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Las Vegas Entertainment Report on KCAL Morning News | Ep. 194 EXTRA · Vegas Revealed

• 0:00
  Jamie Yuccas: You can almost hear the roaring engines from here.
• 0:02
  Jamie Yuccas: In just hours, the massive Formula One race will take place in Las Vegas, which has transformed for the event.
• 0:08
  Jamie Yuccas: Las Vegas Insiders and hosts of the Vegas Revealed podcast, dana Roselli and Sean McAllister, joining us live from Las Vegas.
• 0:14
  Jamie Yuccas: Okay, I have a couple of friends who are there right now.
• 0:17
  Jamie Yuccas: It sounds like it is just incredibly huge, humongous.
• 0:23
  Jamie Yuccas: I know there's been so much construction, people have had to deal with traffic, but it's finally here.
• 0:27
  Jamie Yuccas: Are you as excited as the people I know going?
• 0:30
  Dayna Roselli: Wow, we went last night and it was incredible.
• 0:33
  Dayna Roselli: The opening ceremonies.
• 0:35
  Sean McAllister: It really was, I think, at least from our perspective.
• 0:37
  Sean McAllister: At this point, I think that the frustrations leading up to now are paying off.
• 0:43
  Sean McAllister: Yes, so there is definitely buzz just about as loud as those car engines.
• 0:48
  Sean McAllister: Formula One weekend is here.
• 0:50
  Sean McAllister: We were at those opening ceremonies last night.
• 0:52
  Sean McAllister: We actually drove the course as well before they shut it down, and this is kind of a look at what those drivers are going to be seeing.
• 1:02
  Sean McAllister: There are qualifying rounds that begin tonight, they continue tomorrow night and then the main race is 10 pm on Saturday.
• 1:11
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, so it'll look a lot different than what you're seeing.
• 1:13
  Dayna Roselli: The cones will be gone, the lights will be on.
• 1:15
  Dayna Roselli: It's going to be pretty spectacular.
• 1:17
  Dayna Roselli: I know we're going to take tons of money in for gaming and again, from what we saw last night, they had drones in the sky, fireworks with John Ludge and Kylie Minogue Will I Am.
• 1:27
  Dayna Roselli: It was spectacular, oh wow.
• 1:28
  Dayna Roselli: And the facilities and that building they set up.
• 1:31
  Dayna Roselli: It's gorgeous All of it.
• 1:34
  Jamie Yuccas: So it's something different, it's global and I think it's pretty exciting.
• 1:37
  Jamie Yuccas: It's really cool, I mean almost, this video.
• 1:40
  Jamie Yuccas: It looks like it's a video game or something.
• 1:42
  Jamie Yuccas: It doesn't even look real.
• 1:43
  Jamie Yuccas: So OK, I'm glad we're having fun with that.
• 1:45
  Jamie Yuccas: I always love this segment because you guys really diversify all the different things to do in Las Vegas.
• 1:52
  Jamie Yuccas: So tell us about your first regulated cannabis lounge.
• 1:56
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 1:56
  Dayna Roselli: I mean it's been approved and now it's finally going to open and this is a first.
• 2:00
  Dayna Roselli: And when you say lounge, you're like well, what does that mean?
• 2:02
  Dayna Roselli: It means everyone can go there and you know smoke pot, take out a bowl, hang out with one another.
• 2:08
  Dayna Roselli: So it's opening at the end of this year.
• 2:12
  Dayna Roselli: We don't have an exact date.
• 2:13
  Dayna Roselli: This is a rendering of what it looks like.
• 2:15
  Dayna Roselli: The name is called Smoke and Mirrors and it's part of the Thrive Cannabis Marketplace and it's going to be this upscale smoking lounge.
• 2:23
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, there's supposed to be live music in there.
• 2:25
  Sean McAllister: There's food and beverage, Also infused food and beverage programs, a heightened mixology program, Interesting.
• 2:34
  Sean McAllister: Listen, Jamie, if you're into it.
• 2:36
  Sean McAllister: It's going to be here for you no comment.
• 2:43
  Jamie Yuccas: Lastly, it seems like there's always something new on the strip besides cannabis lounges.
• 2:47
  Jamie Yuccas: You also maybe for a more family-friendly idea.
• 2:51
  Jamie Yuccas: There's a new immersive art exhibit museum and it has a deal happening now in November.
• 2:57
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, yeah, and you have to act quick on it.
• 2:59
  Sean McAllister: So this is called the Arte Museum and we've seen a lot of these immersive exhibits before, but we went and this is by far the coolest one that we've seen.
• 3:09
  Sean McAllister: Now, through November 28th they're offering 30% off ticket prices as part of their preview, but then on November 29th that's the official grand opening and the deal is going to be over, so you do have to act before November 28th to get that deal.
• 3:26
  Dayna Roselli: And it's multisensory.
• 3:27
  Dayna Roselli: So that room right now where you're seeing the beautiful ocean, you're hearing the ocean, there's aromas and each room is really cool.
• 3:35
  Dayna Roselli: You saw the Vegas room that they actually built specifically for this exhibit there on the strip.
• 3:41
  Dayna Roselli: There it is some of the slot machines.
• 3:43
  Dayna Roselli: You can see fireworks over the strip.
• 3:45
  Dayna Roselli: I mean it's really cool and worth checking out If you're here.
• 3:49
  Dayna Roselli: It's family friendly, like you said, so all ages are welcome.
• 3:53
  Sean McAllister: And it's kind of sandwiched in there between Aria and the cosmopolitan.
• 3:56
  Jamie Yuccas: Oh OK.
• 3:57
  Sean McAllister: Kind of give you a reference of where it is.
• 3:59
  Jamie Yuccas: Gotcha.
• 3:59
  Jamie Yuccas: Ok, I'm trying to decide if it would be a good idea or bad idea to do the Cannabis Lounge and then go to the immersive art exhibit.
• 4:07
  Sean McAllister: I mean, that's the order to do it.
• 4:10
  Dayna Roselli: I think Cannabis Lounge first.
• 4:13
  Jamie Yuccas: All right, Thank you guys both so much.
• 4:14
  Jamie Yuccas: You can hear more from Dana and Sean Each week on Vegas Revealed.
• 4:18
  Jamie Yuccas: It's available wherever you listen to podcasts.