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Adele's Las Vegas Show is Coming Up, Latest on COVID Surge, Ghostbar at The Palms is Back | Ep. 101 · Vegas Revealed

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Dayna Roselli: Hello everyone and thanks for listening to Vegas Revealed.
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1:28
Dayna Roselli: It's Vegas Revealed, Episode 101.
1:31
Dayna Roselli: An iconic Vegas hotspot is set to come back and haunt us in the best way possible.
1:36
Dayna Roselli: Find out which nightlife mainstay will continue to make memories in a whole new way.
1:41
Sean McAllister: And we've become a major league sports town.
1:44
Sean McAllister: But will the Oakland A's be the next big team to set up shop here?
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Sean McAllister: We have new information, and trust us, it is far from a done deal.
2:02
Sean McAllister: And we're just days away from Adele's big debut at Caesars Coliseum.
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Dayna Roselli: It's all now on Vegas Revealed.
2:10
Dayna Roselli: Let's spin that wheel.
2:37
Sean McAllister: Almost like Vegas 101.
2:38
Dayna Roselli: Vegas 101, or, you know, what are the other things that people say with the 101?
2:43
Sean McAllister: Math 101, English 101.
2:46
Dayna Roselli: All that.
2:48
Dayna Roselli: Anyway, we're teaching you all about Vegas today because we got a lot of topics to run through.
2:53
Dayna Roselli: And one of them is football related.
2:55
Dayna Roselli: It's hard because we wanted to kind of talk a little bit about the Raiders today, but when this drops, we'll be in the middle of a Raiders game.
3:02
Dayna Roselli: And so there's no sense in talking about a game that we don't know if it's won or lost.
3:06
Dayna Roselli: But we think it's going to be a big win.
3:08
Sean McAllister: Regardless, the Raiders made it into the playoffs, and they're headed to uh Ohio for the next game.
3:16
Sean McAllister: So yeah, we're who knows what the outcome of that is going to be because we're not fortune tellers.
3:22
Sean McAllister: But uh this is the first time that the Raiders have made it into the playoffs as a Las Vegas team.
3:30
Sean McAllister: I know it's exciting stuff.
3:32
Dayna Roselli: I mean, we were just thrilled about the win.
3:34
Dayna Roselli: You know, I gotta buy some more Raiders gear.
3:36
Dayna Roselli: I'm getting really into it now.
3:37
Dayna Roselli: I really am.
3:38
Dayna Roselli: And then the Pro Bowl's coming here on February 6th, so it's just around the corner.
3:43
Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
3:43
Dayna Roselli: I got all excited because I was like, oh, Tom Brady's gonna be playing in the Pro Bowl.
3:46
Dayna Roselli: I gotta go watch, you know, the Pro Bowl and the first thing you said when it was announced.
3:50
Dayna Roselli: I know, and then everyone shut me right down on Twitter.
3:53
Dayna Roselli: And they were like, Tom Brady never plays in the Pro Bowl because he's usually in the Super Bowl.
3:58
Dayna Roselli: And if you're in the Super Bowl, you don't play in the Pro Bowl because there's a risk of you getting hurt.
4:03
SPEAKER_01: Right.
4:04
Dayna Roselli: So, you know, so I was like, all right, forget it.
4:08
Dayna Roselli: But there's a lot of great players and a lot of fun stuff surrounding the Pro Bowl.
4:12
Dayna Roselli: It's not only going to just be the actual event.
4:15
Dayna Roselli: I'm sure there'll be tons of events surrounding that whole weekend.
4:18
Sean McAllister: Yeah, there will.
4:19
Sean McAllister: And tickets have been on sale for the Pro Bowl.
4:22
Sean McAllister: Um, and there's as you mentioned, Dana, a lot of festivities going on uh Pro Bowl week.
4:29
Sean McAllister: There's Pro Bowl Practice, which people are able to go to.
4:32
Sean McAllister: These are all free events, by the way.
4:35
Sean McAllister: Uh there's play football opening night, which is a big kind of pep rally kind of thing.
4:42
Sean McAllister: Uh there's the NFL Flag Championships, there's the East West Shrine Bowl, which is going to be televised on the NFL Network.
4:51
Sean McAllister: There's the Pro Bowl Skills Showdown and Community Day, which are all events that are going to be surrounding the Pro Bowl, leading up to the Pro Bowl, really.
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Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it'll be a big moneymaker for Las Vegas and exposure to our city.
5:04
Dayna Roselli: So, you know, at a time where, listen, everyone's fighting for exposure, right?
5:08
Dayna Roselli: And and branding and letting people know we're here and bringing tourism in.
5:12
Dayna Roselli: So we're excited to have and welcome the Pro Bowl to Allegiant Stadium.
5:16
Dayna Roselli: I mean, everything pretty much with Allegiant is a first time, right?
5:19
Dayna Roselli: Because it's so new.
5:20
Dayna Roselli: So first time, and maybe we'll get it back again.
5:23
Dayna Roselli: Excited for that.
5:24
Dayna Roselli: February 6th, if you're interested.
5:25
Dayna Roselli: But speaking of the Raiders, recently you and I went to watch a Raiders game on a Sunday at Virgin Hotels, which we don't spend a lot of time at.
5:36
Dayna Roselli: We haven't been there a lot.
5:37
Dayna Roselli: So we're like, oh, let's go there, you know, and and watch a game in one of the sports establishments there.
5:41
Sean McAllister: It appears that not a lot of people have been spending time there.
5:45
Dayna Roselli: I mean, we were shocked at the lack of cars in the parking garage and the lack of people on the casino floor.
5:54
Dayna Roselli: Um, like literally nobody.
5:57
Dayna Roselli: I'm talking zero.
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Sean McAllister: It looked like it was pre-opening.
6:01
Sean McAllister: And when I say pre-opening, I mean like the casino has never opened.
6:05
Sean McAllister: I mean the gaming floor was sad.
6:08
Sean McAllister: Empty as it could be.
6:09
Sean McAllister: It was sad.
6:11
Dayna Roselli: And like, you know, I get it, it just didn't, you know, it maybe it doesn't resonate with some people, or it didn't have a huge, huge launch.
6:17
Dayna Roselli: It opened in the middle of the pandemic, but there are other properties that have been able to bring people in, like Circa and um, you know, Resorts World is always busy, whether people love it or don't love it.
6:27
Dayna Roselli: I know I've heard, you know, different people love to spend all their time there.
6:31
Dayna Roselli: Others are waiting for some more things to open.
6:33
Dayna Roselli: But Virgin um is the old hard rock, if you're not familiar, we've talked about it many, many times, and it was dead.
6:41
Dayna Roselli: We went to one of the sports bar restaurants there, and there were people there, there was a line, but it was like you'd think, you know, it would be so organized because they aren't busy around the clock.
6:53
SPEAKER_01: Right.
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Dayna Roselli: But it was a hot mess in there.
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Dayna Roselli: The waitress never came, she finally did.
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Dayna Roselli: We got nachos, no plates, no silverware.
7:01
Dayna Roselli: We asked for plates, we got bowls, there were no napkins.
7:05
Dayna Roselli: It was a hot mess.
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Dayna Roselli: We decided to check out and move to our choice of other establishments in Virgin because a lot of them were open and empty.
7:13
Sean McAllister: And had availability.
7:15
Dayna Roselli: Had availability.
7:16
Dayna Roselli: Um, yeah, and um anyway, the hostesses weren't even smiling.
7:20
Dayna Roselli: It was a it was like, okay, I I don't know what's going on over here.
7:24
Dayna Roselli: I felt like they needed something different there.
7:27
Dayna Roselli: We walked by the sports book, which was also empty, and we also learned recently that apparently Virgin doesn't even have its sports betting license yet, and that could have a lot to do with it.
7:38
Sean McAllister: Well, uh, if you're gonna be in Las Vegas and a casino in Las Vegas, you kind of need that sports betting license.
7:48
Sean McAllister: That's a big piece of the casino puzzle.
7:52
Sean McAllister: And, you know, when people are going to casinos to watch these major sporting events, now that Vegas is a sports town, you need to have that in place.
8:03
Sean McAllister: And they they don't yet uh for whatever reason.
8:07
Sean McAllister: And you know, I think it definitely plays uh a role in the the state of affairs uh over there now.
8:17
Sean McAllister: But we say this in uh hopes that things will turn around because Dana and I are cheerleaders of Las Vegas.
8:28
Sean McAllister: We love this city, we love you know uh the great things that go on here, and we never want to see anything like that.
8:36
Sean McAllister: And Dana, like you said, it was sad to see the reality of what's going on over there.
8:43
Dayna Roselli: It really was.
8:44
Dayna Roselli: And we were walking through going, I mean, this is really nice.
8:46
Dayna Roselli: Look at this, look at that, and we were like, it's so nice.
8:48
Dayna Roselli: It is.
8:49
Dayna Roselli: I almost feel like it's like a big waste, like it upsets me.
8:52
Sean McAllister: Like they're all and the restaurants that are inside of Virgin are really good restaurants, they have an amazing steakhouse.
9:01
Sean McAllister: Todd English has a place over there.
9:04
Sean McAllister: Uh we went to the uh we ended up going to the Mexican place that's in there, and that was a great, that was great.
9:11
Sean McAllister: Yeah, and they were so uh excited we were there.
9:15
Sean McAllister: They were excited, and it was great hospitality, great food.
9:22
Dayna Roselli: Oh my gosh, I know.
9:24
Dayna Roselli: Yeah, we we hope for the best.
9:26
Dayna Roselli: Um, we did take a little video and stuff because it was pretty crazy.
9:30
Dayna Roselli: Um check our socials, we'll try and put some of that up.
9:32
Dayna Roselli: But just to say, hey, everyone, look at, you know, if you're looking for a place that's not packed, especially during COVID, everyone's asking me, you know, is it busy?
9:42
Dayna Roselli: Should I come there?
9:42
Dayna Roselli: You know, is it safe?
9:43
Sean McAllister: It's like that, go to Virgin.
9:45
Sean McAllister: Yeah.
9:46
Dayna Roselli: It looked very clean.
9:48
Dayna Roselli: All right, well, let's talk off the strip, just as we were.
9:51
Dayna Roselli: We were talking about Virgin, and that was off the strip, right?
9:53
Dayna Roselli: Um, at the Hard Rock.
9:54
Dayna Roselli: That's down Harmon, and it's just to the east of the Las Vegas Strip, but just to the west of the Las Vegas Strip is the Palms, and we have talked about the Palms many times and how it's reopening soon this spring.
10:06
Dayna Roselli: They're hiring, which is great if you're looking for a hotel casino job.
10:11
Dayna Roselli: But something that kind of got us excited is the bar at the top of the Palms, famously called the Ghost Bar, changed names like a while back to Apex.
10:23
Sean McAllister: Right.
10:24
Dayna Roselli: And then it was sad because we're like, it's the Ghost Bar.
10:27
Sean McAllister: I know.
10:28
Dayna Roselli: But now we have heard it is back to being called the Ghost Bar.
10:32
Dayna Roselli: And I know it's sim silly because it's just a name, but it's an iconic part of our living here in Vegas.
10:39
Sean McAllister: It absolutely is.
10:40
Sean McAllister: So to have Ghost Bar coming back to the top of the palms, I I think that it's amazing.
10:48
Sean McAllister: I have so many memories of going up to Ghost Bar, not only at night, but they had a day club up there too.
10:56
Sean McAllister: They had Ghost Bar Day Club, and that was a brunch hot spot.
11:00
Sean McAllister: So many daytime parties happen there.
11:03
Sean McAllister: And then, of course, the nightlife aspect of it was always phenomenal.
11:08
Sean McAllister: And there's a great view of the strip.
11:11
Sean McAllister: It's just one of those spots.
11:15
Sean McAllister: There's nothing else like it.
11:17
Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's you're right.
11:19
Dayna Roselli: It's just the view is incredible, and it's worth making that trip off the strip.
11:24
Sean McAllister: It is.
11:25
Dayna Roselli: So, cause like a lot of people will say, Well, people that stay on the strip are not gonna go to the palms and this and that, but you will if you have a view of the strip.
11:32
Dayna Roselli: I mean, talk about Instagram, right?
11:34
Dayna Roselli: The best pictures up there because you get the whole strip behind you.
11:38
Dayna Roselli: True.
11:38
Dayna Roselli: And that's what everyone's into now.
11:40
Dayna Roselli: So, I mean, being up there with great views and for all the different firework events we have and things like that, it's it's a great place to go and it's it's a good destination spot.
11:49
Sean McAllister: And I did say there's nowhere else like it.
11:51
Sean McAllister: That isn't completely true because over at the Rio, which is kind of kitty corner to the palms, uh, there is the voodoo lounge that does have the rooftop uh patio and bars up there.
12:03
Sean McAllister: So you do get a similar view, but you don't get to see the voodoo from the voodoo.
12:10
Sean McAllister: You can see it from the ghost bar.
12:12
Sean McAllister: So it's a more all-encompassing view of the Las Vegas strip and all that encircles it.
12:19
Dayna Roselli: A little bit different, right?
12:20
Dayna Roselli: And we learned of it because uh our friend Raul he made an Instagram post.
12:24
Dayna Roselli: He works for events over there at the Palms, and he said, you know, Ghost Bar is going to be ready this spring to host your next event or social celebration.
12:32
Dayna Roselli: The breathtaking view.
12:34
Dayna Roselli: Uh imagine that at your next event is a backdrop to a special wedding day.
12:38
Dayna Roselli: Apparently, they can accommodate up to 320 for a reception or 120 for a plated dinner or memorable wedding ceremony.
12:45
Dayna Roselli: So they're using it for events too, again, which is great.
12:48
Dayna Roselli: Then everyone chimed in, like, what do you mean, Ghost Bar?
12:51
Dayna Roselli: And so he was like, Yep, the name's coming back.
12:54
Dayna Roselli: So everyone uh seems really excited when I say everyone is everyone that follows Raul, and um, that is a lot of Vegas locals.
13:01
Dayna Roselli: Yes.
13:01
Sean McAllister: So it's an iconic spot.
13:03
Sean McAllister: So glad that that's coming back.
13:05
Sean McAllister: And Dana from an iconic spot, uh, we transitioned to an iconic rocker.
13:11
Sean McAllister: Sammy Hagar is coming back to the strat.
13:15
Sean McAllister: He had a run of shows last fall uh that sold out almost immediately.
13:21
Sean McAllister: And it's just been announced that Sammy has uh another run of shows starting in February.
13:27
Dayna Roselli: Right.
13:28
Dayna Roselli: He's decided to return.
13:29
Dayna Roselli: He did have a slew of shows, but not enough because they sold out so quick.
13:33
Sean McAllister: And we almost immediately immediately, yeah.
13:36
Dayna Roselli: I mean, he's you know, definitely people are ready to rock with the Red Rocker, that is for sure.
13:40
Dayna Roselli: We put him on our TikTok way back, remember, and that's how our TikTok really took off because people were so into Sammy Hagar.
13:47
Dayna Roselli: So we love that.
13:48
Dayna Roselli: Um and Sammy's coming back for shows, like you said, in February, and I think he's got some in March too.
13:53
Dayna Roselli: He's ready to come back, put those tickets on sale, and sell those shows out too.
13:58
Dayna Roselli: Um, I think we're gonna be doing some work with him, so we'll have more from Sammy in future podcasts.
14:03
Dayna Roselli: But um, if you love it, you know, and you want to go come out and see Sammy, and now's the time to do it.
14:08
Dayna Roselli: That theater is great at the Strat.
14:09
Dayna Roselli: And when we talked to him last time, he said he couldn't be happier with the space.
14:13
Sean McAllister: Yeah, and it's Sammy Hagar and Friends.
14:16
Sean McAllister: So he's got his, you know, his normal band up on stage, but you never know who's gonna drop in.
14:22
Sean McAllister: And Sammy always invites his, you know, music industry friends to the show and their surprise appearances, and it's not just a concert.
14:32
Sean McAllister: Sammy turns it into a party.
14:34
Sean McAllister: Right.
14:35
Sean McAllister: And, you know, uh Sammy knows how to entertain a crowd, so yeah, and the stories uh the stories will be told.
14:43
Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's a party, you know?
14:45
Dayna Roselli: Okay.
14:46
Dayna Roselli: Well, let's talk Adele because it was interesting.
14:48
Dayna Roselli: We do reports for Highway Radio, our entertainment reports, and and Sean wrote one the other day, and I wrote one.
14:53
Dayna Roselli: He was like, Oh, Adele's coming up.
14:55
Dayna Roselli: Like, is that coming up already?
14:56
Dayna Roselli: And then already here.
14:57
Dayna Roselli: I thought it was like, I don't know why I had March in my head, but yeah, these Adele shows that were the hottest ticket in town, but all of a sudden I just stopped hearing about it.
15:05
Dayna Roselli: So here's the deal.
15:06
Dayna Roselli: I'm gonna ask you, Sean.
15:07
Dayna Roselli: First of all, I I know no one that's going to Adele.
15:10
Dayna Roselli: Do you have anyone that you know that got a ticket to Adele?
15:13
Sean McAllister: No.
15:14
Dayna Roselli: Me either.
15:14
Sean McAllister: I know people who I saw people on who are in my social media feed who were eligible, who did uh who were able to break through that, you know, waiting in line and be a verified ticket buyer and all that.
15:29
Sean McAllister: Uh they were able to get in line to buy tickets, but I don't know of anybody who actually did.
15:37
Dayna Roselli: Yeah, me either.
15:38
Dayna Roselli: So I don't know, or else they're being quiet because they don't want to like get harassed over their ticket.
15:43
SPEAKER_01: No kidding.
15:44
Dayna Roselli: But yeah, I don't know anyone either, so we'll have to see.
15:47
Dayna Roselli: I'm sure once the shows kick up, we'll see a lot on social media and maybe we'll hear more.
15:52
Sean McAllister: Well, we're definitely gonna be hearing more because uh there's a lot of people who want to know what these you know several thousand dollar tickets are gonna get them.
16:02
Sean McAllister: So keep your eyes out.
16:04
Sean McAllister: Uh we are not going.
16:05
Dayna Roselli: No, we're not going.
16:06
Dayna Roselli: That's one Sean's going to Katy Perry this week, or went.
16:10
Dayna Roselli: Actually, went.
16:11
Dayna Roselli: Okay, we're recording on a Wednesday.
16:13
Dayna Roselli: He's going tonight.
16:14
Dayna Roselli: So and then I'll be going in March.
16:16
Dayna Roselli: So we'll have more on the next podcast on Sean's thoughts on the Katy Perry show called Play over at Resorts World because she returns after this run.
16:25
Sean McAllister: I'm ready to play.
16:26
Sean McAllister: But before I do, Dana, let's quickly take a sharp left turn and talk COVID.
16:31
Sean McAllister: Because obviously Omicron is spreading like wildfire.
16:35
Sean McAllister: Everybody seems to be catching it.
16:38
Sean McAllister: Um and that is having an impact here in Las Vegas.
16:42
Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
16:42
Dayna Roselli: But I feel like everyone's catching it everywhere.
16:44
Dayna Roselli: So I feel like do we.
16:46
Dayna Roselli: Oh, exactly.
16:47
Sean McAllister: It's not just here.
16:48
Sean McAllister: I mean, it's literally everywhere.
16:50
Dayna Roselli: Right.
16:50
Dayna Roselli: And so I got a text the other day, a friend of mine that lives in LA saying, Hey, how's COVID in Vegas?
16:56
Dayna Roselli: Because we're supposed to come to this convent this convention or sports event or something.
17:01
Dayna Roselli: And I'm like, Well, I mean, it's kind of the same as everywhere else.
17:05
Dayna Roselli: Like, there's nothing really different.
17:07
Dayna Roselli: You wear a mask indoors, you pick and choose what you want to go to and what your limits are, and it's life, you know, pretty much as usual here, right?
17:19
Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and in ways.
17:21
Sean McAllister: With the exception of sometimes shows, businesses need to limit their hours or their show times because people are getting sick and calling out.
17:34
Dayna Roselli: True, yes.
17:35
Dayna Roselli: That has been an issue.
17:36
Dayna Roselli: I've seen a couple of the columnists in town talk about that as well.
17:39
Dayna Roselli: Numbers about getting right the workers in.
17:42
Sean McAllister: Right.
17:43
Sean McAllister: But there it's not like we're having, you know, government shutdowns.
17:47
Sean McAllister: None of that.
17:48
Sean McAllister: None of that is happening.
17:49
Dayna Roselli: No.
17:50
Sean McAllister: Um you still have to wear your mask and you know, do take those safety precautions.
17:55
Sean McAllister: Right.
17:56
Dayna Roselli: A lot of the hotels have the masks available when you walk through the front door, the antibacterial.
18:00
Dayna Roselli: I would still keep up the antibacterial.
18:02
Dayna Roselli: That's one thing that I'm a stickler with, but I notice a lot of people around me, like they don't carry it with them anymore, or you know, and like I'm not saying you have to be you don't have to be.
18:12
Dayna Roselli: I don't know.
18:13
Dayna Roselli: I don't know if people call me paranoid, but I keep that up and just cause some of those practices that we had at the very beginning.
18:19
Sean McAllister: Yeah, I feel like that's just good a good habit to be in.
18:23
Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
18:23
Dayna Roselli: So, I mean, but if you're worried, like as soon as you walk into a building, you're just gonna catch the Omicron, then you know, I'm not laughing, but like I am laughing.
18:34
Dayna Roselli: Because I mean it's not gonna just happen like that.
18:36
Dayna Roselli: Basically, listen, everyone has a chance of getting it, right?
18:40
Sean McAllister: Well, and then there was somebody I think from uh the FDA or some government agency that said at a a hearing on Capitol Hill, essentially that that pretty much everybody's gonna get it.
18:54
Sean McAllister: So if you're you know double vaccinated, if you're boosted, it shouldn't have as much of an effect on you.
19:03
Dayna Roselli: Right.
19:04
Dayna Roselli: It's interesting.
19:05
Dayna Roselli: I browsed through some headlines yesterday and I clicked on this article.
19:09
Dayna Roselli: It was CNN, but they were talking about how there are people out there deliberately trying to get it so that they get it over with and they feel like it's gonna cause this immunity.
19:20
Sean McAllister: Because if it's a less severe strain.
19:22
Dayna Roselli: And this immunity, and the doctors are like, here are five reasons why you shouldn't try and get COVID at all.
19:29
Dayna Roselli: Because it's not that uh mild for everyone.
19:33
Dayna Roselli: You just don't know who is gonna it's gonna affect more than someone else.
19:38
Dayna Roselli: There are there is still a chance for you to apparently have the after-effects.
19:42
Dayna Roselli: I forgot what they called it, the COVID, the the you know what it lingers around.
19:45
Sean McAllister: Yeah, like the lingering effects of it.
19:46
Dayna Roselli: Yeah, or you can lose taste or smell like later, like a week later.
19:50
Dayna Roselli: Um they were saying it's not wise.
19:53
Dayna Roselli: Yeah, yeah.
19:53
Sean McAllister: It's like somebody being like, hey, you know what?
19:55
Sean McAllister: I'm gonna go out and deliberately try and get chlamydia just to get it out of the way.
20:01
Sean McAllister: You know?
20:02
Sean McAllister: And then I'll deal with it.
20:04
Sean McAllister: I'll, you know, it'll clear it.
20:08
Dayna Roselli: Right.
20:08
Dayna Roselli: I don't know.
20:08
Sean McAllister: No, you don't go out and deliberately try and catch anything.
20:11
Sean McAllister: No.
20:12
Sean McAllister: Unless it's a fish.
20:13
Sean McAllister: No, exactly.
20:15
Dayna Roselli: Yeah, so don't don't go try and catch it, okay?
20:19
Dayna Roselli: But uh for all those that say, hey, what's going on in Vegas?
20:22
Dayna Roselli: We're pretty much business as usual.
20:24
Dayna Roselli: We do have some things that are a little scaled back because of staff shortages, that's for sure.
20:30
Dayna Roselli: Also, we did have like a month where we, you know, in January we did have CES in town.
20:36
Dayna Roselli: It wasn't as large as usual, but usually a lot of the shows don't sell as many tickets as they normally do the other months because the CES crowd usually has parties planned or events planned or the day goes long.
20:48
Dayna Roselli: So it's always a little slower in that fashion, regardless.
20:52
Sean McAllister: Yeah, January is generally a slower month compared to you know peak tourism season here.
21:00
Sean McAllister: So anyway, by and large, things are as normal as normal can be these days.
21:06
Sean McAllister: Exactly.
21:06
Dayna Roselli: And we're getting a lot of sunshine.
21:08
Dayna Roselli: We had like a three-week winter, we're back to sixties.
21:10
Dayna Roselli: That's cool.
21:10
Dayna Roselli: I think we got a seventy coming up here, and a sixty-eight and the sunshine.
21:14
Dayna Roselli: So it's a beautiful place to visit if you want to get a little bit of a break from the harsh winter that I've been seeing all across the country.
21:21
Sean McAllister: I know, I know.
21:22
Sean McAllister: I feel bad for a lot of people in the the Midwest, the northeast.
21:26
Sean McAllister: It's been it's been kind of brutal lately.
21:30
Sean McAllister: So come and enjoy our sunshine.
21:32
Dayna Roselli: And if you want to go indoors, we have a beautiful garden right inside the Bellagio that looks like the outdoors, doesn't it, Sean?
21:39
Dayna Roselli: But it's always such a great display.
21:41
Dayna Roselli: Uh we always love to mention when the Bellagio changes over the theme.
21:45
Sean McAllister: Yeah, and they always do such an impressive job.
21:49
Sean McAllister: I mean, in addition to you know, the flowers, there's all these sculptures and there's things hanging from the ceiling.
21:56
Sean McAllister: There's uh water fixtures that are you You know, they're either in the form of fountains or you know, they're like squirting beams of water around.
22:09
Dayna Roselli: There's all sorts of stuff happening, right?
22:11
Dayna Roselli: For kids and and adults and everyone.
22:13
Dayna Roselli: It's gorgeous.
22:14
Dayna Roselli: And what they do with the plants and the flowers, absolutely beautiful.
22:18
Dayna Roselli: This display goes through March 5th, and it's celebration of the lunar new year, and it's the year of the tiger.
22:27
Dayna Roselli: So they've got um apparently a design to bring prosperity and luck to all who visit the Eye of the Tiger display too when you get there.
22:37
Dayna Roselli: So if you want a little bit of good luck.
22:39
Sean McAllister: I now I have that song in my head.
22:40
Dayna Roselli: I know, it's my thing.
22:42
Dayna Roselli: It's a good one.
22:43
Dayna Roselli: It's a good workout song.
22:44
Sean McAllister: It is.
22:44
Sean McAllister: It is, gets you pumped up.
22:46
Sean McAllister: Uh since we're on the topic of Bellagio, I want to quickly mention uh Bellagio has a gallery of fine art, and there's a rotating uh rotating exhibits that come through there.
22:57
Sean McAllister: Um you may have heard us talk relatively recently about the Picasso that were on display there because MGM was auctioning those off.
23:06
Sean McAllister: Well right now there is uh a gallery, an exhibit called Afro Frequencies, which is inspired uh by the West African concept relating to uh power to produce change.
23:21
Sean McAllister: And it's a multimedia uh exhibition that looks really, really cool.
23:27
Sean McAllister: It's gonna be there uh through mid-April, through April 18th.
23:31
Sean McAllister: So just wanted to mention that because I've seen uh pictures of this exhibit.
23:36
Sean McAllister: It looks amazing.
23:37
Sean McAllister: I'm gonna get over there to see it.
23:39
Sean McAllister: Um but it's something that is off the beaten path over there at Bellagio, but definitely worth going to check out the Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art.
23:48
Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I always leave the fine art part up to you talking about it because it's a little over my head.
23:53
Dayna Roselli: But we have uh one of our favorite listeners, Rob from Atlanta, loves when you talk about the fine art displays.
24:00
Sean McAllister: Well, listen, I am not somebody who can sit there and have an in-depth conversation about art.
24:08
Sean McAllister: Um I am I have a very superficial take on art.
24:12
Sean McAllister: Like I look at it, I'm like, oh, that looks really nice.
24:15
Sean McAllister: That's cool.
24:16
Sean McAllister: I I don't have like very deep conversations about the meaning of the brush strokes and how how these colors are blended together.
24:26
Sean McAllister: And I my mind just doesn't process like that.
24:30
Dayna Roselli: Right.
24:30
Sean McAllister: But I can appreciate when something is nice.
24:32
Dayna Roselli: It's interesting you say that because I've been wearing my Van Gogh mask, you know, the mask the mask that they handed out.
24:37
Dayna Roselli: I think it was at the opening there when we worked there, whatever.
24:40
Dayna Roselli: And people stop me all the time.
24:42
Dayna Roselli: I'm like, you know what?
24:43
Dayna Roselli: These masks with the logo and the well, I guess I can tell because it's like a painting, the Van Gogh painting.
24:47
Sean McAllister: It's like the starry night or the sunflowers.
24:49
Dayna Roselli: They're always like, How is it?
24:50
Dayna Roselli: Have you been?
24:51
Dayna Roselli: And so I always talk to people about it, and I feel like an idiot because I'm like, it's cool, you know, like I don't have like you know, deep, meaningful conversations about it.
25:03
Dayna Roselli: I mean, it's cool, spend some time there, goes through the history, you know, but like I feel like uh like I'm not giving a great explanation, even though I should.
25:12
Dayna Roselli: But yeah, I'm just not an artsy person.
25:15
Dayna Roselli: Well, and for You saw my cookies that I made during the I did, I did.
25:19
Sean McAllister: I saw those.
25:20
Dayna Roselli: They were not Van Gogh.
25:22
Sean McAllister: They were not, but Van Gogh does make you feel like you've kind of stepped into the paintings because all around you, Van Gogh's most famous pieces of art come to life on the walls, on the floors, and you're in there with music happening that goes along with these animations of Van Gogh's art coming to life on the walls.
25:43
Sean McAllister: This is over at Aria at the Crystal Shops.
25:46
Sean McAllister: Yep.
25:47
Sean McAllister: Um That's what I say.
25:48
Dayna Roselli: Yeah, all those things pretty and it's cool and all that.
25:52
Dayna Roselli: I had someone else ask me, like, what's the difference between that one and the one at Area 15?
25:56
Dayna Roselli: And I was like, the well, they're di run by different companies, they're separate, they're not affiliated, but I've heard different things about each, so so check it out.
26:05
Dayna Roselli: And and and I said to even the person in my building, I said, check it out and let me know.
26:08
Dayna Roselli: What do you think?
26:09
Dayna Roselli: You know, so um they said the prices um for the area 15 one were a little bit lower than the one at Crystals, but the Crystals one is you know definitely very high-end.
26:18
Sean McAllister: All right.
26:18
Sean McAllister: What do you say we get into our tips of the week?
26:25
Sean McAllister: Dana my mouth is already walking.
26:27
Dayna Roselli: I know.
26:27
Dayna Roselli: Our first tip has to do with steak.
26:29
Sean McAllister: Oh I love a good steak.
26:31
Dayna Roselli: One day this week we got barrage with a bunch of you know press releases about the uh Luger Steakhouse coming to Caesars Palace, and I thought this is a big deal.
26:40
Dayna Roselli: So we looked into it because, you know, it was all the buzz, and we thought, what is it, you know, I've never heard of it.
26:45
Dayna Roselli: And I don't know why I've never heard of it, but apparently it's renowned, and there's one in New York City that's the original one.
26:54
Dayna Roselli: And this is gonna be their first U.S.
26:56
Dayna Roselli: location outside of New York.
26:58
Dayna Roselli: So Las Vegas is getting this steakhouse, and it's a big deal.
27:03
Sean McAllister: Well, and that's because Luger Steakhouse is widely considered uh New York's original steakhouse.
27:10
Sean McAllister: It opened back in 1887 and has been going strong ever since.
27:15
Sean McAllister: And now that history, that iconic steakhouse brand is coming here to Las Vegas, which what better place?
27:23
Sean McAllister: If you're gonna open something outside of New York City, you may as well open it in Las Vegas.
27:30
Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's a Michelin-starred restaurant, so exquisite.
27:34
Dayna Roselli: Um, and it's supposed to open at the end of 2022.
27:37
Dayna Roselli: I don't know exactly where, or wonder what spot it will be in.
27:41
Dayna Roselli: I was trying to think.
27:42
Sean McAllister: I mean, it could be uh Rayos, the Italian restaurant is closing.
27:48
Sean McAllister: And that's a big footprint, and that would actually make for a really nice steakhouse environment.
27:54
Dayna Roselli: Well, and that was, you know, there's a Reyos in in what is it, Harlem, New York, with the little teeny, you know, only a few tables, and then they built out and had this one here.
28:02
Dayna Roselli: So this too coming from New York, old school, so the you know, the inside could be very similar.
28:08
Dayna Roselli: I'm sure they'll do their own updates.
28:09
Sean McAllister: Yep.
28:10
Sean McAllister: And also coming to Caesars from New York is uh the bakery that invented the Cronut.
28:16
Sean McAllister: Right.
28:17
Sean McAllister: And that's going to be opening at some point this year in uh 2022 as well.
28:22
Sean McAllister: So a lot of New York mainstays are seem to be popping up over there at Caesars.
28:27
Sean McAllister: Yeah.
28:28
Dayna Roselli: And you know, I want to talk eventually about Barry's Prime steakhouse that we went to at Circa.
28:33
Dayna Roselli: Oh, jeez.
28:34
Dayna Roselli: I'm writing an article for Deluxe Version magazine.
28:36
Dayna Roselli: It was an assignment for me to go there.
28:38
Dayna Roselli: You came along, we had the most incredible dinner.
28:42
Dayna Roselli: I don't want to get into specifics because I want to wait until the article comes out where we will dive in and talk about some of the menu items that Chef Barry said everyone needs to have, and we were able to sample.
28:52
Sean McAllister: Because Barry's is deserving of its own dedicated chunk of time to talk about Barry's downtown prime and the experience you will have when you go there.
29:07
Dayna Roselli: But let's talk sports now, okay?
29:09
Dayna Roselli: Because we just landed on some information that we thought, okay, we have to share.
29:14
Dayna Roselli: We teased it at the top of the podcast, and there's been all this talk about a major league baseball team coming here, right?
29:22
Dayna Roselli: There has.
29:23
Dayna Roselli: But we thought, you know, eh, sometimes it turns into sometimes it doesn't.
29:27
Dayna Roselli: No, there's always rumors.
29:28
Sean McAllister: There's always talk.
29:29
Sean McAllister: Something is always coming to Las Vegas, and it never happens.
29:33
Sean McAllister: Right.
29:33
Sean McAllister: Like a high-speed train from here to LA.
29:36
Dayna Roselli: Oh my goodness.
29:37
Dayna Roselli: That's been, yeah.
29:39
Dayna Roselli: That should have happened a long time ago.
29:40
Dayna Roselli: I don't know what anyone's thinking there.
29:42
Dayna Roselli: But yeah, there's been talk about the Oakland A's coming here, okay?
29:45
Dayna Roselli: So um a lot of talk about where the stadium would go and if we were to build a ballpark, you know, and all that.
29:50
Dayna Roselli: I mean, like, step ahead.
29:52
Dayna Roselli: But we do know, and um, you know, we're not a news organization.
29:56
Dayna Roselli: We don't have to say who our sources are and all that kind of kind of thing, and we don't want to throw anyone under the bus, but we definitely know now that there have been meetings about this, and not one meeting, but like several meetings about bringing the Oakland A's here and meetings with the franchise.
30:15
Sean McAllister: Yeah, and so that indicates, since there have been more than just a couple official meetings, uh, that the team is very interested in Las Vegas.
30:28
Sean McAllister: However, uh we understand that there are there could be at least one kind of wrinkle in the in the process that would get Las Vegas to officially say, okay, let's move ahead with these plans.
30:47
Sean McAllister: Right.
30:48
Sean McAllister: Exactly.
30:48
Sean McAllister: Good way to describe it.
30:49
Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
30:50
Dayna Roselli: There are a couple things that are maybe holding Las Vegas back from I don't want to say letting, accepting, uh holding back the idea of this team coming here.
31:00
Dayna Roselli: So th it there are conversations, and so if you love baseball and you were hoping the Oakland A's would come here, could be a possibility.
31:06
Dayna Roselli: Maybe another team.
31:08
Dayna Roselli: Maybe another team will come here if they say no to this one.
31:11
Sean McAllister: Yeah, it could be.
31:12
Sean McAllister: Who knows?
31:12
Sean McAllister: And I think it's an important part about uh welcoming a team to Las Vegas, regardless of who they are, where they're from, is how involved they're going to be once they get here.
31:26
Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
31:26
Dayna Roselli: So we've been doing a lot of work with the Raiders for our media company and enjoyed, as we've mentioned, I think in the past on this podcast, seeing them out in the community, reading to kids, dropping off, you know, school supplies, uh giving, you know, kids teenagers with cancer tours of the stadium, uh, honoring our veterans that were Raiders fans.
31:47
Dayna Roselli: I mean, just so many wonderful things they've been doing.
31:49
Sean McAllister: Yeah, and the Golden Knights do the same thing.
31:52
Sean McAllister: Our hockey team.
31:53
Sean McAllister: They have a great organization, they're so involved.
31:57
Sean McAllister: I know we see Golden Knights.
32:00
Sean McAllister: I have a friend who I just saw one of the players at the ski resort up at Mount Charleston.
32:05
Sean McAllister: And we see them at grocery stores.
32:08
Sean McAllister: I know friends who pick their kids up from school and see Knights players picking their kids up from school.
32:14
Sean McAllister: So, you know, uh being a part of being a part of the community is very important here in Las Vegas.
32:21
Dayna Roselli: We are definitely a sports town now.
32:23
Dayna Roselli: It's funny, I had a friend come in from Texas and and everyone was texting him like, Welcome, we're a sports town now, and he was like, I know, I can't believe I'm going to a Raiders game.
32:30
Dayna Roselli: So we're growing, but you know, we have every we have that, but we still have our shows and our gaming and our amazing restaurants.
32:38
Dayna Roselli: So it's just basically adding to the lineup of already amazing things that we have.
32:43
Sean McAllister: And by the way, when we talk about pro sports teams, I know the Raiders and the Golden Knights get a lot of the coverage, but the Las Vegas Aces are also here, our WNBA team, and they're always out in the community as well.
32:56
Sean McAllister: So I don't want it uh I don't want us to seem like we're we're not talking about uh the aces because they deserve the attention as well.
33:05
Dayna Roselli: All right, that's a wrap this week.
33:07
Dayna Roselli: Believe it or not, the year has kicked off uh with a bang, and Sean and I have been so busy with work, we kind of have to make this a little bit of a maybe a shorter one, um, or on time, I should say, because we try to aim for 30 minutes, right?
33:20
Dayna Roselli: So happy new year once again.
33:21
Dayna Roselli: We are in the midst of January.
33:23
Dayna Roselli: The weather is beautiful.
33:24
Dayna Roselli: Come visit Las Vegas.
33:26
Dayna Roselli: It is uh business as usual here.
33:28
Sean McAllister: Yeah.
33:29
Sean McAllister: Uh thanks for listening.
33:30
Sean McAllister: We'll be back again next week for episode 102.
33:41
Sean McAllister: Thanks for listening to Vegas Reveal.
33:43
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