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Netflix Bites Opens in Las Vegas, Sphere Emoji Named, Carrot Top Tickets, F1 Experience Opening, Songwriter Festival | Ep. 260 · Vegas Revealed

• 0:00
  Sean McAllister: It is episode 260 of Vegas Revealed, and Carrot Top is celebrating 40 years in comedy with a ticket special for you.
• 0:10
  Dayna Roselli: And Netflix Bites is open over at MGM Grand.
• 0:13
  Sean McAllister: The iconic Sphere Emoji officially has a name.
• 0:17
  Dayna Roselli: And get ready to ride, North America's largest Formula One attraction opens here in Las Vegas.
• 0:23
  Sean McAllister: Mandalay Bay is hosting a songwriter festival, too.
• 0:27
  Sean McAllister: We have all the details and so much more coming up now on Vegas Revealed.
• 0:34
  Sean McAllister: Vegas Revealed starts now.
• 0:37
  Sean McAllister: Welcome to Vegas Revealed.
• 0:39
  Sean McAllister: It is episode 260.
• 0:41
  Sean McAllister: I'm Sean McAllister, along with Dana Roselli, right here in Las Vegas.
• 0:46
  Dayna Roselli: That's right.
• 0:47
  Dayna Roselli: It has been a while, and we apologize.
• 0:49
  Dayna Roselli: Last week we didn't do a show, and we feel like we need to explain ourselves because we always say every week we do a show.
• 0:55
  Dayna Roselli: We only skip like one week a year, and that's around the holiday.
• 0:58
  Dayna Roselli: But um we did recently skip a show, and my dad passed away.
• 1:02
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and I've been in New York back and forth a lot over the last two and a half months.
• 1:07
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and uh I had to go home for two and a half weeks, um, you know, take care of my mom, do the services.
• 1:13
  Dayna Roselli: Sean came in, which uh was was wonderful, that my co-host and business partner came in to support me.
• 1:19
  Dayna Roselli: So we've been, you know, trying our best to stay on top of Vegas things.
• 1:24
  Dayna Roselli: But as you know, if you have lost a parent, it's something that you never expect, leaves a big hole in your heart.
• 1:31
  Dayna Roselli: It's been definitely very difficult.
• 1:33
  Dayna Roselli: There's also a lot of people who know what it's like to feel like, oh, I don't know if I'm prepared for when that happens.
• 1:38
  Dayna Roselli: And, you know, you're never prepared.
• 1:40
  Dayna Roselli: And it's um, it's been a lot.
• 1:42
  Dayna Roselli: We've gotten through it, but I am back, I am in the saddle, and I'm feeling the love from everyone.
• 1:48
  Dayna Roselli: So I appreciate all the support for anyone who knew.
• 1:50
  Dayna Roselli: I've kept a little private about it, but uh kind of put it out there recently just to let people know where I've been.
• 1:55
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and uh as always, our thoughts, prayers are with you, and we're glad to have you back.
• 2:03
  Dayna Roselli: And Pat Roselli is my dad's name.
• 2:05
  Dayna Roselli: He was our biggest fan.
• 2:06
  Dayna Roselli: He was he wore his Vegas Revealed merch like a proud dad.
• 2:10
  Dayna Roselli: And uh I took his sweatshirt with me.
• 2:12
  Dayna Roselli: I have it here in Las Vegas because he wore it all the time.
• 2:15
  Dayna Roselli: And and I kept saying, How do you keep that in such good shape?
• 2:18
  Dayna Roselli: Because you know, he wore it all the time, he'd watch it, and I was like, that that logo stays on real nice.
• 2:23
  Dayna Roselli: That's a good quality sweatshirt.
• 2:25
  Dayna Roselli: And he'd say, Oh yeah.
• 2:27
  Sean McAllister: I I love that dad dipped into the Vegas Revealed merch store and got that sweatshirt.
• 2:32
  Dayna Roselli: He sure did.
• 2:32
  Sean McAllister: He sure did.
• 2:33
  Dayna Roselli: Well, I have certainly been out of the Vegas loop, which reminded me.
• 2:38
  Dayna Roselli: Have we mentioned the new stop?
• 2:39
  Dayna Roselli: The new Vegas loop stop at the Westgate?
• 2:42
  Dayna Roselli: I can't remember if we did that.
• 2:43
  Dayna Roselli: I know we did it in the TV show recently, but I don't know if we did it on the audio podcast.
• 2:47
  Dayna Roselli: But anyway, a quick reminder for everyone that there is a new Vegas loop stop at the Westgate.
• 2:53
  Dayna Roselli: Um that is in addition to the one at Resorts World and Convention Center.
• 2:57
  Dayna Roselli: That is the boring company's, you know, underground tunnel system that they've started and is gonna expand, you know, to all the hotel casinos, the airport, downtown.
• 3:05
  Sean McAllister: But we are only at stop number three currently.
• 3:08
  Sean McAllister: So there's a long way to go before this tunnel transportation system is fully built out and you know, really making an impact on moving people around.
• 3:18
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 3:19
  Dayna Roselli: But you know, it'll be helpful for the the north end of the strip.
• 3:22
  Dayna Roselli: We did get a question on our YouTube page because we posted our latest television show, which had the Vegas Loop story in it.
• 3:28
  Dayna Roselli: And if you want to see that, you can go to our YouTube channel.
• 3:30
  Dayna Roselli: Um but uh somebody had asked, like, is it just for conventiers or like can anyone use the Vegas loop?
• 3:36
  Dayna Roselli: And no, anybody can use the Vegas loop.
• 3:39
  Dayna Roselli: It's really simple.
• 3:40
  Dayna Roselli: We use the one from Resorts World to Convention Center once, and you go down, you grab a quick ticket, very affordable.
• 3:46
  Dayna Roselli: I don't even know.
• 3:47
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know the ticket price off the top of my head, but it was like a couple bucks or something.
• 3:50
  Sean McAllister: Uh yeah, I think uh even once everything is is built out, I was looking at the website and they're saying at least at this point, like twelve dollars is uh going to be the most expensive ticket.
• 4:02
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, that's good.
• 4:03
  Sean McAllister: And that's at this point.
• 4:04
  Sean McAllister: I mean, who knows?
• 4:04
  Sean McAllister: It could all change.
• 4:05
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 4:06
  Dayna Roselli: Um as everything keeps going up.
• 4:07
  Sean McAllister: As everything keeps going up.
• 4:09
  Dayna Roselli: But um, yeah, we'll have um you know a couple different stops, and you you grab you grab it, you there's a car that you get right in and it takes you through the loop.
• 4:16
  Dayna Roselli: So pretty simple, and it's yeah, not for anyone specific.
• 4:19
  Dayna Roselli: Any person is uh allowed to use it.
• 4:22
  Sean McAllister: And we appreciate getting questions like that.
• 4:24
  Sean McAllister: We love to give answers when you have Vegas-related questions.
• 4:29
  Sean McAllister: And just a reminder uh you can go down in our show notes and you can text questions to us anytime you want.
• 4:36
  Sean McAllister: Just click the link that we have down there, uh, and it'll bring up a screen where you can just type in your your message.
• 4:43
  Sean McAllister: It comes right to both Dana and me, and we will answer those questions on the next audio podcast.
• 4:51
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know.
• 4:51
  Dayna Roselli: When it's done, it's gonna be pretty incredible.
• 4:53
  Dayna Roselli: And I think uh a lot of times we sit here and we go, how is that gonna move so many people with just a car you know at a time?
• 5:00
  Dayna Roselli: But I'm I'm interested to see how it all works.
• 5:02
  Dayna Roselli: So, you know, I'm sure the numbers don't lie.
• 5:04
  Dayna Roselli: You can't come up with that if you don't have a plan.
• 5:07
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, exactly.
• 5:07
  Sean McAllister: Exactly.
• 5:08
  Dayna Roselli: So we'll see.
• 5:09
  Sean McAllister: Well, and once it is all up and running, that could become uh another iconic uh fixture of Las Vegas, much like the sphere has become since it uh was built and opened up uh just behind the Venetian resort.
• 5:24
  Sean McAllister: And uh one of our favorite things that we see on the outside on the exosphere are those emojis.
• 5:32
  Sean McAllister: Because they have them for just about every uh occasion, every morning, night, warm, cold.
• 5:39
  Sean McAllister: There's lots of emojis that we see.
• 5:41
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my gosh, it rings in the new year.
• 5:43
  Dayna Roselli: We see all the pictures, I'm sure people have seen it, of like when folks are golfing at what the wind golf course.
• 5:47
  Dayna Roselli: Yes, the emojis making faces, people fly by in helicopters and planes and get the emoji looking at them.
• 5:54
  Dayna Roselli: Um, you know, he drinks coffee.
• 5:56
  Dayna Roselli: Well, I say he, I don't know, it's it it drinks coffee and um well puts its winter sweater on to be warm.
• 6:03
  Sean McAllister: It sweats in the summer, it puts on sunglasses, the really cool ones, and watches the F1 cars zip around it.
• 6:10
  Dayna Roselli: And then also gets the tan lines around its eyes when it takes the sunglasses off.
• 6:15
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my god, it's just too fun.
• 6:16
  Dayna Roselli: There's Valentine's Day.
• 6:17
  Dayna Roselli: So anyway, it has officially has a name and it's a cute name, I think.
• 6:21
  Sean McAllister: It is Orby.
• 6:22
  Sean McAllister: Orbi, welcome.
• 6:24
  Sean McAllister: We loved you even before you had a name.
• 6:26
  Dayna Roselli: And for this big debut, the emoji had a little hello, my name is sticker on it that said, Hello, my name is Orbi.
• 6:35
  Dayna Roselli: So Orby has officially been introduced uh on the exosphere, and the whole world has welcomed Orby.
• 6:41
  Dayna Roselli: And now you can even get Orby merch.
• 6:44
  Dayna Roselli: They've opened this uh e-commerce site, and you can go to uh shop.thesphere.com if you want some Orby merch to go along with your day.
• 6:53
  Sean McAllister: I like Orby's name.
• 6:54
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I do too.
• 6:55
  Dayna Roselli: I think it's cute.
• 6:56
  Sean McAllister: And you know what else I like?
• 6:57
  Sean McAllister: That they didn't hold like a uh public uh poll to decide what Orby's name was gonna be.
• 7:05
  Sean McAllister: They just came up with a name and stuck with it.
• 7:08
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, um, but uh talking about voting, just FYI, if you do love everything sphere and you want to take part in the student design contest voting, they are doing that right now.
• 7:19
  Dayna Roselli: The second annual Sphere EXO student design challenge is up to a vote.
• 7:24
  Dayna Roselli: So if you'd like to go look at some of the designs, it's thesphere.com backslash vote.
• 7:29
  Dayna Roselli: And you can vote worldwide.
• 7:31
  Dayna Roselli: So you can just go on the website, anybody around the world, um, and you have to vote now through Monday, March 24th at 1159 p.m.
• 7:39
  Dayna Roselli: Pacific time.
• 7:40
  Dayna Roselli: So they have great designs.
• 7:42
  Sean McAllister: They really do.
• 7:43
  Sean McAllister: And if you're not familiar with this contest, uh Sphere has partnered with uh the Clark County School District, UNLV, with a whole bunch of different students, different age ranges uh here in southern Nevada.
• 7:55
  Sean McAllister: They're provided with some really uh cool cutting-edge uh technology, some VR goggles, you know, all the all the software that you need in order to design something for the exosphere.
• 8:09
  Sean McAllister: And they're given this opportunity to come up with uh their own unique artwork that is entered into this contest.
• 8:15
  Sean McAllister: And so that's what you're voting on, which is an incredible opportunity for students who are into art and design and digital technology.
• 8:25
  Sean McAllister: So that it's a really neat partnership, and I love that it came back for a second year.
• 8:29
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and um that it's all in um conjunction with Earth Day, so that's kind of the theme.
• 8:34
  Dayna Roselli: So yeah, get on there and vote and and have some fun.
• 8:37
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, you went over to check out Netflix Bites while I was gone, and this is a new experience, a one-year culinary residency over at MGM Grand.
• 8:46
  Dayna Roselli: Tell us about it.
• 8:47
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, this is really neat.
• 8:48
  Sean McAllister: So you sit at home on your couch binging all your favorite Netflix shows, and now you can go over to MGM Grand and experience them in a whole new way on your plate.
• 9:01
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, so how does this work?
• 9:02
  Sean McAllister: A bunch of different menu items that are inspired by some of the most popular shows on Netflix, whether it's Bridgerton, Squid Games, uh, Love is Blind.
• 9:14
  Sean McAllister: They have some cocktails from that are inspired by Love is Blind.
• 9:18
  Dayna Roselli: Are they did they use those glasses?
• 9:20
  Dayna Roselli: The are they using the okay, so when you watch Love is Blind, they use these annoying glasses that everyone comments on on social media, and they're like these thick aluminum glasses, so you can't see what's in the cup.
• 9:32
  Sean McAllister: Oh, well, they I feel like they probably have those.
• 9:35
  Dayna Roselli: Maybe I'm gonna go to the code.
• 9:35
  Sean McAllister: I didn't have one of the drinks, okay, but they said that the Love is Blind cocktail is like one of the most popular things at the bar.
• 9:43
  Dayna Roselli: Okay.
• 9:43
  Dayna Roselli: We'll have to check that out.
• 9:45
  Sean McAllister: But for Bridgerton, there's a a tea service.
• 9:48
  Sean McAllister: It really is uh a neat partnership with MGM Grand and uh Netflix.
• 9:54
  Sean McAllister: And like you said, Dana, I did stop over there and got all the details.
• 9:58
  Sean McAllister: Okay, so Netflix Bytes is now open here at MGM Grand.
• 10:02
  Sean McAllister: How did this partnership come about?
• 10:04
  SPEAKER_00: Well, you know, we are the entertainment authority, and to partner with Netflix, which is a great brand, uh, loves lots of great uh different shows that we could connect with, it really was just an easy knock out of the park kind of partnership.
• 10:18
  Sean McAllister: And uh what was the conversation?
• 10:19
  Sean McAllister: When was it MGM going to Netflix, or did Netflix say, hey, we've got this great activation?
• 10:26
  Sean McAllister: Are you interested?
• 10:27
  SPEAKER_00: Well, actually, Netflix had a uh Netflix uh show, or excuse me, a Netflix restaurant in LA.
• 10:33
  SPEAKER_00: And so when we found out about that partnership, it was kind of between the two of us to kind of meet in the middle.
• 10:38
  SPEAKER_00: Um, we thought it would be great to bring them here, and they thought it would be great to be here.
• 10:42
  Sean McAllister: And obviously, for the Vegas audience, this is about as exciting as people can get.
• 10:48
  Sean McAllister: They watch these shows at home and then they come to Vegas and eat and experience the show.
• 10:54
  SPEAKER_00: Well, that's actually been the most fun part about this, is we've as we opened last week, people are actually coming in and they're seeing all the pictures, they're seeing all the different shows that are listed on the menu, and they're fully connected and just on board immediately.
• 11:06
  Sean McAllister: And have there been uh favorites on the menu that have uh started to stand out even this early on?
• 11:12
  SPEAKER_00: Well, that's what I wanted to show you today.
• 11:14
  SPEAKER_00: One of our biggest standouts is the red bite, green bite, and that's a feature from Squid Games, and it actually has Young Lee, who's the little doll that turns around and stops doing the red light and green light game.
• 11:26
  SPEAKER_00: People are loving it, and the smiles on their faces when they see it, it's just it's been uh just a home run.
• 11:31
  Sean McAllister: So this is interactive dining.
• 11:33
  SPEAKER_00: 100%.
• 11:34
  SPEAKER_00: And I think that in Vegas, that's what people expect.
• 11:36
  SPEAKER_00: They expect an experience, not just great food, not just great service.
• 11:40
  SPEAKER_00: They want to be able to put something on the table that they can Instagram, that they can showcase to send their friends back home.
• 11:46
  Sean McAllister: And what shows are represented on the menu here?
• 11:50
  SPEAKER_00: There are a lot of shows.
• 11:51
  SPEAKER_00: Um I just mentioned Squid Games, but um House of Cards, um, or excuse me, House of Usher.
• 11:56
  SPEAKER_00: We also have um WWE, which people really love our Smash Burger right now.
• 12:02
  SPEAKER_00: One Piece is a big one too.
• 12:04
  SPEAKER_00: There are so many shows that actually learning the brands were a lot of fun for us because Netflix gave our staff free Netflix membership so we can all learn about the shows.
• 12:13
  Sean McAllister: That's a pretty good word.
• 12:15
  SPEAKER_00: It was.
• 12:15
  SPEAKER_00: And actually, our staff really enjoyed learning about it, and they're the ones who are having the most fun too.
• 12:21
  Sean McAllister: And is there, um now that the the staff is being completely engrossed in um Netflix productions, I mean, is there some brainstorming going on to come up with new concepts too?
• 12:32
  SPEAKER_00: I think that's what has been most fun about this, is that it's not just what we're doing today, it's what we're gonna do next month or the following month.
• 12:39
  SPEAKER_00: Is what else can we bring to the table?
• 12:41
  SPEAKER_00: Because we've gotten so creative in this partnership.
• 12:43
  SPEAKER_00: There's so much more opportunity, and we're really looking forward to it.
• 12:46
  Sean McAllister: And I have to imagine Bridgerton is in the mix too somewhere.
• 12:50
  SPEAKER_00: So that's what's fun about Bridgerton too.
• 12:52
  SPEAKER_00: So we do have a this afternoon tea, which we do at night as well, but we have full tea service, we've got macaroons, we've got some of the sandwiches for music.
• 13:01
  SPEAKER_00: I think guests are really gonna like that, and we're actually gonna see if guests will come dressed up as Bridgerton, and that's gonna be fun too, because you will totally be welcome to do that.
• 13:09
  Sean McAllister: So that's encouraged.
• 13:10
  SPEAKER_00: 100%.
• 13:11
  SPEAKER_00: Like any costumes you have.
• 13:12
  SPEAKER_00: Um, we did have a night where we brought in some of the guards from Squid Games, and they have the pink uniforms, and that was really fun, and the pictures were just incredible.
• 13:21
  Sean McAllister: I love that.
• 13:22
  Sean McAllister: Um, what's been your favorite on the menu?
• 13:25
  SPEAKER_00: Well, I really like the tacos on another menu too, but I think the whole tasting experience, and we do do um with um Chef David uh Ching, we do do a um a whole series with his dinner and with some of his steaks and some of his chicken.
• 13:41
  SPEAKER_00: Like, so that stuff has been really fun for us too.
• 13:44
  Sean McAllister: And what's been um the reaction from guests who have come in and interacted and dined.
• 13:51
  SPEAKER_00: Actually, from the from the minute you walk into the building and you see the big, big lips that say Netflix bites on it, it's just that odd experience.
• 13:59
  SPEAKER_00: I think some people thought it was a Netflix museum at first and didn't realize it was a restaurant, but it's a full restaurant.
• 14:05
  SPEAKER_00: We're open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, which is really nice too.
• 14:07
  SPEAKER_00: And we're open late on Friday and Saturday.
• 14:09
  SPEAKER_00: So the guest reaction has just been super warm and welcoming, and they're having a lot of fun.
• 14:14
  Dayna Roselli: And we'll be having this on a TV show, but what does it look like inside?
• 14:17
  Sean McAllister: I mean, it is bright orange and pink, and it is a colorful place.
• 14:23
  Dayna Roselli: It's very vegas.
• 14:24
  Sean McAllister: Very vagus.
• 14:25
  Sean McAllister: When you walk into the casino from the MGM Grand lobby, uh, you're kind of staring straight at Netflix bites.
• 14:33
  Dayna Roselli: Okay.
• 14:33
  Sean McAllister: So you come into the casino, it's just a straight shot ahead of you.
• 14:37
  Sean McAllister: And you hop in for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
• 14:39
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, what a great new attraction for MGM Grand.
• 14:42
  Dayna Roselli: I love that.
• 14:43
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, uh, they are making use of the Formula One area outside of race time.
• 14:50
  Dayna Roselli: I love this.
• 14:51
  Dayna Roselli: North America's largest Formula One attraction opening here in Las Vegas on March 29th.
• 14:57
  Dayna Roselli: We kind of told you about this way back, but it's a partnership with Round Room Live, and it's set within the 39-acre Grand Prix Plaza and it features three different ticketed attractions.
• 15:09
  Dayna Roselli: And I think this is a great idea to make use of that area they basically had to build up, you know, the building and everything.
• 15:16
  Sean McAllister: Well, this is the one a permanent part of uh the Formula One track.
• 15:21
  Sean McAllister: Obviously, we know every fall that we hear a lot about it, the track gets set up, and then before the new year it's torn back down again, and there's a lot that's said about that.
• 15:32
  Sean McAllister: But um the Grand Prix Plaza is here all year round.
• 15:36
  Sean McAllister: It's a beautiful building, and now they're uh letting you go there for the first time in off-track hours.
• 15:44
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it it's apparently gonna have like this virtual track that looks really fun.
• 15:48
  Dayna Roselli: They have an F1 karting experience, they have a store with uh area with elevated food and beverage offerings and much more.
• 15:58
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, they've got a bunch of different things you can do.
• 16:01
  Dayna Roselli: So if you just want to go hang out over there.
• 16:03
  Dayna Roselli: Um but it is three ticketed attractions.
• 16:06
  Dayna Roselli: So if you just want to go do one, you can.
• 16:08
  Sean McAllister: Yes, and you can do that.
• 16:09
  Sean McAllister: Uh you can go to grandpreeplaza.com um to see more about these individual attractions and to get your tickets ahead of time.
• 16:20
  Sean McAllister: Um it's really cool.
• 16:22
  Sean McAllister: The attraction will close for the season in late summer so that they can start preparing for the actual race with um reopening dates that'll be decided down the line.
• 16:34
  Sean McAllister: But I I I'm excited about this.
• 16:36
  Sean McAllister: I think it's a really great use of that facility.
• 16:38
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, but new attractions uh bring more people to Vegas, so love it.
• 16:43
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, you know, I didn't know Keanu Reeves was in a band.
• 16:46
  Dayna Roselli: How about that?
• 16:47
  Dayna Roselli: Did you?
• 16:48
  Sean McAllister: I don't think that I did.
• 16:50
  Dayna Roselli: Well, he is, and they're coming to Fountain Blue for one performance only.
• 16:56
  Dayna Roselli: April 26th at 8 p.m.
• 16:58
  Dayna Roselli: It's called Dogstar.
• 16:59
  Dayna Roselli: It's an alternative rock trio.
• 17:02
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and let's see, the band features guitarist and vocalist Brett Domrose, drummer Rob Malhouse, and bassist Keanu Reeves.
• 17:12
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, that Keanu Reeves.
• 17:14
  Dayna Roselli: So they're coming to town.
• 17:16
  Dayna Roselli: I love that.
• 17:16
  Dayna Roselli: April 26th, if you want to go see Dogstar.
• 17:19
  Sean McAllister: Interesting.
• 17:20
  Sean McAllister: Well, well done, Keanu.
• 17:21
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 17:22
  Sean McAllister: I wanna I want to hear some of that music.
• 17:24
  Sean McAllister: I'm interested now.
• 17:25
  Sean McAllister: Hey, uh, let's keep with the music here.
• 17:28
  Sean McAllister: Uh Las Vegas is gonna play host to one of the largest gatherings of hit songwriters that we have ever seen here.
• 17:37
  Sean McAllister: This is a really neat thing.
• 17:38
  Sean McAllister: For the first time ever, the Las Vegas Songwriters Festival is coming to Mandalay Bay.
• 17:43
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's coming in August, so you've got a heads up.
• 17:46
  Dayna Roselli: This event will take place, let's see, August 21st to the 24th, so end of summer.
• 17:51
  Dayna Roselli: Now, I was reading about this and I thought, what a great idea.
• 17:54
  Dayna Roselli: So it's all these songwriters that are behind all these major hits from major artists, and uh they basically are going to do performances, live performances, and then they're gonna do QA sessions and have storytelling sessions where people can ask questions about where did the song originate from and at what was your thinking behind it and all that.
• 18:15
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, what a cool thing.
• 18:17
  Sean McAllister: It really is.
• 18:18
  Sean McAllister: And this seems like it's uh kind of you know how over at Mandalay Bay they have the the Nashville Unplugged series?
• 18:25
  Dayna Roselli: Well, some of those folks are part of it.
• 18:26
  Dayna Roselli: I was reading in the press release, yes.
• 18:28
  Sean McAllister: And I was gonna say, this is like uh Nashville Unplugged on a large scale.
• 18:33
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 18:34
  Dayna Roselli: And I wonder if they had a lot to do with it and maybe even the idea and concept.
• 18:38
  Sean McAllister: Um because Nashville Unplugged is uh fantastic.
• 18:42
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, that's similar where they do country songs, but it's the song writers.
• 18:46
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, okay.
• 18:47
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, so you get the behind-the-scenes stories of these big hit songs.
• 18:51
  Sean McAllister: Now they're bringing in more songwriters to take part in this festival, and we can all be there and uh take part in it and listen to some darn good music.
• 19:01
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it sounds great.
• 19:02
  Dayna Roselli: So if you want more information, go to Vegas Songwriters.com and you can learn more all about it.
• 19:09
  Dayna Roselli: Um, see how you can take part if you want.
• 19:11
  Dayna Roselli: But I love it.
• 19:12
  Dayna Roselli: I I just think it's so great to, I don't know, have a gathering of, you know, the songwriters that act make so many of these hit songs happen.
• 19:21
  Dayna Roselli: Like people don't realize.
• 19:22
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, there are a lot of artists that write their own music, but there's some that need the songwriters because that's how it works.
• 19:28
  Dayna Roselli: And and there's a lot of you know, sometimes they don't get the the accolade.
• 19:32
  Sean McAllister: Yes, it's time for the songwriters to step into the spotlight and have that star moment because a lot of times uh they're spending their entire career behind the scenes.
• 19:43
  Sean McAllister: You know, and the the big A-list right music name gets all the credit.
• 19:48
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 19:49
  Sean McAllister: But here in Las Vegas, it's the songwriters.
• 19:52
  Dayna Roselli: I know, and you know, they they want to tell their story, like this is why I wrote this song or whatever.
• 19:56
  Dayna Roselli: So, and I thought it would be perfect for so-and-so.
• 19:59
  Dayna Roselli: Right, you know, Keith Urban or whatever.
• 20:01
  Dayna Roselli: Um, so anyway, that'll be really cool.
• 20:03
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, uh, let's do some tips now.
• 20:08
  Sean McAllister: Dana, you went to a restaurant that I am I'm envious that I was not able to go the night that you went because it looked absolutely fabulous.
• 20:18
  Dayna Roselli: This was like the one Vegas thing I snuck in in the last two and a half months.
• 20:21
  Dayna Roselli: And so yeah, I was like, haven't I talked about this already?
• 20:24
  Dayna Roselli: And you were like, No, I'm like, oh gosh, I haven't been here.
• 20:27
  Dayna Roselli: We haven't been here.
• 20:27
  Dayna Roselli: So, okay, so Sorolina.
• 20:29
  Dayna Roselli: I went to Sorolina and it's a great new neighborhood Italian restaurant.
• 20:33
  Dayna Roselli: It's in the southwest part of Las Vegas.
• 20:35
  Dayna Roselli: Sorlina means little sister in Italian.
• 20:38
  Dayna Roselli: Now it's so, first of all, I don't even know how to it's like you're it's comfortable and it feels like family, but it's also nice inside, but also cozy.
• 20:49
  Dayna Roselli: It's just got such a great vibe.
• 20:51
  Dayna Roselli: I really loved it.
• 20:54
  Dayna Roselli: The food was great, the pasta was wonderful, but I have to talk about this signature drink I had there, Sean.
• 21:01
  Dayna Roselli: It is called the Dirty Bambino.
• 21:04
  Dayna Roselli: It was so incredible.
• 21:05
  Dayna Roselli: Now I love dirty martinis, you do too.
• 21:07
  Sean McAllister: Oh, is this a martini?
• 21:09
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my god, did I not tell you about this yet?
• 21:11
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my gosh.
• 21:12
  Dayna Roselli: It's an it's a take on the classic dirty martini, but with house-made parmesan infused vodka.
• 21:20
  Sean McAllister: What?
• 21:21
  Dayna Roselli: So I'm talking, you sip this and it tastes like you're sipping a blue cheese olive.
• 21:27
  Dayna Roselli: I it was so good.
• 21:29
  Dayna Roselli: My I I almost just started drooling.
• 21:31
  Dayna Roselli: Like I was thinking my mouth is filling with saliva.
• 21:35
  Dayna Roselli: We need to drive there this weekend, I think.
• 21:37
  Dayna Roselli: I think Uber there.
• 21:38
  Dayna Roselli: A good Mart Martini.
• 21:40
  Dayna Roselli: Um it was so good.
• 21:43
  Dayna Roselli: And you know, I was talking to some of the owners as they were coming out, and they were like, Oh, yeah, like this this Parmesan infused vibe, like it sits like I don't know if she said all day or all week or whatever, um, infusing the flavors.
• 21:55
  Dayna Roselli: It's delicious.
• 21:57
  Dayna Roselli: It's wonderful.
• 21:58
  Dayna Roselli: Um, I have a little video.
• 22:00
  Dayna Roselli: On our Instagram, if you want to go look at it.
• 22:02
  Sean McAllister: Go for the dirty bambino and stay for the delicious food.
• 22:05
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my gosh.
• 22:05
  Dayna Roselli: Go for the dirty bambino.
• 22:07
  Dayna Roselli: Start with some bread.
• 22:08
  Dayna Roselli: Get an appetizer.
• 22:10
  Dayna Roselli: Uh I think we had the burrata, it was delicious.
• 22:12
  Dayna Roselli: We had some pasta.
• 22:14
  Dayna Roselli: It all of it was great.
• 22:16
  Dayna Roselli: And I just I highly recommend it.
• 22:18
  Dayna Roselli: Pretty lights in there, the whole nine.
• 22:19
  Dayna Roselli: If you want and and I it's great.
• 22:21
  Dayna Roselli: It's in this cute little plaza.
• 22:22
  Dayna Roselli: And you know, it's in an area that I think needs more restaurants.
• 22:25
  Dayna Roselli: So I think this is wonderful.
• 22:26
  Dayna Roselli: But I say if you're visiting Las Vegas, it would be uh definitely worth a trip from the strip.
• 22:31
  Dayna Roselli: I think it's great.
• 22:32
  Dayna Roselli: Um, it's now open for dinner seven days a week, 5 p.m.
• 22:35
  Dayna Roselli: until late.
• 22:36
  Sean McAllister: And maybe uh that is uh an unscripted tip here is that when you do come to Las Vegas, make sure that you get off the strip because we have some incredible restaurants away from the hubbub of the resort corridor.
• 22:52
  Sean McAllister: So be sure to venture out and that's a thing and find some of these places.
• 22:57
  Dayna Roselli: Because a lot of people will, you know, in when you go on vacation or whatever, you write someone if you know them in the town and say, you know, what are what do the locals do?
• 23:04
  Dayna Roselli: Where do the locals go?
• 23:05
  Sean McAllister: Yes.
• 23:05
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 23:06
  Dayna Roselli: And so this could, you know, even if you put one thing on your list, it's great.
• 23:09
  Dayna Roselli: Or if you return to Vegas over and over, you know, and you want to venture out more.
• 23:12
  Dayna Roselli: Maybe if you're coming to Vegas for the first time ever, you know, I get it.
• 23:15
  Dayna Roselli: There's a lot to do on the strip and you can't venture off.
• 23:17
  Dayna Roselli: But um, we I like we have a lot of locals that listen to the podcast too.
• 23:20
  Dayna Roselli: So I definitely recommend going over there.
• 23:23
  Sean McAllister: All right.
• 23:23
  Sean McAllister: Hey, uh, here's a ticket deal for you that we wanted to mention.
• 23:27
  Sean McAllister: Uh Carrot Top is doing a ticket deal,$40 tickets, because it is his 40th year in comedy.
• 23:35
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my gosh, I can't believe it.
• 23:37
  Sean McAllister: He started when he was 20.
• 23:39
  Sean McAllister: That means he's 60, Dana.
• 23:41
  Dayna Roselli: He just turned 60 in February.
• 23:43
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know how that's possible.
• 23:45
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my gosh.
• 23:46
  Dayna Roselli: How did Carrot Top turn 60?
• 23:48
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know.
• 23:48
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know, but he's the king of props, is what they call him.
• 23:51
  Dayna Roselli: And let me tell you, you and I talk about this.
• 23:52
  Dayna Roselli: I've seen him so many times, and every time I literally cry tears laughing.
• 23:57
  Sean McAllister: He's hilarious.
• 23:58
  Dayna Roselli: He is so funny.
• 24:00
  Sean McAllister: I used to watch his special.
• 24:01
  Sean McAllister: Remember when he used to do those HBO specials back in the day?
• 24:05
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 24:06
  Sean McAllister: Like growing up, I remember watching his comedy specials.
• 24:09
  Dayna Roselli: We weren't allowed to have HBO in the Roselli household.
• 24:11
  Sean McAllister: Oh, okay.
• 24:12
  Sean McAllister: Was that a little too too risky?
• 24:14
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, we didn't have cable.
• 24:15
  Dayna Roselli: I grew up with no cable, only the four channels, and we had to be outside playing, and we could only watch, you know, what was on the four channels.
• 24:24
  Dayna Roselli: That was enough TV.
• 24:25
  Dayna Roselli: We didn't need all that extra.
• 24:27
  Dayna Roselli: So anyway, no, I didn't see the comedy specials.
• 24:29
  Dayna Roselli: I saw them in the ATT commercials.
• 24:31
  Sean McAllister: Oh, there we go.
• 24:32
  Sean McAllister: Okay.
• 24:33
  Dayna Roselli: And then I wondered, what was this guy all about?
• 24:35
  Dayna Roselli: And then I used to see him on a lot of the late night shows.
• 24:38
  Dayna Roselli: He was always on and still is.
• 24:39
  Sean McAllister: Oh, he was always on with Carson and yeah.
• 24:43
  Dayna Roselli: And yeah, all that.
• 24:45
  Dayna Roselli: Um, so anyway, he is wonderful.
• 24:47
  Dayna Roselli: He's doing a ticket special because he's been in 40 years of comedy, as Sean said, uh, 40 bucks on select Sundays and weekdays.
• 24:54
  Dayna Roselli: Now I'm gonna put a link in the show notes because it's kind of a long link to get there just to make sure you activate that special.
• 25:00
  Dayna Roselli: You'll see the window pop up that'll say you're activated for the$40.
• 25:03
  Dayna Roselli: And then you can browse around.
• 25:04
  Dayna Roselli: So I'll put the link in.
• 25:05
  Dayna Roselli: It's on the Luxor's website.
• 25:07
  Dayna Roselli: But he's over at Luxor, by the way, and he's been there for such a long time.
• 25:10
  Dayna Roselli: But before that, he uh I think was over at MJM Grand.
• 25:13
  Dayna Roselli: And it's just so funny.
• 25:15
  Dayna Roselli: He uses props and he changes the show.
• 25:18
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, and the thing is, with the world today, I mean, there's always been stuff, but with the world today, you know, in social media, how like there's a hot topic that everyone's stuck on every day.
• 25:29
  Dayna Roselli: He literally incorporates it into his show.
• 25:31
  Sean McAllister: I was just gonna say, he used to come on our uh morning show, the morning TV show.
• 25:36
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and he would have he would it he would come on with a prop that he like whipped up overnight.
• 25:43
  Sean McAllister: And like you were saying, it went with whatever the big headline of the day was.
• 25:47
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, right.
• 25:48
  Sean McAllister: He is so smart, so witty.
• 25:50
  Sean McAllister: He comes up with these ideas that are are just I don't know, my mind doesn't think like that.
• 25:56
  Dayna Roselli: No, his does.
• 25:57
  Sean McAllister: His does, thank goodness.
• 25:58
  Sean McAllister: He's a queer.
• 25:59
  Sean McAllister: He's a show because of it.
• 26:00
  Sean McAllister: Long running show.
• 26:01
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 26:02
  Dayna Roselli: He's funny to follow on social media.
• 26:04
  Dayna Roselli: And his name is Scott, by the way.
• 26:05
  Dayna Roselli: We see him around town all the time.
• 26:07
  Dayna Roselli: He loves his Sunday brunches.
• 26:08
  Dayna Roselli: We see him around at uh Sunday brunch and um he's great.
• 26:11
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I think we saw him Super Bowl too.
• 26:13
  Dayna Roselli: Remember, we were at Super Bowl week, and he's a lot of fun.
• 26:16
  Dayna Roselli: He just was at the Keep Memory Alive gala too.
• 26:19
  Dayna Roselli: I think I saw him on the red carpet there.
• 26:21
  Dayna Roselli: So hey, if you're looking for shows, go to Vegas near me and download the app.
• 26:25
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, we have a link always in all of our social media that you can find it.
• 26:30
  Dayna Roselli: It's easy to download.
• 26:31
  Dayna Roselli: Um, they are wonderful.
• 26:33
  Dayna Roselli: You can search shows, you can get or book an Uber, you can book a hotel, you can book shows at a lot of times a great discount too.
• 26:40
  Sean McAllister: And if you're planning a trip uh that's, I don't know, maybe two or three months down the line, you can put in the dates that you're going to be here.
• 26:49
  Sean McAllister: And not only is it going to bring up uh the entertainment that is available while you're here, but uh it'll give you like the uh what the average uh temperature and what the average weather conditions are for that time as well.
• 27:05
  Sean McAllister: So you can really it's a great planning tool, and it's also something great for for last minute.
• 27:12
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, definitely.
• 27:13
  Dayna Roselli: And if you're gonna do a show or something, it does like, hey, here's some like restaurants near you.
• 27:17
  Dayna Roselli: Like I'm going to Caratop.
• 27:19
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, well, great.
• 27:20
  Dayna Roselli: That's at the Luxor.
• 27:21
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, here's some restaurants near there.
• 27:22
  Dayna Roselli: It's a really helpful app.
• 27:23
  Dayna Roselli: It's free.
• 27:24
  Dayna Roselli: You don't even have to put in your email, phone number, name, nothing, which is a pleasure these days.
• 27:29
  Dayna Roselli: It seems like you have to always like jump through hoops to get anything started.
• 27:32
  Dayna Roselli: No, download it and you're ready to go.
• 27:34
  Sean McAllister: It's available in the Apple App Store and on Google Play.
• 27:38
  Sean McAllister: So whatever device you're using, Vegas near me is a fit.
• 27:42
  Sean McAllister: All right.
• 27:43
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, that was a good show.
• 27:44
  Dayna Roselli: We had a lot to talk about.
• 27:45
  Dayna Roselli: Um, listen, I'm back, Sean's back.
• 27:48
  Dayna Roselli: I'm trying my best to dive into everything.
• 27:50
  Dayna Roselli: It's gonna be a little slow go, but um yeah, Vegas is a happening place.
• 27:54
  Dayna Roselli: And when you come back and you're away and you're in this different mode, it does take a little, takes a little bit to get back into it.
• 28:03
  Sean McAllister: It does.
• 28:03
  Sean McAllister: It's overwhelming, and you have to get into a rhythm in order to like manage all of it.
• 28:08
  Dayna Roselli: I'm not re I don't know if I'm ready to throw on my high heels yet, you know?
• 28:13
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, you know, so uh oh in the full makeup and all that that I normally do when I go out, but I'm slowly getting there.
• 28:21
  Dayna Roselli: Um, I do need a haircut and an eyebrow trim.
• 28:24
  Sean McAllister: Well, uh get those on your list, check those bubbles off.
• 28:29
  Dayna Roselli: Maybe a facial, uh possibly some Botox, and I'll be good to go.
• 28:34
  Sean McAllister: Easing down that road.
• 28:36
  Dayna Roselli: Have a great week, everyone.