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Season 5 Kickoff! What's Coming to Las Vegas in 2024, November Gaming Numbers, New Ordinance on The Strip, Mother Wolf Restaurant Tips, Parking Updates | Ep. 200 · Vegas Revealed

• 0:00
  Dayna Roselli: It's a new year, a new season, and episode 200 of Vegas Revealed.
• 0:06
  Sean McAllister: How did we spend our New Year's Eve?
• 0:08
  Sean McAllister: Plus, what's coming up in the new year here in Las Vegas?
• 0:12
  Sean McAllister: Bars, restaurants, shows, events, and lots of golf.
• 0:15
  Sean McAllister: We've got it covered.
• 0:17
  Dayna Roselli: Keep moving or end up in jail.
• 0:19
  Dayna Roselli: Well, details of the new law that you need to know about before you walk the strip.
• 0:24
  Sean McAllister: Also, the numbers are in for November when it comes to gaming.
• 0:28
  Dayna Roselli: Our Vegas tips are back for season five.
• 0:31
  Sean McAllister: And so are our sponsors: Hotworks, Infrared Fitness Studios, More Workout, Less Time, and the Vegas Near Me app.
• 0:40
  Sean McAllister: If it's fun to do or see, it's on Vegas Near Me.
• 0:44
  Dayna Roselli: Let's get going and spin that wheel.
• 0:52
  Dayna Roselli: Welcome everyone to episode 200 of Vegas Revealed as we kick off 2024 with season five.
• 1:00
  Dayna Roselli: Dana Roselli and Sean McAllister here, back with you again.
• 1:05
  Sean McAllister: Welcome to Vegas Revealed.
• 1:07
  Sean McAllister: Welcome to 2024.
• 1:09
  Sean McAllister: Uh, and welcome to uh the new listeners that we have.
• 1:12
  Sean McAllister: We've uh I know that we've grown over uh 2023 and we've got a lot of new ears, a lot of new listeners.
• 1:20
  Sean McAllister: We thank you for joining us.
• 1:21
  Sean McAllister: Um, thank you to our longtime listeners as well.
• 1:25
  Sean McAllister: Um, but for people who are just tuning in for the first time, we kind of want to reintroduce ourselves and the show.
• 1:32
  Dayna Roselli: That's right.
• 1:33
  Dayna Roselli: We actually started this podcast in 2020, and you know, it was kind of before podcasts really took off.
• 1:38
  Dayna Roselli: They were starting to take off, but we were kind of glad that we got on board early on.
• 1:43
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and we've been doing it ever since, every week.
• 1:45
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, I think we've taken like a week or two off each year.
• 1:49
  Dayna Roselli: That's about it from the podcast, anyway.
• 1:51
  Dayna Roselli: Um, so I mean, we have been dedicated in doing this.
• 1:54
  Dayna Roselli: We love it.
• 1:55
  Dayna Roselli: Both of us have had a long uh career in television and uh broadcasting, and a lot of that has been here in Las Vegas.
• 2:04
  Dayna Roselli: I'm actually going into uh, well, going into 2024, it'll be 20 years that I've lived here in Las Vegas.
• 2:09
  Dayna Roselli: How about you?
• 2:10
  Sean McAllister: And for me, it'll be 19 years.
• 2:11
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, I'm just behind you.
• 2:13
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 2:13
  Sean McAllister: Um, and we've had long careers, as Dana mentioned, uh, in broadcasting, uh covering news, entertainment, lifestyle.
• 2:22
  Sean McAllister: Uh, and that's given us some unique perspectives, insights, and contacts across Las Vegas over the years.
• 2:29
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's so true.
• 2:30
  Dayna Roselli: You know, the variety of things we've done, right?
• 2:32
  Dayna Roselli: You know, like I've done traffic and breaking news and and news anchoring and entertainment.
• 2:37
  Dayna Roselli: And I know you've done, you know, lifestyle and entertainment, and you've worked all the really big red carpets through the years for the big award shows and interviewed so many incredible people.
• 2:48
  Dayna Roselli: So combining all of that, you're right.
• 2:50
  Dayna Roselli: We know a lot of people, we we get a lot of information.
• 2:52
  Dayna Roselli: We love, you know, um sharing, sharing information that is useful to people who live here and also who come to visit here.
• 3:02
  Dayna Roselli: Or if you're just curious about Las Vegas, maybe you're not even visiting, but you have this fascination that you you you love Las Vegas and you just want to listen to a podcast about it, we're for you.
• 3:11
  Sean McAllister: And uh the reason that Dana has been here for 20 years and that I have been here for 19 years is because we are passionate about Las Vegas.
• 3:20
  Sean McAllister: And here on Vegas Revealed, we like to share that passion about the city we love.
• 3:25
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 3:25
  Dayna Roselli: It's so true.
• 3:26
  Dayna Roselli: Sean and I started our own company.
• 3:28
  Dayna Roselli: We've been friends a long time.
• 3:29
  Dayna Roselli: In 2020, we also started a company called Insightful Media where we do media training and storytelling videos.
• 3:36
  Dayna Roselli: We get hired to host things on air in front of the camera, and we also MC events.
• 3:42
  Dayna Roselli: So if anyone needs some MCs for an event, we've done everything from a 70th birthday party at the Palms to, you know, the Ronald McDonald House charity gala for the year, the fundraiser.
• 3:54
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, we do a lot of different varieties of things, the 50th anniversary for the Hard Rock Cafe.
• 3:59
  Dayna Roselli: And so if you need MCs, we love doing it.
• 4:02
  Dayna Roselli: It's all part of our business.
• 4:03
  Dayna Roselli: We media consult and do a number of things like that.
• 4:06
  Sean McAllister: So that's a little reintroduction into ourselves and to Vegas Reveal.
• 4:10
  Sean McAllister: Then coming up uh a little later in the show, uh, we have some exciting opportunities that have come our way in 2024, and we'll get into that.
• 4:19
  Dayna Roselli: Yes.
• 4:20
  Dayna Roselli: All right, Sean, let's talk about what you did for New Year's Eve.
• 4:24
  Sean McAllister: So uh I went with uh a couple friends uh to the Bootlegger Bistro, which is on South Las Vegas Boulevard.
• 4:32
  Sean McAllister: It's a total old school Las Vegas vibe.
• 4:35
  Sean McAllister: Live entertainment.
• 4:36
  Sean McAllister: There was a harpist who was in there playing for New Year's Eve.
• 4:40
  Sean McAllister: Their uh their regular musician was off on holiday, so they brought in a harpist who was playing some good music during dinner.
• 4:49
  Sean McAllister: We had some good classic uh Italian dishes for dinner, uh, an incredible server named uh Mark Z.
• 5:00
  Sean McAllister: If you go to Bootlegger Bistro, ask for Mark Z.
• 5:04
  Sean McAllister: They have a lot of great servers, but Mark really made our uh experience very enjoyable and memorable, and we're going back and we're requesting him again.
• 5:14
  Sean McAllister: Um, but it's a great spot.
• 5:15
  Sean McAllister: I haven't been there in so long, and it was great to be back.
• 5:18
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, the old school vibe is always good, right?
• 5:20
  Dayna Roselli: When you know you go to Vegas.
• 5:22
  Dayna Roselli: We have such new up-and-coming restaurants and you know, celebrity chefs own restaurants here and all sorts of glamour on the strip.
• 5:29
  Dayna Roselli: But every now and then it's good to go to one of the old school spots because that is part of Las Vegas as well.
• 5:34
  Sean McAllister: It is.
• 5:35
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, it is.
• 5:36
  Sean McAllister: Lorraine Huntbono, who was a um uh strip entertainer for years and then became lieutenant governor of the state of Nevada, uh, she runs the place.
• 5:47
  Dayna Roselli: She does.
• 5:48
  Dayna Roselli: I've seen her there before, too.
• 5:49
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, she makes her little appearances, she's there often.
• 5:51
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, the whole family is.
• 5:53
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 5:53
  Sean McAllister: And so, yeah, there's always live music, always events happening.
• 5:56
  Sean McAllister: It's a great spot.
• 5:57
  Sean McAllister: Check out bootlegger bistro.
• 5:59
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and it's uh just like near Town Square, if you know where that is, if you ever come into Vegas.
• 6:04
  Dayna Roselli: It's somewhat near there, closer to Town Square than it is, you know, up toward the strip.
• 6:08
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, yeah.
• 6:08
  Sean McAllister: Uh, what did you do for New Year's Eve?
• 6:10
  Dayna Roselli: So I went to the Fountain Blue, which is great because it's right around the corner.
• 6:13
  Dayna Roselli: You know, I told you I'm probably gonna frequent there a lot because it's simple.
• 6:17
  Dayna Roselli: And when I was thinking the strip's closed, we were gonna go somewhere else, and we thought I just don't want to be in the heart of it because if I can stick closer to home, that's always good.
• 6:25
  Dayna Roselli: So uh me and my friend who live in my building as well, I live in a high rise.
• 6:29
  Dayna Roselli: Um, we decided to go to Fountain Blue for dinner, and then we figured we would just kind of hang out there for a while and then maybe step out and watch the fireworks.
• 6:37
  Dayna Roselli: So I did.
• 6:37
  Dayna Roselli: I went to Fountain Blue and I went to Komodo, which is amazing.
• 6:41
  Dayna Roselli: I had gone there for a drink and like on a little snack one night, like a weekend before, and I really loved one of the dishes that we had just sitting at the bar.
• 6:48
  Dayna Roselli: So I was like, we need to eat here.
• 6:50
  Dayna Roselli: So it was great.
• 6:51
  Dayna Roselli: The general manager Nick was helpful.
• 6:52
  Dayna Roselli: He got us a seat and a table right in the front area.
• 6:56
  Dayna Roselli: They play great music.
• 6:57
  Dayna Roselli: I love the playlist there.
• 6:59
  Dayna Roselli: If you love a little Michael Jackson, Prince, Whitney Houston, Gloria Estefan, they have that kind of music there, which I love because I don't like places that play like house music and all that kind of thing.
• 7:12
  Dayna Roselli: So it is a little elevated, like you'll hear the music's up there, but you can still have conversation.
• 7:17
  Dayna Roselli: It's darker, it's a beautiful restaurant.
• 7:19
  Dayna Roselli: Um, I highly recommend the spicy filet was delicious.
• 7:26
  Dayna Roselli: The crispy eggplant was out of this world.
• 7:28
  Dayna Roselli: It was a side dish.
• 7:29
  Dayna Roselli: It was amazing.
• 7:31
  Dayna Roselli: And the mushroom lomain was incredible as well.
• 7:34
  Dayna Roselli: Um, those were just like three of my favorites, but really everything was good.
• 7:38
  Dayna Roselli: I loved it.
• 7:38
  Dayna Roselli: We had such a great time.
• 7:39
  Dayna Roselli: We actually ended up like sitting there for like three hours.
• 7:42
  Dayna Roselli: We also went for a drink at the bar because my friend Denise Valdez met us there to begin with, because she was eating with other friends in the room.
• 7:48
  Dayna Roselli: So it was a, and I've gone there before.
• 7:50
  Dayna Roselli: I've seen the Raiders coach there dining.
• 7:52
  Dayna Roselli: Like it's a who's who uh at Komodo.
• 7:55
  Dayna Roselli: It's it's popular in Miami and one other place too, and I can't think of where Chicago.
• 7:58
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know, can't remember.
• 7:59
  Sean McAllister: Well, in Komodo, that's one of the restaurants that's not down just off of the casino floor.
• 8:04
  Sean McAllister: It's actually up on the second level, right?
• 8:07
  Dayna Roselli: Right, and it's right near the, and I don't want to call it a food court.
• 8:09
  Dayna Roselli: What do they call them now?
• 8:10
  Dayna Roselli: Food halls.
• 8:11
  Sean McAllister: A food hall.
• 8:11
  Dayna Roselli: Food, it's right near the food hall.
• 8:13
  Sean McAllister: But they call it like the promenade.
• 8:15
  Dayna Roselli: Canteen.
• 8:15
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, yeah, promenade.
• 8:16
  Dayna Roselli: You're right.
• 8:17
  Dayna Roselli: Oh gosh, we're gonna get in trouble there.
• 8:18
  Dayna Roselli: But hey, we're we're still learning the fountain blue lingo.
• 8:21
  Dayna Roselli: But it's new.
• 8:22
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, you literally go to the top of the escalator and turn right, and it's right there.
• 8:26
  Dayna Roselli: So I really enjoyed it.
• 8:28
  Dayna Roselli: After that, we stepped out, we watched the fireworks, and I must say the stratosphere fireworks were gorgeous this year.
• 8:33
  Dayna Roselli: Really cool.
• 8:34
  Dayna Roselli: Um, they usually are, but it kind of looks like this big sparkler, you know, it's just really cool.
• 8:38
  Dayna Roselli: We were standing at the bottom of the fountain blue, so I was looking up, and it was cool to see fireworks coming off the fountain blue, but I was, you know, when you're when you're at the property, you can't really see the property's fireworks.
• 8:50
  Dayna Roselli: So I was looking across the street to Resorts World and then back toward the strat.
• 8:54
  Sean McAllister: But the good news is that Vegas Revealed gave you a prime view of uh Fountain Blue's inaugural New Year's Eve firework display on our Vegas Revealed YouTube channel.
• 9:07
  Sean McAllister: It was a live look from the Vegas Revealed Sky Deck.
• 9:10
  Sean McAllister: That's right.
• 9:12
  Dayna Roselli: We set her all up before we went out, and um it was great because we just live streamed for like five hours until midnight.
• 9:19
  Dayna Roselli: And then when midnight hit, I actually was standing at the Fountain Blue and I clicked and looked at our YouTube link and I was like, darn, that's a good shot.
• 9:27
  Dayna Roselli: Like it was great.
• 9:28
  Dayna Roselli: And then you actually cut off just that portion when the fireworks um took off and put it on our YouTube as well.
• 9:34
  Dayna Roselli: So you can either watch the live stream if you want to go back and see, or we have just the video of the fireworks portion, the eight-minute display off the Fountain Blue, and it's a big deal because it was the first time the Fountain Blue was part of the Las Vegas New Year's Eve fireworks.
• 9:47
  Sean McAllister: And people were commenting that uh at the end of the fireworks show, you know, when the smoke is lingering in the sky, uh that it looked really cool.
• 9:57
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 9:57
  Sean McAllister: Uh the lights that go across the top of Fountain Blue, they're you know, this nice rich blue, yeah, kind of color, and it just kind of reflected off those clouds and the smoke.
• 10:10
  Sean McAllister: And it did it looked really it looked neat.
• 10:15
  Dayna Roselli: It did, it did, it looked really neat.
• 10:16
  Dayna Roselli: So I love that.
• 10:18
  Dayna Roselli: You don't realize those things until the first happens, right?
• 10:20
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's like never thought of it, you know.
• 10:23
  Dayna Roselli: And that'll be interesting too, like when we had that first low ceiling cloudy day, which could be today when we're recording at night, because we always see like the Luxor light hit or the MGM grand, the green hue of the clouds.
• 10:35
  Dayna Roselli: So I'm wondering now if the clouds will be that fountain blue, blue.
• 10:38
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and where where I live, I look down toward the look down the street toward the strip, and I see uh the sphere, the colors of the sphere lighting up the clouds when we have a low cloud ceiling here in Las Vegas.
• 10:52
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's a year of first, let me tell you.
• 10:54
  Dayna Roselli: We have a lot of new things to look at, right?
• 10:56
  Dayna Roselli: On depending on the weather.
• 10:57
  Dayna Roselli: So that was cool.
• 10:58
  Dayna Roselli: I had a great New Year's Eve.
• 10:59
  Dayna Roselli: I thought it was good.
• 11:00
  Dayna Roselli: It seems like everything was safe and sound and strip, uh, everything went off, you know, just just fine.
• 11:06
  Dayna Roselli: It was great.
• 11:07
  Sean McAllister: And uh as we look forward to uh 2024 here throughout this episode, we want to quickly do a little rewind because one of the big events at the end of 2023, of course, was Formula One.
• 11:22
  Sean McAllister: And people were wondering when the numbers come out, will F one have been worth it for the city of Las Vegas?
• 11:30
  Sean McAllister: And we have those numbers now, and we know.
• 11:34
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 11:34
  Dayna Roselli: We know, finally, right?
• 11:37
  Dayna Roselli: Um, yeah, so you know, I mean, obviously the strip, you know, portion, people were during the week of F1 or the weekend saying, Oh, the the hotels are empty, and oh look, I've never seen the casino floor so empty, and look, the slot machines are dead.
• 11:52
  Dayna Roselli: Well, yeah, it looks like the slot machines um were not as busy as normal, but it looks like the high roller rooms were where it was at.
• 12:01
  Sean McAllister: That's where the action was.
• 12:02
  Dayna Roselli: This was the second highest gaming month in well, the history of Las Vegas.
• 12:08
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 12:08
  Dayna Roselli: Um, you know, Las Vegas and the strips in the county.
• 12:10
  Dayna Roselli: We have the city of Las Vegas and downtown, but um, it's you know, southern Nevada.
• 12:16
  Dayna Roselli: That's really where most of the gaming, and then we have, you know, casinos off the strip as well.
• 12:19
  Dayna Roselli: But all that we took in, uh we took in a lot of money on the strip, and a lot of it was table games.
• 12:26
  Dayna Roselli: And what was the total here?
• 12:28
  Dayna Roselli: Uh 821 million in gaming revenue for the strip during the month.
• 12:34
  Sean McAllister: And I believe it was uh it was well over a billion dollars, 1.3 billion, I believe.
• 12:42
  Sean McAllister: Yes.
• 12:42
  Sean McAllister: Uh, and that was I believe the 33rd consecutive month of statewide gambling revenue over one billion dollars.
• 12:55
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, isn't it crazy?
• 12:56
  Sean McAllister: Incredible.
• 12:57
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it really is.
• 12:58
  Dayna Roselli: And this$821 million in gaming revenue for the strip was a 22.6% increase from November of 2022.
• 13:08
  Dayna Roselli: So you can see how much, what's normally like a slower month, how much F1 helped boost that gaming number.
• 13:14
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and I know uh tourism, the number of travelers who came here to Las Vegas was also up because not only did we have F1 in November, but the CEMA uh car convention, that's an auto, like an aftermarket auto uh convention that we have here every year in Las Vegas.
• 13:32
  Sean McAllister: That was also in November.
• 13:33
  Sean McAllister: So those two events together kind of really jacked up the number of people who came to visit Las Vegas in a month that is historically one of the slowest months of the year.
• 13:47
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, for so true.
• 13:48
  Dayna Roselli: And there were a lot of people at SEMA this year.
• 13:50
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know, I felt like there were more than normal.
• 13:52
  Dayna Roselli: I and they added like that whole thing at the festival grounds.
• 13:55
  Dayna Roselli: Remember, I was kind of complaining that it was loud, people were spinning out and burning out tires and stuff.
• 14:00
  Dayna Roselli: It was part of it, but I was like, all right, I had had enough by like, you know, 11 p.m.
• 14:05
  Dayna Roselli: on one of the nights.
• 14:06
  Dayna Roselli: Uh but you know, I was happy that everyone was in town.
• 14:08
  Dayna Roselli: I'd just never seen that before.
• 14:10
  Dayna Roselli: And so I feel like they added some things, and yeah, it would that was packed too.
• 14:13
  Dayna Roselli: So that's really cool.
• 14:14
  Sean McAllister: And I know that uh with these numbers coming out, there are going to be people who say, yeah, that's great for those high-end properties that catered to the high-end visitors who came in for Formula One.
• 14:26
  Sean McAllister: But what about everybody else?
• 14:28
  Sean McAllister: What about the local shop owners who had business that was just dead?
• 14:33
  Sean McAllister: And what about these mid-level hotels that were just empty?
• 14:38
  Sean McAllister: Well, those are the things that are going to be addressed in future years because that is something that needs to be fixed.
• 14:46
  Sean McAllister: But overall, we did have that influx of money and business on the Las Vegas strip.
• 14:52
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 14:53
  Dayna Roselli: And we say you live and you learn, right?
• 14:54
  Dayna Roselli: You try it and then you learn from it.
• 14:56
  Dayna Roselli: And it's just like a lot of shows that we have open for a couple months and they close or retool.
• 15:01
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, we we you know, we're based on we're never saying like we're 100% perfect in Las Vegas.
• 15:06
  Dayna Roselli: We are the entertainment capital of the world now.
• 15:08
  Dayna Roselli: We're number one up there in in sports and and wedding capital of the world and all that.
• 15:13
  Dayna Roselli: But I think we always learn from things when they're new and we fix it.
• 15:17
  Sean McAllister: Well, and when you look at the history of Las Vegas, this is a city that is constantly evolving, and you don't evolve without looking at what works, what doesn't, fixing it and moving forward.
• 15:28
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 15:29
  Sean McAllister: So uh one of the things, yeah, one of the things that uh kind of was talked about during F1 uh was the fact that uh they didn't want people uh using the pedestrian overpasses as a viewing location for the race.
• 15:45
  Sean McAllister: They put film up on the windows, they made sure that traffic kept moving, uh pedestrian traffic, and that's something that's going to continue.
• 15:52
  Sean McAllister: Just this week, uh there was an ordinance passed by the Clark County Commission that has uh essentially banned the stoppage of pedestrian traffic on those uh overpass bridges, the pedestrian bridges that get people from one side of Las Vegas Boulevard to the other.
• 16:13
  Sean McAllister: Uh and what this means is that if you uh clog up the pedestrian traffic, the foot traffic, then the police can cite you and you can get up to six months in jail and or a thousand dollar fine.
• 16:29
  Sean McAllister: Okay.
• 16:30
  Sean McAllister: So this is really aimed at keeping the foot traffic moving.
• 16:35
  Sean McAllister: If you want to stop and take a picture while you're up there, because there are good views, you're still able to do that.
• 16:41
  Sean McAllister: You're not gonna get arrested for that.
• 16:42
  Sean McAllister: You're not gonna get a ticket for that.
• 16:45
  Dayna Roselli: But if you're up there, let's say playing guitar with your guitar case open, wanting tips and people to stand around and listen to you for a little while, that's not gonna be allowed.
• 16:54
  Sean McAllister: Exactly.
• 16:54
  Dayna Roselli: Or you're you can't bring a cooler and sell bottled water where it gets people to gather around and and have to dig out their cash and try and pay you, and the line gets long and all that kind of thing.
• 17:04
  Dayna Roselli: Those kinds of things.
• 17:05
  Sean McAllister: A hundred percent.
• 17:06
  Sean McAllister: And people have said they're like, Well, this is cracking down on street performers, blah, blah, blah.
• 17:10
  Sean McAllister: And they say the county commission uh said, Well, street performers are still welcome on the overpasses as long as they keep walking.
• 17:18
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, so there you go.
• 17:20
  Dayna Roselli: Get your perform and walk.
• 17:22
  Dayna Roselli: Right, perform and walk, keep walking.
• 17:24
  Dayna Roselli: I love that.
• 17:25
  Dayna Roselli: Well, you know what?
• 17:25
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, they know best when it comes to safety.
• 17:27
  Dayna Roselli: Um, we have actually, you know, the strip is is a really safe place if you think about how many people visit every single day.
• 17:35
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and if this is gonna add to that, cool.
• 17:38
  Dayna Roselli: Let me know what we need to do to keep things safe and and we'll follow the rules.
• 17:42
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, everyone won't, and I'm sure we'll hear a lot about it, but we'll see.
• 17:46
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, so that is one of the things uh that is new on the Las Vegas strip in 2024.
• 17:52
  Sean McAllister: And uh we have a bunch of stuff to go over that is also new, and I feel like this is a year's worth of new stuff.
• 18:01
  Dayna Roselli: It is, and actually the the list is not complete, but this is like kind of off the top of our head, right?
• 18:06
  Dayna Roselli: Like, but we just want to run down real quick and let you know what's coming up for the year, some highlights that we think you might want to pay attention to, and we're definitely gonna be paying attention to.
• 18:16
  Sean McAllister: Uh, starting with Super Bowl 58 coming up February 11th over at Allegiance Stadium, there's going to really be an entire week's worth of festivities leading up to Super Bowl.
• 18:28
  Sean McAllister: And uh we're gonna be covering all that stuff for you, so you'll want to tune in for that.
• 18:34
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and then they have the opening, the opening night uh is gonna be at Allegiance Stadium, and they're selling tickets for like 30 bucks.
• 18:40
  Dayna Roselli: They had a little sale.
• 18:41
  Dayna Roselli: I already bought mine because I bought$15 tickets.
• 18:44
  Dayna Roselli: They had a half off sale.
• 18:45
  Sean McAllister: That's I wonder if I bought I I feel like I meant to buy them, and I don't remember if I did.
• 18:50
  Sean McAllister: I have to go back and look.
• 18:53
  Dayna Roselli: Well, I got you a ticket if if you need it.
• 18:54
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, thank you.
• 18:55
  Dayna Roselli: Um yeah, and uh yeah, they want everyone to come out to that.
• 18:58
  Dayna Roselli: They're really embracing, you know, the locals and the community coming out and joining a lot of the Super Bowl festivities, and they are affordable.
• 19:04
  Dayna Roselli: So good to know.
• 19:05
  Dayna Roselli: And the NHL draft, I don't think I even knew this, is gonna be at the sphere June 28th and 29th.
• 19:11
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, which is very exciting.
• 19:12
  Sean McAllister: We've had the NFL draft here.
• 19:14
  Sean McAllister: I believe this is the first time the NHL draft has been held here in Las Vegas.
• 19:20
  Sean McAllister: Cool.
• 19:20
  Sean McAllister: Uh, and the first time certainly at uh the sphere.
• 19:25
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 19:25
  Sean McAllister: And that's gonna be the first major like sporting uh event or sports-related event that's that's being held there.
• 19:33
  Sean McAllister: We've only seen concerts and the uh postcard from Earth uh film shown there so far.
• 19:40
  Sean McAllister: So that's gonna be exciting.
• 19:41
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it really is.
• 19:42
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, I'm sure the outside, the exosphere will have things going for Super Bowl, but we haven't heard of anything happening inside the sphere yet.
• 19:49
  Dayna Roselli: So yeah, you're right.
• 19:50
  Dayna Roselli: This could be the first.
• 19:50
  Dayna Roselli: And then UFC's gonna do something at the sphere on September 14th.
• 19:54
  Dayna Roselli: I know Dana White was talking about that and excited that he kind of coaxed him to to allow him to do this.
• 20:00
  Dayna Roselli: He had a vision.
• 20:01
  Sean McAllister: Yes.
• 20:02
  Sean McAllister: Uh also tying in with uh Super Bowl weekend, live golf.
• 20:07
  Sean McAllister: That is the um uh tournament, the the uh golf uh group that kind of competes with PGA.
• 20:16
  Sean McAllister: Okay, it's a Saudi-backed golf got it.
• 20:19
  Sean McAllister: Never heard of League.
• 20:20
  Sean McAllister: The golf league.
• 20:22
  Sean McAllister: Anyway, uh they're having uh their first US tournament of 2024 Super Bowl weekend at the Las Vegas Country Club.
• 20:30
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, cool.
• 20:31
  Dayna Roselli: I love that.
• 20:32
  Sean McAllister: That will uh bring in a whole other sports crowd as well.
• 20:37
  Dayna Roselli: And speaking of golf, a lot of golf attractions are opening in Las Vegas in the upcoming year.
• 20:43
  Dayna Roselli: Atomic golf at the Stratosphere.
• 20:45
  Dayna Roselli: I know they're they're pushing hiring and filling, you know, with employees and doing interviews and stuff off site right now.
• 20:52
  Dayna Roselli: Uh swingers, we've talked about this at Mandalay Bay, adult golf, um, adult only, yeah, mini golf, and then pop stroke over at Town Square, and that's kind of backed by Tiger Woods.
• 21:05
  Dayna Roselli: So um that'll be opening as well.
• 21:08
  Dayna Roselli: So we got a lot of like golf's gonna be the thing, and then we already have top golf that is so popular, and it'll be interesting to see with all these different attractions if they'll all stay busy or they'll spread the love or what.
• 21:20
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, it will.
• 21:21
  Sean McAllister: And I know that they're even off the strip, there's some other um golf facilities that are gonna be opening up as well.
• 21:28
  Sean McAllister: So a big year for golf in Las Vegas.
• 21:31
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, definitely.
• 21:33
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, some shows that are coming that are new.
• 21:36
  Dayna Roselli: Disco show by Spiegel World.
• 21:37
  Dayna Roselli: And you know Spiegel World, they they have Absinthe at Caesars Palace, they had OPM at Cosmopolitan, which just recently closed to make some room, I think, for disco show, or it was just it's it's it was time to end the show.
• 21:50
  Dayna Roselli: And then Atomic Saloon over at uh the Palazzo, but now they're adding disco show.
• 21:55
  Dayna Roselli: I look forward to seeing what that will be like.
• 21:57
  Dayna Roselli: I'm sure it will be outrageous in many ways.
• 22:00
  Sean McAllister: And this is over at the Link, the disco show.
• 22:03
  Sean McAllister: It's taking over the space.
• 22:04
  Sean McAllister: You know, before the link was the link, it was Imperial Palace.
• 22:07
  Sean McAllister: Oh, yeah.
• 22:08
  Sean McAllister: And Imperial Palace had a a sports book over at that property, which has been walled off and not accessible to uh casino visitors since it turned into the link.
• 22:21
  Sean McAllister: Um and they've kind of gutted that entire space and turned it into a venue for our disco show.
• 22:28
  Sean McAllister: So it'll be interesting to see what this is all about.
• 22:31
  Sean McAllister: I'm guessing strong 70s vibes.
• 22:34
  Dayna Roselli: Probably.
• 22:35
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 22:35
  Dayna Roselli: I think they showed their little uh teaser video and it seemed to go in that in that direction.
• 22:39
  Sean McAllister: Studio 54-esque.
• 22:41
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my gosh.
• 22:42
  Dayna Roselli: I went to the Luau at Imperial Palace.
• 22:44
  Dayna Roselli: Did you ever go to the Luau?
• 22:45
  Dayna Roselli: No.
• 22:45
  Dayna Roselli: Oh.
• 22:46
  Dayna Roselli: It was when I was visiting once, and it was interesting.
• 22:52
  Sean McAllister: Well, there's lots of stories tied to Imperial Palace.
• 22:54
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, that was interesting.
• 22:56
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but I thought it was like a thing you had to do, like go to Imperial Palace to the Luau, but after it was over, I kind of wished I didn't see it.
• 23:04
  Sean McAllister: I did go, although before Imperial Palace closed and turned into the link, they did have, I believe, a Mai Thai bar.
• 23:13
  Sean McAllister: There was a tiny little Mai Thai bar kind of stuck in the back.
• 23:17
  Sean McAllister: Okay.
• 23:18
  Sean McAllister: And they had great Mai Thai's.
• 23:19
  Sean McAllister: I did stop there.
• 23:21
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, okay.
• 23:22
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it was an iconic spot, that's for sure.
• 23:25
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, another show that's opening uh just off the strip.
• 23:27
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know if you guys have any of our listeners ever been to the Orleans, but it's a popular hotel casino off the strip, just to the west of the strip, down Tropicana.
• 23:38
  Dayna Roselli: And I go to the movies there often.
• 23:40
  Dayna Roselli: I like the movie theater there.
• 23:41
  Dayna Roselli: But anyway, they are actually gonna have their own residency show and they're bringing back Jersey Boys.
• 23:46
  Dayna Roselli: So I thought that was cool.
• 23:48
  Sean McAllister: And I I think this is the first residency show that they're staging at the Orleans.
• 23:53
  Dayna Roselli: I think so.
• 23:53
  Dayna Roselli: And so they're trying something new.
• 23:55
  Dayna Roselli: And what I love is, you know, uh Jersey Boys, they were over at the Paris for a long time, started at the Palazzo, closed, and it's been years now.
• 24:02
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and it's such a you know, a staple show that people go and they love and they've seen it over and over.
• 24:08
  Dayna Roselli: But I love also that they're bringing in this large cast, so it's like jobs for you know, all these people to come have a show at the Orleans and and you know, stay here for a while, not just swing into town and then leave.
• 24:21
  Dayna Roselli: So I look forward to I think that's gonna do pretty well at the Orleans, actually.
• 24:24
  Dayna Roselli: I think it's a good crowd for the Jersey boys.
• 24:26
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and it's the music and the story of Frankie Valley and the four seasons.
• 24:30
  Sean McAllister: They've got VIP packages available.
• 24:33
  Sean McAllister: They sure do.
• 24:34
  Sean McAllister: Bottle service, the whole nine.
• 24:36
  Dayna Roselli: I was going looking through.
• 24:37
  Dayna Roselli: We were laughing, we're going, wow, look at this, it's like, you know, they have options.
• 24:41
  Sean McAllister: Way to go, Orleans.
• 24:42
  Dayna Roselli: Box seats and all sorts of stuff.
• 24:44
  Dayna Roselli: So um Shania's coming back to Planet Hollywood.
• 24:47
  Dayna Roselli: I always feel like Shania is kind of the share, like farewell tour, and then she's back again.
• 24:51
  Dayna Roselli: But Shania has been uh in Vegas, left Vegas, she's back, so she's come back again, and she'll be over at Planet Hollywood's backed theater.
• 24:59
  Sean McAllister: Uh a group that we have never seen have a residency here in Las Vegas, Wu Tang Clan is going to be launching a residency of their own over at uh Virgin Hotels.
• 25:11
  Sean McAllister: That's the old hard rock over there at Harmon and Paradise, just off the strip.
• 25:17
  Sean McAllister: Also, Jodice is going to be staging their residency at House of Blues.
• 25:21
  Dayna Roselli: I was at that um festival this year.
• 25:25
  unknown: Gosh.
• 25:26
  Dayna Roselli: We're really like, I feel like this whole podcast, we're like, you know, uh, remember what was the name of it?
• 25:31
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my gosh.
• 25:31
  Dayna Roselli: We're really you know what we're here older.
• 25:34
  Sean McAllister: Getting the brains back into the back out of holiday mode, into thinking mode.
• 25:39
  Dayna Roselli: What was I at?
• 25:40
  Dayna Roselli: Was it Forever Young?
• 25:42
  Sean McAllister: When we were young?
• 25:43
  Dayna Roselli: No, it was the one Chris Brown.
• 25:47
  Dayna Roselli: It was like a whole great like list of RB and oh my gosh.
• 25:53
  Dayna Roselli: I remember that you went to it and lovers.
• 25:56
  Dayna Roselli: Was that it?
• 25:57
  Dayna Roselli: Lovers and friends?
• 25:59
  Sean McAllister: That was a festival.
• 26:00
  Dayna Roselli: It was.
• 26:00
  Dayna Roselli: That's the festival I went to.
• 26:03
  Dayna Roselli: And I remember walking by and going, Oh, I love this song, and oh, they're good.
• 26:07
  Dayna Roselli: And it was Joe Dicey.
• 26:08
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, that's what I was trying to get to.
• 26:11
  Sean McAllister: Gotcha.
• 26:12
  Sean McAllister: We're there.
• 26:12
  Sean McAllister: We made it.
• 26:14
  Dayna Roselli: All right.
• 26:14
  Dayna Roselli: That was like totally, yeah.
• 26:16
  Dayna Roselli: The lovers and friends or friends and lovers, whatever.
• 26:18
  Dayna Roselli: It sells out every year over at the Las Vegas Festival grounds.
• 26:22
  Dayna Roselli: Um, they have like two nights.
• 26:23
  Dayna Roselli: Joe Dicey was there, they were fantastic.
• 26:25
  Dayna Roselli: So FYI.
• 26:26
  Sean McAllister: But again, they'll be at uh House of Blues.
• 26:29
  Sean McAllister: Uh Fish is the the next residency that we'll be seeing over at the sphere.
• 26:36
  Sean McAllister: They have, I believe, four shows that are announced so far.
• 26:39
  Sean McAllister: Yep.
• 26:40
  Sean McAllister: Uh the coming up this spring.
• 26:41
  Sean McAllister: April, right?
• 26:42
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 26:42
  Sean McAllister: In April, yep.
• 26:43
  Sean McAllister: And Dana, I know you're excited about this one.
• 26:46
  Dayna Roselli: Well, I am, but here's the deal.
• 26:48
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, new edition is coming to the Encore Theater at the Wind, but uh, they're like sold out.
• 26:53
  Dayna Roselli: Like the first day, I went on the next day, I went on day two to look at tickets, and there was like nothing available that I could find except on resale sites.
• 27:05
  Dayna Roselli: And then I had a friend, my friend Gina, was tweeting me going, um, what the heck?
• 27:09
  Dayna Roselli: Like new edition, trying to get tickets, can't get it.
• 27:12
  Dayna Roselli: So, like, I don't know.
• 27:12
  Dayna Roselli: I haven't looked today when we're recording to see what's available, but as far as I know, I think they might be sold out or close to sold out, very few tickets available.
• 27:22
  Sean McAllister: So, what you're saying is we need to talk to Win and AEG and new edition and to add more dates.
• 27:29
  Dayna Roselli: Add more dates.
• 27:30
  Dayna Roselli: I think they're gonna, I mean, if if they sold out that quick, I wonder if they'll, you know, add more and become a little bit more of a residency.
• 27:37
  Dayna Roselli: I'm not sure.
• 27:37
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but they might need to also add a folding chair for Roselli at the end of a row so that I could fit in and see the show because I'm dying to see it.
• 27:46
  Sean McAllister: You really want to push the capacity of that theater, huh?
• 27:49
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 27:51
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my gosh.
• 27:51
  Dayna Roselli: We have celebrity bars opening up.
• 27:53
  Dayna Roselli: This one has been, I feel like I've watched the whole thing on Instagram.
• 27:56
  Dayna Roselli: Is it uh old Red by Blake Shelton?
• 27:58
  Dayna Roselli: Both Blake Shelton and Old Red doing a lot of updates over there at the Grand Bazaar Shops at Horse.
• 28:07
  Sean McAllister: Horse shoe.
• 28:08
  Sean McAllister: What were you gonna say?
• 28:10
  Sean McAllister: Horseheads.
• 28:10
  Sean McAllister: Horseheads.
• 28:11
  Dayna Roselli: My first job in Elmira, New York was on television.
• 28:14
  Dayna Roselli: Second job for NBC.
• 28:16
  Dayna Roselli: I lived in Elmira and Horseheads.
• 28:18
  Sean McAllister: Horseheads is right on the New York State, Pennsylvania border, down there by Painted Post.
• 28:24
  Dayna Roselli: So that's what I was gonna say.
• 28:25
  Dayna Roselli: It's over there at Horseheads.
• 28:26
  Dayna Roselli: No, the horseshoe.
• 28:27
  Sean McAllister: The horseshoe.
• 28:28
  Dayna Roselli: See, I told you it's wow, the brain fog is real.
• 28:32
  Sean McAllister: Old Red uh is a total Nashville style honky tonk, and it's taken over the entire corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Flamingo.
• 28:42
  Sean McAllister: Uh, it's a multi-story building, but it looks like it's going to be a lot of fun.
• 28:49
  Sean McAllister: Obviously, uh we can expect live music in there.
• 28:53
  Sean McAllister: Um, we're actually going to be headed over for uh an early quick look in a couple weeks here, so we'll be able to report back to you on that.
• 29:02
  Sean McAllister: Um but I I love uh Nashville.
• 29:06
  Sean McAllister: I love Broadway in Nashville and just hopping from honky tongue to honky tonk.
• 29:11
  Sean McAllister: So I'm excited to have a place like this uh right there.
• 29:16
  Sean McAllister: And having the foot traffic that will just be able to go right in is gonna be, I have a feeling it's going to be a very popular place.
• 29:24
  Sean McAllister: And I believe I read there's gonna be a big tractor hanging from the ceiling or something.
• 29:29
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, really?
• 29:29
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 29:30
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, that sounds fun.
• 29:31
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I mean, people love you know those kinds of bars are so popular.
• 29:33
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, we have stoneies in town, you know, like two of them, and they're always just jam-packed.
• 29:39
  Dayna Roselli: And and then, you know, we've had so many country bars on the strip that people just love, and they've always got the live music thing going.
• 29:45
  Dayna Roselli: It's just so good, right?
• 29:46
  Sean McAllister: And uh John Rich from Big and Rich, he had Redneck Riviera over there at Grand Bazaar Shops, but it was set way in the back, like you had to go all through the shops to get there, and then I think you had to go upstairs, and so it wasn't the easiest location to get to, still an incredible space.
• 30:05
  Sean McAllister: Um, so I'm glad that it ended up closing, but I'm glad that um that Nashville vibe, we're gonna have Nash Vegas vibes right there at Flamingo and Las Vegas Boulevard.
• 30:16
  Dayna Roselli: And I noticed that they put out a lineup of different performers, and it looks like it's a good mix of you know, some of the some of the country singers that we have living here in town mixed in with, you know, acts that are coming into town and leaving.
• 30:28
  Dayna Roselli: So I love I do love that.
• 30:29
  Dayna Roselli: I'm I'm excited that you know it'll give some folks work that live here in town and want to perform their country music as well.
• 30:36
  Dayna Roselli: And the and I'm sure we'll get a lot of visitors as well.
• 30:39
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 30:39
  Sean McAllister: Uh also we've talked about this.
• 30:41
  Sean McAllister: Bruno Mars opening a lounge of his own over at Bellagio called Pinky Ring.
• 30:47
  Sean McAllister: Uh, we expect that uh in 2024 as well.
• 30:51
  Sean McAllister: And I believe I saw um our friend Johnny Katz was out at a uh music event recently and said one of the uh musicians has been in uh rehearsals to perform at uh Pinky Ring.
• 31:07
  Sean McAllister: Cool, yeah, that'll be yeah.
• 31:09
  Sean McAllister: I think they're gonna have to.
• 31:10
  Sean McAllister: It sounds like maybe a house band is gonna be performing in there.
• 31:14
  Dayna Roselli: I like that space too at the Bellagio.
• 31:16
  Sean McAllister: It's so good.
• 31:16
  Sean McAllister: It's like it right in the center.
• 31:18
  Dayna Roselli: Right in the center.
• 31:18
  Sean McAllister: It's great.
• 31:19
  Dayna Roselli: Anything that's in the center is good.
• 31:21
  Dayna Roselli: I went to the center bar, the blue bar at Fountain Blue the other day, and we sat there for like two hours.
• 31:26
  Dayna Roselli: I caught up with some some friends that met me there, and I just I really enjoyed it.
• 31:30
  Dayna Roselli: I like the center places.
• 31:32
  Sean McAllister: The center bars are great.
• 31:33
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 31:33
  Dayna Roselli: Um, so yeah, Pinky Ring will definitely be cool, you know.
• 31:36
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, Bruno's just gonna bring it.
• 31:38
  Dayna Roselli: And so many people went to Bruno Mars over New Year's Eve weekend.
• 31:40
  Dayna Roselli: They did.
• 31:41
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and J Lo and Ben were there.
• 31:43
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 31:43
  Dayna Roselli: Our friend Carrie that runs Teaspoon um bakery.
• 31:47
  Dayna Roselli: She was there and she said Ben and Jen were very cuddly and all over, and they walked right by her and her daughter, and she had like the inside look.
• 31:56
  Sean McAllister: Look at that.
• 31:56
  Sean McAllister: She could have written a whole article for some magazine.
• 32:00
  Dayna Roselli: She was quick to point out they looked like they were in a good mood, you know, because everyone always says they never look like they're in a good mood together.
• 32:06
  Dayna Roselli: They would seem to have a fabulous night.
• 32:08
  Dayna Roselli: But Ben is just, you know, he's not, he's not the most camera-friendly person.
• 32:12
  Dayna Roselli: My dad's not a fan of Ben Affleck, so he always is very vocal about it.
• 32:15
  Dayna Roselli: No, he thinks he's sneaky, he thinks he's too sneaky for that, Jennifer Lopez.
• 32:20
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know why he thinks that, but I always do a little Instagram story with him whenever I visit him, and he gives his update on Ben Affleck.
• 32:26
  Dayna Roselli: Too sneaky.
• 32:27
  Dayna Roselli: But anyway, Ben, yeah, there are opinions.
• 32:30
  Dayna Roselli: I like Ben.
• 32:31
  Dayna Roselli: I'm glad that they went and had fun.
• 32:33
  Dayna Roselli: I think she went over to Christina Aguilera at uh Voltaire after that with her friends or something.
• 32:37
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know if it was the night before or after Bruno Mars.
• 32:40
  Sean McAllister: That's right, because Christina kicked off her Voltaire residency, uh, New Year's Eve weekend, and man alive, did she look great?
• 32:48
  Sean McAllister: Oh my god, fantastic.
• 32:50
  Dayna Roselli: And we had one of our listeners uh and our friends on Instagram give us a whole review and send us videos.
• 32:56
  Dayna Roselli: And he said that uh Christina did a 75-minute performance, looked amazing.
• 33:03
  Dayna Roselli: Um, she did like a little New Year's Eve countdown that night.
• 33:06
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but he said, you know, great vibes overall.
• 33:10
  Dayna Roselli: He wanted more and more Christina.
• 33:12
  Dayna Roselli: Um, he said many folks were seated, so the general admission view was actually pretty good.
• 33:18
  Dayna Roselli: People stood up and then sat down for a lot of it.
• 33:20
  Dayna Roselli: He also said Paula Abdul was in the house.
• 33:22
  Dayna Roselli: He saw Paula there, too.
• 33:23
  Dayna Roselli: Paula?
• 33:24
  Dayna Roselli: So yeah, it was quite a weekend of sightings.
• 33:27
  Dayna Roselli: But yeah, he said A plus night overall, he had a blast.
• 33:30
  Sean McAllister: Do you think Paula might be a new headliner over at Voltaire down the line, too?
• 33:35
  Sean McAllister: Maybe could be.
• 33:36
  Sean McAllister: She's had a Vegas residency before.
• 33:38
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, she has.
• 33:39
  Dayna Roselli: We'll see.
• 33:39
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know.
• 33:40
  Dayna Roselli: I uh it's interesting.
• 33:41
  Dayna Roselli: A lot of people are checking out that space.
• 33:43
  Dayna Roselli: It's got about a thousand seats, so it's a little larger than uh like a medium-sized showroom, but it's still so intimate.
• 33:50
  Dayna Roselli: Or potentially J Lo.
• 33:51
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, possibly.
• 33:52
  Dayna Roselli: I know that there's a lot of talk right now that J-Lo is going to have a residency here in Las Vegas again, and she's kind of deciding where she's gonna go.
• 34:03
  Sean McAllister: So this could have been a scouting mission.
• 34:05
  Dayna Roselli: Could have been a scouting mission.
• 34:06
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know, J Lo.
• 34:07
  Dayna Roselli: I wonder she'd do a thousand room if that's too small, but it could be fun.
• 34:11
  Sean McAllister: I mean, I I think she first of all, she puts on an incredible show wherever she is, but that would be such a cool experience to be that up close and and personal.
• 34:22
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 34:23
  Dayna Roselli: It would be.
• 34:23
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, I know people, you know, I think any of those shows, when you come out, you look fabulous, you've got great, you dance great, you've got great dancers behind you, you know, the band, that's the perfect kind of setting for that.
• 34:34
  Dayna Roselli: And it is sometimes you don't always have to do stadiums and stuff, you want to get a little creative.
• 34:38
  Dayna Roselli: That's why I think when people go to the sphere, it only fits 17,500.
• 34:42
  Dayna Roselli: And a lot of people are like, well, who's gonna go there if they can do stadiums?
• 34:45
  Dayna Roselli: And it's like, well, maybe if they just want to get a little creative and do something new, they might.
• 34:49
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 34:50
  Sean McAllister: So we'll see.
• 34:50
  Sean McAllister: If the paycheck is right.
• 34:52
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 34:53
  Dayna Roselli: We've kind of uh gone off on a tangent, so sorry about that, but there's a lot to talk about.
• 34:58
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I guess so.
• 34:59
  Dayna Roselli: Restaurants, um, brassery B by Bobby Flay at Caesar's Palace is now open.
• 35:03
  Dayna Roselli: So open table is taking reservations, it's open, um, and it's good to go.
• 35:08
  Dayna Roselli: And that's in that hallway that is right across from Nobu.
• 35:13
  Sean McAllister: Yep.
• 35:13
  Sean McAllister: Uh Karama by Wolfgang Puck over at Mandalay Bay.
• 35:17
  Sean McAllister: It's taking over the space that used to be Lupo, which uh was Wolfgang's other restaurant.
• 35:24
  Sean McAllister: This one is uh kind of modeled, inspired by uh the recipes of Wolfgang's mom.
• 35:33
  Sean McAllister: So it'll be it'll be nice to be back over there.
• 35:36
  Sean McAllister: I love that space anyway.
• 35:38
  Sean McAllister: I loved Lupo.
• 35:39
  Sean McAllister: Can't wait for uh Karama.
• 35:41
  Sean McAllister: Also, Canteen Food Hall over at the Rio is going to open this year.
• 35:48
  Sean McAllister: This is uh in the space that used to be the Carnival World Buffet, which was for years and years and years the largest and one of the most popular buffets in all of Las Vegas.
• 36:00
  Dayna Roselli: It really was.
• 36:01
  Dayna Roselli: People loved it for the seafood, right?
• 36:03
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and it was like the most talked about and written about.
• 36:05
  Dayna Roselli: So, I mean, it'll be interesting to see Canteen Food Hall at Rio.
• 36:08
  Dayna Roselli: So many food halls up and down the strip now.
• 36:11
  Dayna Roselli: That's the thing, you know?
• 36:12
  Dayna Roselli: And see, I'm gonna go off on a tangent again.
• 36:14
  Dayna Roselli: By the way, uh, since Durango has opened, all I'm hearing is, and I've gone there too, it is packed.
• 36:20
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 36:21
  Dayna Roselli: People are, there's lines at the food hall.
• 36:23
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, the restaurants are busy.
• 36:25
  Dayna Roselli: I just talked to a friend of a friend who she waitresses or works over at Nico's steakhouse and says they are slammed every night.
• 36:31
  Dayna Roselli: Jeez.
• 36:32
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and that it's just it's just doing really well.
• 36:34
  Dayna Roselli: I know it's the holidays and a lot of people were off and seeing family, but you know, there really isn't a ton of stuff down in the southwest part of the valley.
• 36:41
  Dayna Roselli: So it seems to be doing really well.
• 36:43
  Dayna Roselli: But anyway, they really have a great food hall too.
• 36:46
  Dayna Roselli: But food halls are the thing.
• 36:48
  Sean McAllister: They are.
• 36:48
  Dayna Roselli: We need to do maybe like a podcast on just food halls.
• 36:52
  Sean McAllister: Just food halls.
• 36:52
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, there's one at the ARIA and so many.
• 36:55
  Sean McAllister: Uh, and by the way, Canteen Food Hall is just one of the new uh changes and new upgrades that we're uh seeing over at Rio.
• 37:04
  Sean McAllister: We'll be seeing that uh revitalization of that property continue uh through the new year as well.
• 37:10
  Dayna Roselli: And it needed it for that for sure.
• 37:12
  Dayna Roselli: I had someone write us on TikTok saying she was staying in one of the new revamped rooms.
• 37:16
  Dayna Roselli: Oh that it was nice.
• 37:17
  Dayna Roselli: Good.
• 37:18
  Dayna Roselli: I'm glad to hear that.
• 37:19
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 37:19
  Dayna Roselli: Um, what else?
• 37:20
  Dayna Roselli: We've got a lot to talk about and tips.
• 37:22
  Dayna Roselli: I just keep thinking of more and more things, but we just wanted to also mention that you know, the Tropicana Las Vegas, it's it's been there a long time, right there at the corner of Tropicana and Las Vegas Boulevard.
• 37:33
  Dayna Roselli: That we're gonna say goodbye to in late 2024 because they're building a baseball stadium there.
• 37:39
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, so uh if you're in Las Vegas, make a point to stop in.
• 37:44
  Sean McAllister: Uh if you're coming to Las Vegas, make a point to stop in and say farewell to the to the trop.
• 37:50
  Sean McAllister: Also, um, we're hoping that construction is going to begin on that high-speed bright line train between Las Vegas and Southern California.
• 38:01
  Sean McAllister: Uh, late in 2023, there were federal funds that were approved that kind of essentially gave a green light to start the project, and uh it was much needed funding in order to move forward.
• 38:13
  Sean McAllister: So that came through.
• 38:14
  Sean McAllister: Um, we're hoping to see that construction begin.
• 38:16
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, please, let's get that going.
• 38:18
  Dayna Roselli: I think we just need more ways to get back and forth to Southern California, right?
• 38:22
  Sean McAllister: Otherwise, Mayor Carolyn Goodman is gonna keep on tweeting.
• 38:26
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 38:27
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my gosh, she's about to do her last state of the city address.
• 38:30
  Dayna Roselli: She is, I know.
• 38:31
  Sean McAllister: So the Goodman era in Las Vegas.
• 38:34
  Dayna Roselli: Man, yeah, she's been pushing to widen I-15.
• 38:36
  Dayna Roselli: We've talked about that on the podcast, right uh over the California or our over the Nevada border, I should say, in California for a long time.
• 38:44
  Dayna Roselli: So just make it easier for everyone to come and go.
• 38:46
  Dayna Roselli: We love that.
• 38:47
  Dayna Roselli: They all come in for the weekend.
• 38:49
  Dayna Roselli: Um, somebody did point out on our Instagram though, like, well, why would California make it easier for their people, their residents to come to Las Vegas and leave and spend money and then come back?
• 38:59
  Dayna Roselli: And I'm like, I mean, good point, but you know, like the the mayor was pointing out, it also has to do with, you know, the trucks and stuff that come and go and the produce and and you know, making it just a more enjoyable experience so that they can get home.
• 39:12
  Sean McAllister: Exactly.
• 39:13
  unknown: Yeah.
• 39:13
  Dayna Roselli: If they come to Vegas anyway, then they're either coming on a Monday morning or, you know, the the traffic's gonna back them up so much, they're not gonna make it to work on on that day.
• 39:23
  Dayna Roselli: So anyway.
• 39:24
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, let's do some tips.
• 39:28
  Sean McAllister: Uh starting off our first set of tips for 2024, Dana, we're kind of we're going back to uh Fountain Blue for our first tip.
• 39:37
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and the reason is because this restaurant, Mother Wolf, opened, and all everyone is talking about is how the one in LA you can't get in.
• 39:45
  Dayna Roselli: You know, you've got to call months and months in advance, and you can't get a reservation.
• 39:49
  Dayna Roselli: And it just seems to be something that has traveled and traveled, and they're doing a good job, you know, getting the word out about that.
• 39:56
  Dayna Roselli: Anyway, so I did go there to eat, and so I've had so many questions that I figured I would do it as a tip.
• 40:01
  Dayna Roselli: Um, Mother Wolf, we did go.
• 40:03
  Dayna Roselli: We went to a 530 reservation, so we went early.
• 40:05
  Dayna Roselli: Um, it was New Year's Eve weekend, I think it was the Friday before, and it was definitely booked up, but there were some late reservations and some early.
• 40:14
  Dayna Roselli: Um, a couple things I wanted to mention.
• 40:16
  Dayna Roselli: Um, the main dining room, it can get loud when it's full.
• 40:19
  Dayna Roselli: It's a louder restaurant, more like just, you know, a little music and everyone's conversation.
• 40:25
  Dayna Roselli: But we actually sat, there is a room that fits about, I think there were like maybe six tables or five tables in there, maybe seven.
• 40:33
  Dayna Roselli: There was a long one, just off the bar area.
• 40:36
  Dayna Roselli: And that's where we were sat, and it was a little bit more quiet.
• 40:38
  Dayna Roselli: So that's a tip is in it.
• 40:40
  Dayna Roselli: If you're going to catch up with family and friends, you want to go to Mother Wolf, maybe you request the side room.
• 40:46
  Dayna Roselli: And it's all open and everything, it's not closed off.
• 40:48
  Dayna Roselli: You can still see out into the restaurant.
• 40:50
  Dayna Roselli: Yep.
• 40:51
  Dayna Roselli: But it's it's also right there next to the kitchen.
• 40:53
  Dayna Roselli: So there's a little glass area where you can look into the kitchen.
• 40:56
  Dayna Roselli: And then it's basically when you walk in, you go past the bar and it's straight ahead.
• 41:00
  Dayna Roselli: So maybe you want to request that.
• 41:02
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, the service was excellent.
• 41:04
  Dayna Roselli: Our waiter Jason, just really amazing how he educated us on every item, what they're known for, what the restaurant, you know, is known for, um, how to eat the dishes.
• 41:15
  Dayna Roselli: He was like, you know, I would recommend trying a few things and not getting, you know, all your own dish if you want to try different things.
• 41:22
  Sean McAllister: So do family style.
• 41:23
  Dayna Roselli: Family style, try each course, that kind of thing.
• 41:25
  Dayna Roselli: And so they were great and answering questions and helping us along.
• 41:29
  Dayna Roselli: A lot of people have asked me price points.
• 41:31
  Dayna Roselli: So we did get a pizza as an appetizer, and it was amazing, I must say.
• 41:35
  Dayna Roselli: The pizza was actually uh 30 bucks.
• 41:38
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, so$30, but three of us split it.
• 41:41
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and I think we even had a piece to take home.
• 41:44
  Dayna Roselli: So uh it was delicious.
• 41:46
  Dayna Roselli: I got the really spicy one.
• 41:47
  Dayna Roselli: I forget the name of it, but it was it was so good.
• 41:50
  Dayna Roselli: I'm actually gonna click over and and maybe look at the menu right now, but nope, it's not coming up.
• 41:54
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, so anyway, I had the spicy pizza with all the you know the salami on it and the oh, it was so good.
• 42:00
  Dayna Roselli: Um, that was amazing.
• 42:01
  Dayna Roselli: And then I had one of the spicy, I like spicy, spicy pastas as well, and that was uh$25.
• 42:08
  Dayna Roselli: So a lot of the pasta dishes were like$25,$30,$34,$36.
• 42:13
  Dayna Roselli: Not terrible.
• 42:14
  Dayna Roselli: Um, we decided not to share because two of us wanted the spicy pasta, and so we didn't want to get the like variety because we were like, well, I know I won't I want that.
• 42:22
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 42:23
  Dayna Roselli: I know I want that.
• 42:24
  Dayna Roselli: So um, but they have a lot of um signature dishes there that people love.
• 42:28
  Dayna Roselli: Anyway, that the that was some of the price point, and um, you know, there's a wide variety, it gets a little higher.
• 42:34
  Dayna Roselli: There's a couple things that are on there uh for a little bit lower.
• 42:37
  Dayna Roselli: They brought an amazing bread to the table.
• 42:39
  Dayna Roselli: I highly recommend it.
• 42:40
  Dayna Roselli: I thought it was good, and um the the pasta was it was just different.
• 42:45
  Dayna Roselli: It was so good.
• 42:45
  Dayna Roselli: It was a little dente, it just was delicious, all freshly made.
• 42:49
  Dayna Roselli: I recommend it.
• 42:50
  Dayna Roselli: If you can get into Mother Wolf at Las Vegas before it gets too hot and too hard to get in, you know, try it out soon.
• 42:57
  Sean McAllister: And I will say also uh that I had the best old-fashioned that I have ever had in my life at the bar at Mother Wolf.
• 43:08
  Sean McAllister: Okay, it was so good.
• 43:11
  Dayna Roselli: That's I remember you saying that it was opening night, wasn't it?
• 43:14
  Dayna Roselli: It was.
• 43:15
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, you had mentioned that because I'm not a big old-fashioned person, but you were like, it's so good.
• 43:19
  Sean McAllister: It was incredible.
• 43:20
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, good to know.
• 43:21
  Dayna Roselli: The bartenders are great over there, and you know, they're the working all the time, and like it's a lot of like you walk in and it's you see a lot of friendly faces and people you know.
• 43:28
  Dayna Roselli: And I I've been over there quite a bit.
• 43:31
  Dayna Roselli: Just because, you know, during the holidays, like so many people were off, and that for me, I didn't have family in town, so I was trying to catch up with old friends.
• 43:39
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 43:40
  Dayna Roselli: And everyone would say, I want to see the Fountain Blue.
• 43:42
  Dayna Roselli: And I was like, Great, it's around the corner for me.
• 43:43
  Sean McAllister: It's a convenient meeting spot.
• 43:45
  Dayna Roselli: I was there like all week long.
• 43:46
  Dayna Roselli: So I'm a Fountain Blue regular now.
• 43:48
  Dayna Roselli: Um, a couple other things along those lines that I wanted to mention.
• 43:51
  Dayna Roselli: I actually did meet some friends at the win one night, and we went out to eat, and we were there over three hours.
• 43:57
  Dayna Roselli: And I wanted to let everyone know, we've talked about this before.
• 44:00
  Dayna Roselli: That locals get for free four-hour parking with an ID.
• 44:04
  Dayna Roselli: That's now out off the table.
• 44:06
  Dayna Roselli: They don't do that anymore.
• 44:07
  Dayna Roselli: We were there more than three hours, and when we left, I was trying to scan and we buzzed the little thing, you know, and the speaker came on, and the guy was like, no, it's only three hours free for all, for everyone.
• 44:19
  Dayna Roselli: So it's always the first three hours are free in the South Parking Garage for everyone.
• 44:24
  Dayna Roselli: They're not doing the four-hour extension for Nevada locals anymore.
• 44:28
  Dayna Roselli: They let us go this one time because I didn't know the rules had changed.
• 44:32
  Dayna Roselli: I did just go look at the website and I don't see the locals thing on there anymore.
• 44:35
  Dayna Roselli: So I don't know if the parking garage was very busy, busier than normal.
• 44:39
  Dayna Roselli: And I wonder if a lot of people are parking there and walking to the sphere.
• 44:42
  Dayna Roselli: They're trying to eliminate some of that.
• 44:44
  Dayna Roselli: So I'm not sure.
• 44:45
  Dayna Roselli: But no more on the locals four-hour deal over there.
• 44:48
  Dayna Roselli: Also, Fountain Blue, I've gone to the garage several times.
• 44:51
  Dayna Roselli: It looks like they're not charging for parking yet because they're just want people in there and experiencing it.
• 44:56
  Dayna Roselli: Don't know when that's exactly going to kick off, but the gate is always up.
• 45:00
  Dayna Roselli: Another thing I learned when I was over having lunch with some folks at Resorts World is that I think it's approved or has one more little thing to be approved by the county, but they are building a pedestrian bridge from the Fountain Blue side to the Resorts World side.
• 45:17
  Dayna Roselli: So it's not right at Fountain Blue, but it's right around that area, the Walgreens and the Ross, that kind of parking uh or sorry, shopping center there.
• 45:25
  Dayna Roselli: And it'll go from there over to Resorts World.
• 45:27
  Dayna Roselli: So that'll make it easier for you to get, you know, you want to go to the wind, you want to hop to Fountain Blue, you want to take the pedestrian bridge over to Resorts World.
• 45:34
  Sean McAllister: Maybe Circus Circus.
• 45:35
  Dayna Roselli: Then you want to hit Circus Circus, right?
• 45:37
  Dayna Roselli: It's all gonna come together.
• 45:38
  Dayna Roselli: Slots of fun, any of that stuff.
• 45:41
  Dayna Roselli: Um, so now that will be or go to the Sahara too.
• 45:45
  Dayna Roselli: So it started starting to build up there at the north end, and I think the pedestrian bridge will be great.
• 45:50
  Sean McAllister: As long as you keep moving.
• 45:51
  Sean McAllister: Yes, and you don't get a ticket moving for stopping.
• 45:54
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 45:55
  Sean McAllister: Uh that's an episode.
• 45:57
  Dayna Roselli: It is, but you know, I wanted to mention one more thing.
• 45:59
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know if you want to mention it, but you know, we're excited that possibly be moving to television soon.
• 46:04
  Dayna Roselli: Um, it's a little treat we got for the new year.
• 46:07
  Sean McAllister: How did I forget about this?
• 46:09
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know.
• 46:09
  Dayna Roselli: We have some interest though, and I'm excited.
• 46:11
  Dayna Roselli: We're gonna continue the audio version.
• 46:12
  Dayna Roselli: And and if we did this, um, which we think we are, is gonna be in February.
• 46:17
  Dayna Roselli: But um, here's the deal: here's a tip.
• 46:19
  Dayna Roselli: If you want to be part of the Vegas Revealed podcast and be a sponsor, or you want a commercial to run in our television show that we're gonna be starting, hit us up.
• 46:28
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and uh we will have more details uh about the show, when and where to watch, uh, all that good stuff um in the coming weeks.
• 46:38
  Sean McAllister: Uh, but yes, this is an opportunity to be a part of the show as we uh launch and um have some new eyes and some uh new listeners as well.
• 46:52
  Sean McAllister: So we're excited about the opportunities that 2024 is bringing and the possibilities that are coming along with it.
• 47:00
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, we look forward to, you know, Sean and I, our background is television, television news, television lifestyle shows, um, you know, hosting live events.
• 47:09
  Dayna Roselli: And so we look forward to being able to bring this to TV.
• 47:12
  Dayna Roselli: If you have an idea or you are interested in learning more, you can hit us up on email, ideas at vegash revealed.com.
• 47:21
  Dayna Roselli: Ideas at vegash revealed.com, and we will write you back.
• 47:26
  Dayna Roselli: Have a great week, everyone.