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Bruno Mars Celebration, New High Limit Gaming Room, Las Vegas Summer Deals, 30 Years of The STRAT, Restaurants Closing, Airport Updates, Tom Cruise CinemaCon | Ep. 317 · Vegas Revealed

• 0:00
  Dayna Roselli: It is episode 317 of Vegas Revealed.
• 0:03
  Dayna Roselli: More summer deals and more ways to find out how long those TSA lines are at the airport.
• 0:09
  Sean McAllister: Plus, a new nonstop flight to Paris has just launched.
• 0:14
  Dayna Roselli: Two restaurants on the strip announce upcoming closures.
• 0:17
  Sean McAllister: Bruno Mars gets a big celebration and kicks off his world tour right here in Vegas.
• 0:23
  Dayna Roselli: A downtown casino is getting a new high-limit gaming room.
• 0:26
  Sean McAllister: And the tallest structure in Las Vegas celebrating a pretty big milestone.
• 0:32
  Dayna Roselli: Lots A-list celebrities enjoy Las Vegas during Cinemacon.
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  Sean McAllister: All this and a ton more are coming up right now on Vegas Reveal.
• 0:42
  Dayna Roselli: Welcome to Vegas Revealed, episode 317.
• 0:45
  Dayna Roselli: It's Dana Roselli and Sean McAllister back from a little break.
• 0:49
  Dayna Roselli: We gave you some podcast episodes over the last couple weeks, but we took a week off actually to spend time with our families in different locations.
• 0:56
  Dayna Roselli: We are back.
• 0:57
  Dayna Roselli: We have hit the ground running, and we just wrapped up Sean's birthday celebration at the bootlegger.
• 1:03
  Dayna Roselli: That was fun.
• 1:04
  Sean McAllister: Another year older.
• 1:05
  Sean McAllister: Not sure if it's another year wiser, but you can count on getting older.
• 1:10
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, it was kind of a uh a whole string of events and outings.
• 1:16
  Dayna Roselli: Yes, we did a lot, right?
• 1:17
  Sean McAllister: All week.
• 1:18
  Sean McAllister: So uh stopped into Bavett's last week for a quick dinner.
• 1:22
  Sean McAllister: And I've gotta say, we sat at the bar, I got a shrimp cocktail and a wedge salad.
• 1:28
  Dayna Roselli: Nice.
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  Sean McAllister: And that was a full meal.
• 1:31
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's big.
• 1:32
  Sean McAllister: Those shrimp are are huge, and they they'll even uh chop up the wedge salad for you.
• 1:36
  Sean McAllister: Nice so you don't have to, you know, saw through a big head of lettuce.
• 1:40
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 1:41
  Sean McAllister: Uh yeah, we went to bootleggers, uh, great Italian place, old school vibes down South Las Vegas Boulevard.
• 1:49
  Sean McAllister: Randy Couture, the MMA legend, was in there, saw him.
• 1:54
  Dayna Roselli: That was fun, yeah.
• 1:55
  Dayna Roselli: And we had someone at our table who was visiting and in town for WrestleMania, and he was really excited to see Randy.
• 2:01
  Sean McAllister: He was like, Oh my gosh, is that really Randy Couture?
• 2:05
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, it is.
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  Sean McAllister: That's I we run into him, ironically, quite frequently uh over there.
• 2:10
  Dayna Roselli: I I saw him at Manalay Bay recently as well.
• 2:13
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
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  Sean McAllister: Um, and then uh kind of rounded out the the weekend at uh Botelia at Green Valley Ranch popped in for brunch.
• 2:21
  Sean McAllister: Wow.
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  Sean McAllister: And that's a great brunch spot.
• 2:23
  Sean McAllister: Really pretty restaurant.
• 2:24
  Sean McAllister: And I always forget about going there, and I want to go and eat there more often because it's just so pretty and bright and airy and the food is delicious.
• 2:33
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, Green Valley Ranch, it's uh great.
• 2:35
  Dayna Roselli: Um and you went to see Bernadette Peters at the Smith Center.
• 2:38
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, we also both went to at separate times the big 20th anniversary over at Red Rock.
• 2:43
  Dayna Roselli: They did a great Taste of Station culinary poolside event.
• 2:46
  Dayna Roselli: They had a fabulous drone show, which was a little bit of a surprise for everyone that was that was there.
• 2:51
  Dayna Roselli: And if you've never seen a drone show, they're just so cool because you watch them all start to form something and you're like, ooh, what's it gonna be?
• 2:59
  Dayna Roselli: And they had a lot of different things.
• 3:01
  Dayna Roselli: They had a chef, they had a slot machine, uh 20th anniversary, uh, Red Rock.
• 3:06
  Dayna Roselli: They had it actually created the building structure.
• 3:10
  Dayna Roselli: You know how it kind of swoops up?
• 3:11
  Sean McAllister: That was cool.
• 3:12
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and just did a lot of different things, champagne bottles, so it was a lot of fun.
• 3:16
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and then we'll also be at the journey concert that will be poolside at Red Rock to celebrate the 20th as well.
• 3:23
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and also coming up is the Stratosphere 30th anniversary, kind of keeping with that anniversary theme.
• 3:30
  Dayna Roselli: April 30th, the Strat celebrates 30 years.
• 3:34
  Dayna Roselli: They're doing a free live concert by Better Than Ezra at the their poolside venue, um, swim and social.
• 3:42
  Dayna Roselli: So I can't believe all these big milestones are coming up.
• 3:45
  Sean McAllister: I know it's kind of crazy, but I like that it's really fun what Strat is doing with their poolside concert because they opened back in 1996.
• 3:54
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 3:55
  Sean McAllister: So they wanted to have a 90s vibe with their concert.
• 4:00
  Sean McAllister: So they brought Better Than Ezra out.
• 4:02
  Sean McAllister: Right.
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  Sean McAllister: And that's gonna be, I mean, that is in my playlist of 90s music.
• 4:08
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
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  Sean McAllister: That's like my late high school and college time, and it's gonna be good.
• 4:15
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
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  Sean McAllister: Well, it's good.
• 4:16
  Sean McAllister: That's one of their big songs, as a matter of fact.
• 4:19
  Dayna Roselli: Good.
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  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, so that'll be good, good, good.
• 4:23
  Dayna Roselli: Um, so congratulations to the strat.
• 4:25
  Dayna Roselli: You know, I mean, you can't come to Vegas and not, if you've never been there, you you always see it.
• 4:30
  Dayna Roselli: Let's put it that way, right?
• 4:31
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and speaking of coming here, um, you know, the airport, I feel like lately with the the rise in, you know, airport tickets, the issues we had with the government stuff, the TSA lines were long, all these different things.
• 4:45
  Dayna Roselli: And they're working really hard at our airport here in Las Vegas to keep things running smooth.
• 4:50
  Dayna Roselli: And I noticed uh that they put out on social media that you can now see the TSA wait times live on the web.
• 4:58
  Dayna Roselli: And that's a big deal.
• 4:59
  Dayna Roselli: You used to be able to go to the average and get go to the TSA app, but now you can go to Harry ReedAirport.com and you'll see the approximate wait times for security.
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  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and they've really uh invested a lot in making their website a lot more user-friendly and having a lot of features that are really going to help travelers.
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  Sean McAllister: Some of the interactive uh terminal maps that they have on there are fantastic.
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  Sean McAllister: Uh, you can see where the terminals are, you can see the the food and beverage options in each of the terminals.
• 5:33
  Sean McAllister: Uh so it is.
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  Sean McAllister: It's really great that they've invested in making that user experience a lot better.
• 5:40
  Sean McAllister: Even before you get to the airport, you can acquaint yourself.
• 5:44
  Sean McAllister: Uh, in addition to that, uh a new uh airline route has just been added as well.
• 5:51
  Sean McAllister: Air France is now offering non-stop service from Harry Reid Airport here in Las Vegas to Paris.
• 5:59
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, three weekly flights.
• 6:01
  Dayna Roselli: So a lot.
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  Dayna Roselli: And it's exciting because whenever you hear non-stop, your ears perk up.
• 6:05
  Dayna Roselli: I love a good non-stop flight.
• 6:06
  Sean McAllister: I mean, it really doesn't it make a big difference as time goes by.
• 6:11
  Sean McAllister: Everything, man, those non-stops really are clutch.
• 6:15
  Sean McAllister: And with the way that air traffic, if there's one delay, it can have such a a trickle effect that it I feel like it never got, it never was that bad before.
• 6:29
  Sean McAllister: Like if there was a delay or if there was something, but the I don't know, the way that schedules are now, it can throw off your entire your entire trip.
• 6:39
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, well, and the thing is if it's a non-stop and it's delayed, it's just like, okay, that's not taking off, turn around and go home.
• 6:44
  Sean McAllister: Well, exactly.
• 6:45
  Sean McAllister: And but you don't have to worry about making your connection.
• 6:48
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 6:49
  Sean McAllister: Is the the thing.
• 6:51
  Dayna Roselli: So that's huge and that's exciting for everyone that loves to visit Petty.
• 6:55
  Dayna Roselli: Um, yeah, and the thing is it's also what like you were saying with the website being good, and you're like, well, why would I need to know all that stuff?
• 7:01
  Dayna Roselli: But a lot of people really go to the airport early or expect to have, you know, like, you know, you got to check out of your hotel and you want to go early or whatever.
• 7:10
  Dayna Roselli: You're coming in with people and they're all coming in at different times and that kind of thing.
• 7:14
  Sean McAllister: One thing I did learn, I spent some time uh with my family.
• 7:18
  Sean McAllister: Uh we went to South Carolina and stayed at the beach and it was great.
• 7:22
  Sean McAllister: But on the way back, my family had like an 11 a.m.
• 7:27
  Sean McAllister: flight uh back up to the uh to western New York.
• 7:31
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 7:32
  Sean McAllister: And our flight wasn't until 4:30 in the afternoon.
• 7:35
  Sean McAllister: So we all piled in the car together, got to the airport.
• 7:38
  Sean McAllister: I did not realize that you cannot check your bags in at the ticket counter more than four hours before your scheduled departure.
• 7:50
  Dayna Roselli: You'd think, you know, you're trying to be all efficient, right?
• 7:52
  Sean McAllister: I know, and they don't really have uh a lot of bag checks at airports either.
• 7:58
  Sean McAllister: So we had to kind of camp out at the ticketing area for a few hours.
• 8:05
  Dayna Roselli: And there's no like concessions or anything, is there?
• 8:07
  Sean McAllister: I mean, there was a little coffee shop down there.
• 8:09
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, okay, well.
• 8:10
  Sean McAllister: And there was like a little uh like one of the airport um one of the little airport stores.
• 8:15
  Sean McAllister: Oh, okay.
• 8:15
  Sean McAllister: That had like neck pillows and you know, all the stuff.
• 8:19
  Sean McAllister: So there was there was stuff down there, but it's not an area that's made to like hang out in.
• 8:26
  Sean McAllister: So that is one thing that I did learn.
• 8:29
  Sean McAllister: So if you are planning on getting to the airport super early for whatever reason, four hours before your departure, you can't check your bags in.
• 8:40
  SPEAKER_02: Okay, good to know.
• 8:42
  SPEAKER_02: And then you gotta check them in, and then you gotta go sit around again.
• 8:45
  SPEAKER_02: Then you gotta wait for your oh my gosh.
• 8:47
  SPEAKER_02: Well, we did.
• 8:47
  Sean McAllister: We we did get lounge passes though.
• 8:50
  Sean McAllister: So at least we had you know drinks and food waiting for us on the other side of security.
• 8:54
  Dayna Roselli: Gosh, yeah, it's a lot.
• 8:56
  Dayna Roselli: Travel's a lot, it's not for everyone.
• 8:58
  Dayna Roselli: People love it.
• 8:59
  Dayna Roselli: Some people love it.
• 8:59
  Dayna Roselli: I do not love it.
• 9:01
  Dayna Roselli: I like it.
• 9:02
  Dayna Roselli: I don't love it.
• 9:03
  Sean McAllister: We have friends who are who travel a ton for work, and it seems like they're always living out of a suitcase.
• 9:10
  Sean McAllister: And I'm like, man, how do you do this?
• 9:13
  SPEAKER_02: I don't know.
• 9:14
  Sean McAllister: I like being home.
• 9:16
  SPEAKER_02: Me too.
• 9:17
  Sean McAllister: I like to go places, but I like to be home a lot too.
• 9:21
  Dayna Roselli: And if I do go someplace, I like short jaunts.
• 9:23
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know why.
• 9:24
  Dayna Roselli: Everyone's different, whatever.
• 9:25
  Dayna Roselli: Anyway, we love that you love to visit us here in Las Vegas.
• 9:28
  Dayna Roselli: And we told you about the MGM Resorts All-Inclusive Experience deal.
• 9:32
  Dayna Roselli: And everyone's rolling out deals now.
• 9:35
  Dayna Roselli: So we're not gonna get into the thick of it.
• 9:37
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but we wanted you to know that Caesars does have an inclusive summer package deal now that they rolled out.
• 9:44
  Dayna Roselli: So keep that in mind.
• 9:45
  Dayna Roselli: And that is for the Link Hotel, Flamingo, and Hara's.
• 9:49
  Dayna Roselli: That's$200 per night for one guest.
• 9:51
  Dayna Roselli: It includes resort fees and taxes.
• 9:53
  Dayna Roselli: Each additional guest is an additional hundred bucks, but you're getting uh ride on the high roller observation wheel, you're getting discounts at the cabana and day beds at the pool at the link, you're getting bottomless well drinks, house wine, beer, and non-alcoholic beverages at Select Bars at Hera's Link in Flamingo.
• 10:13
  Dayna Roselli: And you're also getting, I think it's two meals a day for that one.
• 10:18
  Dayna Roselli: And you can use full service restaurants like uh Gordon Ramsey, Bobby Flay, Guy Fieti, and so um a lot of different options there.
• 10:27
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, Caesars on the front page of their uh website, Caesars.com, C-A-E-S-A-R-S.com.
• 10:35
  Sean McAllister: Uh, if you scroll just down from the the top of the page, you'll see an entire carousel of all the deals that they have going on right now.
• 10:44
  Sean McAllister: And they have a specific page that's dedicated to all the deals.
• 10:48
  Sean McAllister: There's a variety of them that they're offering.
• 10:50
  Sean McAllister: So uh go Caesars.com, check out all the deals that they've got there.
• 10:56
  Dayna Roselli: And Circa brought back it's uh we're talking about Circa Downtown, brought back its all-in package for the summer.
• 11:03
  Dayna Roselli: That is available to book starting May 19th to September 10th, and that's available for midweek stays.
• 11:10
  Dayna Roselli: The$400 package provides uh an all-in-one escape, they say, at the adults only hot spot.
• 11:17
  Dayna Roselli: It is 21 and over, the resort.
• 11:19
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but it does uh include the room.
• 11:21
  Dayna Roselli: You also get like a day bed, I think it is, at Stadium Swim.
• 11:26
  Sean McAllister: There's a lot that's uh involved in the all-in package.
• 11:30
  Sean McAllister: You can go up to the long list.
• 11:32
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, the legacy club up on the roof, the mega bar, the overhang bar, the circa bar.
• 11:38
  Sean McAllister: They've got a lot of bars.
• 11:39
  Dayna Roselli: A lot of bars, yes.
• 11:40
  Dayna Roselli: Derek Stevens loves his bars.
• 11:42
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but yeah, you get a hundred dollar dining credit to use at the property at those places, and there's a lot of other little things, so a lot of perks.
• 11:49
  Dayna Roselli: But again, go to circalosvegas.com.
• 11:52
  Dayna Roselli: You'll see the all-in-summer hotel package and check it out.
• 11:55
  Dayna Roselli: The plaza's doing something of its own.
• 11:58
  Dayna Roselli: So a lot of different things coming out.
• 12:00
  Dayna Roselli: Summer might be the time for you, spring summer, to visit Las Vegas.
• 12:04
  Dayna Roselli: It's very affordable.
• 12:06
  Sean McAllister: It is.
• 12:06
  Sean McAllister: There are a ton of deals that are out there right now.
• 12:11
  Sean McAllister: So just keep that in mind.
• 12:13
  Sean McAllister: Look around, look at the uh websites of different properties because each one is offering something different right now.
• 12:21
  Sean McAllister: So check that out.
• 12:22
  Sean McAllister: It'll definitely have an impact on your pocketbook and save you some cash.
• 12:27
  Sean McAllister: Um, you just mentioned the plaza, Dana, and they're rolling out something new.
• 12:32
  Sean McAllister: They're putting in a high limit gaming room over there at Plaza, and this is for uh some slot games, some state-of-the-art slot games for high limit players.
• 12:44
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's coming later this summer, so it's not open just yet.
• 12:48
  Dayna Roselli: But I was reading about it and I was like, you know, a lot of people get excited over high limit gaming rooms, and I was like, wow, look at all the little perks that you get.
• 12:55
  Dayna Roselli: But it's on it's gonna be on the main casino floor.
• 12:58
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and apparently it will have 60 state-of-the-art games, including several electronic table games for an enhanced experience.
• 13:08
  Dayna Roselli: They will also offer players convenient amenities like a concierge desk where casino hosts can assist with booking dinner reservations at Oscar Steakhouse, get hotel upgrades, uh, cabana on the plaza's rooftop pool.
• 13:22
  Dayna Roselli: Um, they're gonna have dedicated cocktail servers and around the clock and all sorts of stuff.
• 13:27
  Dayna Roselli: So if you are one of those people who loves your high-limit gaming room, Plaza's getting one.
• 13:31
  Sean McAllister: And Jonathan Jostle knows what he's doing over there at Plaza.
• 13:34
  Sean McAllister: So I have a feeling that that is gonna have uh it's gonna attract a lot of players over there.
• 13:41
  Sean McAllister: Well, we know that Las Vegas is a constantly evolving city and the landscape of entertainment is always changing.
• 13:50
  Sean McAllister: The landscape of food is changing now too, with a couple long time restaurants going away.
• 13:57
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 13:57
  Sean McAllister: Starting with La Cirque over at Bellagio, this is a restaurant that opened with that property.
• 14:04
  Sean McAllister: So it's been there for a such a long time now.
• 14:08
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, October 1998.
• 14:10
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and it's become it had become a mainstay and really helped put Las Vegas on the map culinarily.
• 14:19
  Dayna Roselli: Mm-hmm.
• 14:20
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 14:20
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and it and a lot of people on uh Twitter were actually responding to our message there saying, no, like I had my special birthday dinner there or my anniversary.
• 14:29
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, it is a treat to go there, it's a stunning restaurant.
• 14:32
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but they're gonna close permanently after dinner service on Sunday, August 23rd.
• 14:37
  Dayna Roselli: So you have some time.
• 14:38
  Dayna Roselli: You might want to get on now and book.
• 14:41
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but apparently it's gonna transition into a new culinary concept um that will open about mid-2027.
• 14:48
  Dayna Roselli: So I'm sure they have something amazing coming, but it is sad to see to see that close.
• 14:53
  Dayna Roselli: It's been a big part of the Bellagio, which is iconic all around the world.
• 14:57
  Sean McAllister: And it sounds like they're they're going to have uh more things planned to celebrate the legacy of Le Cirque here in uh Las Vegas as well.
• 15:07
  Sean McAllister: Another bit of news that we got is that the MGM Grand Buffet is going to permanently close as of May 31st.
• 15:16
  Sean McAllister: So still, I don't know, a few more weeks to take advantage of that.
• 15:21
  Sean McAllister: But uh, we were just kind of talking about how uh that was one of the remaining buffets here in Las Vegas, but its time is now limited.
• 15:32
  Dayna Roselli: I know the buffet, and we always say the buffet is going away, but no, there are plenty of buffets still, but this was one of them, and so it's kind of a bummer.
• 15:38
  Dayna Roselli: They don't have any immediate plans for the space at this time, but um they do say that they do have you know a lot of breakfast and lunch options at MGM Grand, so keep that in mind.
• 15:48
  Dayna Roselli: If you want to get in, you gotta go before May 31st.
• 15:52
  Dayna Roselli: So, and they have a lot of events coming up.
• 15:54
  Dayna Roselli: Um, what the country music awards, country music awards, and the American Music Awards at MGM Grand in the month of May.
• 16:01
  Dayna Roselli: So, you know, all our A listers and all our top singers, if you're coming into town, you might want to hit the buffet for one last time.
• 16:10
  Sean McAllister: After you hit the red carpet in that dress.
• 16:13
  Sean McAllister: You've been that's been fitted within a millimeter of your life.
• 16:18
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, speaking of singers, we just got our Cindy Lopper tickets uh texted to us for opening night because we're covering that.
• 16:24
  Dayna Roselli: Cindy's kicking off at the Coliseum.
• 16:26
  Dayna Roselli: We're excited to see her show.
• 16:27
  Dayna Roselli: We'll let you know how it is.
• 16:29
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, I've seen that she's been posting videos of her rehearsals and she was just in town uh performing at a uh benefit for uh a nonprofit organization.
• 16:39
  Sean McAllister: So uh it'll be good to see her.
• 16:41
  Sean McAllister: I've never seen her do her thing on stage.
• 16:44
  Sean McAllister: I talked to her, I did an interview with her uh having to do with kinky boots when that came through Las Vegas, but never seen her like do her own music.
• 16:53
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I'm excited.
• 16:54
  Dayna Roselli: It's gonna be great.
• 16:56
  Dayna Roselli: And speaking of, you know, iconic women singers, we just interviewed Tiffany.
• 16:59
  Dayna Roselli: We'll have that in an upcoming podcast, but she's gonna be in town, she's debuting and launching a new cookbook that mixes music and 80s food.
• 17:07
  Dayna Roselli: Okay.
• 17:08
  Sean McAllister: A very nostalgic project.
• 17:10
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, it is.
• 17:10
  Sean McAllister: And pretty cool.
• 17:12
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and she's having an event here in Vegas, so we'll tell you more about that.
• 17:15
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but hey, let's go back to downtown.
• 17:17
  Dayna Roselli: I saw this, Sean, and I thought, ooh, this sounds fun.
• 17:19
  Dayna Roselli: We've been to Cheap Shot.
• 17:20
  Dayna Roselli: We went to a couple people's birthday parties at Cheap Shot.
• 17:23
  Dayna Roselli: Yes.
• 17:23
  Dayna Roselli: Uh it's a downtown bar.
• 17:25
  Dayna Roselli: It's great.
• 17:25
  Dayna Roselli: Um, it's kind of like a, I feel like it's it's like a little burlesque kind of club.
• 17:30
  Dayna Roselli: They got a little corner where they play live music, jazzy, kind of fun.
• 17:33
  Dayna Roselli: But they are doing, um, they've debuted a piano bar care.
• 17:38
  Dayna Roselli: It's called piano bar karaoke, and it's held from 5 to 11, Thursday through Monday.
• 17:44
  Dayna Roselli: It's a new late night experience that blends Las Vegas' signature spectacle with live music, crowd-driven karaoke, and curated cocktails.
• 17:52
  Dayna Roselli: And I thought, wow, this sounds different and sounds really fun.
• 17:55
  Sean McAllister: It does.
• 17:56
  Sean McAllister: And you know, it I think the uh piano karaoke is what it what kind of gives me a throwback kind of vibe because in the early 2000s, it seemed like there were dueling piano bars everywhere around Las Vegas, and those were just so much fun because it's the music, it's like all the bangers that everybody sings along to.
• 18:21
  Sean McAllister: You know, they do journey, everyone's uh, you know, it's I think this is gonna be a hit.
• 18:27
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's great, and I'm glad it's like downtown, you know?
• 18:30
  Dayna Roselli: Yes, because there's a lot of things you can find on the strip, but um cheap shots over there on Fremont East.
• 18:36
  Sean McAllister: So and when you're in there, look at the pictures on the wall because it's very they have very unique art.
• 18:42
  Sean McAllister: They do.
• 18:43
  Dayna Roselli: It's a cool, it's a cool spot.
• 18:44
  Sean McAllister: It is a good little spot.
• 18:46
  Dayna Roselli: Um back to the strip, just FYI.
• 18:48
  Dayna Roselli: If you're coming in for Mother's Day, um Sunday, May 11th is Mother's Day, and if you want to make some reservations, La Fontaine at the Fountain Blue is doing their um uh Mother's Day brunch menu that blends a bunch of different things.
• 19:03
  Dayna Roselli: And I have I did their Easter one where it was like a prefix and you had to pay one price, and it was just absolutely delicious, but also very stunning.
• 19:12
  Dayna Roselli: So, what I so I guess I'm suggesting if you if you want to do an elevated Mother's Day experience, this they do a great job, and it's great because they're there, they're celebrating the moms, you're coming in, you're gonna get treated special.
• 19:24
  Dayna Roselli: Um, it's priced at$135 per guest,$69 for children under 12, but you do get a lot of food with it, and they usually do a lot of special things.
• 19:36
  Dayna Roselli: So La Fontaine at uh Fountain Blue, and it's beautiful in there.
• 19:41
  Dayna Roselli: It's like pinks and maroons and creams, it's a stunning restaurant.
• 19:44
  Dayna Roselli: Very, very mother, like Mother's Day.
• 19:47
  Sean McAllister: It is, it's something that mom would definitely enjoy.
• 19:50
  Sean McAllister: Um, and they're everything that I've had at La Fontaine has been delicious, and they have great coffee too.
• 19:56
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, just their regular coffee is so good.
• 19:59
  Dayna Roselli: Because it comes out in like the pot and you pour your own.
• 20:01
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my gosh, it's so good.
• 20:02
  Dayna Roselli: Well, they pour that for you, and then you get you know the leftover.
• 20:05
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 20:06
  Dayna Roselli: Um, so that's happening Mother's Day.
• 20:08
  Dayna Roselli: And if we hear of other things that um, you know, catch our attention, we'll share other Mother's Day experience stuff coming up in the next few shows.
• 20:16
  Dayna Roselli: There's a lot going on.
• 20:18
  Dayna Roselli: Mary J.
• 20:18
  Dayna Roselli: Blige Blige is about to uh launch her show May 1st.
• 20:22
  Dayna Roselli: So lots of shows are kicking off here in Las Vegas.
• 20:25
  Dayna Roselli: We're gonna go finally check out Empire Strikes Back at the Rio.
• 20:29
  Dayna Roselli: Strips back.
• 20:30
  Dayna Roselli: Strips back, sorry.
• 20:31
  Dayna Roselli: That's right.
• 20:32
  Dayna Roselli: Strips back.
• 20:33
  Dayna Roselli: Apparently, they're adding shows.
• 20:35
  Dayna Roselli: It's so popular that everyone's loving it.
• 20:37
  Dayna Roselli: So we're gonna go see that.
• 20:39
  Sean McAllister: And this is a Star Wars-themed burlesque parody show.
• 20:44
  Dayna Roselli: Sounds interesting.
• 20:45
  Dayna Roselli: I'm excited to see it finally.
• 20:47
  Sean McAllister: And apparently, a lot of people have gone to see it.
• 20:49
  Sean McAllister: So we're gonna go check that out.
• 20:51
  Sean McAllister: That'll be fun.
• 20:52
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, but first we have some celebrity news with a Vegas twist.
• 20:57
  Dayna Roselli: John, there's so much Tom Cruise news, I don't even know where to start.
• 21:01
  Sean McAllister: Oh my god.
• 21:02
  Sean McAllister: Well, listen, I know that it has been an exciting uh week or so because Cinemacon has been happening here in Las Vegas.
• 21:11
  Sean McAllister: This is an annual uh convention and gathering of movie theater owners and also vendors that serve movie theater.
• 21:22
  Sean McAllister: So there's one section of this gathering that is geared toward everything you would find at a movie theater, concessions, new seats, new projection system, high-tech stuff, all that high-tech stuff.
• 21:36
  Sean McAllister: But then another part of it are movie studios that are coming here with their big stars to present their coming attractions to movie theater owners so that they get excited about promoting these movies.
• 21:53
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 21:53
  Dayna Roselli: And Tom Cruise was here in Las Vegas.
• 21:56
  Dayna Roselli: He comes a lot for Cinemacon when he's got something coming out.
• 21:58
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but he's gonna he's in a new movie called Dick.
• 22:00
  Dayna Roselli: And so while he was here, he also, I don't know if it was like specifically him, but um, you know, confirmed that Top Gun Three is in in the works, and so it's super exciting, and that he is gonna be a part of it because people thought maybe Top Gun Three, like maybe he's gonna just pass the torch on now.
• 22:22
  Dayna Roselli: You know, it's gonna go to Miles Teller, Goose's son, and he's gonna take it and they're gonna build this whole story around that and have the mentions of everything.
• 22:29
  Dayna Roselli: But no, apparently Tom Cruise is gonna be in this, so that's exciting.
• 22:32
  Dayna Roselli: Um, I saw John Hamm talking about it too.
• 22:35
  Dayna Roselli: So Top Gun Three is in the works.
• 22:38
  Dayna Roselli: Also, um FYI Top Gun is celebrating its 40th anniversary.
• 22:45
  Dayna Roselli: So on the week of May 13th, for one week only, they just announced that um they're gonna put Top Gun the Original and the second one in theaters back to back for one week only.
• 22:58
  Dayna Roselli: So we uh gotta go to that.
• 23:01
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but you know, and then I also saw a photo of Tom uh with a fan or someone um at Peter Luger's steakhouse.
• 23:07
  Dayna Roselli: So he was at Caesars Eaton and you know, doing his thing.
• 23:10
  Sean McAllister: And there were a ton of other stars here too.
• 23:13
  Sean McAllister: Uh Dwayne the Rock Johnson was here, Zendaya, Timothy Chalamet, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Michael B.
• 23:19
  Sean McAllister: Jordan, Queen Latifah, Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Nicole Kidman, Sandra Bullock, Jack Black.
• 23:26
  Sean McAllister: Uh, and that's just some of them.
• 23:28
  Dayna Roselli: And Sandra Bullock made her Instagram debut right around Cinemacon.
• 23:32
  Dayna Roselli: She never had an account.
• 23:33
  Sean McAllister: Oh, really?
• 23:34
  Dayna Roselli: Somebody made her get it.
• 23:35
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, you gotta go follow her.
• 23:36
  Dayna Roselli: It's a big deal.
• 23:37
  Sean McAllister: I like Sandra.
• 23:38
  Sean McAllister: I know a lot.
• 23:38
  Dayna Roselli: She never had Instagram.
• 23:40
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, I forget who it was that made her sign up.
• 23:42
  Dayna Roselli: It wasn't Nicole Kidman.
• 23:44
  Dayna Roselli: Um, oh, I think it was Jennifer Aniston got her signed up like kind of like a couple weeks before she came into town to they're pushing practical magic.
• 23:54
  Sean McAllister: Oh, gosh.
• 23:54
  Dayna Roselli: So I think they're like, you gotta be on the socials.
• 23:57
  Dayna Roselli: Finally.
• 23:57
  Dayna Roselli: So anyway, Sandra Bullock Snow, yeah, on Instagram.
• 24:00
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, well, good for Sandy.
• 24:02
  Dayna Roselli: Huge A-listers in town for Cinemacon.
• 24:04
  Sean McAllister: Oh, it's it's always a massive event.
• 24:06
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, so we had lots of stars, lots of star sightings, but that wasn't the end of it.
• 24:11
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 24:11
  Dayna Roselli: While we were gone, Bruno Mars got a street named after him here in Las Vegas.
• 24:15
  Dayna Roselli: Bruno Mars Drive is now right in front of Park MGM.
• 24:19
  Dayna Roselli: There was a huge parade.
• 24:20
  Dayna Roselli: It was Bruno Mars Day.
• 24:23
  Dayna Roselli: There was a proclamation, he got a key to the strip, he gave away like a million dollars to a children's charity.
• 24:30
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, it was just a whole big day.
• 24:32
  Dayna Roselli: Then he kicked off his world tour here in Las Vegas at Allegiance Stadium.
• 24:36
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and uh, if you missed the two shows that he did here to kick off that tour, he's going uh across the country and around the world now.
• 24:46
  Sean McAllister: So look and see if he's coming anywhere near you.
• 24:49
  Sean McAllister: Uh, if you live in Southern California, I know he's going to be back there for a string of shows.
• 24:54
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, September 30th, he starts that.
• 24:56
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and late in the fall.
• 24:57
  Sean McAllister: And um So that's your chance, right?
• 25:00
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, so that's your chance.
• 25:01
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, because I think he went from here to Arizona, so he's kind of like going across.
• 25:04
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but let's listen to Bruno.
• 25:06
  Dayna Roselli: He was excited and he did talk about, you know, how he started here in Las Vegas years and years ago.
• 25:13
  Dayna Roselli: And the and he talked about how he had a lot of people to think.
• 25:16
  Dayna Roselli: Anyway, let's listen to him uh on stage.
• 25:18
  SPEAKER_00: Las Vegas, um I'm at a loss for words.
• 25:21
  SPEAKER_00: This is so beautiful.
• 25:22
  SPEAKER_00: Thank you guys so much for turning out in this sun.
• 26:00
  SPEAKER_00: Being able to perform for Tumor Cino every night, you never know what you're gonna get, and you get to meet and sing for people all over the world and and and and experience different cultures.
• 26:10
  SPEAKER_00: It's such a privilege, and I want to thank you guys from the bottom of my heart for giving me this today.
• 26:16
  Dayna Roselli: I didn't know Bruno was from Honolulu.
• 26:18
  Dayna Roselli: We learned that.
• 26:19
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 26:20
  Sean McAllister: There are actually videos out there of Bruno performing as a kid on stage in Hawaii as a little Elvis.
• 26:30
  Dayna Roselli: Well, he just shared one.
• 26:31
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, he put it in his story the other day, so he's definitely proud of it.
• 26:34
  Dayna Roselli: You don't either.
• 26:35
  Dayna Roselli: Yes, he is.
• 26:36
  Dayna Roselli: And it was so cute.
• 26:38
  Sean McAllister: It's adorable.
• 26:38
  Dayna Roselli: It's adorable.
• 26:40
  Sean McAllister: So I've had the entertainer in him since he was a little kid.
• 26:44
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, he really, really.
• 26:46
  Dayna Roselli: And there, you know, are so many streets here in Vegas.
• 26:48
  Dayna Roselli: Um, we have an Elvis Presley, a Frank Sinatra, a Dean Martin, a Sammy Davis Jr.
• 26:52
  Dayna Roselli: But I mean, I feel like Bruno is one of very few current singer or performers.
• 26:59
  Dayna Roselli: We have iconic people.
• 27:01
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 27:01
  Dayna Roselli: We have the Siegfried and Roy, we got the Frank Marino, we got the Robin Leach.
• 27:05
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, we have little, you know, streets around town and the Jay Sarnos and things like that.
• 27:10
  Sean McAllister: But for a contemporary artist, I think he's pr kind of maybe the theory.
• 27:17
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, the last big street naming that we saw was uh the Cirque Show Mystery.
• 27:22
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 27:23
  Sean McAllister: Had a uh the street in front of Treasure Island named after the show.
• 27:27
  Sean McAllister: But yeah, this is a big deal for Bruno.
• 27:28
  Sean McAllister: And by the way, his residency show over at Park MGM has brought in more than 880,000 fans in the decade that decade plus that he's now been performing here.
• 27:41
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I mean he's definitely brought people in, and then he did Silksonic.
• 27:45
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and then he's done shows at MJM Grand and T-Mobile and Allegiant Stadium and all that kind of thing.
• 27:51
  Dayna Roselli: So I mean, I don't know if he's ever performed at T-Mobile, probably not, because he'd probably need in an Allegiant size.
• 27:57
  Dayna Roselli: Unless he has like before Allegiant was built.
• 27:59
  Dayna Roselli: Anyway, regardless, he's he's been here for a long time and he said, I love Las Vegas.
• 28:03
  Dayna Roselli: You heard him.
• 28:04
  Dayna Roselli: So I think that's cool.
• 28:05
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and people love Bruno, and it's hard to get up close and personal with Bruno.
• 28:09
  Dayna Roselli: So all those fans that came in for the romantic tour, I love it because they had this extra bonus of pop, there were pop-ups all around town.
• 28:18
  Dayna Roselli: They got to see the parade, stand out there while Bruno spoke and took, you know, they unveiled the sign.
• 28:24
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, what a moment for them.
• 28:25
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and to have that, you know, pop-up concert out there too.
• 28:29
  Sean McAllister: What a what a cool experience and one of those experiences that you pretty much are only going to have in Las Vegas, you know, and then follow that up with Cinemacon and have all these stars walking around and have WrestleMania mixed in there at the same time and have WWE stars everywhere.
• 28:48
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 28:49
  Sean McAllister: I mean, it's a it's uh pretty cool.
• 28:51
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 28:52
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, Vegas is great.
• 28:53
  Dayna Roselli: Sometimes when I land here back from when I leave, I'm like, oh, I really do love it here.
• 28:57
  Sean McAllister: So do I.
• 28:59
  Sean McAllister: I love getting off the plane and seeing the slot machines.
• 29:03
  Sean McAllister: It just makes me feel like home.
• 29:05
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, there's like a smell, a certain smell, and then like the warmth.
• 29:08
  Dayna Roselli: It's usually mild.
• 29:09
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, we have our windy days and an occasional cloudy day, but usually when you step outside, you're like, oh, it's calm.
• 29:16
  unknown: I know.
• 29:16
  Dayna Roselli: There's a calm.
• 29:17
  Dayna Roselli: It's like a fun, exciting calm.
• 29:19
  Sean McAllister: It is.
• 29:20
  Sean McAllister: The calm before all the before we go out and go to all these shows and restaurants and events.
• 29:28
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 29:28
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my gosh.
• 29:29
  Dayna Roselli: We do have a lot.
• 29:30
  Dayna Roselli: We have a lot coming up.
• 29:31
  Dayna Roselli: It never ends here in Vegas.
• 29:33
  Dayna Roselli: So this is your your cue to come visit us here in Las Vegas.
• 29:37
  Dayna Roselli: Tons of deals, tons of specials, tons of events, things going on, the sphere, all of it.
• 29:43
  Dayna Roselli: So uh coming to town, I noticed more and more people are that I know are coming in to see the Wizard of Oz.
• 29:48
  Dayna Roselli: So I know people are still still riding that and wanting to see it and hear what all the buzz is about.
• 29:53
  Dayna Roselli: And everyone always tells me they enjoyed it after.
• 29:56
  Sean McAllister: Yep.
• 29:56
  Sean McAllister: I I I just got a message from uh a guy I went to high school with.
• 30:01
  Sean McAllister: He was like, Hey, my sons are now both 21 years old.
• 30:05
  Sean McAllister: I'm bringing them to Vegas.
• 30:07
  Sean McAllister: We're definitely going to sphere.
• 30:10
  Sean McAllister: Like, what are some other spots to hit?
• 30:12
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 30:12
  Sean McAllister: So, you know, it's still a good spot.
• 30:15
  Sean McAllister: And now is, and this is what I told him.
• 30:18
  Sean McAllister: I said, now is a great time to bring your sons because you're gonna find some some good deals.
• 30:24
  SPEAKER_02: Some good deals.
• 30:24
  Dayna Roselli: My friend sent me a video, and I did I was in the middle of something, and he was in town and he was taking his wife to Wizard of Oz.
• 30:30
  Dayna Roselli: And I think they were in one of those driverless cars.
• 30:34
  Sean McAllister: Yes.
• 30:34
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, he was like in there and he was like showing me the voice, and I was like, Oh, we haven't tried that yet.
• 30:38
  Dayna Roselli: We got we gotta maybe try it.
• 30:40
  Sean McAllister: They scare me a little bit.
• 30:42
  Dayna Roselli: I know, but you know what?
• 30:43
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know, it's probably a better driver than I am, so let's go for it.
• 30:49
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, uh, remember to check out vegasnearme.com online and also download the app.
• 30:55
  Dayna Roselli: It's a great source for times, uh locations of things, hotels.
• 31:01
  Dayna Roselli: You can book your Uber.
• 31:02
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, it's got so much information that you definitely want to download that if you live here or if you're coming to Las Vegas to visit anytime soon.
• 31:09
  Dayna Roselli: We've got a link in our bio, by the way.
• 31:10
  Sean McAllister: You'll find some other deals at uh vegasnearme.com also.
• 31:15
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 31:15
  Sean McAllister: Uh thanks for joining us this week.
• 31:17
  Sean McAllister: We will be back with an all new episode next week.
• 31:22
  Dayna Roselli: Talk to you back.