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Las Vegas Deal for Canadians, Interview with Rio President, Super Bowl Watch Parties, International Fireworks Championship Details, Hell's Kitchen Winning Chef from Vegas | Ep. 305 · Vegas Revealed

• 0:00
  Sean McAllister: It is episode 305 of Vegas Revealed.
• 0:03
  Sean McAllister: Some Vegas hotels are matching the Canadian dollar to entice our neighbors to the north.
• 0:09
  Sean McAllister: We'll explain.
• 0:10
  Dayna Roselli: Plus, a variety of Super Bowl watch party ideas coming up for you.
• 0:14
  Sean McAllister: The Rio Las Vegas continues to update the Hotel Casino.
• 0:18
  Sean McAllister: We talk with the president and CEO.
• 0:21
  Dayna Roselli: A Las Vegas chef wins Hell's Kitchen season 24.
• 0:25
  Dayna Roselli: And we chat with the organizer of the International Fireworks Championship that's coming to Vegas.
• 0:31
  Sean McAllister: All this and more coming up on Vegas Reveal.
• 0:36
  Sean McAllister: Welcome to Vegas Revealed, episode 305.
• 0:39
  Sean McAllister: Sean McAllister and Dana Roselli here with you.
• 0:42
  Sean McAllister: And uh first of all, a shout out to all of our listeners on the East Coast who are having to deal with the crappiest winter storm that's come around in a while.
• 0:52
  Dayna Roselli: I know, but is it?
• 0:53
  Dayna Roselli: Because I keep talking to friends in Rochester and they're like, I mean, the sun's out, it's a little breezy, it's freaking freezing, but we got like 13 inches of snow, and then they recall like 19, you know, 79 when we used to be able to stand and it was well over our heads.
• 1:10
  Sean McAllister: Well, I was talking with my mom about this because she's also back in Rochester, New York.
• 1:14
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and she was like, eh, I mean, it's cold, but like you said, the sun's out, it's still flurrying a little bit, but they didn't get like the wallop of snow that other places got.
• 1:26
  Sean McAllister: And down south, like Nashville had like the ice storm conditions, and that really sucks.
• 1:33
  Sean McAllister: Because I know we both have lived through one of those bad ice storms in uh New York, but yeah, uh Nashville can get that every now and then.
• 1:41
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, there are some places that aren't used to it, I guess.
• 1:43
  Dayna Roselli: Right automatically, East Coast, I just think like where we're from originally, but there's a lot and I know like New York City saw a lot more snow than they're used to and things like that.
• 1:53
  Dayna Roselli: So but yes, regardless, it's still not as pleasant as it is in Las Vegas.
• 1:58
  Sean McAllister: Because we woke up, woke up today in the last several days, and it's been blue skies and sun.
• 2:04
  Dayna Roselli: I know it's it's been nice.
• 2:05
  Dayna Roselli: We've had a beautiful winter.
• 2:08
  Dayna Roselli: Incredible.
• 2:09
  Dayna Roselli: Beautiful.
• 2:10
  Dayna Roselli: I have not really put a coat on.
• 2:13
  Dayna Roselli: Have you like I wear a sweatshirt or hoodie or a sweater, but I'm like, I'm just running to the car and then I'm just running in, so I don't really and I have I got this coat for my birthday in the fall um that I love, this tan long coat, and I've been so excited to wear it, and I've never really had the chance.
• 2:30
  Sean McAllister: No, I don't think I have really worn uh no.
• 2:34
  Dayna Roselli: I think yeah, I like I wore my like cream little jacket the other day that's worn, but I kind of did it more for the fashion of it instead of the and the functionality of it.
• 2:43
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, so I don't know, but yes, it's been a beautiful I've been like taking, and I know you take walk walks a lot, um, but I live in a high rise, so I don't do the walks, but my friend and I have been like driving out um to different parks all the way out in West Las Vegas and doing walks on Sunday because the weather's just so darn nice.
• 3:01
  Sean McAllister: It is, it's has it's been great.
• 3:02
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 3:03
  Sean McAllister: So we're excited for this weather to continue.
• 3:06
  Sean McAllister: We're also excited about Lunar New Year, which is coming up here.
• 3:09
  Dayna Roselli: And so many people write us and ask us, like, what are the events happening?
• 3:12
  Dayna Roselli: But there are too many to name.
• 3:13
  Dayna Roselli: All our hotel casinos do things.
• 3:15
  Dayna Roselli: Um, you know, really the whole month of February.
• 3:19
  Dayna Roselli: Something we wanted to mention though, because we know you love the Bellagio Conservatory.
• 3:24
  Dayna Roselli: For us, living here, it seems second nature.
• 3:26
  Dayna Roselli: We lived here so long, we're like, oh, they're changing the display, which is always great, but people do like to know when it's changed, and they do have a lunar new year display up right now.
• 3:37
  Dayna Roselli: They're celebrating obviously the year of the horse, and this is at the Bellagio Conservatory through February 28th.
• 3:45
  Dayna Roselli: So you got about a month to get there.
• 3:47
  Dayna Roselli: Remember, it's always 24 hours a day, seven days a week, admission is free.
• 3:52
  Dayna Roselli: So it's something you can do that's always enjoyable for everyone.
• 3:55
  Sean McAllister: And so the the year of the snake is wrapping up right now, and that I feel like the year of the snake brought so much like crap for so many people.
• 4:06
  Dayna Roselli: You said crap twice in this podcast.
• 4:08
  Sean McAllister: Well, it's because of the year of the snake, and I'm just putting it out there.
• 4:12
  Sean McAllister: But we're supposed to like shed all that bad stuff, and then the year of the horse, it's a fire horse.
• 4:18
  Sean McAllister: So that fire horse is supposed to ride in mid-February and just bring lots of like good things and prosperity.
• 4:27
  Sean McAllister: So I say, welcome, fire horse into our lives.
• 4:32
  Dayna Roselli: Well, good.
• 4:33
  Dayna Roselli: Because if you go to the conservatory, you're gonna see plenty of horses, fire horses.
• 4:37
  Dayna Roselli: Love it.
• 4:37
  Dayna Roselli: No, golden horses, actually.
• 4:39
  Dayna Roselli: Oh uh, panda bears, along with thousands of roses and plants, also includes an animated fireworks and uh glowing lanterns, so all sorts of stuff over there for the year of the horse.
• 4:52
  Dayna Roselli: Um good for everyone that believes it.
• 4:55
  Sean McAllister: I believe it.
• 4:56
  Sean McAllister: I am a believer.
• 4:57
  Sean McAllister: I am not because I want that prosperity and goodness and all the things that come with that horse.
• 5:03
  Dayna Roselli: I always feel like it's just another day.
• 5:05
  Dayna Roselli: We'll see what tomorrow brings.
• 5:06
  Sean McAllister: You know what else I hope that the horse brings is more Canadian visitors.
• 5:10
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 5:10
  Sean McAllister: Because we have seen this uh trend ever since uh there have been tariffs going into effect.
• 5:16
  Sean McAllister: There's been a lot of political stuff going on that have that's kind of kept our Canadian friends and visitors away.
• 5:24
  Sean McAllister: Canadian uh tourism traffic is down uh by at least a third by at least 30 percent.
• 5:32
  Sean McAllister: So uh that is something that we are really missing here in Las Vegas right now.
• 5:37
  Sean McAllister: And I just want to say we have a lot of uh Canadian listeners and we miss you here.
• 5:42
  Dayna Roselli: We do.
• 5:43
  Dayna Roselli: We have a lot of friends here in Las Vegas from Canada, right?
• 5:48
  Dayna Roselli: A lot of our friends that I know that either you know got their citizenship in the the US or originally from Canada or still Canadian, are Canadian and going back and forth.
• 5:57
  Dayna Roselli: So um anyway, uh also wanted to mention, I know you just said uh it's down a third.
• 6:02
  Dayna Roselli: We also went to the State of the Wedding Capital, the world event where we got statistics for how last year looked wedding-wise, and one of the biggest drops was Canada.
• 6:15
  Dayna Roselli: 33 day uh third 33% wedding marriage licenses were down from Canadians coming here to Las Vegas to get married.
• 6:23
  Dayna Roselli: So it's definitely right there, and one of our biggest drops.
• 6:27
  Dayna Roselli: Um we can get all into that.
• 6:29
  Dayna Roselli: We're gonna do an update on all that wedding info probably in our next podcast, closer to Valentine's Day.
• 6:34
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, but uh we're talking about Canadians because uh there's a few casinos in downtown Las Vegas that are trying to entice our Canadian visitors back to Las Vegas by matching the Canadian dollar uh equally, yeah, making it on par with the US dollar so that you don't have to deal with the conversion rate.
• 6:56
  Sean McAllister: You don't need to deal with spending more because we know that everybody in America is even spending more to get what used to cost less, and you know, with a Canadian dollar you have to spend even more on top of that.
• 7:10
  Sean McAllister: So uh the circa, the D, and Golden Gate in downtown Las Vegas, they are matching the Canadian dollar when you come and stay, play, whatever.
• 7:22
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 7:23
  Dayna Roselli: They're calling it at par.
• 7:25
  Dayna Roselli: It's uh new at par commitment, they're calling it through August 31st.
• 7:31
  Dayna Roselli: So for a long time.
• 7:32
  Dayna Roselli: We've talked about Derek Stevens many times.
• 7:34
  Dayna Roselli: Derek Stevens is the owner of all those casinos, so this is kind of his deal.
• 7:40
  Dayna Roselli: And he uh talked about how he's missing the Canadians, and so this initiative gives all Canadian travelers and locals too an immediate financial advantage, eliminating conversion stress and reinforcing downtown Las Vegas as a guest first destination built on value, accessibility, and fairness.
• 8:02
  Dayna Roselli: And he even said, Hey, if you don't want to stay here and you want to come like I'm just come to Vegas.
• 8:08
  Sean McAllister: Right, exactly.
• 8:09
  Sean McAllister: So if you are uh one of our Canadian listeners and this sounds like something you want to take advantage of, or if you do take advantage of it and come here, let us know, please.
• 8:19
  Sean McAllister: There's a link down in our show notes where you can send us a text message.
• 8:24
  Sean McAllister: Um, let us know your thoughts on this program and if if this will entice you to come to Las Vegas.
• 8:31
  Sean McAllister: I'm I'm interested to know, genuinely.
• 8:34
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 8:34
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 8:35
  Dayna Roselli: I I I hope so.
• 8:36
  Dayna Roselli: I think it's a good deal.
• 8:38
  Dayna Roselli: You know, they're basically like you receive one dollar US in value for every one dollar Canadian spent, regardless of daily exchange rates.
• 8:48
  Dayna Roselli: So come enjoy.
• 8:51
  Dayna Roselli: Vegas is all about fun, entertainment, all the things we got going.
• 8:55
  Dayna Roselli: So we'll see if it makes a difference.
• 8:57
  Dayna Roselli: I will be interested to hear the results of that.
• 8:59
  Dayna Roselli: If they're seeing more Canadians over there at these properties.
• 9:01
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, I mean, I think it's a great idea.
• 9:03
  Sean McAllister: So I hope that there it does gain some traction and that uh we see some good results uh stemming from this.
• 9:12
  Dayna Roselli: There's a lot of deals right now, just regardless, uh Canada aside, uh because uh we need to bring more people here to Vegas to enjoy it, everything we have going on.
• 9:22
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, we seem to do pretty well because it's pretty busy all the time, but now's the time, definitely, if you're looking for a deal.
• 9:29
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, that's for sure.
• 9:30
  Sean McAllister: Uh and just talking about uh value and where you can find that in Las Vegas, we stopped over to the Rio recently and uh talked to the president and CEO.
• 9:40
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, Patrick Miller is actually a Vegas native, and he's been there almost two years now over at the Rio.
• 9:48
  Dayna Roselli: And you know, we've talked in the past about how they're constantly doing renovations and trying to bring that property back to life.
• 9:56
  Dayna Roselli: So we hadn't actually interviewed him before, and we said, Hey, can we chat?
• 10:00
  Dayna Roselli: And he said, Yep.
• 10:01
  Dayna Roselli: And so we talked to Patrick Miller and got all the updates on what they got going on over there at the Rio.
• 10:08
  SPEAKER_00: People remember what Rio was about when it opened.
• 10:11
  SPEAKER_00: And so the reason why I love that interest is we're bringing it back to life.
• 10:15
  SPEAKER_00: A lot of reinvestment, you know, new rooms, a new casino floor, new restaurants.
• 10:20
  SPEAKER_00: That's what that's what's exciting to bring Rio back to life.
• 10:23
  Dayna Roselli: And you guys have made a lot of progress.
• 10:24
  Dayna Roselli: What's the next phase gonna look like?
• 10:26
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 10:26
  SPEAKER_00: So what I mean, the the progress is it's it's really evolving.
• 10:30
  SPEAKER_00: So we've we opened up this last year, we opened up two new shows here at the Rio, as well as three new restaurants, and that was in 2025, 2026.
• 10:37
  SPEAKER_00: It's got maybe not as many shows, but definitely some new restaurants on the docket.
• 10:42
  Dayna Roselli: What's the feedback been like from people who actually stay here?
• 10:44
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, well, first of all, they walk in the front door and like, oh my gosh, it's brighter, it's clean, it's exciting again.
• 10:50
  SPEAKER_00: So I love seeing that guest that knows the old Rio and comes back and just witnesses it because I love it.
• 10:57
  SPEAKER_00: So the feedback's been phenomenal for that.
• 10:59
  SPEAKER_00: I think the locals are loving, they forgot what it was like to how difficult it was to get in and out of the strip.
• 11:05
  SPEAKER_00: And now that we're relevant, it's great to be here.
• 11:08
  SPEAKER_00: We're ease of access and free parking, make this a property that appeals to locals as well.
• 11:13
  Dayna Roselli: And what about the other section of the Rio?
• 11:16
  Dayna Roselli: Like when I came in from the back parking garage.
• 11:17
  Dayna Roselli: Is there something gonna be done there or is it part of it in the future?
• 11:21
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, so the the the what was known as the the former masquerade village, where when you think about showing the sky and all the great things people remember.
• 11:28
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, right now we're that's kind of phase two for the property, so we've got to evaluate that tower and ultimately all that public space there.
• 11:35
  SPEAKER_00: And that's part of that master plan of going, okay, what about let's go in there?
• 11:39
  SPEAKER_00: What is the right anchor tenant?
• 11:40
  SPEAKER_00: You know, we put Empire Strips back there, which is great in one side, but now we're starting to fill in other components and talk to partners of what the future of Rio would be there.
• 11:50
  SPEAKER_00: So right now it's really the it's a large non-smoking casino area.
• 11:54
  SPEAKER_00: Rio has it feels like two casinos.
• 11:56
  SPEAKER_00: We've got the main casinos, you walk in the front door, and then that casino, which operates as a non-smoking outlet.
• 12:02
  Dayna Roselli: Like I knew that.
• 12:03
  Dayna Roselli: That's cool.
• 12:03
  Dayna Roselli: When did you implement that?
• 12:04
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, we did just in the last probably uh two months, we kind of converted that, put all the slots in there, and made it one of the larger non-smoking areas in the whole strip.
• 12:17
  SPEAKER_00: I think people are are realizing that, okay, there is value in Las Vegas.
• 12:23
  SPEAKER_00: How do I come in?
• 12:24
  SPEAKER_00: But Vegas stopped being fun and energetic.
• 12:27
  SPEAKER_00: And so whether it's live music in our lounges, like right behind us here, you've got to have things that are going on where people go in and just walking around, and there's a little bit of that surprise and delight that was lost in Vegas.
• 12:39
  SPEAKER_00: And so we're got elements, and I think the consumer wants that is like, oh, I didn't know they did that over there.
• 12:44
  SPEAKER_00: I didn't know that, whether it's a live band over at our Rio event stage or a free big game party for the big game coming up.
• 12:52
  SPEAKER_00: Those are the things that people don't expect, and when they see it, they go, oh my gosh, that's what I want.
• 12:57
  SPEAKER_00: Vegas is cyclical.
• 12:58
  SPEAKER_00: We continually see groups wanting to be here.
• 13:01
  SPEAKER_00: I think what Rio offers and maybe other places on the trip is how do you still provide the fun of Las Vegas?
• 13:08
  SPEAKER_00: I think people still, no matter where you are, no matter what economic means, people want to come in and know they're getting something and for their dollar that they spend.
• 13:17
  SPEAKER_00: And what's great about being in a place like Rio that isn't part of a big corporation is we can think like that and we can price like that and have elements where it's not just easy to get into, but it's easy on you and the financial burden of what it is.
• 13:30
  SPEAKER_00: The rooms are reasonably priced, the food and beverages reasonably priced, and you're gonna have a biggest fun experience.
• 13:38
  Dayna Roselli: And he said 1500 of the rooms have been redone.
• 13:41
  Dayna Roselli: You can go on, I guess when you book, you can actually see if you're getting a renovated room or a non-renovated room.
• 13:48
  Dayna Roselli: The non-renovated rooms will be renovated eventually.
• 13:51
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 13:51
  Dayna Roselli: But for now, I guess they are selling those uh at for a cheaper price.
• 13:56
  Dayna Roselli: So you'll see a little bit of a price difference.
• 13:58
  Sean McAllister: Which is good.
• 13:58
  Sean McAllister: I like the transparency there.
• 14:00
  Sean McAllister: I like that they're not pricing them the same.
• 14:02
  Dayna Roselli: Exactly.
• 14:03
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, um, I don't know if we talked last week.
• 14:05
  Dayna Roselli: Speaking of, uh, Patrick did mention uh, you know, just a big congratulations to Penn and Teller, who've been at the Rio for a very long time.
• 14:12
  Dayna Roselli: 25 years they just celebrated at the Rio, but like 50 years in the entertainment business.
• 14:17
  Dayna Roselli: Did we mention last week about their shows being canceled just in the immediate because Penn?
• 14:25
  Sean McAllister: Penn, I believe he broke his foot.
• 14:27
  Dayna Roselli: Broke his foot or something like that.
• 14:28
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 14:29
  Sean McAllister: So he's recovering right now, and obviously, yeah, I think we did mention it.
• 14:33
  Dayna Roselli: I think we did too.
• 14:34
  Dayna Roselli: Didn't we?
• 14:35
  Dayna Roselli: I get so confused.
• 14:35
  Dayna Roselli: We talk about this all the time.
• 14:36
  Dayna Roselli: We shoot TV shows, audio podcasts, we shoot them a few days ahead.
• 14:40
  Dayna Roselli: Sometimes the TV shows a week ahead.
• 14:42
  Dayna Roselli: And I'm like, where did we talk about this?
• 14:44
  Dayna Roselli: Were we just having a conversation at our desk?
• 14:47
  Sean McAllister: Between ourselves, or did it make it somewhere?
• 14:49
  Dayna Roselli: Anyway, I guess worth reiterating if you had tickets to Penn and Teller, uh, they're on a little tiny hiatus while Penn recovers.
• 14:56
  Sean McAllister: Yes, and hopefully he'll be back on stage uh pretty quick.
• 15:00
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 15:00
  Sean McAllister: Maybe on one of those knee scooters.
• 15:03
  Dayna Roselli: Maybe true.
• 15:05
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my gosh.
• 15:06
  Dayna Roselli: Well, listen, Super Bowl is coming up.
• 15:07
  Dayna Roselli: What, February 8th?
• 15:09
  Dayna Roselli: We have the teams in the Super Bowl.
• 15:11
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, we've got the Seattle Seahawks taking on the New England Patriots.
• 15:15
  Dayna Roselli: I kind of like it, changing it up.
• 15:16
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, I know the Patriots have been in the Super Bowl many, many times and won.
• 15:19
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 15:20
  Dayna Roselli: But I still feel like it's been a little while, and I like seeing the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl.
• 15:26
  Dayna Roselli: Good for them.
• 15:26
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 15:26
  Sean McAllister: I I I think this is gonna be a good matchup.
• 15:28
  Sean McAllister: It'll be a good game.
• 15:29
  Sean McAllister: The the uh playoff games were great.
• 15:33
  Dayna Roselli: Mm-hmm.
• 15:33
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 15:34
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 15:34
  Dayna Roselli: So I mean, uh uh I'm excited about this.
• 15:37
  Dayna Roselli: I think I think it's gonna be fun.
• 15:38
  Dayna Roselli: So the Super Bowl is February 8th.
• 15:40
  Dayna Roselli: A lot of people come to Las Vegas.
• 15:42
  Dayna Roselli: Doesn't matter that we don't have the Super Bowl, we're not hosting it.
• 15:45
  Dayna Roselli: The people come here regardless all the time because we have some of the best parties anywhere.
• 15:52
  Sean McAllister: We do, and we're just gonna give you a quick snapshot of what you can expect if you're coming to town uh to watch the big game.
• 16:01
  Sean McAllister: Starting at Top Golf, they're doing a watch party over there.
• 16:06
  Sean McAllister: Uh they've got a 48-foot video wall out in the in the yard there.
• 16:12
  Sean McAllister: That's their big viewing area.
• 16:14
  Sean McAllister: Uh seating begins at 2 30 and the game starts at 3 30 Las Vegas time.
• 16:20
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 16:21
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and as Sean said, this is a snapshot.
• 16:23
  Dayna Roselli: There are endless Super Bowl watch parties in Las Vegas.
• 16:28
  Dayna Roselli: Endless.
• 16:28
  Dayna Roselli: We're trying to do a little variety around the strip.
• 16:31
  Dayna Roselli: Um, also, the Blue Live Theater at Fountain Blue is again hosting a big game viewing party.
• 16:38
  Dayna Roselli: This is presented by the Hall of Excellence.
• 16:40
  Dayna Roselli: Doors at two o'clock, Sunday, February 8th.
• 16:43
  Dayna Roselli: Everything's gonna be on February 8th.
• 16:45
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 16:45
  Sean McAllister: Uh also at Fountain Blue the Tavern, that's their uh sports book and sports bar.
• 16:51
  Sean McAllister: Uh they'll be having a viewing party.
• 16:54
  Sean McAllister: They have premium and VIP seating available over there.
• 16:58
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and they've got a 180-degree LED video wall over there in the sportsbook lounge.
• 17:02
  Dayna Roselli: So it'll be good viewing action.
• 17:04
  Dayna Roselli: Also, live Las Vegas is doing something, and I love that.
• 17:08
  Dayna Roselli: They're opening up the clubs, right, for Super Bowl Sunday.
• 17:11
  Dayna Roselli: So uh doors open there at two o'clock if you want to go over to Live at Fountain Blue, FYI.
• 17:17
  Dayna Roselli: Also, they're doing like obviously um you know their normal nightclub stuff on the weekends.
• 17:22
  Dayna Roselli: They've got some special things going on Friday, February 6th.
• 17:25
  Dayna Roselli: It's Metro Boomin, and then of course, John Summit is back February 7th.
• 17:30
  Dayna Roselli: So they've got a whole weekend planned of some top DJs happening at Live.
• 17:36
  Dayna Roselli: Could be a fun one over there.
• 17:37
  Sean McAllister: And then over at Area 15, uh, one of the uh attractions over there is called Illuminarium.
• 17:44
  Sean McAllister: Um, we've talked about it here on the podcast before, but they're doing uh a big game watch party as well from 3 to 6 p.m.
• 17:53
  Sean McAllister: And this is a 360-degree uh immersive experience really because they project the uh game up on the uh on the walls, but then it feels like you're kind of on the field as well.
• 18:09
  Sean McAllister: It's really cool what they do over there.
• 18:11
  Sean McAllister: Um they have VIP seating, it's 150 bucks, includes a buffet along with uh upfront viewing.
• 18:20
  Dayna Roselli: Great, yeah, that's a good deal, right?
• 18:21
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, hey Resorts World, uh speaking of nightclubs, we mentioned Live, Zook Nightclub is doing uh big game watch party as well.
• 18:29
  Dayna Roselli: So FYI uh event open to guests 21 and over, but doors open over there at one o'clock with some live entertainment as well by DJ Flight.
• 18:40
  Sean McAllister: And then over at Fashion Show Las Vegas, that's the big mall that sits right across the street from uh Wyn Las Vegas, right on the strip, right at the corner there, there's a place called Happy Camper.
• 18:52
  Dayna Roselli: It's so cute, super cute.
• 18:53
  Sean McAllister: There's disco balls, kind of an indoor-outdoor vibe.
• 18:56
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 18:56
  Sean McAllister: Uh they got tons of screens.
• 18:58
  Sean McAllister: They're doing an all-you-can-eat buffet package with open bar uh from 3 p.m.
• 19:04
  Sean McAllister: until the end of the third quarter.
• 19:06
  Sean McAllister: That's$175 a person.
• 19:08
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, not bad.
• 19:09
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 19:09
  Dayna Roselli: Seating begins at 2 30.
• 19:11
  Dayna Roselli: And Sean, I was looking at the menu of items on the all you can eat, and I like what they name things.
• 19:16
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, what did that?
• 19:17
  Dayna Roselli: They've got the jalapeno homies, the little happy sliders.
• 19:23
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 19:23
  Dayna Roselli: And then they have normal stuff like wings, chicken nachos, pizzas, desserts, all that kind of thing.
• 19:28
  Dayna Roselli: But um, I bet they have a cute menu over there.
• 19:30
  Dayna Roselli: I've actually never eaten there.
• 19:32
  Dayna Roselli: I I meant to go there one time and it was summer, and I didn't feel like sitting, it was really hot out.
• 19:38
  Dayna Roselli: I was like, all right, I don't know if I could sit down and eat in the heat.
• 19:41
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but I always mean to.
• 19:43
  Dayna Roselli: It's so adorable, and people say the food's really good.
• 19:46
  Sean McAllister: It was it's a cute spot, and people have so much fun in there.
• 19:49
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 19:50
  Sean McAllister: So there's like they have uh like beer pong going in on in there.
• 19:54
  Sean McAllister: So it's like a festive atmosphere.
• 19:57
  Dayna Roselli: Exactly.
• 19:58
  Dayna Roselli: Like if you were camping with your friends, yes, pulling the RV in.
• 20:02
  Sean McAllister: That's right.
• 20:02
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, that sounds fun.
• 20:04
  Dayna Roselli: So there's a good variety for you, tons more, endless, right?
• 20:08
  Dayna Roselli: But you know, we've got little happy camper, some nightclub action, some sportsbook stuff, uh, you know, fountain blue theater, and then also, you know, top golf.
• 20:17
  Dayna Roselli: And as we said, just Google and look around.
• 20:20
  Dayna Roselli: There's so many parties, and we do have such great spots with so many LED screens and TVs.
• 20:26
  Dayna Roselli: So it depends what kind of experience you want.
• 20:28
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, it really does.
• 20:29
  Dayna Roselli: I always think like if you're really, really into the game, like it's very important to you on who's like this game is or if you're just there for the vibe and the spirit of the Super Bowl.
• 20:40
  Dayna Roselli: Kind of depends on where you pick to watch it, don't you think?
• 20:42
  Sean McAllister: It it does.
• 20:44
  Sean McAllister: And if you're going to specifically watch for the halftime show and the commercials, like you need to keep that in mind too, because you don't always necessarily hear them if you're at some of these parties.
• 20:58
  Sean McAllister: True.
• 20:59
  Sean McAllister: Because when the game turns off, sometimes the DJ music comes on, sometimes uh a live in-room uh announcer will come on to have like activities going on for people who are there in the room.
• 21:11
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 21:12
  Sean McAllister: Um, but like the commercials and and halftime are part of the draw too.
• 21:18
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 21:19
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, totally, and that's a thing.
• 21:20
  Dayna Roselli: When you can't hear the commercials, and if that's your thing, it's frustrating, or everyone starts talking.
• 21:25
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 21:26
  Dayna Roselli: Or you're at a big party and it's like a big vibe, you know?
• 21:29
  Dayna Roselli: Like you so it does matter.
• 21:31
  Dayna Roselli: It's very important to pick your Super Bowl spot.
• 21:34
  Sean McAllister: You have lots of stuff to think through.
• 21:35
  Dayna Roselli: And I listen, I know, I don't even know if it is it so controversial that Bad Bunny's doing the halftime show.
• 21:42
  Dayna Roselli: Cause I don't know.
• 21:42
  Dayna Roselli: I'm I don't sit around and listen to Bad Bunny music all the time, but whenever I hear it, I'm like, this is a jam, and I'm kind of excited to see what Bad Bunny does.
• 21:51
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, I'm excited too.
• 21:52
  Sean McAllister: I think it's gonna be great.
• 21:53
  Dayna Roselli: It's gonna be fun.
• 21:54
  Dayna Roselli: I and we need fun.
• 21:56
  Sean McAllister: We do need fun.
• 21:57
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and he did a little teaser and he said people are.
• 22:00
  Dayna Roselli: Around the world are gonna dance.
• 22:01
  Dayna Roselli: And so, and he showed different types, he was dancing with a bunch of different types of people and characters and old, young.
• 22:08
  Dayna Roselli: So I I think it'll be good.
• 22:10
  Dayna Roselli: Look forward to that.
• 22:11
  Dayna Roselli: Um, something else that we had mentioned in a previous podcast that we were looking forward to once we heard about it was the International Fireworks Championship.
• 22:18
  Dayna Roselli: And we said we're gonna get someone on the line and talk to someone about this because it's the first time in Vegas.
• 22:23
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, it's coming up on February 21st up at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
• 22:28
  Sean McAllister: Um, Bruce Tyree is the CEO of Blast Events.
• 22:33
  Sean McAllister: That's the company that's uh putting on the fireworks championship.
• 22:37
  Sean McAllister: And we talked to him about what to expect from this inaugural championship here in Vegas.
• 22:42
  SPEAKER_02: Hey, Sean, thanks for having me.
• 22:43
  SPEAKER_02: I appreciate it.
• 22:44
  SPEAKER_02: Explain what this competition is and who takes part.
• 22:48
  SPEAKER_02: I have uh competed in many events uh internationally, uh Europe, um, Asia, and I always wondered why don't we have something like this in the US?
• 23:00
  SPEAKER_02: So when I retired from my fireworks display company, I thought, you know, I think this is time, you know, to give this a try.
• 23:08
  SPEAKER_02: What we do is look at all these other great competitions that are held around the world.
• 23:13
  SPEAKER_02: Our goal and our aim is to bring the best and brightest and most entertaining fireworks uh presentations that there are in the world.
• 23:23
  Sean McAllister: You're bringing this uh championship to Las Vegas for the first time.
• 23:26
  Sean McAllister: How did this all come to be?
• 23:28
  SPEAKER_02: We started in Traverse City, Michigan, um a nice resort town in northern Michigan.
• 23:32
  SPEAKER_02: You know, if we need to want to take this somewhere where it can really grow, what better place than Las Vegas, right?
• 23:38
  Sean McAllister: And there's even going to be a world record attempt uh happening this year, right?
• 23:44
  SPEAKER_02: There is, you're right.
• 23:46
  SPEAKER_02: Um yeah, uh fireworks mogul uh Ricardo Cavier, who is well renowned in the fireworks industry and very famous in Spain, he is coming to do a world record daytime fireworks display.
• 24:00
  SPEAKER_02: We're also trying to set a world record with the largest American flag with pyro drones, and these are also daytime.
• 24:07
  SPEAKER_02: That would be a daytime event as well.
• 24:09
  SPEAKER_02: So these are all just events leading up to it getting dark and you know the main event starting.
• 24:16
  Sean McAllister: Have you used drones in the uh championship in years past, or is that a new addition?
• 24:22
  Sean McAllister: We haven't.
• 24:22
  Sean McAllister: This is a new edition here for Las Vegas.
• 24:25
  Sean McAllister: Do you hope that this grows into a long-term partnership with the city?
• 24:29
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, for sure.
• 24:30
  SPEAKER_02: For sure.
• 24:30
  SPEAKER_02: We're hoping that uh this can be an annual event for us and we can grow it into something even bigger and better and keep adding more events to uh the main event, you know, as we move forward.
• 24:42
  SPEAKER_02: You know, what I look forward to is just seeing all the family come out and seeing those crowds of people uh see this event and just really enjoy themselves.
• 24:51
  SPEAKER_02: I mean, that's that's what it really all comes down to, and and that's what we're looking to do.
• 24:54
  SPEAKER_02: And what does the winner get?
• 24:57
  SPEAKER_02: The winner gets a trophy and he gets to say that I won the international fireworks championship in Las Vegas.
• 25:05
  SPEAKER_02: That's right, in Las Vegas.
• 25:07
  Sean McAllister: So that's right.
• 25:08
  Sean McAllister: You get the title of International Fireworks Champion for the first time in Las Vegas.
• 25:14
  Dayna Roselli: That's cool.
• 25:15
  Dayna Roselli: And I love that he talked about daylight fireworks, yeah, ground fire.
• 25:19
  Dayna Roselli: It's gonna be like a big variety of different kinds.
• 25:21
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 25:22
  Dayna Roselli: And it does seem like it's gonna be a blast.
• 25:25
  Dayna Roselli: A blast! Oh my goodness.
• 25:30
  Dayna Roselli: Fingers crossed for good weather and everything cooperates on February 21st.
• 25:35
  Sean McAllister: That's right.
• 25:36
  Sean McAllister: But there will be uh there's food available, there's entertainment out there all day and into the evening.
• 25:42
  Sean McAllister: Uh, and there's also uh fan voting.
• 25:45
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 25:45
  Sean McAllister: So you can vote on the different uh fireworks displays that you see as part of the championship as well.
• 25:52
  Sean McAllister: You can go to fireworkschampionship.com to check out the different uh ticket packages that they've got available.
• 26:00
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 26:00
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, a couple things uh coming up that we're gonna be doing.
• 26:03
  Dayna Roselli: Um, well, Mark Anthony is kicking off his residency at Fountain Blue, FYI, and it looks good.
• 26:08
  Dayna Roselli: He put a teaser video up, and it looks very Mark Anthony.
• 26:13
  Dayna Roselli: I love it, and he's dressed to the nines and walking through the halls of the Fountain Blue.
• 26:16
  Dayna Roselli: It looks good.
• 26:17
  Sean McAllister: Well, and uh what's kind of cool about his residency is that Mark Anthony will be doing uh his hits in English and in Spanish.
• 26:25
  Dayna Roselli: Love that.
• 26:26
  Dayna Roselli: That's gonna be great.
• 26:27
  Sean McAllister: It is, and it just makes so much sense for his career.
• 26:30
  Dayna Roselli: So and that kicks off February 13th, I think.
• 26:33
  Dayna Roselli: Uh so that's a Friday.
• 26:35
  Dayna Roselli: So yeah, that should be good.
• 26:37
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and I feel like is it Mark's first residency?
• 26:40
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, I know he's performed here.
• 26:42
  Sean McAllister: I believe it is his first residency.
• 26:45
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 26:46
  Sean McAllister: Which is kind of hard to believe.
• 26:48
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 26:48
  Dayna Roselli: So we'll look forward to seeing what he he does with that theater.
• 26:51
  Dayna Roselli: It's uh it's a great theater there over at the Fountain Blue.
• 26:54
  Dayna Roselli: We're also going to the um grand opening of Hearthstone at Red Rock.
• 26:57
  Dayna Roselli: Now, this is a restaurant that was here in Las Vegas at Red Rock for many, many years, and it was a hot spot.
• 27:03
  Dayna Roselli: Then it closed, and now they are bringing it back to life and it's reopening again.
• 27:07
  Dayna Roselli: You and I are gonna go to the grand opening party the night before it officially opens.
• 27:11
  Dayna Roselli: Um, actually, the day this podcast drops, we're going that night.
• 27:15
  Sean McAllister: And I'm excited for this.
• 27:17
  Sean McAllister: It was such a favorite for uh with Las Vegas locals.
• 27:21
  Sean McAllister: Like everybody would go to brunch there.
• 27:23
  Sean McAllister: It was a great dinner spot.
• 27:25
  Sean McAllister: It was just a really it was a really fun place where you would always run into people.
• 27:31
  Dayna Roselli: Always.
• 27:32
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I would go there for brunch a lot, and it would, I would always run it.
• 27:35
  Dayna Roselli: I think I would always run into Carrot Top there.
• 27:39
  Dayna Roselli: So I mean, you never know who you're gonna see.
• 27:42
  Dayna Roselli: That is true.
• 27:42
  Dayna Roselli: Um, so yeah, we look forward to uh seeing that and welcome back to Las Vegas.
• 27:48
  Dayna Roselli: Red Rock doing well over there, always opening new stuff, and and they keep moving along.
• 27:53
  Dayna Roselli: Um, I wanted to mention, I was getting my haircut the other day, and my hairdresser was telling me she does a lot of like hair and makeup stuff for folks that stay at the four seasons.
• 28:02
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, if someone comes in for a wedding or someone wants to get their hair blown out for the week, they're here for meetings or business or whatever.
• 28:08
  Dayna Roselli: And I thought it was interesting.
• 28:09
  Dayna Roselli: She was mentioning to me that she always asks people, like, Oh, why are you staying at the Four Seasons?
• 28:14
  Dayna Roselli: Four Seasons, by the way, is attached to Mandalay Bay.
• 28:17
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 28:17
  Dayna Roselli: But it's its own separate entity.
• 28:19
  Sean McAllister: Yes.
• 28:20
  Dayna Roselli: But uh, they have no casino in, but but it's easy to access the hotel casino at Mandalay Bay.
• 28:26
  Sean McAllister: It's all connected.
• 28:27
  Sean McAllister: Yes.
• 28:28
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 28:28
  Dayna Roselli: But um, she said, Why do you she always thinks like people are gonna say, oh, because there's no casino or because it's the location.
• 28:34
  Dayna Roselli: You know, why did you choose four seasons?
• 28:36
  Dayna Roselli: She was just always asking.
• 28:37
  Dayna Roselli: And she said that the number one thing that ever like almost everyone says is because we get free water.
• 28:43
  Dayna Roselli: Isn't that interesting?
• 28:45
  Sean McAllister: Well, I'll tell you what.
• 28:46
  Sean McAllister: I mean, the four seasons is known for its customer service, yeah, and for going above and beyond for its customers.
• 28:53
  Sean McAllister: It's like the answer is always yes.
• 28:55
  unknown: Yeah, I know.
• 28:57
  Dayna Roselli: Well, uh, apparently you get free bottled water, and a lot of people that come in and stay at the four seasons.
• 29:02
  Dayna Roselli: And she said it's not even obviously people who stay there have a decent amount of money, uh, but it's the principle.
• 29:10
  Dayna Roselli: When they want their bottles of water, they want them to be free.
• 29:13
  Dayna Roselli: And so I thought that was so interesting.
• 29:15
  Dayna Roselli: I tried to look on the website, but obviously you can't find like, you know, four seasons has free water, it's just part of when you stay there.
• 29:21
  SPEAKER_02: Yes.
• 29:21
  Dayna Roselli: Uh so apparently they have free water.
• 29:23
  Dayna Roselli: So I thought I would just bring that up and let people know.
• 29:26
  Dayna Roselli: Um, make sure if you call and book there, you ask if that's very important to you, because I cannot confirm.
• 29:32
  Dayna Roselli: But she was saying everyone always talks about the free water.
• 29:34
  Dayna Roselli: And I thought that was that was interesting.
• 29:36
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, that's something that, you know, doesn't happen often.
• 29:38
  Dayna Roselli: And also that something else that doesn't happen often is coffee, like coffee, um, not pots, you Keurigs and stuff in the rooms.
• 29:46
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, yeah, right.
• 29:46
  Dayna Roselli: You usually have to go downstairs and order because they want you to walk through the casino and maybe you'll hit a slot machine on the way to get your coffee and all that kind of thing.
• 29:53
  Dayna Roselli: So I don't know which rooms have that or don't.
• 29:55
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, I was gonna mention that I went to habitat burger.
• 29:57
  Dayna Roselli: Am I saying it right?
• 29:58
  Dayna Roselli: Is it habit burger?
• 29:59
  Dayna Roselli: Maybe.
• 30:02
  Dayna Roselli: Oh yeah, it wasn't habitat.
• 30:05
  Dayna Roselli: We weren't going to like Siegfried and Roy's secret garden habitat.
• 30:12
  Dayna Roselli: I just thought habit burger.
• 30:14
  Sean McAllister: Habit burger.
• 30:15
  Dayna Roselli: I'll make it a habit to call it the right thing.
• 30:17
  Dayna Roselli: Never been, always drive by.
• 30:20
  Dayna Roselli: Let me tell you, I was with my friend and she was like, I had this burger because we hadn't eaten all day.
• 30:25
  Dayna Roselli: We went on this walk, we're out running errands, and like it's really clean and it's just it was good.
• 30:30
  Dayna Roselli: So anyway, we went in there, delicious.
• 30:33
  Dayna Roselli: Pickles on the burger.
• 30:35
  Dayna Roselli: Love that.
• 30:36
  Dayna Roselli: I love a good burger, but not greasy.
• 30:40
  Dayna Roselli: It just felt, I know it's weird, it felt like a healthy burger, fresh because it took a little bit.
• 30:46
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but it was just so good.
• 30:49
  Dayna Roselli: Um, I really recommend it.
• 30:51
  Dayna Roselli: I was very impressed with habit burger.
• 30:54
  Sean McAllister: Were you impressed by the habitat?
• 30:56
  Sean McAllister: Habitat.
• 30:56
  Sean McAllister: Habit burger.
• 30:58
  Dayna Roselli: You know what I also don't like?
• 31:00
  Dayna Roselli: They had the option of ordering on the screen.
• 31:02
  Dayna Roselli: I like the person.
• 31:02
  Dayna Roselli: So I waited for the person.
• 31:04
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, yeah.
• 31:04
  Dayna Roselli: I like to tell them, like, know this, add that.
• 31:06
  Dayna Roselli: You know what I mean?
• 31:07
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know about all these automatic ordering things.
• 31:10
  Dayna Roselli: And then they want tip.
• 31:11
  Dayna Roselli: It's like, well, why?
• 31:12
  Dayna Roselli: I want a person.
• 31:13
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, no, machines don't get tips.
• 31:15
  Sean McAllister: Are you kidding me?
• 31:16
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, I know.
• 31:17
  Sean McAllister: It's ridiculous.
• 31:18
  Dayna Roselli: So anyway, no.
• 31:19
  Dayna Roselli: Yes.
• 31:20
  Dayna Roselli: I think there are several locations in town.
• 31:22
  Dayna Roselli: Did you look it up?
• 31:23
  Sean McAllister: Uh, there's three locations.
• 31:24
  Dayna Roselli: Uh I went to the one on Blue Diamond.
• 31:26
  Sean McAllister: East Side, West Side on Blue Diamond, and then the one that's uh a little bit more central.
• 31:30
  Dayna Roselli: Okay.
• 31:31
  Dayna Roselli: Habit burger.
• 31:32
  Dayna Roselli: Habit burger.
• 31:32
  Dayna Roselli: It was delicious.
• 31:33
  Dayna Roselli: I got a Caesar salad too.
• 31:34
  Dayna Roselli: It was good.
• 31:36
  Dayna Roselli: Um and you know what?
• 31:37
  Dayna Roselli: It wasn't overly expensive there.
• 31:40
  Dayna Roselli: I felt like it was well priced.
• 31:41
  Dayna Roselli: So FYI.
• 31:44
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, well, should we get to some celebrity news with a Vegas twist?
• 31:48
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 31:51
  Dayna Roselli: Well, someone sent us a video of Blake Shelton's show at the Coliseum at Caesars Palace and said, Hey, Gwen joined him on stage tonight.
• 31:59
  Dayna Roselli: And we thought, okay, hey, will people be interested in this?
• 32:02
  Dayna Roselli: We threw it up on social media, and boy, people are loving the fact that Gwen popped into his show at the Coliseum.
• 32:09
  Dayna Roselli: It's part he's been doing a residency there.
• 32:11
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 32:12
  Sean McAllister: And obviously, it's not the first time that Blake and Gwen have gotten up and performed together.
• 32:17
  Sean McAllister: They're married.
• 32:18
  Sean McAllister: It is one of those Vegas things where if you go to any entertainer's show, there is a good chance that on any given night they could have a special guest pop up on stage.
• 32:33
  Sean McAllister: And that's what happened at Blake's residency.
• 32:36
  Sean McAllister: Gwen is not joining him at every single show.
• 32:39
  Sean McAllister: So it was a unique thing to have pop uh Gwen pop up on stage.
• 32:43
  Sean McAllister: And fans who were there that night were really excited about it.
• 32:46
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 32:46
  Dayna Roselli: Because we went to her show once and he popped in.
• 32:49
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 32:49
  Dayna Roselli: And that was when she was over at Planet Hollywood.
• 32:51
  Dayna Roselli: But yeah, some because a couple people comment on her, like, well, what makes this special?
• 32:54
  Dayna Roselli: Like they're married, and like obviously it's like, well, no, because she's not there every night.
• 32:58
  Dayna Roselli: And then other people were like, Oh man, I wish she would have been there the night that I was there.
• 33:02
  Dayna Roselli: And so, yeah, that's a thing.
• 33:04
  Dayna Roselli: It just kind of all aligns.
• 33:06
  Dayna Roselli: And for one specific night, she joined him on stage.
• 33:11
  Dayna Roselli: They sang their song that they sing together, a duet that they have, and people really enjoyed it.
• 33:16
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 33:16
  Dayna Roselli: So um, yeah, people are loving the video, and it's a special moment.
• 33:20
  Dayna Roselli: And um, yeah, exactly.
• 33:22
  Dayna Roselli: Those types of things can happen.
• 33:23
  Dayna Roselli: Garth Brooks used to have Trisha join him a lot.
• 33:27
  Sean McAllister: Uh, he would.
• 33:28
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 33:28
  Sean McAllister: They were so cute together.
• 33:29
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 33:30
  Dayna Roselli: So I mean, you didn't didn't know, it wasn't every night.
• 33:32
  Sean McAllister: No, not at all.
• 33:33
  Dayna Roselli: But, you know, sometimes often, you know, here and there.
• 33:36
  Dayna Roselli: So things like that.
• 33:37
  Dayna Roselli: Um, hey, Sean, I know that you are very familiar with the show Hell's Kitchen because you worked at Fox Five for so long.
• 33:44
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and I just saw that Ellie Parker of Main Street Provisions won season 24.
• 33:50
  Dayna Roselli: Yes.
• 33:51
  Dayna Roselli: Main Street's here in Las Vegas.
• 33:53
  Sean McAllister: That's right.
• 33:53
  Sean McAllister: Big congratulations to Chef Ellie Parker.
• 33:56
  Sean McAllister: Uh, this season of Hell's Kitchen was the battle of the states.
• 34:01
  Sean McAllister: So chefs from different states were going head to head to see who would come out on top.
• 34:05
  Sean McAllister: And Ellie Parker representing Nevada well.
• 34:09
  Dayna Roselli: That's awesome.
• 34:10
  Sean McAllister: Taking the prize for season 24.
• 34:13
  Sean McAllister: Um, I believe she has the uh option to go and be head chef at Hell's Kitchen at the Foxwoods Resort now.
• 34:20
  Sean McAllister: So we'll see if she ends up um, you know, going permanently over there or if she's gonna stick around town.
• 34:27
  Sean McAllister: We'll need to hit her up and and find out.
• 34:29
  Sean McAllister: But her dad and her fiance were there for the final dinner service.
• 34:32
  Sean McAllister: Uh her menu uh included uh scallop ceviche, beef tartare, seafood bisque, sweet pea cappellini, steamed mussels, pan seared ribeye, airline chicken breast, duck roast, uh, roast duck chicken breast, crispy skin salmon, and pan seared branzino.
• 34:55
  Sean McAllister: So obviously the people in the dining room who are being served can make selections off of that menu uh for their meal.
• 35:03
  Sean McAllister: And it really is intense.
• 35:05
  Sean McAllister: I've been in uh the Hell's Kitchen Dining Room while they've been filming the show, like to be a guest as they're they're doing some of the finale, and it is intense.
• 35:15
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 35:16
  Sean McAllister: Because you have the chefs back in the kitchen.
• 35:18
  Sean McAllister: Sometimes they come out and do tableside uh presentations, and you can feel the like the heat.
• 35:28
  Sean McAllister: You can feel the heat and the stress and the tension.
• 35:31
  Dayna Roselli: The hell's kitchen.
• 35:33
  Sean McAllister: Yes, but the food really is it's really, really good food, and the chefs who win are absolutely deserve the accolades and the prize that they get.
• 35:43
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 35:44
  Dayna Roselli: I can season 24.
• 35:45
  Dayna Roselli: This show is you know just keeps pumping them out.
• 35:48
  Sean McAllister: It it does.
• 35:49
  Dayna Roselli: It's going on and on and on and on, and that just shows how popular it is.
• 35:53
  Dayna Roselli: People love to watch a good competition.
• 35:55
  Sean McAllister: They do.
• 35:56
  Dayna Roselli: And we love Gordon.
• 35:58
  Sean McAllister: Gordon is the absolute best, despite his, you know, he can be very uh intense on the show, his TV persona, but he is the nicest guy.
• 36:09
  Sean McAllister: And you know, we're glad to have him represent at so many places here in Las Vegas, too.
• 36:14
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, Nevada.
• 36:15
  Dayna Roselli: I love it.
• 36:16
  Dayna Roselli: Las Vegas, Nevada, winning season 24.
• 36:19
  Dayna Roselli: Thank you, Ellie Parker.
• 36:21
  Dayna Roselli: Congratulations.
• 36:23
  Dayna Roselli: All right, and here's a star sighting.
• 36:24
  Dayna Roselli: Chris McDonald from Hacks actually was in town and stopped by the Hall of Excellence Sports Museum over at the Fountain Blue.
• 36:34
  Dayna Roselli: So I guess I was just putting two and two together there, and that means that Hacks is in town probably shooting for their final season, and he popped over there to visit.
• 36:44
  Dayna Roselli: So um, so many things have been in production in Las Vegas lately.
• 36:48
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, they really have.
• 36:49
  Sean McAllister: And if you don't recognize him from Hacks, you definitely know him as Shooter McGavin from Happy Gilmore.
• 36:54
  Dayna Roselli: And I know him from Goose in Greece 2.
• 36:57
  Sean McAllister: There we go.
• 36:59
  Sean McAllister: See, you love Grease too.
• 37:01
  Dayna Roselli: I love Grease 2.
• 37:02
  Dayna Roselli: We still never finished it.
• 37:04
  Dayna Roselli: I know you said you weren't really sure if you wanted to finish it, but I'm gonna make you someday.
• 37:08
  Dayna Roselli: It's it's so good.
• 37:10
  Dayna Roselli: Who else loves Grease 2?
• 37:12
  Sean McAllister: I'm still not sure that I want to finish it.
• 37:13
  Dayna Roselli: Who are my Grease 2 people?
• 37:16
  Dayna Roselli: Text us.
• 37:16
  Dayna Roselli: The link is in the show notes.
• 37:18
  Dayna Roselli: I want to know who enjoyed Grease 2 like I did.
• 37:21
  Sean McAllister: I feel like it is a small, mighty, and dedicated group.
• 37:24
  Dayna Roselli: It is.
• 37:25
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know about small.
• 37:26
  Dayna Roselli: I feel like it's it's up there.
• 37:30
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but yes, um, if you don't recognize him from hacks, then uh Happy Gilmore, did you say?
• 37:35
  Dayna Roselli: Or Grease or Grease 2.
• 37:38
  Dayna Roselli: Also, you had sent me something this morning.
• 37:40
  Dayna Roselli: Now I saw that Nikki Glacer was doing a TV show or shooting a TV series with Kim Kardashian and a few others, but now we're finding out that there's a Vegas story to it, and they might be coming over here to Las Vegas soon to shoot the series, that they're shooting a bunch of it in LA, but then they're gonna be moving production to Vegas.
• 38:02
  Dayna Roselli: So we'll have to keep our eye out for that.
• 38:04
  Dayna Roselli: What's it called again?
• 38:04
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, it's called the Fifth Wheel.
• 38:06
  Dayna Roselli: Okay.
• 38:06
  Sean McAllister: Uh, Fortune Themster is another hilarious uh comedian.
• 38:10
  Sean McAllister: Yes.
• 38:11
  Sean McAllister: I've gone to see her stand up uh several times when she's been through Las Vegas.
• 38:15
  Sean McAllister: She's absolutely hilarious.
• 38:17
  Sean McAllister: She's in the whole podcasting scene too, so you may listen to to Fortune as well.
• 38:22
  Sean McAllister: Um, but this just looks like it's gonna be a a great cast.
• 38:27
  Dayna Roselli: It does, and it's uh it's a Netflix original, right?
• 38:29
  Sean McAllister: Yep.
• 38:30
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, so yeah, I mean, I I don't know what others will be in there.
• 38:34
  Sean McAllister: Um we were looking it's directed by Eva Longoria.
• 38:37
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, yeah, that's right.
• 38:39
  Dayna Roselli: And uh Brenda Song is in it too.
• 38:43
  Dayna Roselli: Kim Kardashian, Nicky Glacier, yeah, and Fortune by Joe.
• 38:45
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, so um, and apparently the film is produced by Gloria Sanchez Productions with Will Farrell among the producers.
• 38:54
  Sean McAllister: All right.
• 38:55
  Dayna Roselli: So I don't know.
• 38:56
  Dayna Roselli: I it seems like it's gonna be funny.
• 38:57
  Dayna Roselli: There's gonna be a Vegas aspect to it, and we'll keep our eyes peeled for that.
• 39:02
  Sean McAllister: So keep an eye out for this bunch of bunch of gals as they're roaming around Vegas shooting scenes.
• 39:09
  Sean McAllister: That's for sure.
• 39:11
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, uh, don't mean to end on a sad note, but I just was thinking, you know what we need to mention here?
• 39:16
  Dayna Roselli: Um Kim Vaux passed away, and Kim Vaux is a celebrity hairstylist, had a salon over at the Mirage for a long time.
• 39:24
  Dayna Roselli: We didn't know he'd been suffering from colon cancer since 2018.
• 39:30
  Dayna Roselli: His uh partner, husband, I think, posted um on Instagram that he had passed away after a long battle.
• 39:37
  Dayna Roselli: And I was so sad to see that because I think you and I both have such positive stories.
• 39:42
  Dayna Roselli: First of all, I remember my brother being in town and seeing Kim Vaux, and he was totally starstruck really back in the day.
• 39:49
  Dayna Roselli: He was like, oh my gosh, there's Kim Vaux.
• 39:51
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 39:52
  Dayna Roselli: And so I don't remember what um TV shows Kim had, like, because I know he's been on a lot and had a lot of TV shows and all the names and stuff, but I don't he watched that show, whatever.
• 40:01
  Dayna Roselli: So he was so excited.
• 40:03
  Sean McAllister: Back in the day, there it was, I think he was on E.
• 40:05
  Sean McAllister: Yeah or something.
• 40:06
  Sean McAllister: I think there was a some show that he was on that he, I mean, he was one of the celebrity hairstylists um back when celebrity hairstylists were just really kind of becoming a thing.
• 40:20
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 40:21
  Dayna Roselli: And there were show more and more reality shows about them, and you know, shows where it would it they would come in and it would include their feedback and stuff like that.
• 40:29
  Dayna Roselli: Um, when I left channel eight in 2012, I had a year non-compete, so I couldn't work on television in Las Vegas.
• 40:37
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and Kim Vogue came to me and said, Hey, I'm doing this live streaming thing and I need some hosts.
• 40:43
  Dayna Roselli: It's called Battle of the Strands and it's gonna stream on like YouTube.
• 40:47
  Dayna Roselli: And that was a long time ago, and I was like, oh, okay, that's interesting.
• 40:50
  Dayna Roselli: But anyway, he was like, come with me, you know, be one of my hosts.
• 40:54
  Dayna Roselli: And I just I wanted to just shout him out for that because his kindness, he he wanted me to still feel relevant.
• 41:01
  Dayna Roselli: He knew, like, you know, this is the world of TV.
• 41:03
  Dayna Roselli: You can't work for a year if you want to say you can go to other markets and work, but it seems like you love Las Vegas.
• 41:08
  Dayna Roselli: Well, I'm gonna do this thing.
• 41:09
  Dayna Roselli: We're gonna shoot it over at the, I think at the Hard Rock.
• 41:11
  Dayna Roselli: I think we did it at the joint and the the old hard rock.
• 41:15
  Dayna Roselli: Yep.
• 41:15
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and you know, he flew me out to LA and get, you know, I got a tour of the YouTube studio, went over to his house for lunch, and we went over the script, um, had meetings here in Las Vegas and did a couple projects with him.
• 41:28
  Dayna Roselli: And he was just such a joy to work with, so nice.
• 41:30
  Dayna Roselli: I was so scared he was gonna be critical of my hair.
• 41:33
  Dayna Roselli: So I panicked at first, but then he was like, no, he liked it.
• 41:35
  Dayna Roselli: It was when my hair was shorter and angled and I had to.
• 41:38
  Dayna Roselli: And he didn't turn you blonde.
• 41:39
  Dayna Roselli: He didn't turn me blonde.
• 41:40
  Dayna Roselli: So the brunette worked, but but anyway, what a nice, nice person.
• 41:44
  Dayna Roselli: And so so sad to hear of his passing only at age 55.
• 41:48
  Dayna Roselli: FYI, everyone, get your colonoscopy.
• 41:51
  Dayna Roselli: It's very, very important.
• 41:53
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and just bummed to hear, but I think so many people were shocked, you know.
• 41:58
  Sean McAllister: Yes, absolutely.
• 41:59
  Sean McAllister: I know I had many encounters with with Kim over the years too.
• 42:02
  Sean McAllister: He would be like the celebrity stylist who would come on our our uh show.
• 42:07
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 42:07
  Sean McAllister: You know, I had a show on Fox here in uh Las Vegas for for years, and he would come on regularly and so have doing studio segments.
• 42:17
  Sean McAllister: So many just great, fond memories of just such a what a warm, kind person he was.
• 42:24
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and the salon's still open in LA, so Kim Vaux Salon, I believe.
• 42:28
  Dayna Roselli: Um you can find that easily by just looking it up.
• 42:32
  Dayna Roselli: So if you're ever in Los Angeles, maybe go in and support uh honor Kim Vow, who was really one of the great celebrity hairstylists, like Sean said, at the beginning when celebrity hairstylists started becoming a thing.
• 42:45
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 42:45
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's really set the tone.
• 42:47
  Dayna Roselli: All right.
• 42:48
  Dayna Roselli: Well, listen, um, that's it for the podcast, I think.
• 42:51
  Dayna Roselli: This week, we've got a lot more coming up in the following weeks.
• 42:54
  Dayna Roselli: And gosh, every time we think it's February, it's not even February yet.
• 42:58
  Dayna Roselli: This has been like the longest month in the life of months.
• 43:02
  Sean McAllister: Well, it's because it feels like it followed the longest holiday season ever.
• 43:06
  Dayna Roselli: Yes.
• 43:07
  Sean McAllister: It started early and just kept going.
• 43:09
  Sean McAllister: Uh, thanks so much for listening this week.
• 43:11
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• 43:15
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• 43:31
  Dayna Roselli: I know we like always say, but the other day I had to download an app and they wanted my name and everything first.
• 43:36
  Dayna Roselli: And I wasn't even sure if I liked the app yet.
• 43:39
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• 43:43
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• 43:47
  Sean McAllister: See what I do if I download an app and have to put in all this stuff, I just delete it immediately.
• 43:52
  Sean McAllister: I'm like, well, that was a waste of time.
• 43:54
  Dayna Roselli: Well, yeah, that too.
• 43:55
  Dayna Roselli: And I but I was really interested to see what this was about.
• 43:58
  Dayna Roselli: But I agree, it deters you, doesn't it?
• 44:00
  Sean McAllister: Yes, it does.
• 44:01
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 44:02
  Dayna Roselli: Um, also wanted to mention, I keep saying, I also wanted to mention uh the the Vegas Loop has been was used a lot during C CES, and there are a lot more stops opening.
• 44:12
  Dayna Roselli: One just opened at Fountain Blue, and in the Vegas Near Me app, you can go in and type in Vegas Loop and the stations come up.
• 44:19
  Dayna Roselli: So FYI, you can get an Uber there, it tells you cost, you can figure out the schedule.
• 44:24
  Dayna Roselli: So again, Vegas Near Me always updating with current, current stuff inside the app, like daily.
• 44:30
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 44:31
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• 44:34
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• 44:44
  Sean McAllister: It's a a great uh convenience to have right at your fingertips.
• 44:49
  Sean McAllister: Thanks so much for joining us this week.
• 44:51
  Sean McAllister: We'll be back with more next week.