a piece for our television show and learned that this is the first time a s this circus festival has ever taken place in the United States.
• 10:27
  Dayna Roselli: And so they chose Las Vegas to kick this off.
• 10:30
  Dayna Roselli: And yeah, like you said, it's 10 days.
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  Dayna Roselli: So it's the first or the 10th.
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  Dayna Roselli: So this just isn't just like a weekend thing.
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  Dayna Roselli: And what's cool about it is the public can get tickets to watch the competition.
• 10:42
  Dayna Roselli: There's like two programs, I think, each day, and they compete against each other.
• 10:46
  Dayna Roselli: And these are people coming in from all over the world, like the Best Trapeze Act and all sorts of different incredible things.
• 10:54
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, we stopped over to the circus tent and talked to Renato Fernandez, who is a circus performer himself, a past winner of an international circus festival in Monte Carlo.
• 11:05
  Sean McAllister: He's the organizer who brought this here to Las Vegas, and he gives us more details.
• 11:10
  Sean McAllister: Take a listen.
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  Sean McAllister: So this is like the America's Got Talent.
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  Sean McAllister: The circus we belong to.
• 11:14
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, exactly.
• 11:15
  SPEAKER_00: That's the perfect way to put it.
• 11:17
  SPEAKER_00: I love that.
• 11:17
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, that's the perfect.
• 11:18
  SPEAKER_00: So this is the circus got talent again.
• 11:21
  SPEAKER_00: Circus got talent, so it's everybody against everybody.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's to win first place, they're getting gold, they're getting a contract, and they're getting the title of the all-around best circus act in the world.
• 11:31
  Sean McAllister: Okay, so you have circus producers who are coming in to be the official judges here, but the audience has a vote too, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: Absolutely.
• 11:38
  SPEAKER_00: So we have the special public's choice, okay?
• 11:41
  SPEAKER_00: The public's choice, every single member that comes to watch in the audience, they'll have a QR code in front of the seat in front of them, okay, behind the seat in front of them.
• 11:49
  SPEAKER_00: They can scan and they can vote for whatever act they like.
• 11:52
  SPEAKER_00: They prefer to act.
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  SPEAKER_00: On the gala night, we are gonna pick a random seat and we're gonna have that audience member come on stage and present the public's choice award on behalf of the audience.
• 12:01
  SPEAKER_00: I love it.
• 12:02
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: So, but here's the thing: if you come on show A, you only get to vote for show A.
• 12:07
  SPEAKER_00: You have to be present on show B in order to get a QR code to vote.
• 12:10
  SPEAKER_00: Gotcha.
• 12:11
  SPEAKER_00: Yes.
• 12:11
  SPEAKER_00: Okay, yes.
• 12:12
  Sean McAllister: And for people who want to come out and experience the International Circus Festival, first one here in Las Vegas.
• 12:18
  Sean McAllister: I mean, you guys have made ticket prices really reasonable.
• 12:22
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, well, we, you know, there's like I said, there's a thousand shows in Vegas.
• 12:25
  SPEAKER_00: You know, this is something unique.
• 12:26
  SPEAKER_00: We want Vegas and all our communities to experience this is a unique event, first in, you know, US history.
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  SPEAKER_00: So we're our prices are very basic.
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  SPEAKER_00: We start at$39 for general admission, all the way to$199 for VIP, where you get the meet and greet, you get some perks, you know, you get to hang out in our VIP lounge.
• 12:41
  SPEAKER_00: And tickets are available now at on our website at Las Vegas CircusFestival.com.
• 12:45
  SPEAKER_00: We are partnered with Humanitix, which is a hundred percent nonprofit ticketing platform.
• 12:50
  SPEAKER_00: All of their booking fees goes donated to charity.
• 12:52
  SPEAKER_00: That's why we partner with them.
• 12:54
  SPEAKER_00: So we are very happy about that.
• 12:55
  SPEAKER_00: 100% of their booking fees go straight to charity.
• 12:58
  SPEAKER_00: Nice.
• 12:58
  Sean McAllister: And not only are you a performer yourself, you're you're organizing everything here on the ground in Las Vegas, but uh you're a past winner too, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: Yes, yes.
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  SPEAKER_00: So there's other festivals around the world.
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  SPEAKER_00: Although we're in the first in the US, there's many throughout the world in Spain, in Italy, the main one being in Monte Carlo, in Monaco, where I was grateful enough to compete in 2020, where we came out winning.
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  SPEAKER_00: We were competing against um there they still have animal acts, you know.
• 13:22
  SPEAKER_00: So we were uh competing against the lion trainer and against the juggling, against the magician, everybody.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thankfully, we did a great job, and we came out on top on gold.
• 13:29
  SPEAKER_00: And the Princess of Monaco, Princess Stephanie of Monaco presented us the famous gold clown from there.
• 13:34
  SPEAKER_00: And the idea just became itself and all of that, you know.
• 13:37
  SPEAKER_00: By going, I was also also invited as a jury member in also festivals, right?
• 13:41
  SPEAKER_00: So that's when I started getting the tick of like, why don't why not, right?
• 13:44
  SPEAKER_00: Why not in Vegas?
• 13:45
  SPEAKER_00: Why not in America?
• 13:46
  SPEAKER_00: Why can't I do it?
• 13:47
  SPEAKER_00: I love a challenge.
• 13:48
  SPEAKER_00: I started putting the pieces together.
• 13:50
  SPEAKER_00: I have amazing people behind me, man.
• 13:51
  SPEAKER_00: As you can see, the structure is incredible.
• 13:54
  SPEAKER_00: This is one of the biggest big tops in the country of size.
• 13:57
  SPEAKER_00: And you know, we have the artistic director, our lighting technician, a style technician.
• 14:01
  SPEAKER_00: There's just a lot of people behind this.
• 14:03
  SPEAKER_00: You know, I'm directing everything, but without them, this wouldn't be possible for sure.
• 14:06
  Sean McAllister: Well, even when we pulled up, I said, wow, this is a really nice big thing.
• 14:10
  SPEAKER_00: No, the caballeros did an amazing job.
• 14:12
  SPEAKER_00: So this has a name, it's called the cathedral, right?
• 14:14
  SPEAKER_00: Because it's one solid piece of uh concession stands backstage in the tent itself.
• 14:19
  SPEAKER_00: And yeah, it's big.
• 14:19
  SPEAKER_00: We fit 1,200 people in there.
• 14:21
  SPEAKER_00: Wow.
• 14:22
  SPEAKER_00: 1,000.
• 14:22
  SPEAKER_00: So we'll be in front of 1,200 people.
• 14:25
  SPEAKER_00: Incredible.
• 14:26
  Sean McAllister: So you mentioned that you uh performed here uh in Las Vegas.
• 14:30
  Sean McAllister: You performed for uh Cirque du Soleil.
• 14:32
  Sean McAllister: What is your specialty?
• 14:33
  SPEAKER_00: Flying trapeze.
• 14:34
  SPEAKER_00: So I did flying trapeze my whole life.
• 14:35
  SPEAKER_00: I was born, my father was already a flying trapeze artist, I'm third generation flying trapeze artist.
• 14:40
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, did flying trapeze my whole life.
• 14:41
  SPEAKER_00: My first performance, I was four years old, which is a video I carry so much because I don't remember.
• 14:44
  SPEAKER_00: My memory doesn't go there.
• 14:45
  SPEAKER_00: So I watched the video like that's crazy, you know.
• 14:47
  SPEAKER_00: I was up there doing it.
• 14:48
  SPEAKER_00: Thanks to my family.
• 14:49
  SPEAKER_00: And yeah, we're also gonna have a flying trapeze act in the show, you know, from Chile, from South America, they'll be competing.
• 14:55
  SPEAKER_00: They're actually the only triple wide flying trapeze act in the world right now.
• 14:59
  SPEAKER_00: So they're gonna have three different catchers and three different people flying in the air.
• 15:02
  Dayna Roselli: If you want to go to the circus festival again, November 1st to the 10th, you can go to Las Vegas Circusfestival.com.
• 15:11
  Dayna Roselli: All one thing there.
• 15:12
  Dayna Roselli: Pretty simple, Las Vegas Circusfestival.com and tickets start at$39.
• 15:17
  Sean McAllister: Hey, we want to talk about uh the new production that Dita Vantis is putting on over at the Venetian inside of Voltaire.
• 15:27
  Sean McAllister: We've covered this on our Vegas Revealed TV show, but we haven't talked about it yet here on the audio podcast.
• 15:34
  Dayna Roselli: That's right.
• 15:35
  Dayna Roselli: You and I went to one of her Friday night shows at nine o'clock, and it was great.
• 15:39
  Dayna Roselli: First of all, we just can't like I just gush every time when I walk into that Voltaire space.
• 15:45
  Dayna Roselli: It's gorgeous.
• 15:45
  Sean McAllister: It's beautiful, yeah.
• 15:46
  Dayna Roselli: It really is such a stunning room.
• 15:49
  Dayna Roselli: So I wasn't sure, you know, like am I gonna I you know, I I haven't seen I didn't see Dita's show at the horseshoe, so I didn't know what to expect, but I actually was pleasantly surprised at how much I really did enjoy this.
• 16:02
  Sean McAllister: It was a very entertaining show.
• 16:04
  Sean McAllister: I mean, obviously, Dita von Tees is the queen of burlesque.
• 16:08
  Sean McAllister: So this is obviously a burlesque show, but there are also, I mean, there's a huge, heavy showgirl influence uh on this show as well, and it really celebrates, I feel like.
• 16:24
  Sean McAllister: It it celebrates the Las Vegas showgirl just as much as it celebrates burlesque.
• 16:29
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 16:30
  Dayna Roselli: And the costumes were absolutely stunning, sparkly, beautiful.
• 16:33
  Dayna Roselli: I love that the show was really classy.
• 16:36
  Dayna Roselli: It it didn't, it's not it was sexy but not raunchy at all.
• 16:40
  Dayna Roselli: Like, and it was just pr and it flowed and it moved along, and I mean it's just all music, not one word was spoken.
• 16:47
  Sean McAllister: No, I think you even said you were like, Man, what a gig is this?
• 16:50
  Sean McAllister: She doesn't even have to say anything.
• 16:53
  Dayna Roselli: That's the thing.
• 16:54
  Dayna Roselli: I guess that's the art of burlesque, right?
• 16:56
  Dayna Roselli: It's all about moving the body and doing the teasing sensuality.
• 17:00
  Dayna Roselli: Yes.
• 17:00
  Dayna Roselli: Um, I really loved it, and I thought, wow, this is great.
• 17:03
  Dayna Roselli: And I love, you know, because Voltaire, it's like the booths and and just sitting there and sipping your cocktail and watching this Vegas show.
• 17:11
  Dayna Roselli: It felt very old school, but also very new school because there was definitely a modernized twist to it.
• 17:17
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, without a doubt.
• 17:18
  Sean McAllister: And the performers really uh are all over that room, too.
• 17:23
  Sean McAllister: So you have things going on all around you.
• 17:26
  Sean McAllister: Highly recommend going over to see Dita Las Vegas.
• 17:29
  Sean McAllister: Obviously, that's a playoff of Viva Las Vegas.
• 17:32
  Sean McAllister: Um just a great show, great venue, perfect fit over there.
• 17:38
  Sean McAllister: And Dita is the fixture, the staple show over at Voltaire right now.
• 17:43
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 17:43
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I think um I have to look it up.
• 17:46
  Dayna Roselli: Was it Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday?
• 17:49
  Dayna Roselli: I believe she's there, 9 p.m.
• 17:51
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but also she just extended, so she'll have performances through May of 2025 on the books right now.
• 17:57
  Dayna Roselli: So if you want to get tickets, I I just think it's great.
• 18:00
  Dayna Roselli: Sean, you even mentioned it'd be a great dinner show at some point.
• 18:03
  Sean McAllister: It would.
• 18:04
  Sean McAllister: It would.
• 18:04
  Sean McAllister: But we don't really have a lot of dinner shows anymore like we used to.
• 18:09
  Sean McAllister: And we like to eat.
• 18:11
  Sean McAllister: I do.
• 18:13
  Dayna Roselli: But yeah, no, I mean it's still, but I like the 9 p.m.
• 18:16
  Dayna Roselli: thing, you know, very, you know, uh nighttime feeling too, like nightlife, you know, something to do at night if you don't want to go hit the clubs and do all that.
• 18:23
  Dayna Roselli: So um we're gonna hopefully talk to Dita at some point coming up.
• 18:27
  Sean McAllister: All right, let's switch gears and talk festivals because we have some uh several tidbits of of festival news coming up.
• 18:35
  Sean McAllister: The first one is uh called Complex Con, and this kind of brings together a whole bunch of uh different things that we've never seen brought together before, really, in a festival setting.
• 18:47
  Dayna Roselli: Right, and so many people are talking about this and excited that it's taking place in Las Vegas.
• 18:52
  Dayna Roselli: It's November 16th and 17th.
• 18:54
  Dayna Roselli: It's gonna be at the convention center.
• 18:57
  Dayna Roselli: However, there are some other things happening outside, like the the big like official after party is at Resorts World Zook Nightclub.
• 19:04
  Dayna Roselli: But they're also having this family style food festival, and it's not quite what it sounds like because what it is is when you say family style, it's bringing together style and food.
• 19:16
  Dayna Roselli: Not family style, but it's a great play on words.
• 19:18
  Dayna Roselli: It is.
• 19:19
  Sean McAllister: It is right.
• 19:20
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and that is gonna have um like like it brings together, it's like an intersection, they call it of like food and streetwear with a curated lineup of chefs, restaurants, brands, entertainment.
• 19:31
  Dayna Roselli: So the Family Style Food Festival takes place at Complex Con.
• 19:37
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and Complex Con just seems like it has so many different kinds of avenues to it.
• 19:43
  Dayna Roselli: But like you mentioned, it's it's style, it's streetwear, it's culture, it's entertainment all coming together.
• 19:51
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and there's uh going to be local and out-of-state restaurants that are represented at uh the family style food fest.
• 19:59
  Sean McAllister: And it sounds like they're even going to create some limited edition merchandise that kind of uh ties in with some of the restaurants who are here preparing food.
• 20:09
  Sean McAllister: So you may go and get a bite from one of the one of the food stations, and there could be some really cool merchandise that you're only going to get at ComplexCon that ties back to that restaurant.
• 20:22
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 20:22
  Dayna Roselli: I'm glad they chose Las Vegas to to you know to set up shop here for those two days.
• 20:28
  Dayna Roselli: We're excited to have them, and as I said, I know a lot of people are looking forward to it.
• 20:32
  Dayna Roselli: Well, and then like a week later, we've got the Neon City Festival that's taking place November 22nd through the 24th.
• 20:39
  Dayna Roselli: That's in downtown Las Vegas, and that's free.
• 20:42
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, a lot of uh food and entertainment a part of this as well.
• 20:46
  Sean McAllister: And there have been just uh a couple more bands added to the entertainment lineup of the Neon City Festival.
• 20:53
  Sean McAllister: Uh the plain white teas, you might know.
• 20:56
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, they're great.
• 20:56
  Sean McAllister: Hey there, Delilah.
• 20:58
  Sean McAllister: What's it like in New York City?
• 21:00
  Sean McAllister: Uh the All-American Rejects also just added.
• 21:03
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, good lineup, right?
• 21:05
  Dayna Roselli: Um, in addition to what they've already announced.
• 21:07
  Dayna Roselli: They also put out the culinary lineup.
• 21:09
  Dayna Roselli: Um, you know, you can follow them on social media because they keep posting all the additions.
• 21:14
  Dayna Roselli: We're putting it in our television show too.
• 21:16
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but um great lineup, regardless.
• 21:19
  Dayna Roselli: Here's the deal it's free.
• 21:20
  Dayna Roselli: So, like, I mean, you know, you're getting all these great bands and this great food and all that, and you're able to go down and admission is free.
• 21:28
  Dayna Roselli: So that is gonna be wonderful.
• 21:30
  Dayna Roselli: And again, it's taking place uh at the same time as Formula One is taking place on the strip.
• 21:35
  Dayna Roselli: So that's a busy, busy week weekend.
• 21:38
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, so Neon City is gonna be in downtown Las Vegas while F one is taking over the strip.
• 21:44
  Sean McAllister: So that should be a it'll be interesting to see how all of that meshes during a very busy weekend here in Las Vegas.
• 21:52
  Sean McAllister: And hey, if you are someone who likes to plan ahead, then listen up because if you don't have anything going on.
• 22:00
  Sean McAllister: On October 18th of 2025.
• 22:04
  Sean McAllister: Well, you may have something going on now.
• 22:06
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's so funny because the When We Were Young festival just wrapped up, but they just announced the 2025 lineup.
• 22:14
  Dayna Roselli: And presale sign up actually starts Friday, November 1st.
• 22:18
  Dayna Roselli: So, like you said, Sean, that's planning ahead, right?
• 22:21
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and I know these tickets go quick, so that's why the pre-sale is probably really important when it comes to this.
• 22:27
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, the lineup.
• 22:28
  Dayna Roselli: Um, I'm just glad at quick glance, looks great.
• 22:32
  Dayna Roselli: Panic at the disco.
• 22:33
  Dayna Roselli: Nope.
• 22:33
  Dayna Roselli: Yep.
• 22:34
  Dayna Roselli: Panic at the disco, Avril Levine, yellow card, weezer, blink 182.
• 22:39
  Dayna Roselli: So that's a good lineup just to start.
• 22:41
  Dayna Roselli: And then there's a slew of other bands.
• 22:43
  Sean McAllister: I mean, this is all in my wheelhouse.
• 22:46
  Sean McAllister: This is I'm gonna need to I'm gonna need to block off October 18th, 2025, right now.
• 22:55
  Sean McAllister: So Dana, as a co-owner of uh Insightful Media and co-host of Vegas Revealed, I'm officially requesting October 18th off.
• 23:05
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, good.
• 23:05
  Dayna Roselli: Well, it's a weekend, so we're off anyway.
• 23:07
  Sean McAllister: Okay.
• 23:07
  unknown: Phew.
• 23:09
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it should be good.
• 23:11
  Dayna Roselli: So we sit on my balcony.
• 23:12
  Dayna Roselli: I watch the festival from there.
• 23:13
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, true.
• 23:14
  Dayna Roselli: We could do that.
• 23:15
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 23:15
  Sean McAllister: Just throw a party.
• 23:16
  Dayna Roselli: Exactly.
• 23:17
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but that'll be good.
• 23:18
  Dayna Roselli: I'm glad for everyone seems excited about the lineup, so glad that that worked out, and we are gonna have them back in town again.
• 23:25
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• 24:02
  Dayna Roselli: All right, let's do some tips now.
• 24:07
  Sean McAllister: Dana, before we started recording, you were saying you were driving down the road and you saw this cute little sign on the side of the road, and we're like, hey, wait a second.
• 24:17
  Sean McAllister: That's what we're talking about this week.
• 24:18
  Dayna Roselli: Exactly.
• 24:19
  Dayna Roselli: I was like, oh my gosh, what is that?
• 24:20
  Dayna Roselli: I feel like when I drive down Charleston, I've never seen this sign before.
• 24:23
  Dayna Roselli: It was lit up and it said Norms.
• 24:25
  Dayna Roselli: And I thought, oh, we're talking about that on the podcast.
• 24:28
  Dayna Roselli: Um, Norms set up shop here in Las Vegas, and this is their first ever restaurant.
• 24:34
  Dayna Roselli: When I say restaurant, it's a diner, a famous diner in California.
• 24:39
  Dayna Roselli: And this location is gonna mark their 24th outpost, but first time in Las Vegas.
• 24:46
  Sean McAllister: This is great.
• 24:46
  Sean McAllister: Diners are just the best, aren't they?
• 24:48
  Dayna Roselli: They really are.
• 24:49
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, they're just so much fun and easy, and just you know, you get that good food, more affordable.
• 24:56
  Dayna Roselli: It's good stuff.
• 24:57
  Sean McAllister: And Norms has uh a 75-year legacy out in California.
• 25:02
  Sean McAllister: So it's great to have, you know, this rich history brought here to the Las Vegas Valley as well.
• 25:09
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and it opens on a Saturday, November 9th.
• 25:12
  Dayna Roselli: And I thought we should get it in this podcast because they're having some events surrounding it, and you may want to go out and see some of this.
• 25:19
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, this is gonna be the world's first hot cake eating championship, and it's kicking off at 11 a.m.
• 25:27
  Dayna Roselli: on the 9th to celebrate, I guess, the grand opening.
• 25:30
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and they teamed up with the major league eating.
• 25:34
  Dayna Roselli: I didn't even know there's like a league, and some of the world's most competitive eaters for this first ever hot cake eating championship, and it's taking place there at Norms.
• 25:45
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, so this isn't just like Steve from a few doors down who signed up to do this eating contest.
• 25:50
  Sean McAllister: These are professional eaters, so there's gonna be a lot of hot cakes going down.
• 25:56
  Dayna Roselli: That's gonna be tough because the cakes, you know, get stuck.
• 25:59
  Dayna Roselli: They're gonna have to like can they drink in between?
• 26:01
  Sean McAllister: Uh they I think usually there is water available.
• 26:05
  Sean McAllister: So they'll probably either drink in between or dunk the hot cakes in water or syrup.
• 26:11
  Sean McAllister: And then well, syrup might that'll just put you into a diabetic coma.
• 26:17
  Sean McAllister: If you're chugging down syrup with your hot cakes.
• 26:21
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my gosh.
• 26:22
  Dayna Roselli: Wait, what do they win?
• 26:23
  Dayna Roselli: Let me look here.
• 26:24
  Dayna Roselli: Hold on.
• 26:24
  Dayna Roselli: 10,000 bucks.
• 26:25
  Dayna Roselli: 10,000 along with a total purse of$10,000.
• 26:30
  Dayna Roselli: The coveted norms hotcake championship belt, they're gonna get uh with the first place eater securing$5,000.
• 26:38
  Sean McAllister: So a total of$10,000 in prizes, but the first place gets$5,000 plus that championship belt.
• 26:44
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, so here's the rundown of events.
• 26:46
  Dayna Roselli: The ribbon cutting and the eating contest are free and open to the public.
• 26:51
  Dayna Roselli: Um, guests on site between 10 a.m.
• 26:54
  Dayna Roselli: and noon are going to receive$10 off of uh$40 in coupons and a free kids' meal.
• 27:01
  Sean McAllister: All right.
• 27:02
  Dayna Roselli: So lots of stuff going down on November 9th at Norms.
• 27:05
  Dayna Roselli: It is 4605 West Charleston Boulevard.
• 27:10
  Dayna Roselli: So that's actually right near Decatur.
• 27:12
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 27:13
  Sean McAllister: All right.
• 27:13
  Sean McAllister: Well, welcome to Las Vegas, Norms Diner.
• 27:16
  Sean McAllister: We're excited to have you.
• 27:17
  Sean McAllister: Hey, uh Formula One is coming back to Las Vegas again, the weekend of November 22nd.
• 27:25
  Sean McAllister: Um, and there's a lot of pop-up activations that are happening at resorts up and down the Las Vegas strip.
• 27:32
  Sean McAllister: So if you're to in town, you may want to go uh check some of those out.
• 27:36
  Sean McAllister: I think in the past we talked about an activation that's happening in the a free activation in the lobby of Aria.
• 27:43
  Sean McAllister: Um, but there's another one happening at Resorts World, and they have uh an e-go-kart track that they're setting up.
• 27:52
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's a limited edition indoor go-kart racing experience.
• 27:57
  Dayna Roselli: It's gonna feature some tight corners, some high speed straights, and more to challenge racers of all skill sets.
• 28:06
  Dayna Roselli: And so anybody can take part in this.
• 28:09
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, sounds really fun, and uh I just think this is really cool.
• 28:14
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, that is neat.
• 28:15
  Sean McAllister: And then uh they also have the vroom room going on late night on Friday, November 22nd and Saturday, the 23rd.
• 28:24
  Sean McAllister: This is from midnight to close up at LA Lounge on the 66th floor at Resorts World.
• 28:32
  Sean McAllister: This is a stunning room.
• 28:33
  Sean McAllister: It's so nice up there.
• 28:34
  Dayna Roselli: The view is so cool.
• 28:36
  Dayna Roselli: So they're doing a lot of different stuff.
• 28:38
  Dayna Roselli: Um, you know, DJs, all that kind of thing, but that sounds like a lot of fun.
• 28:42
  Dayna Roselli: So, I mean, there are so many things going on.
• 28:44
  Dayna Roselli: You and I have tried to tackle like even compiling.
• 28:47
  Dayna Roselli: It's just there's just too much going on.
• 28:49
  Sean McAllister: There's a lot.
• 28:50
  Sean McAllister: There is like the deals, the packages, the activations, the pop-ups, the event, yeah, all of it.
• 28:56
  Dayna Roselli: So when we got the resorts world list, uh, these two actually stuck out to us, and we're like, this sounds like a lot of fun.
• 29:02
  Dayna Roselli: So um, by the way, the ego kart thing taking place all of November at the complex in Resorts World.
• 29:08
  Sean McAllister: Wanted to give you a heads up about something coming up next week here on the podcast.
• 29:13
  Sean McAllister: Um, last summer we posted something on Twitter that got a ton of response.
• 29:20
  Sean McAllister: It was a video as we drove by Pops Cheessteaks.
• 29:24
  Sean McAllister: This is on the west side of town.
• 29:26
  Sean McAllister: Um, and people just went bonkers over this post.
• 29:30
  Sean McAllister: And we have been meaning to get over there, and we finally did.
• 29:35
  Sean McAllister: So we have uh our experience over there, our conversation with the folks at Pops coming up next week.
• 29:43
  Sean McAllister: And their cheesesteaks are good.
• 29:45
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, we tried a lot of different things.
• 29:47
  Dayna Roselli: Uh we sampled a lot, it was delicious.
• 29:49
  Dayna Roselli: Um, we interviewed someone over there.
• 29:51
  Dayna Roselli: We've got it's gonna be a great piece.
• 29:52
  Dayna Roselli: So we look forward to sharing that with you next uh week.
• 29:56
  Sean McAllister: Hey, a reminder.
• 29:57
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• 30:05
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• 30:25
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• 30:31
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 30:31
  Dayna Roselli: We always love those little alerts, right?
• 30:33
  Dayna Roselli: We get so excited.
• 30:34
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• 30:37
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, uh quick note.
• 30:39
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• 31:19
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• 31:28
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• 31:32
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 31:32
  Dayna Roselli: And the creator George is always sending us messages going, oh my gosh, wait till you see what we updated this week or what we added this week.
• 31:38
  Dayna Roselli: Like they're always making improvements, and it really is a must-have app in your phone if you're visiting Las Vegas or if you live in Las Vegas.
• 31:46
  Dayna Roselli: I use it all the time.
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• 31:53
  Sean McAllister: And there's so many things on there that that even we have not seen or heard of before.
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• 32:03
  Dayna Roselli: All right.
• 32:04
  Sean McAllister: Thanks for joining us this week on Vegas Revealed.
• 32:06
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, that's podcast two four five.
• 32:08
  Dayna Roselli: We'll see you next week for two four six.