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BrewDog Opens on Las Vegas Strip with Incredible Views, Visitor Numbers and Spending, New Year's Eve with Bruno Mars, The Killers, Pauly D and More | Ep. 147 · Vegas Revealed

• 0:00
  Sean McAllister: Welcome to episode 147 of Vegas Revealed.
• 0:04
  Sean McAllister: The uglier, the better.
• 0:07
  Sean McAllister: Find out where to sport your most hideous holiday sweater and what you can win.
• 0:12
  Dayna Roselli: And how about a 360-degree view of the Las Vegas Strip?
• 0:17
  Dayna Roselli: Brew Dog is now open.
• 0:18
  Dayna Roselli: It's a must-visit spot if you visit or live in Las Vegas.
• 0:23
  Sean McAllister: And if you think about spending New Year's Eve here in Vegas, we have recommendations on where to welcome 2023.
• 0:31
  Dayna Roselli: All that coming up on Vegas Reveal.
• 0:35
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• 1:37
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• 1:41
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• 1:47
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• 1:49
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• 1:53
  Sean McAllister: Welcome to Vegas Revealed, episode 147.
• 1:56
  Sean McAllister: Sean McAllister here along with Dana Roselli.
• 1:59
  Sean McAllister: And you know, Dana, as the year winds down, we're starting to get a glimpse at what it's looked like here in Las Vegas tourism-wise.
• 2:10
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 2:10
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, they always call it the year-enders, right?
• 2:12
  Dayna Roselli: It's like uh right around the holidays, you start to plan for what's coming up and how the year ended.
• 2:18
  Dayna Roselli: And, you know, we were recently looking at an article, and I showed you and I said, I don't know, I feel like we just talked about how visitor numbers were up and how people were spending more money.
• 2:27
  Dayna Roselli: And but we also talked about how things were getting more expensive, too.
• 2:31
  Sean McAllister: We have.
• 2:32
  Dayna Roselli: Last episode we talked all about that.
• 2:34
  Dayna Roselli: But this article specifically um had said that a fewer tourists were coming to Las Vegas and they were spending less as inflation takes a toll.
• 2:44
  Dayna Roselli: It was put out by Fox Business.
• 2:48
  Dayna Roselli: And gosh, we were reading it through, just kind of baffled.
• 2:51
  Dayna Roselli: Like everything seems to kind of be contradicting itself.
• 2:54
  Dayna Roselli: Like I know there's some like deep financial in-depth meaning behind all of it, and there's probably someone that might be correct about this, but then why were visitor numbers up?
• 3:09
  Dayna Roselli: Why are conventions back in National Finals rodeo and the Pac-12 games at Allegiant and all the concerts?
• 3:18
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but you were saying, as we listened more, that this expert was taking into consideration holiday numbers and and didn't count those or something?
• 3:29
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, so uh this report was all based on a study that was done by the UNLV School of Business.
• 3:36
  Sean McAllister: And they take a look at everything from uh visitor spending to hotel occupancy, like all of the factors that you put into uh a report like this.
• 3:49
  Sean McAllister: But what it says in there is that they adjust their findings based on holiday travel.
• 3:58
  Sean McAllister: They it's kind of like grading on a curve.
• 4:01
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, right.
• 4:02
  Sean McAllister: Right?
• 4:02
  Dayna Roselli: And like holiday travel happens every year.
• 4:04
  Dayna Roselli: We're not taking that into consideration.
• 4:06
  Sean McAllister: Right, but I don't feel this is my opinion.
• 4:09
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, I am certainly not a business expert or a numbers analyst or anything like that.
• 4:16
  Sean McAllister: Just being fully transparent.
• 4:18
  Sean McAllister: But in my opinion, if a crap ton of visitors are traveling during the holidays, they're still visitors, yeah, and they're still spending money.
• 4:28
  Sean McAllister: They're still spending money.
• 4:29
  Sean McAllister: So who cares if it's a holiday or not?
• 4:32
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know.
• 4:34
  Dayna Roselli: I know it's so strange, right?
• 4:36
  Dayna Roselli: And like I get like inflation's gonna take a toll.
• 4:41
  Dayna Roselli: But also in Las Vegas, we also have a lot of wealthy people that come here.
• 4:46
  Dayna Roselli: And we do almost like I don't want to say inflation doesn't affect them, but in many ways it's a teeny dent, let's put it that way.
• 4:56
  Sean McAllister: They're still going out to dinner, they're still getting drinks, they're still gambling, which this report even points out as saying uh that that is an anomaly in their findings because for 20 straight months gambling in Las Vegas, casino wins have been above a billion dollars for 20 straight months.
• 5:18
  Sean McAllister: It's crazy.
• 5:19
  Dayna Roselli: We were looking at the graph too, and it's like it dipped down far in July, so we had like a slowdown, but then it's like spikes back up, right?
• 5:26
  Sean McAllister: Spikes right back up, and that was for uh airport travel.
• 5:30
  Sean McAllister: So visitors who have passed through Harry Reid International Airport here in Las Vegas.
• 5:36
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, there was a dip over the summer, but October we saw a record number of visitors again.
• 5:43
  Sean McAllister: So I don't know.
• 5:44
  Sean McAllister: I don't know.
• 5:45
  Sean McAllister: Take these studies and reports with a grain of salt because you know I'm sure that they have the numbers to back up their findings.
• 5:55
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 5:55
  Sean McAllister: But whatever.
• 5:57
  Dayna Roselli: If we have less tourists here and fewer tourists, now's the time to come then, because there's no lines to which is not the case if you actually come here.
• 6:06
  Sean McAllister: Exactly.
• 6:06
  Sean McAllister: There are lines and hotels are booked, and so are restaurants, and whatever.
• 6:12
  Sean McAllister: So that's the latest report that we've seen.
• 6:15
  unknown: Right.
• 6:16
  Sean McAllister: Uh that we do not agree with.
• 6:18
  Dayna Roselli: We do not agree with at all.
• 6:19
  Dayna Roselli: And listen, I've been talking with some people that listen to the podcast or follow us on social media lately that say, Hey, I actually had someone direct message us the other day.
• 6:27
  Dayna Roselli: Like, I'm just about to land.
• 6:28
  Dayna Roselli: I saw you went to that brewdog place.
• 6:30
  Dayna Roselli: Was it good?
• 6:31
  Dayna Roselli: And I was like, Yeah, you gotta go.
• 6:32
  Dayna Roselli: But um, there's a lot of people still visiting Vegas.
• 6:35
  Sean McAllister: There sure are.
• 6:36
  Sean McAllister: And a lot of good new things to experience while here.
• 6:40
  Sean McAllister: And you mentioned brew dog, Dana.
• 6:42
  Sean McAllister: You were over at the opening.
• 6:43
  Sean McAllister: I wasn't able to go because I was over at the Pac-12 championship game at Allegiant Stadium, which by the way was sold out 61,000 people crazy here for that conference championship.
• 6:56
  Dayna Roselli: So much fun.
• 6:57
  Sean McAllister: It's incredible.
• 6:58
  Dayna Roselli: You went to Cheeron, Utah, and they won.
• 7:00
  Sean McAllister: They won, so now they're onto the Rose Bowl playing Penn State.
• 7:03
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my gosh.
• 7:03
  Dayna Roselli: And what a great experience to have that at Allegiant Stadium.
• 7:06
  Sean McAllister: It was so much fun.
• 7:08
  Dayna Roselli: So God, it did look fun.
• 7:09
  Dayna Roselli: It really did.
• 7:10
  Dayna Roselli: And a lot of people I saw were over there, and you know, some not even really there to like support either team, just to go for the experience.
• 7:19
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, exactly.
• 7:20
  Sean McAllister: College football.
• 7:20
  Sean McAllister: There were people who who did not show up in to represent USC or uh University of Utah.
• 7:28
  Sean McAllister: They just showed up in, you know, in neutral territory clothing and and we're just there for the love of the game.
• 7:36
  Dayna Roselli: For the love of the game.
• 7:38
  Dayna Roselli: So you were over there.
• 7:38
  Dayna Roselli: You couldn't make the brew dog opening.
• 7:40
  Dayna Roselli: I went over and I was there about 5 30 p.m.
• 7:43
  Dayna Roselli: It opened officially at 6 p.m.
• 7:45
  Dayna Roselli: that night.
• 7:46
  Dayna Roselli: And so I got a quick look around before it kind of got crowded, which was great.
• 7:50
  Dayna Roselli: Uh beautiful.
• 7:51
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, here I'm gonna, I don't want to like go on and on and on about the about everything because there's a long list of things.
• 7:57
  Dayna Roselli: So I want to get to the nuggets.
• 7:59
  Dayna Roselli: A, it's a must-visit place.
• 8:02
  Sean McAllister: Okay.
• 8:02
  Dayna Roselli: It's uh brewery, and the food was great.
• 8:08
  Dayna Roselli: The pizza was my favorite.
• 8:10
  Dayna Roselli: I got a spicy meat pizza.
• 8:11
  Dayna Roselli: It was delicious.
• 8:13
  Dayna Roselli: The like um pretzel was delicious, and it comes with like cheese and meats.
• 8:19
  Dayna Roselli: What do you call the uh like a charcuterie kind of pretzel?
• 8:24
  Dayna Roselli: Um, the burger comes out in this chest and they open it up and then it's like smoking.
• 8:29
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, the burger was great.
• 8:30
  Dayna Roselli: We all tried like a little bit of everything.
• 8:33
  Sean McAllister: Wow.
• 8:33
  Dayna Roselli: The beer list was amazing.
• 8:35
  Dayna Roselli: I like sour beers.
• 8:36
  Dayna Roselli: The weight staff was incredible because they help you pick out like what they think you would like, which I loved.
• 8:43
  Dayna Roselli: You can also do tastings.
• 8:46
  Dayna Roselli: I saw a couple tables with long rows of little glasses.
• 8:50
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, doing the flights.
• 8:51
  Dayna Roselli: They were doing the flights.
• 8:52
  Dayna Roselli: I don't even, but I was like, it was a long row.
• 8:53
  Dayna Roselli: I was like, you guys aren't, you're like you're committing to this tasting.
• 8:57
  Dayna Roselli: I'm talking there, must have been 20 little glasses in every row.
• 9:01
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, yeah, I have a video.
• 9:02
  Dayna Roselli: Actually, it's in the video I think I posted on our Instagram.
• 9:05
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's it's crazy.
• 9:07
  Dayna Roselli: And I was like, wow.
• 9:08
  Dayna Roselli: Um okay, that 360-degree view.
• 9:13
  Dayna Roselli: So you're looking right over the strip, you go to the end, you're looking at MGM, you can see City Center, you can see up and down Las Vegas Boulevard, um, right across from is it polo tower?
• 9:25
  Dayna Roselli: Is that still there?
• 9:26
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, the polo tower is still there.
• 9:28
  Dayna Roselli: Polo towers, everything.
• 9:30
  Dayna Roselli: Um also variety of seating.
• 9:33
  Dayna Roselli: Like you can go from like a hanging little couch thing that hang, you know, what are the I don't know.
• 9:38
  Sean McAllister: A hammock?
• 9:39
  Dayna Roselli: No, it's like you sit up, it's a little like egg chair swing.
• 9:42
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, okay.
• 9:43
  Dayna Roselli: It looks kind of like an egg and you can sit in it.
• 9:45
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, they have a bunch of those, they have beds and couches areas, they have regular seating, they have long tables, they have fire pits.
• 9:56
  Dayna Roselli: Uh Sean, they have everything.
• 9:58
  Sean McAllister: Wow.
• 9:59
  Dayna Roselli: And it's two floors.
• 10:01
  Dayna Roselli: One is outside completely, and then uh part of it is has a roof over it.
• 10:07
  Dayna Roselli: You go downstairs and there's an entire other floor, uh, all indoors.
• 10:12
  Dayna Roselli: But upstairs, the patio, too, it was a beautiful night.
• 10:15
  Dayna Roselli: Like, I don't know how you felt at Allegiance Stadium, but we were um, because you were kind of indoors, we were outdoors, and with the heat heater lamps, like I actually took my jacket off.
• 10:24
  Dayna Roselli: It was beautiful.
• 10:25
  Sean McAllister: It was a nice, yeah, it was a nice night.
• 10:27
  Dayna Roselli: Um, I think those are my highlights.
• 10:29
  Dayna Roselli: The staff's committed.
• 10:30
  Dayna Roselli: I asked someone where the restroom was.
• 10:32
  Dayna Roselli: He walked me all the way to it, arm in arm.
• 10:34
  Dayna Roselli: He was so much fun.
• 10:35
  Dayna Roselli: Our waiter um was a blast and trying to pick out things that he thought we loved.
• 10:39
  Dayna Roselli: Also, you like roll some dice to see if you win a dessert at the end of your meal.
• 10:44
  Dayna Roselli: There's just so much fun stuff.
• 10:45
  Sean McAllister: And that's just that happens like anytime you go.
• 10:48
  Dayna Roselli: I think it's anytime you go.
• 10:49
  Dayna Roselli: He said, This is what we do.
• 10:51
  Dayna Roselli: You get to roll, you have to roll a six.
• 10:53
  Dayna Roselli: That's really fun.
• 10:54
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 10:54
  Dayna Roselli: So brew dogs are all over, I think, the world.
• 10:57
  Dayna Roselli: And so we finally have one here in Las Vegas.
• 11:00
  Dayna Roselli: We often talk about how we need more patios in Las Vegas.
• 11:05
  Dayna Roselli: Um, this isn't a nightclub, but it is definitely um a place that you can go at night, see the view, eat, drink.
• 11:12
  Dayna Roselli: You can go for one beer, or you can go and sit down and and drink and eat.
• 11:17
  Dayna Roselli: It really doesn't matter.
• 11:18
  Dayna Roselli: They had a live band there that night.
• 11:19
  Dayna Roselli: I didn't stay that long for that.
• 11:21
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but live music.
• 11:24
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, what a I just feel like this place is gonna just rake up.
• 11:28
  Sean McAllister: Oh, I have no doubt.
• 11:30
  Sean McAllister: I mean, for the view alone, and then to know that the service is phenomenal.
• 11:36
  Sean McAllister: They have a huge selection of beers, a great menu.
• 11:39
  Sean McAllister: The ambiance there sounds fantastic.
• 11:42
  Sean McAllister: I'm sorry I didn't get over there uh for the opening, but uh we'll need to make a special trip and uh experience that for you a second time.
• 11:53
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and for me, I'll be looking at it like through the eyes of a kid.
• 11:58
  Dayna Roselli: But luckily, I brought you uh over today some things to sample, some Elvis.
• 12:02
  Dayna Roselli: It was an Elvis Juice beer.
• 12:04
  Sean McAllister: Elvis juice beer, yeah.
• 12:05
  Dayna Roselli: That is uh, I think that's exclusive to Las Vegas, so that's kind of cool too.
• 12:09
  Dayna Roselli: And they sell it there, so we'll have to try that.
• 12:11
  Dayna Roselli: We haven't tried it yet because we've been busy and working and can't drink and work, but but um, and it's a 30,000 square foot bar, by the way, rooftop bar.
• 12:22
  Dayna Roselli: So um go to Vegas Revealed on Instagram.
• 12:27
  Dayna Roselli: I think I also have it on our Twitter, I have it on our TikTok.
• 12:30
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, we have tons of different clips of video, so you can get a look around.
• 12:35
  Dayna Roselli: If you have any questions, uh throw them our way and we'll let you know as much as we do.
• 12:39
  Dayna Roselli: But go visit.
• 12:40
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, and we didn't even talk about where it is.
• 12:42
  Dayna Roselli: Across from Park MGM, next to the Hard Rock Cafe and Flyover, right uh part of the showcase mall.
• 12:49
  Dayna Roselli: If you park in the showcase parking garage, you go down to the strip and walk north for a little bit, a couple blocks, a block maybe.
• 12:58
  Dayna Roselli: And then apparently there's some free parking lots behind there, behind the Target and the Walgreens.
• 13:03
  Dayna Roselli: I've never parked there before, but when they were letting us know how to get there, they did say there were some free lots around there, too.
• 13:08
  Dayna Roselli: So interesting.
• 13:09
  Dayna Roselli: Or if you're staying on the strip, just walk there.
• 13:11
  Sean McAllister: Perfect.
• 13:12
  Sean McAllister: Okay, so brew dog uh on the Las Vegas Strip with a phenomenal view.
• 13:19
  Sean McAllister: And if you're looking for a great view in downtown Las Vegas, the Legacy Club at Circa is unmatched.
• 13:28
  Sean McAllister: It's another rooftop spot that you've got to go to.
• 13:32
  Sean McAllister: And that's actually Dana, where we're going to be on December 16th.
• 13:37
  Sean McAllister: Uh, they're hosting an ugly sweater contest where being the ugliest gets you top prize.
• 13:47
  Dayna Roselli: And guess who the judges are?
• 13:48
  Dayna Roselli: Sean and I.
• 13:50
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my gosh.
• 13:51
  Dayna Roselli: How do we get picked to judge these things?
• 13:52
  Dayna Roselli: So it's gonna be tough.
• 13:54
  Sean McAllister: It is going to be tough.
• 13:55
  Sean McAllister: I hope it's tough.
• 13:56
  Sean McAllister: I know, I hope it's a good idea.
• 13:56
  Sean McAllister: I hope people show up with some really hideous crap.
• 14:00
  Dayna Roselli: And it's always weird because you're usually like looking for the best, but we got to look for the ugliest, the ugliest sweater.
• 14:06
  Dayna Roselli: So I'm looking forward to this.
• 14:07
  Dayna Roselli: We're supposed to walk around, mingle, check it out.
• 14:09
  Dayna Roselli: So we're gonna be judging this contest.
• 14:11
  Dayna Roselli: It's 8 to 10 p.m.
• 14:12
  Dayna Roselli: It's at the legacy club, as Sean said.
• 14:15
  Dayna Roselli: It's a hundred bucks to get in, but you get uh themed cocktails, holiday cookies, live music, photo worthy views, and they have the ugly sweater contest.
• 14:28
  Dayna Roselli: And the winner is going to take home a bottle of bourbon, right?
• 14:34
  Dayna Roselli: Is it bourbon?
• 14:35
  Dayna Roselli: I thought I wrote this in a book.
• 14:36
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, bourbon.
• 14:38
  Sean McAllister: And it's very exclusive.
• 14:40
  Sean McAllister: Uh, they limit the number of bottles that you're even uh allowed to get as a a customer, but uh Circa and the Legacy Club have secured a deal with the maker of this bourbon, and um they have their own uh keg, their own barrel of this uh Blanton's bourbon that uh they serve exclusively at Circa in the Legacy Club.
• 15:14
  Sean McAllister: So they have access to this, and that's why they're they're making this bottle of Blanton's single barrel bourbon, the prize for the ugly sweater contest, because it is a very coveted spirit.
• 15:28
  Dayna Roselli: It sure is, yeah, and I'm sure it's pricey too, so it's a big win, right?
• 15:32
  Dayna Roselli: Um, it's gonna be a fun night.
• 15:34
  Dayna Roselli: I'm looking forward to that, and uh, we are thrilled to be a part of it.
• 15:38
  Dayna Roselli: So we thank circa for choosing us to be the judges.
• 15:41
  Dayna Roselli: And again, it's 8 to 10 p.m.
• 15:44
  Dayna Roselli: 100 bucks gets you in the door, and pretty much everything's included, and it's gonna be a fun night.
• 15:50
  Dayna Roselli: So, and you just really again can't beat the view.
• 15:53
  Dayna Roselli: Places with a view.
• 15:54
  Dayna Roselli: I just feel like our people that live here, but all our visitors really need to stop by these places because we have views from all angles, and we're just such a unique city.
• 16:06
  Sean McAllister: They do.
• 16:06
  Sean McAllister: Maybe we'll I'll add that to my uh post-it note here of future show ideas.
• 16:11
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and do the best views in Vegas.
• 16:14
  Dayna Roselli: That's a good one.
• 16:15
  Dayna Roselli: That's a good one.
• 16:16
  Dayna Roselli: See it circa on the 16th, everyone.
• 16:18
  Dayna Roselli: Come say hello.
• 16:20
  Dayna Roselli: Also, this week we are going to actually now.
• 16:23
  Dayna Roselli: Let's see.
• 16:24
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, this runs on a Saturday.
• 16:25
  Dayna Roselli: We have already gone to, but we are recording this before we've gone to a new restaurant opening.
• 16:31
  Dayna Roselli: We're going to talk in depth about this uh next week.
• 16:34
  Dayna Roselli: It's Villa Azure.
• 16:36
  Dayna Roselli: It's at the Grand Canal Shops.
• 16:38
  Dayna Roselli: Whole slew of celebs expected to be there.
• 16:41
  Dayna Roselli: Um, again, this is another restaurant that's decided to open in Las Vegas in addition to other cities that they already have locations.
• 16:51
  Dayna Roselli: So we're becoming like we're really getting on the map here with these restaurants.
• 16:55
  Dayna Roselli: We always have, but it's like more and more, I feel like.
• 16:58
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and the ambiance here is supposed to um kind of draw people away from from nightclubs and have a dinner experience with a nightclub experience mixed in.
• 17:09
  Sean McAllister: So it's going to be really fun to uh be over and and and experience everything that Villa Azure has to offer.
• 17:17
  Sean McAllister: And as Dana mentioned, we will be talking in depth about that uh next week, here on Vegas Revealed.
• 17:25
  Dayna Roselli: So, are you a fan of the red hot chili peppers?
• 17:28
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 17:29
  Sean McAllister: Give it away, give it away, give it away now.
• 17:32
  Dayna Roselli: Well, they are coming to Allegiant Stadium, making a little stop here on their tour.
• 17:38
  Dayna Roselli: It's no April Fool's joke, but they're coming April 1st.
• 17:42
  Sean McAllister: Okay, okay.
• 17:43
  Dayna Roselli: Tickets go on to sale to the public on December 9th.
• 17:47
  Dayna Roselli: That means they are on sale already.
• 17:49
  Dayna Roselli: And they apparently just announced this 2023 tour and made sure to put Las Vegas on the map.
• 17:55
  Sean McAllister: And another musician who's coming to town is Michael Bolton.
• 18:00
  Sean McAllister: He's going to take audiences through a on a journey through pop, rock, soul, standards, even a little bit of classical music.
• 18:08
  Sean McAllister: His concert is March 9th over at the Pearl Concert Theater at the Palms.
• 18:14
  Sean McAllister: So if you know, if you listen to Michael Bolton on the the smooth, smooth 101.
• 18:23
  Dayna Roselli: Warm 101.3 in Rochester, New York.
• 18:26
  Dayna Roselli: That's what I grew up with.
• 18:28
  Sean McAllister: I used to listen to that in the dentist office.
• 18:30
  Sean McAllister: Oh yeah.
• 18:30
  Sean McAllister: Dr.
• 18:31
  Sean McAllister: Twitchell's office.
• 18:32
  Dayna Roselli: Dr.
• 18:33
  Dayna Roselli: Twitchell.
• 18:35
  Dayna Roselli: I love it.
• 18:36
  Dayna Roselli: I love it.
• 18:36
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, yeah.
• 18:37
  Dayna Roselli: The warm channels are the best.
• 18:38
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, Michael Bolton, you know, such a variety uh of music through the years.
• 18:43
  Dayna Roselli: I know that'll be a great concert for sure.
• 18:45
  Dayna Roselli: So if you want to check out Michael Bolton, do it.
• 18:48
  Dayna Roselli: Um, we also want to talk about what's going on on New Year's Eve.
• 18:52
  Dayna Roselli: And so we save that for our tips.
• 18:54
  Dayna Roselli: Let's do it.
• 19:00
  Sean McAllister: And every year, Dana, we know Las Vegas is like top on the list of New Year's Eve destinations.
• 19:08
  Sean McAllister: Although the author of the study that we talked about at the beginning of the podcast would probably discount the tourism from New Year's Eve because it's a holiday.
• 19:17
  Sean McAllister: We don't discount it.
• 19:19
  Sean McAllister: We love it because hundreds of thousands of people come in.
• 19:22
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my God.
• 19:23
  Dayna Roselli: It's such a big deal.
• 19:24
  Dayna Roselli: We have such a great New Year's Eve year after year.
• 19:27
  Dayna Roselli: Um, you know, you can go to Times Square and uh stand there and be really cold.
• 19:34
  Dayna Roselli: But speaking of, I'm gonna tell a story about that really quick.
• 19:37
  Dayna Roselli: I went live on TikTok the other day and we had a couple people that listened to the podcast.
• 19:42
  Dayna Roselli: I say a couple that, like, you know, we had people in the live that hadn't listened to the podcast yet and hopefully will now.
• 19:48
  Dayna Roselli: Okay.
• 19:49
  Dayna Roselli: But we had a few people in there, a couple people in there, I should say, that really asked a lot of questions and were interacting that do listen to the podcast.
• 19:56
  Dayna Roselli: And they were saying um, they used to live in New York and they used to go to Times Square and that it was freezing, you don't move, you're stuck in your spot the whole time.
• 20:08
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's part of the whatever, but that they were looking forward to New Year's Eve in Las Vegas because I mean, we have a Times Square-esque kind of feel.
• 20:20
  Sean McAllister: There's a vibe for sure.
• 20:22
  Dayna Roselli: But you can move.
• 20:22
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 20:23
  Dayna Roselli: Because you can walk up and down the strip and not have to be like gridlocked in there.
• 20:28
  Dayna Roselli: And people go in and out of the buildings.
• 20:30
  Dayna Roselli: If you're staying, especially if you're staying at a certain hotel, you can exit, you can enter.
• 20:34
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, they have certain restrictions and shut-off areas and stuff to make it safe and easy flow easier.
• 20:39
  Dayna Roselli: But I feel like we're such a better spot for New Year's Eve than New Times Square.
• 20:46
  Dayna Roselli: And we also have free fireworks.
• 20:48
  Sean McAllister: We do.
• 20:49
  Dayna Roselli: So that's great.
• 20:50
  Dayna Roselli: Anyway, she was asking.
• 20:51
  Dayna Roselli: Um, she also was saying that she was moving, um, and it might have been another one because we had a few in there.
• 20:55
  Dayna Roselli: Somebody else was saying they were had just moved here, hadn't had a New Year's Eve here yet.
• 21:00
  Dayna Roselli: And I think they moved from possibly Detroit, and they were wondering what to do on New Year's Eve that was fun, affordable, or free.
• 21:08
  Dayna Roselli: And I said, Well, our fireworks.
• 21:10
  Dayna Roselli: And she was like, Well, I didn't know you had fireworks.
• 21:12
  Dayna Roselli: And I was like, We have the best fireworks off like 11 different, you know, hotel casinos, and it's right at midnight, and there's a countdown, and and it's a beautiful show.
• 21:22
  Dayna Roselli: So, anyway, that's my recap there.
• 21:24
  Sean McAllister: And doesn't the strat usually do a count up?
• 21:27
  Sean McAllister: Yes, aren't there like fireworks that shoot out the side as it goes 10, 9, 8?
• 21:33
  Sean McAllister: And then when it gets to the top, then it's like the whole firework show goes.
• 21:37
  Dayna Roselli: It could be, it could be.
• 21:38
  Dayna Roselli: You know what?
• 21:39
  Dayna Roselli: So many years I've had to stand on the strip and report from like right in front of Planet Hollywood that I never would see that part.
• 21:45
  Dayna Roselli: But I think so.
• 21:46
  Sean McAllister: Because it's right around the bend.
• 21:47
  Sean McAllister: Around the bend.
• 21:48
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and I would always have to, you know, be on live or whatever.
• 21:51
  Dayna Roselli: So, but I do remember seeing that, so it sounds like it.
• 21:55
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and anyway, we had a lot of people on the TikTok live.
• 21:59
  Dayna Roselli: If you want us to do That more often let us know, but we were getting a lot of questions about New Year's Eve.
• 22:03
  Dayna Roselli: Fireworks are free.
• 22:04
  Dayna Roselli: That's what I was gonna say, and it's better than Times Square.
• 22:06
  Dayna Roselli: That's my two cents.
• 22:07
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, what else is going on, Sean?
• 22:10
  Sean McAllister: So we have hometown band The Killers, who are performing at the Cosmopolitan for New Year's Eve, uh in the Chelsea, uh, that's the showroom concert venue over there at the Cosmopolitan.
• 22:24
  Sean McAllister: Uh tickets are already on sale.
• 22:28
  Sean McAllister: So if you want to be involved in the Killers concert for New Year's Eve, uh that's gonna be a good one.
• 22:35
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 22:36
  Sean McAllister: The killers are always so good in being in their hometown on New Year's Eve.
• 22:41
  Sean McAllister: That'll be a special show.
• 22:42
  Dayna Roselli: And then I was talking to someone recently who was saying we're really trying to go to the Bruno Mars show on New Year's Eve.
• 22:47
  Dayna Roselli: So because I forgot that came out recently, right?
• 22:50
  Dayna Roselli: It wasn't even like that long ago that he announced a New Year's Eve show.
• 22:53
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 22:53
  Dayna Roselli: So I think that's at Park MGM.
• 22:55
  Sean McAllister: Park MGM, yeah.
• 22:56
  Sean McAllister: And that's a phenomenal show too.
• 22:58
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 22:58
  Dayna Roselli: Then here's our favorite DJ Pauly D is gonna be over at Marquee.
• 23:04
  Dayna Roselli: We love DJ Pauly D.
• 23:05
  Sean McAllister: We do.
• 23:06
  Dayna Roselli: He lives here, we've run into him a few times in town uh through the years.
• 23:11
  Dayna Roselli: We did a shoot with him about a year ago.
• 23:12
  Dayna Roselli: He just he's good people, good vibes, and he plays good music.
• 23:17
  Sean McAllister: And when he's and when he saw us, he was like, Hey guys, we're like Pauly.
• 23:25
  Sean McAllister: How's it going, bud?
• 23:26
  Dayna Roselli: He's just always in a good mood.
• 23:27
  Dayna Roselli: I like it.
• 23:28
  Sean McAllister: He is so happy.
• 23:30
  Dayna Roselli: He is, and you know what?
• 23:31
  Dayna Roselli: I've actually never been to.
• 23:32
  Dayna Roselli: We we did a shoot with him that time at Sugar Factory, but I've actually never been out to a club where he's been the main DJ of the night, and I can only imagine it would be so much fun.
• 23:41
  Dayna Roselli: So we're glad he's gonna be planted here on New Year's Eve this year, Marquee over at the Cosmopolitan.
• 23:48
  Sean McAllister: And if you're looking for a spot to hang out, have dinner, spend the evening, and not be immediately on the strip, but be able to take in the perks of the strip, especially the fireworks at midnight, uh, the front yard over at Ellis Island may be the place to be.
• 24:07
  Sean McAllister: They're having an all-inclusive New Year's Eve party over there at the front yard for$65 per person, which when you look at other ticket prices for New Year's Eve parties on or near the strip, that's a great ticket price.
• 24:23
  Dayna Roselli: It is.
• 24:24
  Sean McAllister: And that's for drinks, for food, for you know, taking in the fireworks and all that.
• 24:30
  Sean McAllister: But uh, they also are taking reservations for dinner over at the front yard from 4 p.m.
• 24:37
  Sean McAllister: to 2 a.m.
• 24:40
  Sean McAllister: They have an incredible menu option, Dana.
• 24:44
  Sean McAllister: They have a surf and turf meal for$29.
• 24:50
  Dayna Roselli: Wow, that's really good.
• 24:52
  Sean McAllister: This is a filet, shrimp, I'm starving right now, potatoes, and vegetables for$29.
• 24:59
  Dayna Roselli: That's great.
• 25:00
  Dayna Roselli: Especially for New Year's Eve.
• 25:01
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, I know it's in addition to getting, but you're getting the open bar and the bites and all the atmosphere and the fireworks for 65 bucks.
• 25:09
  Dayna Roselli: And if you want to like up your game and spend another 29.
• 25:12
  Sean McAllister: For another 30, yeah.
• 25:13
  Sean McAllister: For under 100 bucks.
• 25:15
  Sean McAllister: That's great.
• 25:16
  Sean McAllister: Get all that cheese.
• 25:17
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, yeah.
• 25:17
  Dayna Roselli: And let's talk about the front yard.
• 25:19
  Dayna Roselli: We've talked about it in the past, but how do we describe what it's like half and half?
• 25:22
  Dayna Roselli: Like what do you call it?
• 25:24
  Dayna Roselli: Like uh the top is kind of open, but it's not necessarily a patio, but there's like open sides.
• 25:33
  Dayna Roselli: And I think they can also lift the sides, right?
• 25:35
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, an enclosed patio.
• 25:38
  Sean McAllister: It's like if you have a sunroom on the back of your house where the windows open up.
• 25:43
  Sean McAllister: It's almost like that.
• 25:45
  Sean McAllister: But the the front yard, it's a a two-story venue at the front of Ellis Island.
• 25:51
  Sean McAllister: It's a great I love it.
• 25:53
  Dayna Roselli: I love it too.
• 25:54
  Dayna Roselli: You're right.
• 25:54
  Dayna Roselli: It is a great, great spot.
• 25:56
  Dayna Roselli: And and and it is just off the strip.
• 25:59
  Dayna Roselli: So there's that view of the strip.
• 26:01
  Dayna Roselli: I never thought about going to see the fireworks there.
• 26:03
  Dayna Roselli: It's a great idea.
• 26:04
  Sean McAllister: And they're also opening up uh the fifth floor of the parking garage at Ellis Island as another firework viewing location.
• 26:14
  Sean McAllister: So there's no cars up there.
• 26:16
  Sean McAllister: It's going to be a viewing spot for the fireworks.
• 26:18
  Dayna Roselli: Perfect.
• 26:19
  Dayna Roselli: I love it.
• 26:19
  Dayna Roselli: I love it.
• 26:20
  Dayna Roselli: So there are some options, right?
• 26:23
  Dayna Roselli: For everyone.
• 26:24
  Dayna Roselli: Um, we could go on and on and talk about so much stuff.
• 26:27
  Dayna Roselli: We are kind of in this work mode of everyone's trying to get stuff done for the end of the year.
• 26:32
  Dayna Roselli: So we've been busy.
• 26:33
  Dayna Roselli: It feels like we whizzed through this podcast.
• 26:35
  Dayna Roselli: What are we at time-wise?
• 26:36
  Dayna Roselli: Because we've been going 39 minutes.
• 26:39
  Sean McAllister: 25 minutes.
• 26:40
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, it just feels so short, right?
• 26:42
  Sean McAllister: It does.
• 26:43
  Dayna Roselli: But but we gotta wrap it up because we have things to do.
• 26:45
  Sean McAllister: I know.
• 26:46
  Sean McAllister: It's been slammed lately.
• 26:47
  Sean McAllister: We we thought we were gonna coast through the end of the year.
• 26:50
  Sean McAllister: I know, but it things just business is good.
• 26:55
  Dayna Roselli: Business is good.
• 26:56
  Dayna Roselli: We can't complain, right?
• 26:57
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, but we've been even chatting about like we've got to say no to some things at the end of the month because we gotta fit in business and family and friends and holiday events.
• 27:06
  Dayna Roselli: So um, we are lucky to be busy.
• 27:09
  Dayna Roselli: Download the Vegas Near Me app.
• 27:11
  Dayna Roselli: Go to the link in our show notes.
• 27:13
  Dayna Roselli: And if you're coming into town for New Year's Eve, that's a perfect reason to download this app.
• 27:18
  Dayna Roselli: Navigate yourself around Las Vegas really easily.
• 27:21
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, keep it in your pocket.
• 27:23
  Sean McAllister: It's a great resource on the go.
• 27:26
  Sean McAllister: Uh Vegas Near Me, you can find it in the Apple App Store.
• 27:29
  Sean McAllister: Make sure you have iOS 16 downloaded on your device to uh make the app run as it's supposed to.
• 27:37
  Dayna Roselli: All right.
• 27:38
  Dayna Roselli: Well, listen, have a great week, everyone.
• 27:40
  Dayna Roselli: As I said, we went to that restaurant opening at the Grand Canal Shops, and we will be talking about that next week.
• 27:46
  Dayna Roselli: Lots of good stuff there.
• 27:48
  Dayna Roselli: And I think we're doing a few other things too.
• 27:50
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, we're going to social darts too, so we'll talk about that as well at some point.
• 27:54
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 27:54
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 27:54
  Sean McAllister: Okay.
• 27:56
  SPEAKER_00: Drive on through the night.
• 27:58
  SPEAKER_00: The desert sky is cold, but in the eyes from Ray.