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Las Vegas Visitor Study Includes Interesting Facts, March Madness Begins, Taylor Swift Concert Parking, David Blaine Injures Himself During Show, Las Vegas Lacrosse, Zappos Theater Name Change | Ep. 160 · Vegas Revealed

• 0:01
  Dayna Roselli: Welcome to episode 160 of Vegas Revealed.
• 0:05
  Dayna Roselli: We just got new information about one of the biggest reasons people plan a trip to Las Vegas.
• 0:10
  Dayna Roselli: Try to take a guess and we'll reveal why coming up.
• 0:14
  Sean McAllister: And Swifties Unite.
• 0:15
  Sean McAllister: Taylor Swift takes over Allegiant Stadium just days from now.
• 0:20
  Sean McAllister: Find out what really surprised us about the shows she plans to put on here.
• 0:26
  Dayna Roselli: Then, does it pay to have a gambling partner?
• 0:29
  Dayna Roselli: Well, it did for one couple.
• 0:31
  Dayna Roselli: Hear their story.
• 0:32
  Sean McAllister: David Blaine has a medical emergency on stage.
• 0:36
  Sean McAllister: Get your Neil Diamond fixed off of the strip, and one of our popular theaters making a big change.
• 0:43
  Dayna Roselli: All that and more coming up this week on Vegas Revealed.
• 0:48
  Sean McAllister: But first, have you downloaded the Vegas Near Me app yet?
• 0:52
  Sean McAllister: That is the big question.
• 0:53
  Sean McAllister: It is a must-have if you live in Las Vegas or you plan to visit here.
• 0:59
  Sean McAllister: And it's now available in both the Apple App Store and on Google Play.
• 1:04
  Dayna Roselli: If you have a hard time finding your way around our resorts, don't worry.
• 1:08
  Dayna Roselli: You can find maps of the property within the app.
• 1:11
  Dayna Roselli: Also, find out how much they're charging for parking so you can plan ahead.
• 1:15
  Dayna Roselli: Even book an Uber right within the app.
• 1:18
  Sean McAllister: Think of Vegas near me as a concierge in your pocket.
• 1:21
  Sean McAllister: When you open the app, you're gonna find more than 16,000 Las Vegas businesses and activities.
• 1:28
  Sean McAllister: There are tons of detailed videos, blogs, and information right inside the app.
• 1:35
  Dayna Roselli: And it's accurate and up to date.
• 1:37
  Dayna Roselli: That's the best part.
• 1:38
  Dayna Roselli: Use our Vegas Revealed link that we provide in our show notes and download it to your phone now for free.
• 1:45
  Dayna Roselli: Instead of reviews, Vegas Near Me has compiled thousands of Las Vegas-related YouTube channels and podcasts like Vegas Revealed so you can hear about and see real life experiences at the places you're searching.
• 1:57
  Sean McAllister: You watch and listen all inside the app.
• 2:01
  Sean McAllister: If it's fun to do or see, it's on Vegas Near Me.
• 2:06
  Dayna Roselli: Let's get to it now and spin that wheel.
• 2:25
  Dayna Roselli: Can you believe it?
• 2:26
  Dayna Roselli: 160 episodes.
• 2:27
  Sean McAllister: I know.
• 2:28
  Sean McAllister: I was just talking with someone the other night uh who listens to the podcast regularly, and she was like, Oh my gosh, I can't believe you guys are coming up on episode 160.
• 2:38
  Sean McAllister: You've been doing this for so long now.
• 2:40
  Sean McAllister: I know we have.
• 2:42
  Dayna Roselli: What is it?
• 2:42
  Dayna Roselli: Is this year four?
• 2:44
  Sean McAllister: This is year four, yeah.
• 2:45
  Dayna Roselli: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023.
• 2:51
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, year four.
• 2:52
  Sean McAllister: It's crazy.
• 2:53
  Dayna Roselli: Well, we can count.
• 2:55
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 2:56
  Sean McAllister: It's like the podcast is a toddler now.
• 2:58
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my gosh.
• 2:59
  Dayna Roselli: Well, listen, we have tons of information coming up.
• 3:02
  Dayna Roselli: I have a whole like slideshow booklet up on my computer.
• 3:06
  Dayna Roselli: I'm ready to go with a bunch of factoids coming up in a little bit.
• 3:09
  Sean McAllister: Charts, graphs, numbers.
• 3:10
  Sean McAllister: You won't be able to see any of it, but we'll talk about it.
• 3:13
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 3:13
  Dayna Roselli: Somebody asked the other day, do you guys edit your podcast?
• 3:15
  Dayna Roselli: I'm like, eh a little, but not too much anymore.
• 3:18
  Dayna Roselli: We kind of just go with it, right?
• 3:19
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, go with the flow, see where it takes us.
• 3:22
  Dayna Roselli: We haven't had any complaints.
• 3:23
  Sean McAllister: So you can tell by the number of tangents we go on during any given topic.
• 3:27
  Sean McAllister: We try to always bring it back around.
• 3:29
  Dayna Roselli: That's so true.
• 3:30
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, we've had a lot of messages this week, which I appreciate, like random people that we didn't know listen, just reaching out, asking questions, also uh just complimenting the podcast.
• 3:40
  Dayna Roselli: So we appreciate that.
• 3:42
  Dayna Roselli: We did get a pretty big response on the discussion we had last week about the tax threshold going up for slot machine winnings.
• 3:52
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 3:52
  Sean McAllister: This is a proposal by uh one of our uh Nevada Congress members, Dina Titus, um, proposing that that threshold raise from twelve hundred dollars to five thousand because it hasn't changed since like the 70s.
• 4:08
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 4:09
  Dayna Roselli: And so, you know, a lot of people were asking, like, oh, does that state taxes, federal, all this stuff?
• 4:14
  Dayna Roselli: And it's like, it's gotta be federal because we don't even have state taxes in Nevada.
• 4:17
  Dayna Roselli: I didn't know if people know that.
• 4:18
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, I'm gonna go off on a tangent about Nevada in a little bit.
• 4:21
  Dayna Roselli: Okay.
• 4:21
  Dayna Roselli: Okay.
• 4:22
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but first, you know, uh, we just wanted you to know that we're gonna stay on top of that because you seem interested in it.
• 4:27
  Dayna Roselli: And whenever you guys express interest in a topic, we'll continue to keep up on it.
• 4:32
  Sean McAllister: But there are some people uh recently who would probably have uh liked to have that proposal go through as new policy.
• 4:43
  Sean McAllister: Uh, because if you're gambling, it's fun to do it, it's more fun to do it as a pair or a group, especially when you are winning as a pair or a group.
• 4:56
  Dayna Roselli: Now, yeah, because I usually watch a friend play, but I stand behind them.
• 5:02
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 5:02
  Dayna Roselli: Because I feel like it makes it last longer.
• 5:04
  Dayna Roselli: Like if I watch you for a little while, then you go watch me.
• 5:07
  Dayna Roselli: Well, this couple over at the Rampart Casino in the northwest part of Las Vegas, one sitting side by side, they won Sean$100,000 combined.
• 5:22
  Dayna Roselli: One of them hit$87,240 on a jackpot.
• 5:28
  Dayna Roselli: The other won$13,048, adding up to more than$100,000, a big win last Saturday.
• 5:37
  Dayna Roselli: So, I mean, what a Saturday night.
• 5:39
  Sean McAllister: That's a good weekend, right there.
• 5:40
  Dayna Roselli: Right?
• 5:41
  Dayna Roselli: They were playing one dollar hands of four-card kino.
• 5:44
  Dayna Roselli: I've never played that.
• 5:46
  Sean McAllister: Uh, my husband Shane plays Kino.
• 5:48
  Sean McAllister: Okay.
• 5:49
  Sean McAllister: Loves it.
• 5:49
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 5:50
  Dayna Roselli: Well, anyway, uh, congratulations to them.
• 5:52
  Dayna Roselli: They wanted to remain anonymous.
• 5:53
  Dayna Roselli: I don't blame them.
• 5:55
  Dayna Roselli: So, you know, that's a good night for that couple.
• 5:58
  Sean McAllister: But man.
• 5:59
  Dayna Roselli: If you can't get along after that, I don't know.
• 6:02
  Sean McAllister: Right?
• 6:02
  Sean McAllister: I mean, that's a reason to celebrate.
• 6:04
  Sean McAllister: My gosh.
• 6:05
  Sean McAllister: But that is uh, it shows it definitely pays to have a gambling buddy, right?
• 6:11
  Dayna Roselli: Yep, it definitely does if you're winning, especially.
• 6:14
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, my quick Nevada tangent.
• 6:16
  Dayna Roselli: Yes, we gotta get on Mark Wahlberg.
• 6:18
  Dayna Roselli: He has moved here to Las Vegas, he's lived here a while now, and still in his Instagram videos, he's calling it Nevada, and it's bothering me.
• 6:29
  Sean McAllister: I know you called you called him out for it, and not only him, but uh other people who call it Nevada.
• 6:36
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 6:36
  Sean McAllister: It is Nevada is the correct way to pronounce our state's name, Nevada.
• 6:42
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, a lot of people uh don't call it that, and that's okay.
• 6:46
  Dayna Roselli: If you're new here, you wouldn't know, right?
• 6:48
  Dayna Roselli: But I feel like eventually, after a while, somebody needs to tell you.
• 6:51
  Dayna Roselli: And that's my point.
• 6:52
  Dayna Roselli: Like nobody in his team, none of his friends, nobody that lives here is telling him.
• 6:55
  Sean McAllister: Well, listen, we may have a chance to uh coming up here in the next couple weeks.
• 7:00
  Sean McAllister: So, you know, we'll if that happens, we'll let you know.
• 7:04
  Sean McAllister: For sure.
• 7:04
  Dayna Roselli: All right, let's dive into this study.
• 7:07
  Dayna Roselli: Are you ready?
• 7:07
  Dayna Roselli: It's a new study out, um, and it it has to do with 2022 in Las Vegas.
• 7:13
  Dayna Roselli: It's a visitor profile study, and our LVCVA, the visitors authority, actually like releases the results of the studies, you know, when when that when it's complete.
• 7:24
  Dayna Roselli: So we're in 2023 now, so now we have the 2022 data.
• 7:27
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and this is an annual study.
• 7:29
  Sean McAllister: We get this kind of information every single year, and it really gives us a good idea of how Las Vegas visitors are spending their time, spending their money, how they're planning for their trips to Las Vegas, uh, the length of time that they're spending here in Las Vegas.
• 7:48
  Sean McAllister: It really is some uh interesting information, and there's a ton that is packed into this report.
• 7:56
  Sean McAllister: Um, I think there were like 30-something pages.
• 8:00
  Sean McAllister: We're not gonna go through every single one of those pages and every piece of uh information, but we've kind of gone through and picked out some of the information we thought was interesting and uh information we thought that you might be interested in as well.
• 8:14
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, something that that stuck out right away is the um strong satisfaction of Las Vegas.
• 8:20
  Dayna Roselli: And I love this.
• 8:21
  Dayna Roselli: More than three quarters, 77% of our visitors in 2022 said that they were very satisfied with their visit.
• 8:31
  Dayna Roselli: That's up from 70% in 2021, while one in five, 20%, said they were somewhat satisfied.
• 8:38
  Dayna Roselli: Only 3% of the visitors were dissatisfied with their visit.
• 8:42
  Dayna Roselli: So I feel like that is an incredible report card.
• 8:45
  Sean McAllister: That is, right?
• 8:47
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, you know, very satisfied.
• 8:49
  Dayna Roselli: Great, we'll take it.
• 8:51
  Dayna Roselli: That means it'll be back.
• 8:52
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, absolutely.
• 8:53
  Sean McAllister: Um, something else that we found pretty interesting is uh when it comes to convention visitors, you know, obviously we've talked over the past few years how the convention business is is rebounding after, you know, the big shutdown.
• 9:10
  Sean McAllister: Um, and it's really come back very strong.
• 9:14
  Sean McAllister: Um, but it turns out uh visitors, convention visitors in 2022 uh ended up extending uh their vacation here or extending their business trip by a few days so that they could add some leisure time in there.
• 9:29
  Sean McAllister: As a matter of fact, 58% of convention visitors uh extended uh their business trip so that they could have some, you know, personal time here in Las Vegas to, you know, take advantage of everything that we have here, and that's up over 10%, uh 14% actually, from just a year before in 2021, which I feel like almost 15% is a big jump.
• 9:58
  Sean McAllister: Definitely.
• 9:59
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, it's interesting, right?
• 10:00
  Dayna Roselli: And it because that's part of the reason that a lot of people like to have their conventions in Las Vegas, and I think why we attract conventions is because they know they'll get a good turnout.
• 10:11
  Dayna Roselli: So many people want to visit Las Vegas.
• 10:13
  Dayna Roselli: And that was actually something else in the study.
• 10:15
  Dayna Roselli: I don't have the exact number, but I know a lot of people said they said one of the big standout things was they would prefer to go to a convention in Las Vegas more than they would in any other city.
• 10:25
  Dayna Roselli: So that was, you know, interesting and it makes sense because you're here.
• 10:29
  Dayna Roselli: Think about it, your flight or your drive, you only have to do it once because then convention's over.
• 10:34
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, now you go lay by the pool, go see some shows, go to dinner, and make a vacation out of it without having to travel again, you know, by air or car.
• 10:45
  Dayna Roselli: So it makes a lot of sense.
• 10:47
  Sean McAllister: Well, and speaking of, you know, car travel, uh, one of the things that we were surprised by is that 44% of Vegas visitors get around town using their own vehicle.
• 11:00
  Sean McAllister: Isn't that interesting?
• 11:01
  Sean McAllister: I mean, so that accounts for I I mean, obviously, those are people who have driven into town from, you know, cities, states in the surrounding area, probably a big bunch from Southern California, Arizona, Utah.
• 11:16
  Sean McAllister: Um, but you know, there are people from further away who drive in as well, but that is a significant number.
• 11:23
  Dayna Roselli: I think we were so, you know, you and I when we were chatting, we were really surprised by that one.
• 11:27
  Dayna Roselli: I went, their own vehicle.
• 11:28
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 11:28
  Dayna Roselli: So that means they have to drive here.
• 11:30
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 11:30
  Dayna Roselli: So we have a huge amount of traffic coming in by car.
• 11:36
  Dayna Roselli: And then does it doesn't it take a huge drop?
• 11:39
  Dayna Roselli: Um well, no, getting around it takes a huge drop to taxis, but so that's 44% user-owned vehicle, 40% use ride share, right?
• 11:48
  Dayna Roselli: Close to that, but then it takes a huge drop.
• 11:51
  Dayna Roselli: But only 14% use taxis.
• 11:54
  Sean McAllister: Which I mean, that was pretty shocking to me because I mean, for years the taxi industry here was just massive.
• 12:05
  Sean McAllister: I mean, there were there was a stronghold on you know, the transportation industry by taxis.
• 12:12
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 12:12
  Dayna Roselli: And now they've started charging, I think, a flat rate from the airport to the strip, um, which has helped taxi service.
• 12:20
  Dayna Roselli: A lot of people like me actually say, Oh, I'm just gonna take a taxi from the airport now.
• 12:25
  Dayna Roselli: I have to pay a little more because I'm not right on the strip to get to my high rise.
• 12:28
  Dayna Roselli: But um, so I thought like taxi business has kind of come up.
• 12:32
  Dayna Roselli: Plus, like after COVID and everything, there were so many people that weren't driving Ubers anymore.
• 12:37
  Dayna Roselli: And right, you know, they were having a hard time finding drivers.
• 12:40
  Dayna Roselli: Then, you know, where you had to get your ride share, like at the airport or pick, it was all congested, and people were like, you know what, I'm just gonna start using taxi again.
• 12:48
  Dayna Roselli: So I'm shocked only 14% use taxis.
• 12:51
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and it shows you the uh significant market share that's been eaten up by rideshare services.
• 12:58
  Sean McAllister: Um, and really now I understand why uh the taxicab authority was pushing so hard against allowing rideshare services here to begin with.
• 13:09
  Sean McAllister: Um, but you know, that's it's what people do.
• 13:13
  Sean McAllister: That's how we get around these days.
• 13:15
  Sean McAllister: So there's no really avoiding it.
• 13:17
  Dayna Roselli: Um, I didn't touch on this at the top, room rates, and I thought this was an interesting one.
• 13:22
  Dayna Roselli: The average spend per night on lodging here in Las Vegas last year was$154.06.
• 13:29
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, so that's per night.
• 13:31
  Dayna Roselli: It's non-compt visitors, you know, not also not part of a package or anything.
• 13:35
  Dayna Roselli: This is a hotel stay per night.
• 13:38
  Dayna Roselli: So$154 is the average.
• 13:41
  Dayna Roselli: Um, it was the average in 2022.
• 13:44
  Dayna Roselli: But get this in 2021, it was only 108.
• 13:48
  Dayna Roselli: Then you think, okay, we were kind of recovering right after 2020.
• 13:52
  Dayna Roselli: But even in 2017, 2018, and 2019, the average was around$114.
• 13:58
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, wow.
• 13:59
  Dayna Roselli: So even from back then, so we're at$154 a night for an average hotel stay.
• 14:04
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, talk about inflation.
• 14:06
  Sean McAllister: Well, and I mean, yeah, I'll be interested uh this time next year to see what the report says because with events uh you know, like having Super Bowl and with Formula One, um, I those massive events really do drive up room rate.
• 14:24
  Sean McAllister: So it'll be interesting to see the impact that it has on that uh room rate average when next year's report comes out.
• 14:32
  Sean McAllister: Um the reason for people coming to Las Vegas, this also kind of surprised me a little bit.
• 14:40
  Sean McAllister: Although now that I think about it a little bit more, maybe, maybe not.
• 14:43
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 14:44
  Sean McAllister: But um just talking about special events when people are coming to Las Vegas for a special event, birthdays are the number one reason, which I'm guessing maybe 21st birthdays might be another milestone.
• 14:58
  Sean McAllister: Birthdays might be the reason um that really drives that up.
• 15:02
  Sean McAllister: But really, I mean, I guess if you're celebrating a birthday, there's no better place to do it than right here in Las Vegas.
• 15:08
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I guess, you know, more people have birthdays rather than a bachelor party.
• 15:15
  Dayna Roselli: You know, your bachelor, bachelorette, you have one.
• 15:17
  Dayna Roselli: You're supposed to have one, maybe one.
• 15:21
  Dayna Roselli: I've had one before.
• 15:22
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but uh yeah, so 48% of people say when it comes to special occasions, it's a birthday.
• 15:31
  Dayna Roselli: Under that, anniversary and a romantic getaway came in at 17%.
• 15:36
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, so it's a significant drop for birthdays there.
• 15:39
  Dayna Roselli: Wedding 10%, bachelor, bachelorette party, 8%, family reunion 6%, concert or sporting event 5%.
• 15:46
  Dayna Roselli: Pretty seems low.
• 15:47
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, I bet that's gonna jump up too.
• 15:49
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and then spacation came in at 4%.
• 15:53
  Dayna Roselli: So nobody just takes a vacation.
• 15:55
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, just because they should have called that section just because.
• 15:58
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 15:59
  Dayna Roselli: So interesting.
• 16:00
  Dayna Roselli: So keep that in mind.
• 16:01
  Dayna Roselli: I say, like all our restaurants and our nightclub, they need to keep in mind cater to the birthday.
• 16:08
  Sean McAllister: Yes, right?
• 16:08
  Sean McAllister: Absolutely.
• 16:09
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, there's so many other little factoids in here.
• 16:11
  Dayna Roselli: Here's the deal.
• 16:12
  Dayna Roselli: We're gonna put a link to the study, and it's a very pretty study, by the way.
• 16:16
  Sean McAllister: It is, they do a nice job laying it out.
• 16:18
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, really nicely laid out.
• 16:19
  Dayna Roselli: I'll put it in our show notes so everyone can see it, and you can scroll through.
• 16:23
  Dayna Roselli: I think you'll find it very interesting.
• 16:25
  Sean McAllister: Excellent.
• 16:26
  Sean McAllister: Uh, we found it interesting.
• 16:27
  Sean McAllister: We hope that that you do as well.
• 16:29
  Sean McAllister: Something not so interesting, but more scary that happened on the Las Vegas strip, uh, just within the the past few days.
• 16:37
  Sean McAllister: Extreme illusionist David Blaine.
• 16:39
  Sean McAllister: We've talked about his show over at Resorts World.
• 16:43
  Sean McAllister: He had a medical emergency on stage uh in front of an entire theater full of people who were there to see him.
• 16:53
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 16:54
  Dayna Roselli: We always say his show is different from any other magic show because you almost feel like it's like you're at a show, but you're also kind of just like sitting there watching a live event where you kind of don't know which way things are gonna go.
• 17:09
  Dayna Roselli: Kind of like David Blaine's normal street magic that he does and Times Square and the specials that we've seen.
• 17:14
  Dayna Roselli: Anyway, he does a jump, and we've talked about it before as well.
• 17:17
  Dayna Roselli: What is it, nine stories?
• 17:18
  Dayna Roselli: I think it's nine.
• 17:19
  Sean McAllister: I think so.
• 17:20
  Sean McAllister: Something like that.
• 17:20
  Dayna Roselli: Something like it's tall into like a bunch of cardboard boxes, and you watch him up there getting ready to take the leap, and it kind of there's a lot of anticipation and like from the ceiling of the theater.
• 17:32
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 17:33
  Dayna Roselli: He jumps and he dislocated his shoulder recently, and basically the whole crowd got to just literally watch him go through this medical emergency with you know, people trying to pop his shoulder back in, adjust his shoulder.
• 17:50
  Dayna Roselli: He was laying on the stage.
• 17:51
  Dayna Roselli: He shared all this video.
• 17:52
  Dayna Roselli: Other people shared it first that were actually there and shooting it.
• 17:56
  Dayna Roselli: But a lot of people also said, Is this a stunt?
• 17:58
  Dayna Roselli: It's like, no, I mean, this was bound to happen, I think.
• 18:01
  Dayna Roselli: We were there, and he put the nail in his nose, right?
• 18:04
  Dayna Roselli: And then he couldn't get it out.
• 18:06
  Dayna Roselli: And he was calling, remember, he was like, give me a bigger magnet because they brought him out this little like shabby magnet.
• 18:12
  Sean McAllister: Like this little puny magnet thing.
• 18:14
  Sean McAllister: He needed like an industrial thing to get that steel out of his nose.
• 18:19
  Dayna Roselli: Well, he did um put out a press release, and in it it says my Las Vegas residency is filled with many of my favorite acts that I love and magic and stunts that push me beyond my limits.
• 18:28
  Dayna Roselli: Even though I've trained much of my entire life, there is an implicit danger when you are pushing yourself to make possible what feels impossible.
• 18:36
  Dayna Roselli: Saturday night, he dislocated his shoulder.
• 18:38
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, eight-story.
• 18:39
  Dayna Roselli: I could have read it right here.
• 18:40
  Dayna Roselli: Eight-story, it jumped the height of an eight-story building into cardboard boxes.
• 18:44
  Dayna Roselli: He says, luckily, there were actually four orthopedic doctors in the audience, along with his EMS team who came up, took great care of him.
• 18:52
  Dayna Roselli: He's humbled by the encouragement, and he will be back April 28th and 29th.
• 18:56
  Dayna Roselli: Is there a doctor in the house?
• 18:59
  Dayna Roselli: Can you imagine you're there watching a Vegas show?
• 19:02
  Dayna Roselli: Think you're, you know, you got your beer in your hand.
• 19:04
  Sean McAllister: I mean, you better get free drinks the rest of the night after that, right?
• 19:09
  Dayna Roselli: Who knew?
• 19:10
  Sean McAllister: Jeez, but really that gives you a sense of uh what you're in for and the kind of tension that you feel as you sit in the audience and watch David Blaine's uh show over at Resorts World.
• 19:24
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I mean it's not a fast-paced show, you're there with this audience watching everything unfold.
• 19:31
  Dayna Roselli: That's what makes it so different.
• 19:32
  Sean McAllister: It is.
• 19:33
  Dayna Roselli: And we said when he started that we knew he would extend, and he did, and I have a feeling he'll possibly extend again if he well, he might need a vacation.
• 19:44
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, maybe some time off wouldn't be the worst thing.
• 19:47
  Sean McAllister: But you know, we called that with David Blaine.
• 19:50
  Sean McAllister: We also called a residency extension for Keith Urban, who we recently saw.
• 19:57
  Dayna Roselli: And guess what?
• 19:58
  Sean McAllister: It just happened.
• 20:00
  Dayna Roselli: We should be like Vegas mind readers, right?
• 20:03
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, we told you we saw Keith Urban um over at Planet Hollywood, and he did extend.
• 20:09
  Dayna Roselli: He was coming back, so he's here through March.
• 20:11
  Dayna Roselli: He's coming back in June, and then he's performing on July 1st, too.
• 20:15
  Dayna Roselli: But now he has extended through November.
• 20:18
  Dayna Roselli: So excited to have Keith stick around for a while.
• 20:20
  Dayna Roselli: Saw him and Nicole Kidman on TV at the Oscars, and I was thinking he's one of our headliners.
• 20:26
  Dayna Roselli: You know, it was nice to see the Vegas touch in the uh, you know, in the audience at the Oscars anyway.
• 20:31
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, well, speaking of, of course, uh Vegas' own Jimmy Kimmel.
• 20:34
  Sean McAllister: A lot of people don't know that he grew up here in Las Vegas.
• 20:38
  Sean McAllister: Uh, did a great job hosting.
• 20:40
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 20:40
  Dayna Roselli: I told you going into it, I was like, I'm unsure, you know, because Jimmy's been a little controversial over the last got a little political.
• 20:46
  Dayna Roselli: This I was like, I don't know, is he the right one?
• 20:47
  Dayna Roselli: But he's on ABC, they're airing on ABC.
• 20:50
  Dayna Roselli: But you and I were texting back and forth back and forth, and we were like, he is doing an excellent job.
• 20:55
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, he's knocking it out of the park.
• 20:57
  Sean McAllister: I thought it was one of the best uh Academy Award ceremonies that there has been in several years.
• 21:03
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 21:04
  Sean McAllister: I really enjoyed it.
• 21:05
  Dayna Roselli: Except we we both can admit we fast forwarded on the DVR because we started at a little wait.
• 21:12
  Sean McAllister: Oh, well, yeah.
• 21:12
  Dayna Roselli: Late through some of the slow parts.
• 21:14
  Sean McAllister: That's what I did.
• 21:15
  Sean McAllister: I started it about a half hour late.
• 21:17
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 21:18
  Sean McAllister: Um, and then yeah, when there were categories that I was like, eh.
• 21:23
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 21:23
  Sean McAllister: Just zip right through those.
• 21:25
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 21:25
  Sean McAllister: But then pretty soon I was caught up and, you know, live tweeting along with everybody else.
• 21:31
  Dayna Roselli: Exactly.
• 21:31
  Dayna Roselli: It was a good show.
• 21:32
  Dayna Roselli: Really funny.
• 21:33
  Dayna Roselli: He has his jokes, were right on.
• 21:34
  Dayna Roselli: I love that he gave Will Smith a hard time.
• 21:36
  Dayna Roselli: I don't care.
• 21:36
  Dayna Roselli: I was so happy because I'm like, you know what?
• 21:38
  Dayna Roselli: I just feel like Will Smith got away with a lot the last year.
• 21:41
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah after that slap.
• 21:42
  Dayna Roselli: Like, no, I people gave him a hard time at first, but then, you know, and then Chris Rock just did this special, and now Jimmy really kind of hammered in the uh slap jokes and also hammered in the jokes at how long the Oscars take.
• 21:55
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, but I thought it was really good.
• 21:57
  Dayna Roselli: I think you're right.
• 21:58
  Sean McAllister: Going back to to music.
• 22:00
  Sean McAllister: Um, you know, if you're not into you know, country music with Keith Urban or pop music with Katy Perry, um something a little different you can find just off the strip at the Alexis Park Resort.
• 22:17
  Sean McAllister: Uh, we have a Neil Diamond tribute artist who is uh actually pretty popular.
• 22:24
  Sean McAllister: The show has been going on for a bit now.
• 22:26
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I think he like comes and goes, but he's you know, great his name's Rob Garrett, and he's really known for his tribute act of Neil Diamond in America, it's called.
• 22:35
  Dayna Roselli: Um, he's returning to town starting March 27th.
• 22:40
  Dayna Roselli: He'll be performing Monday through Thursdays.
• 22:43
  Dayna Roselli: And you can go to his website, neildiamondribute.net, where you'll find tickets and some videos of some of his performances.
• 22:52
  Dayna Roselli: You can see if you'd like to go over and see that.
• 22:54
  Dayna Roselli: But if you love Neil Diamond music, another we have everything here for everyone.
• 22:58
  Sean McAllister: We do.
• 22:59
  Sean McAllister: And uh Rob Garrett, he sounds like Neil Diamond, he looks like Neil Diamond.
• 23:03
  Dayna Roselli: He does.
• 23:04
  Dayna Roselli: He really does, right?
• 23:07
  Sean McAllister: So that's a good alternative um to you know some of the big mega residencies that you see on the Las Vegas strip.
• 23:15
  Sean McAllister: So we just wanted to bring that to your attention.
• 23:17
  Sean McAllister: Um, but quite the opposite end of the spectrum from uh from that is Taylor Swift.
• 23:24
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 23:25
  Dayna Roselli: So we're excited that we are kind of getting the first leg of her tour.
• 23:29
  Dayna Roselli: Her tour that has had so much publicity.
• 23:31
  Dayna Roselli: Her latest album is amazing.
• 23:34
  Dayna Roselli: I love it.
• 23:34
  Dayna Roselli: I know you loved it.
• 23:35
  Sean McAllister: As soon as it came out, you were like, oh my gosh, I'm a huge fan, Swifty now.
• 23:39
  Dayna Roselli: I yeah, like I listened to it yesterday again.
• 23:42
  Dayna Roselli: Like I just listened to it.
• 23:43
  Dayna Roselli: Whenever I can't decide what to listen to, I just listen to that album.
• 23:45
  Dayna Roselli: It's so good.
• 23:46
  Sean McAllister: And is it because the music, is it because the lyrics are just super relatable, or is it like the the do you bop along to the music?
• 23:54
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I can't explain it.
• 23:55
  Dayna Roselli: It just, I mean, the lyrics are are relatable in some ways and some not.
• 24:00
  Dayna Roselli: But it's the way that she lays it out and tells the story that but but just the every song is kind of different, and it it just has some really good parts where it like kind of kicks up and then it goes down.
• 24:15
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know.
• 24:15
  Dayna Roselli: It's just it's a great album.
• 24:17
  Dayna Roselli: It's all of the above, I think.
• 24:19
  Dayna Roselli: I think relatable, um, there's slow, there's fast.
• 24:22
  Dayna Roselli: There's parts where you're like, oh my gosh, that reminds me of this, or oh, made me think of that, or oh my gosh, that's so funny.
• 24:27
  Dayna Roselli: She's telling the truth right there.
• 24:29
  Dayna Roselli: You know, that kind of thing.
• 24:30
  Sean McAllister: So are you going to be at the Taylor one of Taylor Swift shows with all the teenagers?
• 24:35
  Dayna Roselli: No, I didn't get a ticket.
• 24:36
  Dayna Roselli: I signed up for the pre-fan sale, whatever the heck, verified, whatever, and I didn't get on the list.
• 24:41
  Dayna Roselli: So I mean, this was the show that sold out like in a snap across the country.
• 24:48
  Sean McAllister: Well, it's the one that broke Ticketmaster.
• 24:50
  Dayna Roselli: Broke Ticketmaster.
• 24:52
  Dayna Roselli: We had one show on sale, Allegiant Stadium.
• 24:54
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, I just wanted a Legion Stadium.
• 24:57
  Dayna Roselli: I told you we don't edit.
• 25:00
  Dayna Roselli: And um, now we have two, and they're both sold out.
• 25:04
  Dayna Roselli: You can get a ticket on StubHub, but it's pretty pricey.
• 25:07
  Dayna Roselli: What would be like I think it started at 250, right?
• 25:09
  Dayna Roselli: 250 for all the way at the top.
• 25:11
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 25:11
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 25:12
  Dayna Roselli: No, I mean, if you want to splurge, that's not terrible.
• 25:15
  Sean McAllister: It's not terrible, but that's for one ticket.
• 25:18
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 25:18
  Sean McAllister: That's for one ticket.
• 25:19
  Sean McAllister: I mean, if there's a parent taking their child, that's gonna be 500 bucks right there, plus fees, plus all plus parking, which also far away parking starts at like 35 bucks and parking right there at Allegiance Stadium.
• 25:35
  Sean McAllister: Uh, well, it's sold out for the Saturday night show.
• 25:38
  Sean McAllister: Still at last check, there was some parking um at Allegiance Stadium for Friday, but that's 50 bucks.
• 25:44
  Dayna Roselli: 50 bucks, yeah.
• 25:45
  Dayna Roselli: It's gonna be a good one.
• 25:45
  Sean McAllister: And then if you want, you know, soda popcorn once you get in there.
• 25:48
  Dayna Roselli: Oh boy, all that.
• 25:49
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, I think people need to just come down early.
• 25:52
  Dayna Roselli: Um, maybe ride share, but even that's gonna probably be a little busy if you decide I'm gonna go an hour before the show.
• 25:57
  Dayna Roselli: No, that's not gonna happen.
• 25:58
  Dayna Roselli: Show does start at 6:30, and you and I were saying probably because a lot of teenagers are going, not even teenagers, probably like middle schoolers and uh of all ages.
• 26:09
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, people love Taylor Swift.
• 26:11
  Dayna Roselli: And I bet a lot, and and the moms love Taylor Swift too.
• 26:14
  Dayna Roselli: So it's not even like I have to bring my daughter to Taylor Swift.
• 26:17
  Dayna Roselli: You probably like Taylor too.
• 26:19
  Sean McAllister: Exactly.
• 26:19
  Sean McAllister: Well, I know people who are like we had there are people in our friend circle who are big Taylor Swift fans.
• 26:25
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 26:26
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, listen, I'm 47.
• 26:27
  Dayna Roselli: If I had kids, I would be a mom and I would go to Taylor Swift and be thrilled about it.
• 26:32
  Dayna Roselli: So there you have it.
• 26:34
  Dayna Roselli: Uh it's March 24th and 25th.
• 26:36
  Dayna Roselli: Um, it's gonna be very busy.
• 26:37
  Dayna Roselli: We don't have much uh like we don't have a tip for you there besides get there early and maybe like eat lunch, take a break, and then and then plan to get your popcorn and soda and all that once you get into the stadium.
• 26:48
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and it's not Taylor Taylor won't be taking the stage at 6 30.
• 26:52
  Sean McAllister: There is uh an opening act.
• 26:55
  Sean McAllister: So the the show goes from 6 30 to 10 30.
• 26:58
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, I believe.
• 26:59
  Dayna Roselli: So and we're the second stop.
• 27:00
  Dayna Roselli: She's going to Arizona, then us.
• 27:02
  Dayna Roselli: So yeah, I believe Scottsdale first, maybe something like that.
• 27:05
  Sean McAllister: Somewhere down around Phoenix.
• 27:06
  Dayna Roselli: And it's the Eras tour.
• 27:07
  Dayna Roselli: So she's going through all her eras of music.
• 27:09
  Dayna Roselli: It's gonna be huge.
• 27:10
  Dayna Roselli: I look forward to seeing everyone's clips from inside um to see what it's gonna be like.
• 27:15
  Dayna Roselli: I do know some people that are going and are thrilled about it, but everyone keeps thinking, how am I gonna get there?
• 27:19
  Dayna Roselli: How am I gonna get there?
• 27:20
  Dayna Roselli: So plan ahead.
• 27:21
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, so there's Taylor Swift hysteria surrounding her tour.
• 27:25
  Sean McAllister: Um, and there's also madness surrounding March basketball.
• 27:30
  Dayna Roselli: Yes.
• 27:31
  Dayna Roselli: This we have the same tip.
• 27:34
  Dayna Roselli: Plan ahead, right?
• 27:35
  Sean McAllister: Plan.
• 27:35
  Dayna Roselli: Because I was just talking to you about it and I said, What are you doing?
• 27:38
  Dayna Roselli: Do you have to make reservations?
• 27:40
  Dayna Roselli: How does it work?
• 27:40
  Dayna Roselli: And you were filling me in.
• 27:41
  Dayna Roselli: So go through some of your notes for for people that are coming into town for March Madness.
• 27:45
  Dayna Roselli: It's like the busiest, what'd you say?
• 27:46
  Dayna Roselli: Three million people coming to March um Vegas in March, and a lot of it has to do with March Madness.
• 27:52
  Dayna Roselli: And now we can actually add on Taylor Swift, probably the best.
• 27:55
  Sean McAllister: We can, exactly.
• 27:56
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, in on average, there's roughly three million visitors who come through Las Vegas during the month.
• 28:03
  Sean McAllister: Um, basketball being a major reason why.
• 28:07
  Sean McAllister: Our sports books are going to be packed.
• 28:11
  Sean McAllister: The sports bars are going to be packed.
• 28:15
  Sean McAllister: Um, but a lot of these venues, you can't just like walk up and find a seat.
• 28:21
  Sean McAllister: It's not like an open seating kind of thing.
• 28:23
  Sean McAllister: There are a lot of uh places that you'll have to they charge for a ticket to get in.
• 28:30
  SPEAKER_02: Okay.
• 28:30
  Sean McAllister: Um, and some places that will get you a reserved seat, some places it's open seating, first come, first serve.
• 28:36
  Sean McAllister: Um but there is generally a cover charge.
• 28:40
  Sean McAllister: Uh sometimes you can get a package deal where you get uh your cover charge plus uh drinks and food included, but it's all venue by venue.
• 28:53
  Sean McAllister: So you wanna plan ahead.
• 28:55
  Sean McAllister: And everywhere, every single property in on the Las Vegas Strip, downtown, is going to have some sort of uh basketball viewing party.
• 29:07
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I clicked on the circa website to see the stadium swim, and I only clicked on one day out of a slew, but it was like already like nothing available.
• 29:14
  Dayna Roselli: So you have to plan ahead.
• 29:16
  SPEAKER_02: But you do.
• 29:16
  Dayna Roselli: But what you were telling me is they actually open ballrooms and stuff.
• 29:20
  Dayna Roselli: So I thought it was like you either get a seat in the sports book or you're out, but no, they actually create events.
• 29:26
  Sean McAllister: Okay, so a lot of the the event, the ballrooms are uh turned into massive viewing parties.
• 29:34
  Sean McAllister: Um, I know there's they have massive screens all the way around, so you don't miss a second of the action.
• 29:41
  Sean McAllister: I know over at the Westgate, I was talking to our friend uh Gordy, who uh works over there at the Westgate, and they have their hoops central that's uh up and running.
• 29:53
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 29:53
  Sean McAllister: Uh in addition to the massive race and sports book that they have over there at the Westgate, they turn the international theater into a giant viewing location as well.
• 30:06
  Sean McAllister: So they have they add a ton of screens inside of there, so you have a a great seat.
• 30:12
  Sean McAllister: Um, and then there's you know, food and beverage stations all around there.
• 30:17
  Sean McAllister: There's bedding stations that will be set up around the property, and this it's usually the case for a lot of places.
• 30:24
  Sean McAllister: Either their uh banquet halls or ballrooms are turned into viewing locations, or their theaters are converted into viewing locations.
• 30:33
  Sean McAllister: So it really is a fun time.
• 30:35
  Sean McAllister: You see people going absolutely bonkers when their teams move on, you see people totally gutted when their teams don't move on, you know, and there's bets on the line, and you see emotion tied to that too.
• 30:50
  Sean McAllister: It really is fun.
• 30:51
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, and I know you're gonna be heading out to do something.
• 30:53
  Dayna Roselli: We actually have on the schedule uh Friday, Sean March Madness.
• 30:57
  Dayna Roselli: So um Sean will be out and about doing that.
• 30:59
  Dayna Roselli: Um, we obviously post this podcast on a Saturday, so in many ways, you you already did that on Friday.
• 31:05
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, going over to the South Point.
• 31:06
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, you'll be at the South Point.
• 31:08
  Dayna Roselli: That's a good one.
• 31:09
  Sean McAllister: It is, yeah.
• 31:10
  Dayna Roselli: And then we're gonna be going to um the Stanton Social Preview over at Caesars Palace, too.
• 31:14
  Dayna Roselli: So when I see you, it's gonna be a long day of basketball.
• 31:18
  Sean McAllister: It is Thursday and Friday.
• 31:20
  Dayna Roselli: Thursday and Friday.
• 31:21
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, got it.
• 31:22
  Dayna Roselli: And then next week we do it all over again?
• 31:25
  Dayna Roselli: What dwindles down?
• 31:26
  Sean McAllister: Uh so this is the the most action-packed weekend.
• 31:30
  Sean McAllister: Okay, and then it starts to be narrowed down as the the weeks go on.
• 31:35
  Sean McAllister: Um, but it's still just as exciting.
• 31:37
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 31:38
  Dayna Roselli: All right.
• 31:38
  Dayna Roselli: Well, hey, whatever.
• 31:39
  Dayna Roselli: We always got something going on.
• 31:41
  Dayna Roselli: People come in, spend money, enjoy yourself, and um, we'll take it.
• 31:45
  Dayna Roselli: Our sporting events, we we always say, even though we have sporting events in Las Vegas that bring people in, we also have sporting events that don't take place in Las Vegas, but still bring people in, like March Madness.
• 31:56
  Sean McAllister: Exactly.
• 31:57
  Dayna Roselli: And the Super Bowl and Sunday football and all that, and Monday football and Thursday night football and all that.
• 32:02
  Dayna Roselli: They don't have to play here, but people still come here.
• 32:05
  Dayna Roselli: So we love it.
• 32:06
  Sean McAllister: Let's get to some tips.
• 32:11
  Dayna Roselli: All right, in our tips this week, we said we were gonna try and do a 30-minute podcast.
• 32:14
  Dayna Roselli: So we're gonna whiz through these.
• 32:16
  Dayna Roselli: We're already over the we're over the amount that we're supposed to.
• 32:19
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, but uh, I went to a desert dogs game last weekend, and this is lacrosse, National Lacrosse League, NLL.
• 32:29
  Dayna Roselli: Um, it's owned by Wayne Gretzky, the team.
• 32:32
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and I know Shane, your husband, has been before.
• 32:35
  Dayna Roselli: I had never been.
• 32:35
  Dayna Roselli: Anyway, it takes place at Mandalay Bay.
• 32:37
  Dayna Roselli: I wanted to just recommend it as a tip.
• 32:39
  Dayna Roselli: If you didn't know, we have a lacrosse team in Las Vegas now, indoor lacrosse, box lacrosse.
• 32:45
  Dayna Roselli: It's at Mandalay Bay, and what a great time it was.
• 32:48
  Dayna Roselli: And it's perfect for you or your family, uh anything.
• 32:53
  Dayna Roselli: Like there were tons of kids there and families.
• 32:56
  Dayna Roselli: It was very busy.
• 32:58
  Dayna Roselli: It um included, I saw some friends going in.
• 33:00
  Dayna Roselli: They said, Oh, we have season tickets because um my friend's husband is from Canada.
• 33:05
  Dayna Roselli: So lacrosse is huge up there, and she's like, We go every game.
• 33:08
  Dayna Roselli: It's so much fun.
• 33:09
  Dayna Roselli: They play music.
• 33:10
  Dayna Roselli: So I couldn't wait to get in.
• 33:11
  Dayna Roselli: So I got in and they do, they play music the whole game.
• 33:15
  Dayna Roselli: There was like a chicken wing eating contest, there was like a dodgeball match, like at the break between some like uh retired military and retired uh metro police officers.
• 33:26
  Dayna Roselli: They have a dance team, cheerleaders.
• 33:29
  Dayna Roselli: Someone um dropped the ball um like to start the game.
• 33:33
  Dayna Roselli: I uh it was a radio personality.
• 33:34
  Dayna Roselli: I believe it was Kayla from 98.5.
• 33:36
  Dayna Roselli: And then also um they had a Canadian national anthem, an American national anthem.
• 33:41
  Dayna Roselli: So, I mean, they did not miss a beat with the entertainment and the fun at this lacrosse game.
• 33:47
  Dayna Roselli: I got a pretzel, some cheese, some Diet Coke, all for like$12.50.
• 33:51
  Dayna Roselli: Wow.
• 33:52
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, so I thought that was a steal.
• 33:53
  Dayna Roselli: So anyway, I thought it was just an all-around great time, fun night.
• 33:58
  Dayna Roselli: I ran into a lot of locals, and I thought, great, we have another, another thing that brings people to the Las Vegas strip.
• 34:04
  Sean McAllister: And you said the arena was packed.
• 34:06
  Dayna Roselli: It was.
• 34:06
  Dayna Roselli: It was packed.
• 34:07
  Dayna Roselli: Now the people I was sitting next to said they won some tickets on the radio, and I think they're doing a big radio push, which makes sense.
• 34:12
  Dayna Roselli: You get people in, you know, bring them in word of mouth, just like me.
• 34:16
  Dayna Roselli: I got in for the first time.
• 34:18
  Dayna Roselli: I met a friend there who had a ticket and he said, Hey, we're going to this game if you're bored.
• 34:21
  Dayna Roselli: I thought, yeah, I want to, I'll go.
• 34:23
  Sean McAllister: But now you want to go back.
• 34:24
  Dayna Roselli: I do want to go back because it was so much fun.
• 34:26
  Dayna Roselli: And I thought, oh, that would be fun to have season tickets.
• 34:29
  Dayna Roselli: But um, yeah, it was just a great time.
• 34:31
  Dayna Roselli: And I looked up the next um game, Sean, and they're playing the Rochester Blackhawks.
• 34:37
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, yeah.
• 34:38
  Dayna Roselli: Which is a team from our hometown.
• 34:40
  Dayna Roselli: So I think Oh, that's great.
• 34:42
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, sorry, Nighthawks.
• 34:43
  Sean McAllister: The Nighthawks.
• 34:44
  Dayna Roselli: Rochester Nighthawks.
• 34:45
  Dayna Roselli: And I was like, we've had the Nighthawks for a while.
• 34:47
  Sean McAllister: A long time, yeah.
• 34:48
  Dayna Roselli: But lacrosse, you know, I don't think isn't as big on the West Coast as it is on the East Coast.
• 34:52
  Sean McAllister: Because I know all of our high schools had lacrosse.
• 34:54
  Dayna Roselli: Yep.
• 34:55
  Dayna Roselli: All the guys that played football always played lacrosse in the offseason and all that kind of thing.
• 34:58
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 34:59
  Dayna Roselli: So anyway, it's a great time.
• 35:00
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, get tickets if you want to go have a chill night out, a fun night out, um, easy to get in and out of Mandalay Bay, just go in a little early.
• 35:09
  Dayna Roselli: Tickets range from about$25 to$99.
• 35:12
  Sean McAllister: Great.
• 35:12
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 35:12
  Sean McAllister: Really reasonable.
• 35:14
  Sean McAllister: Uh, something else we wanted to bring to your attention.
• 35:16
  Sean McAllister: Um, when you hear about uh residencies or concerts coming to Las Vegas, one of our venues is about to have a big name change.
• 35:26
  Sean McAllister: Zappos Theater over at Planet Hollywood, where uh we just saw Keith Urban performing, uh, is about to be known as the Backed Theater.
• 35:36
  Sean McAllister: And this is a new partnership with Caesars Entertainment and Backed Holdings, which is uh essentially a cryptocurrency exchange platform.
• 35:46
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it it's interesting.
• 35:48
  Dayna Roselli: Um, I just get so used to these names, you know.
• 35:50
  Dayna Roselli: You hate when anything changes, but um I'll miss it as the Zappos Theater.
• 35:54
  Dayna Roselli: We don't know when the name change is officially taking place, but backed is B-A-K-K-T, by the way.
• 36:00
  Dayna Roselli: And already people on Twitter are like, how do you say it?
• 36:03
  Sean McAllister: So we well, people on the news have been getting it wrong too.
• 36:05
  Dayna Roselli: They sure have.
• 36:06
  Dayna Roselli: We were kind of laughing.
• 36:07
  Dayna Roselli: We're like, we did one Google search and we found out how to say it.
• 36:11
  Dayna Roselli: It's backed.
• 36:12
  Sean McAllister: We also saw people say that Chris Angel performs in in the Zappos theater, which he does not.
• 36:17
  Sean McAllister: He does not.
• 36:18
  Sean McAllister: He has his own other theater.
• 36:19
  Dayna Roselli: Sometimes when we research, we find a lot of mistakes on the local news, and we sit back and giggle and go.
• 36:27
  Sean McAllister: Well, sometimes we don't giggle, we curse a little bit too.
• 36:30
  Sean McAllister: But we say, hey, we're gonna get it right on Vegas Revealed.
• 36:33
  Dayna Roselli: We sure are.
• 36:34
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, Chris Angel does not perform at the Zappos Theater.
• 36:36
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, so it's gonna be the back theater.
• 36:38
  Dayna Roselli: Um apparently, you know, the whole point of this sort of collaboration is to kind of link up the live entertainment aspect with the crypto.
• 36:48
  Dayna Roselli: I have no idea how it all works, but apparently the there will be maybe a plan that will allow Caesars rewards members the ability to redeem their rewards credits through the backed crypto rewards.
• 37:03
  Dayna Roselli: So if you understand that world, you know what I'm talking about.
• 37:07
  Dayna Roselli: That's still pending approval, though.
• 37:09
  Sean McAllister: Well, how about bringing it full circle?
• 37:12
  Sean McAllister: Going back to the report that we talked about at the beginning of this episode, uh, one of the major findings is that Vegas visitors are getting younger and younger.
• 37:21
  Sean McAllister: They are, and the younger crowd is into the crypto.
• 37:24
  Sean McAllister: So this is something that is going to relate to a lot of our Vegas visitors.
• 37:29
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 37:29
  Dayna Roselli: We did write to Caesars, too, as we always do.
• 37:32
  Dayna Roselli: We always check up, and they said they're gonna have more information coming out soon.
• 37:36
  Sean McAllister: Correct.
• 37:36
  Dayna Roselli: But that the the name change is happening, we'll know when, what it means, and more details and all that.
• 37:43
  Dayna Roselli: But I guess it'll be the backed theater.
• 37:45
  Dayna Roselli: Okay.
• 37:46
  unknown: Backed.
• 37:47
  Dayna Roselli: Hard tea.
• 37:48
  Dayna Roselli: Hard tea.
• 37:49
  Sean McAllister: Hey, uh, that is episode 160 of Vegas Revealed.
• 37:53
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• 37:57
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• 38:00
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• 38:04
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• 38:10
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• 38:16
  Dayna Roselli: And we did notice on that study, people are planning a month ahead for their trips to Vegas.
• 38:21
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• 38:23
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• 38:27
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• 38:29
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• 38:34
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• 38:40
  Dayna Roselli: Exactly.
• 38:41
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• 38:49
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• 38:53
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• 38:55
  Sean McAllister: And of course, uh, keep listening to Vegas Revealed as we bring you more uh tips, news, and information about everything Las Vegas to help with your next trip.
• 39:05
  Dayna Roselli: All right, have a great week, everyone.
• 39:07
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• 39:12
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