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Tropicana Closing Date, Hacks TV Show Filming in Las Vegas, Super Bowl LVIII Tips, Fontainebleau's New President, Donut Hole Shop Opens, Mob Museum Deal | Ep. 204 · Vegas Revealed

• 0:00
  Sean McAllister: It's episode 204 of Vegas revealed.
• 0:03
  Sean McAllister: The historic Tropicana Hotel is officially closing this spring.
• 0:08
  Dayna Roselli: The Fountain Blue Las Vegas has a new president, and Planet Hollywood's heart bar gets a new name and a new look.
• 0:15
  Dayna Roselli: And I must say, we're impressed.
• 0:17
  Sean McAllister: Very much so.
• 0:18
  Sean McAllister: Plus, where you can go to spot some big-time NFL stars during Super Bowl week.
• 0:23
  Dayna Roselli: Blake Shelton is set to be honored here in Las Vegas and a new downtown spot for some classic donut holes.
• 0:30
  Sean McAllister: I love donut holes.
• 0:31
  Sean McAllister: That and so much more this week on Vegas Revealed.
• 0:35
  Sean McAllister: Let's do it.
• 0:35
  Sean McAllister: Let's spin that wheel.
• 0:45
  Dayna Roselli: Welcome everyone to another episode of Vegas Revealed.
• 0:48
  Dayna Roselli: We're at episode 204.
• 0:50
  Dayna Roselli: Dana Roselli and Sean McAllister here, getting ready for an extremely busy Super Bowl week.
• 0:57
  Dayna Roselli: We've already been busy.
• 0:59
  Dayna Roselli: We just wrapped up a bunch of live shots that we did right there from the strip.
• 1:03
  Dayna Roselli: And I say we because our company kind of, it was our idea.
• 1:06
  Dayna Roselli: We pitched it, we did it.
• 1:08
  Dayna Roselli: But Sean was the talent and it was a lot of fun.
• 1:11
  Dayna Roselli: We talked to Chicago, Seattle, Miami, Dallas.
• 1:14
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and more than a dozen uh big markets across the country just so excited about Super Bowl, the first ever Super Bowl here in Las Vegas.
• 1:24
  Sean McAllister: Of course, we're excited about that too.
• 1:26
  Sean McAllister: So had to share uh as much of the excitement and information leading up to the game as we could.
• 1:32
  Sean McAllister: And we've been not only lining ourselves up and lining up our schedule for Super Bowl week to cover everything that's going on, but also cramming and studying and getting all that information right so that we can share it with the rest of the country.
• 1:47
  Dayna Roselli: I know, and we'll have a little bit of that coming up, um, just kind of some of our picks for what's good for the week.
• 1:53
  Dayna Roselli: But yeah, there's so much information coming out constantly.
• 1:56
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, we're gonna be all over the place Super Bowl week.
• 1:58
  Dayna Roselli: Um looking forward to it.
• 2:00
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but you know, and especially because it's something we haven't experienced before.
• 2:04
  Dayna Roselli: It's a first for Las Vegas, obviously.
• 2:06
  Dayna Roselli: So we're gonna be on the red carpet of the NFL honors, we're gonna be at a Legion Stadium for opening night, we're gonna be at a bunch of media parties, all sorts of stuff.
• 2:16
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and I know Usher is going to be uh speaking with us and our media colleagues uh to give some insights and glimpses about what to expect from that halftime show.
• 2:28
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and the in the best part is Monday at noon we get to taste and test and look at all the Super Bowl food that they'll be offering on big game Sunday.
• 2:39
  Sean McAllister: And I have a feeling it's gonna be some of the food offerings for like the high roller sweets also.
• 2:46
  Sean McAllister: So it's not just gonna be like hot dogs and hamburgers and wings, it's gonna be like the elevated version of tailgate food.
• 2:54
  Dayna Roselli: We'll have to fast on Sunday.
• 2:56
  Sean McAllister: We will.
• 2:57
  Sean McAllister: And Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
• 2:59
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 3:00
  Dayna Roselli: I think well, like the good thing is I think we'll be doing a lot of walking this week.
• 3:03
  Dayna Roselli: Tons, lots of steps.
• 3:04
  Dayna Roselli: So um, the Tropicana is officially closing.
• 3:07
  Dayna Roselli: We've been talking about this for a long time, but you know, the letter went out, and that's kind of been all the chatter online this week.
• 3:14
  Dayna Roselli: A lot of people sad to see that the Tropicana, because it's such a historic property, uh, is going to close.
• 3:20
  Dayna Roselli: Others saying, you know what, it's about time, kind of need to open up some room over there.
• 3:24
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and I feel like um back in December, I know uh we definitely had a conversation between ourselves, um, but we may have had it here on the podcast as well.
• 3:35
  Sean McAllister: I don't who knows there was lots of conversations.
• 3:37
  Sean McAllister: Our life is a podcast.
• 3:38
  Sean McAllister: Oh my god, it really is.
• 3:40
  Sean McAllister: Um, but I know even in December we were hearing that it was going to be kind of like a spring uh spring was the projected timeline for the property to close, and then they'll be, you know, getting everything pulled out of the building and ready for demolition by fall.
• 4:00
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 4:00
  Dayna Roselli: So they did say in the letter that um they're expecting it to close on April 2nd.
• 4:06
  Dayna Roselli: So April 2nd of 2024.
• 4:09
  Dayna Roselli: It is official.
• 4:10
  Dayna Roselli: And like I I must say, I'll admit, I'm bad because we've had so much going on when it all centers around Super Bowl lately.
• 4:17
  Dayna Roselli: I have not really investigated as much as I should into the Oakland A's turning into the Las Vegas A's and coming to Las Vegas.
• 4:26
  Dayna Roselli: Now, that's not completely 100% set in stone, right?
• 4:30
  Dayna Roselli: But it's close.
• 4:32
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, I mean, plans are moving forward.
• 4:34
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 4:35
  Sean McAllister: And, you know, Bally's, who's the the company that owns the Tropicana now, is saying, you know, we are moving forward with these plans to, you know, tear down the existing Tropicana, give those nine acres to build a new ballpark, and then, you know, build a new resort under Bally's management on that same site where the Tropicana is now.
• 5:01
  Sean McAllister: Um, but I think people are just very uh skeptical of the ownership of the Las Vegas A's.
• 5:08
  Sean McAllister: They're like people have been have had the carpet pulled out from under them before.
• 5:14
  Sean McAllister: There's no reason why they wouldn't do the same thing in Las Vegas.
• 5:17
  Sean McAllister: I know that's what a lot of fans on social media are saying.
• 5:20
  Sean McAllister: Fans from the Bay Area that I've that I've communicated with, they're like, all right, if you want to get into business with these guys, we wish you the best of luck.
• 5:31
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 5:32
  Dayna Roselli: And didn't I read or heard or whatever um that uh there was another city that was possibly interested in bringing them there and they were kind of throwing their hat in the ring?
• 5:40
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know, something like that.
• 5:41
  Sean McAllister: Well, there are pictures of um some billboards that went up around the Salt Lake City area and that say uh Utah wants baseball.
• 5:51
  Sean McAllister: So I think that there's still some maneuvering that's going on in the background.
• 5:58
  Sean McAllister: Who knows?
• 5:58
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, but the Tropicana and the management over at Bally's they are moving forward with plans to um demolish the trop.
• 6:08
  Sean McAllister: And as you said, Dana, it closes April 2nd.
• 6:10
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, we listened real quick.
• 6:12
  Dayna Roselli: Um, we got a media alert that the culinary union was doing a little kind of QA to inform people on where staff there stands and some of the longtime employees.
• 6:23
  Dayna Roselli: And we listened in for a little bit and it was interesting.
• 6:25
  Dayna Roselli: They were saying some of the longtime employees there, like and there were people that have worked there for 30 plus years.
• 6:30
  Sean McAllister: Really long time employees for sure.
• 6:33
  Dayna Roselli: That you know, they're set to get a pretty good exit package there.
• 6:38
  Dayna Roselli: Some, you know, it adds up a certain amount per year, and then if you add up all the years, it was coming out to like 40 to 60,000.
• 6:46
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 6:46
  Dayna Roselli: So um they're luckily gonna be okay with a nice exit package.
• 6:51
  Dayna Roselli: And obviously, I know there's different things where, you know, if if another resort is built or something like that, that they would be in first dibs and stuff like that.
• 6:59
  Dayna Roselli: But um, we'll see.
• 7:00
  Dayna Roselli: Anyway, it is sad.
• 7:02
  Dayna Roselli: Um, everyone talking about it, I think, is you know, remembering the old Tropicana and the history of it.
• 7:11
  Dayna Roselli: But but I feel like a lot of people currently that live here are not going over to the Tropicana all the time.
• 7:18
  Dayna Roselli: So I'm kind of like, well, are you really gonna miss it?
• 7:21
  Sean McAllister: Well, and I feel the same way about when uh the Riviera closed.
• 7:27
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 7:27
  Sean McAllister: When I mean, for a long time, Riviera was just sitting there and not saying that nothing was going on, but it wasn't like a destination resort on the strip.
• 7:39
  Sean McAllister: It was one of the older properties.
• 7:41
  Sean McAllister: There wasn't a ton of uh I'll say reinvestment going into the property to keep it up to date and all that kind of thing.
• 7:51
  Sean McAllister: Sure, it's an iconic property, and it's part of what made Las Vegas Las Vegas.
• 7:57
  Sean McAllister: I think Liberace had his highest, he became the highest paid uh uh entertainer definitely in Vegas and maybe in the world performing over there at the Riviera.
• 8:09
  Sean McAllister: So there's absolutely history as there is over at Trop.
• 8:14
  Sean McAllister: But the fact of the matter is people aren't going there.
• 8:18
  Sean McAllister: People are not making the Tropicana a destination.
• 8:22
  Sean McAllister: And so you know, when things have had their time, they've had their time, and you need to honor the history and look to the future.
• 8:31
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, yeah, definitely.
• 8:32
  Sean McAllister: That's what Las Vegas does.
• 8:34
  Sean McAllister: I mean, you know, the traps parts of the trop, I'm sure, will end up at the neon boneyard.
• 8:40
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 8:41
  Sean McAllister: It's been a good run.
• 8:43
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 8:44
  Sean McAllister: 1957.
• 8:45
  Sean McAllister: April 1957.
• 8:47
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 8:48
  Sean McAllister: The Tropicana opened.
• 8:49
  Dayna Roselli: Wow.
• 8:50
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and it's a great showroom there.
• 8:52
  Dayna Roselli: I think the that for me, that that'll be the biggest thing that I mean, it's such a fantastic showroom that they have there.
• 8:57
  Dayna Roselli: Other than that, right now there aren't really a lot of restaurants there.
• 9:01
  Dayna Roselli: It's not like a place that you go for something.
• 9:05
  Dayna Roselli: You know, it's not like, oh yeah, they don't have a lot of offerings there.
• 9:08
  Dayna Roselli: You know, they have gaming, they have some shows in the big showroom, they have the laugh factory for comedy.
• 9:14
  Dayna Roselli: Other than that.
• 9:16
  Sean McAllister: Well, and I think that they've been scaling back operations as well, knowing that this day was coming too.
• 9:24
  Sean McAllister: So they weren't gonna announce any new restaurants or any new attractions or shows because they knew it was shutting down.
• 9:34
  Dayna Roselli: I always had an issue with the restroom fr is too far from the showroom.
• 9:38
  Sean McAllister: It's really far.
• 9:38
  Sean McAllister: You have to go out around the corner, past the coffee shop, down to the corner of the hallway.
• 9:43
  Dayna Roselli: Like, you've missed a whole act.
• 9:44
  Dayna Roselli: I missed 30 minutes of the show.
• 9:46
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, you really need to.
• 9:48
  Sean McAllister: But you're really close to the door that goes out to the pool.
• 9:51
  Dayna Roselli: That's true.
• 9:52
  Dayna Roselli: And the back hallway to the we've been backstage there, right?
• 9:55
  Dayna Roselli: When we uh met up with Frank Marino after Legends Wednesday.
• 9:58
  Dayna Roselli: So, hey, okay, so let's move from older properties to newer.
• 10:02
  Dayna Roselli: Fountain Blue, Las Vegas has a new president already.
• 10:04
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and a lot of people are going, wait, already?
• 10:06
  Dayna Roselli: But you know what?
• 10:07
  Dayna Roselli: I think this is gonna be good personally because he has worked at a lot of properties in Las Vegas.
• 10:15
  Dayna Roselli: And we're talking about Maurice Wooden.
• 10:18
  Dayna Roselli: He is actually a 36-year veteran of the hospitality sector, specifically the luxury hospitality sector.
• 10:27
  Dayna Roselli: Sector, I'm not gonna cut that out.
• 10:30
  Dayna Roselli: Sector.
• 10:31
  Dayna Roselli: Okay.
• 10:32
  Dayna Roselli: But he also worked as uh principal executive officer and president of Win Las Vegas, so that's a good sign.
• 10:38
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, it is.
• 10:39
  Sean McAllister: I think that this is um this is a good fit, it seems like, on paper, at least.
• 10:45
  Sean McAllister: Um, I don't know Mr.
• 10:47
  Sean McAllister: Wooden personally, me either.
• 10:49
  Sean McAllister: Um, but you know, his resume, I think, speaks for itself.
• 10:53
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I was looking, I was like, oh, he's worked at the Golden Nugget and the Mirage.
• 10:57
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 10:58
  Sean McAllister: Uh he was on the board of the um LVC VA, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.
• 11:04
  Sean McAllister: Um, so definitely some deep roots here in Las Vegas.
• 11:08
  Sean McAllister: And this is kind of the latest in uh I'll say some uh tumultuous times for leadership over there at Fountain Blue.
• 11:17
  Sean McAllister: Ever since the property opened, there has been uh some management change going on, which I will say is not completely inconsistent with what happens when big new resorts open.
• 11:31
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, definitely.
• 11:32
  Dayna Roselli: You hear a lot of you know changes and stuff like that.
• 11:35
  Dayna Roselli: The one thing I think that's gonna be good about uh Maurice Wooden is having someone who knows Las Vegas.
• 11:43
  Dayna Roselli: Because I know the Fountain Blue is on iconic and and you know, Fountain Blue development and everything like that.
• 11:49
  Dayna Roselli: And a lot of them are from, you know, Miami area area, and Vegas is different than Miami, and this is also their first gaming property.
• 11:56
  SPEAKER_01: Right.
• 11:57
  Dayna Roselli: So they gotta get gamblers through the door.
• 11:58
  Dayna Roselli: So I think this is gonna be a good fit for them to maybe, you know, uh maybe pivot a little and and go in a couple different directions that maybe they didn't have planned or whatever.
• 12:09
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and maybe be use that Miami influence, but be a little more vegas-minded.
• 12:14
  Sean McAllister: Right, if you will.
• 12:15
  Dayna Roselli: Pivot.
• 12:16
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, pivot, pivot.
• 12:18
  Dayna Roselli: It's the best of friends episode.
• 12:20
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, um, they announced a president right after Nacho Gate went viral.
• 12:23
  Dayna Roselli: Oh boy.
• 12:24
  Dayna Roselli: We didn't get to talk about this last week.
• 12:25
  Dayna Roselli: There's really not much to say.
• 12:26
  Dayna Roselli: I feel like everyone knows exactly what we're talking about.
• 12:29
  Dayna Roselli: Um, you know, the picture of the nachos over at the Fountain Blue, and there were six chips, and then every someone posted it, and everyone went crazy posting their nachos, and then Fountain Blue changed the nacho uh plate that comes out, the order, the look of it, kind of more of a mound of nachos, the quantity, not six chips.
• 12:48
  Dayna Roselli: And so that was you know interesting because they turned it around and they had a lot of fun with it too, the Fountain Blue.
• 12:53
  Dayna Roselli: And I think that's kind of what you gotta do, right?
• 12:55
  Sean McAllister: Every single other property in Las Vegas had fun with it too.
• 12:59
  Sean McAllister: Every every property started posting pictures of their own nachos.
• 13:04
  Dayna Roselli: I know, I know.
• 13:04
  Dayna Roselli: And then Fountain Blue said, listen, we made a mistake.
• 13:07
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, listen, but that's the you know, when you listen to the people, when something goes viral like that on social media, you gotta act on it.
• 13:14
  Dayna Roselli: And they did.
• 13:15
  Dayna Roselli: They listened, they changed it, but apparently I'm hearing now some people are saying that they're disappointed because now they want to go get the six the six chip nacho plate and see what it's like, and they don't serve it anymore.
• 13:27
  Dayna Roselli: So isn't that funny?
• 13:28
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my gosh.
• 13:29
  Dayna Roselli: Anyway, um, welcome to Fountain Blue Las Vegas to Maurice Wooden.
• 13:34
  Dayna Roselli: Hopefully, um that's uh that's a good move, and we'll see some positive, positive things over there.
• 13:40
  Sean McAllister: And by the way, Dana, uh end of February, we're definitely going to be over at Fountain Blue because live with Kelly and Mark, which used to be live with Regis and Kelly.
• 13:51
  Dayna Roselli: And then live with Kelly and Ryan.
• 13:54
  Sean McAllister: Kelly and Ryan.
• 13:55
  Sean McAllister: Oh my god, that's right.
• 13:56
  Sean McAllister: I skipped over the whole Ryan Seacrest era.
• 13:58
  Dayna Roselli: Then there was like a year of changing hosts, and then before that was Regis.
• 14:01
  Sean McAllister: Regis and Kathy Lee, yeah.
• 14:03
  Sean McAllister: Even before Kelly.
• 14:04
  Dayna Roselli: Well, yeah, Regis and Kelly.
• 14:06
  Dayna Roselli: Remember?
• 14:06
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my gosh, that has changed.
• 14:08
  Sean McAllister: Oh my gosh.
• 14:08
  Sean McAllister: So anyway, that show is coming, hosted now by Kelly Rippa and Mark Consuelos.
• 14:13
  Sean McAllister: They're married, they're married.
• 14:15
  Sean McAllister: Uh, and they were married actually here in Las Vegas.
• 14:18
  Sean McAllister: Oh, I didn't know that.
• 14:19
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, it was a shotgun wedding.
• 14:21
  Sean McAllister: It cost them under 200 bucks back in uh it was either 1996 or 97.
• 14:27
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, okay.
• 14:28
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 14:28
  Dayna Roselli: Wow, a good year.
• 14:30
  Dayna Roselli: I love Mark Consuelos.
• 14:31
  Dayna Roselli: Um, I watched it.
• 14:32
  Dayna Roselli: A lot of people do.
• 14:33
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 14:33
  Dayna Roselli: I didn't watch him on the soap opera he was on.
• 14:35
  Dayna Roselli: I watched him on Riverdale.
• 14:36
  unknown: Oh.
• 14:37
  Dayna Roselli: That show Riverdale.
• 14:38
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, he was on that.
• 14:39
  Dayna Roselli: So um, but yeah, that'll be good.
• 14:41
  Dayna Roselli: We're going to that.
• 14:41
  Dayna Roselli: We already got our ticket.
• 14:42
  Dayna Roselli: Well, we've submitted tickets, and I think we've been approved, submitted for FYI.
• 14:46
  Dayna Roselli: If you do want to go, um, there is a link.
• 14:48
  Dayna Roselli: I have it on my Facebook.
• 14:49
  Dayna Roselli: Maybe we'll tweet it out too.
• 14:50
  Dayna Roselli: If you want to get free tickets, you probably have to do it quick because they're probably gonna go fast.
• 14:56
  Dayna Roselli: But they're doing two days of tapings, a Monday and a Tuesday at the end of February.
• 15:01
  Dayna Roselli: And there's a lot of room in that theater.
• 15:03
  Dayna Roselli: So they're, you know, the tickets are free.
• 15:05
  Dayna Roselli: You just got to put in your information and wait to be approved.
• 15:07
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, so that's gonna be a fun time.
• 15:10
  Sean McAllister: It'll be good to welcome them back.
• 15:12
  Sean McAllister: I'm sure they have a lot of personal Vegas stories that they're going to be sharing um during their time here as well.
• 15:19
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and I'm sure, you know, it's good.
• 15:20
  Dayna Roselli: They'll be their first time at the Fountain Blue.
• 15:22
  Dayna Roselli: And speaking of shows, Hacks, the show, is coming back for season three.
• 15:28
  Dayna Roselli: And they were shooting in Las Vegas this week, and both you and I were like, Thank goodness, we love that show.
• 15:33
  Dayna Roselli: I'm so glad there's gonna be a season three.
• 15:35
  Sean McAllister: It's so good.
• 15:35
  Sean McAllister: Gene Smart is such a good actress in that role of playing like the stand-up comedian who is on her way out, but then you know, her career skyrockets again.
• 15:49
  Sean McAllister: And I feel like it's loosely based on Joan Rivers' career.
• 15:55
  Sean McAllister: Honestly, right.
• 15:56
  Dayna Roselli: Um her relationship with her assistant, or not assistant, writer.
• 16:00
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, the girl, the girl who writes her her jokes.
• 16:02
  Dayna Roselli: I gotta go revisit the like last two episodes because I forgot it's been so long.
• 16:07
  Sean McAllister: It is, and season two, they were out on the road a lot, so there wasn't a ton of uh Vegas scenes that were a part of it.
• 16:16
  Sean McAllister: So, and I I have a feeling that a lot uh there were portions certainly of season one that were shot here in Las Vegas, but I feel like season three, they're like really going for it with the on-location shoots.
• 16:29
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, we saw casting calls and there were uh well, we saw them in front of Caesars Palace, and then we saw there was a casting call for a shoot at Top Golf.
• 16:36
  Dayna Roselli: So that'll be good to see all that stuff, you know.
• 16:39
  Dayna Roselli: A lot of fun, yeah.
• 16:40
  Sean McAllister: I think they had yeah, several different uh locations that were that were happening.
• 16:45
  Sean McAllister: So hacks, uh obviously in production now.
• 16:48
  Sean McAllister: Hopefully, we'll be back with new episodes by the end of the year on uh HBO.
• 16:54
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, hey, quickly wanted to mention Planet Hollywood.
• 16:57
  Dayna Roselli: Um, they have a great center bar in the casino, and it was called Heart Bar.
• 17:02
  Dayna Roselli: And it was always uh interesting, the people watching, right?
• 17:06
  Dayna Roselli: Over there.
• 17:07
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but they're getting a new bar called Glass Bar.
• 17:10
  Dayna Roselli: It's gonna debut this winter.
• 17:13
  Dayna Roselli: So they sent out some renderings.
• 17:15
  Dayna Roselli: Go to our social media, our Instagram on Vegas Revealed, and also our uh Twitter.
• 17:20
  Dayna Roselli: That's what I'm gonna call it.
• 17:21
  Dayna Roselli: I know it's X.
• 17:22
  Dayna Roselli: I say that every time.
• 17:24
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but anyway, um, it looks gorgeous, and I'm excited for this change because you know, uh as we always say a good center bar is just, I mean, the center bar is where it's at, where the people watching is at, and it's just fun.
• 17:38
  Sean McAllister: And I've there have been so many memories at that uh Planet Hollywood at the heart bar.
• 17:44
  Sean McAllister: I mean, because it was a heart bar for I mean a long time.
• 17:48
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, I don't really remember it before it was heart bar, to be honest.
• 17:53
  Dayna Roselli: No, I don't either.
• 17:54
  Dayna Roselli: I think it's been here since we got here.
• 17:56
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and um I have certainly had some late nights before shows over at the theater there, after shows at the theater there, um, and then just going to like hang out and meet up with friends there too.
• 18:11
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 18:11
  Dayna Roselli: It's a it's a good time.
• 18:13
  Dayna Roselli: I was there once after the Hans Klock show.
• 18:16
  Dayna Roselli: Remember Hans?
• 18:16
  Sean McAllister: Hans and Pamela Anderson.
• 18:18
  Sean McAllister: Yes, Hans Klock the magician.
• 18:20
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I loved him and his hair that always blew in the wind.
• 18:24
  Dayna Roselli: I think I've talked about this before.
• 18:25
  Sean McAllister: He had the Beyonce fan before Beyonce had the Beyonce fan.
• 18:29
  Dayna Roselli: Loved it, right?
• 18:32
  Dayna Roselli: And he had Pamela Anderson in his show.
• 18:34
  Dayna Roselli: And one night I was there, and Hans was there at the harp bar with Pam, and everyone was drinking and smoking cigs.
• 18:41
  Dayna Roselli: It was just like, I'm like, what am I?
• 18:42
  Dayna Roselli: This is like the weirdest moment.
• 18:44
  Sean McAllister: It's a it's a Vegas moment.
• 18:46
  Sean McAllister: It was a very that is a hundred percent a Vegas moment.
• 18:49
  Dayna Roselli: But the glass bar actually looks really beautiful.
• 18:52
  Dayna Roselli: I'm excited for um that to open.
• 18:55
  Dayna Roselli: It's gonna be, let's see, nearly 4,000 square feet.
• 18:58
  Dayna Roselli: Um, it's uh gonna be, you know, a cocktail lounge that features bar top games for guests and and like six television screens.
• 19:06
  Dayna Roselli: So it should be pretty cool.
• 19:07
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, it should.
• 19:08
  Sean McAllister: I'm looking forward to that.
• 19:09
  Sean McAllister: All right, should we talk Super Bowl?
• 19:11
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, let's talk um Super Bowl week and what we noticed as kind of the top things that we think the general public will enjoy, right?
• 19:21
  Dayna Roselli: Like what they can actually be a part of.
• 19:23
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but you and I are gonna be out and about and doing Super Bowl all week.
• 19:28
  Dayna Roselli: So, you know, instead of doing a big podcast next week, since we are going to all these different things, I think we're gonna drop little nuggets all week long.
• 19:37
  Dayna Roselli: And I hope everyone enjoys that.
• 19:39
  Dayna Roselli: But that's the plan, just to kind of guide you along the week because there's no point in going and doing all these things and not being able to share it in more of a real-time-ish kind of moment.
• 19:51
  Sean McAllister: Exactly.
• 19:51
  Sean McAllister: And I think giving you guys uh some updates along the way is going to also kind of give you some perspective into what we're experiencing as we're, you know, down there on the strip, seeing fans arrive, seeing the teams arrive, having Usher talking, you know, seeing the inside of the stadium for the first time, all of that stuff, uh, I think is probably going to come across better in, like you said, Dana, in more of a real-time uh environment than if we like did everything, came back, compiled our thoughts, and sat down and did everything for a big podcast.
• 20:35
  Sean McAllister: So you will, you'll be getting uh shorter snippets throughout the week next week.
• 20:40
  Dayna Roselli: Because we were like, I mean, it's our podcast.
• 20:42
  Dayna Roselli: We can do whatever we want, right?
• 20:43
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, absolutely.
• 20:45
  Dayna Roselli: We don't work for anyone, we work for ourselves.
• 20:47
  Dayna Roselli: So yeah, we figure why not?
• 20:48
  Dayna Roselli: Let's let's do it like that.
• 20:50
  Dayna Roselli: Um, one cool thing that did come across today, and we did talk with the folks over at Caesars Entertainment about is they're doing this huge projection show on the outside of the Augustus Tower at Caesars Palace, which is the NFL host hotel.
• 21:03
  Dayna Roselli: Yep.
• 21:04
  Dayna Roselli: And um, so that seems like it's gonna be cool, and that'll be running.
• 21:08
  Dayna Roselli: Uh it's a f it's a few minutes long.
• 21:09
  Dayna Roselli: So I think um folks that are walking on the strip, walking by Caesars, are gonna see this and it's you know free.
• 21:17
  Dayna Roselli: So enjoy that and take that in.
• 21:18
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, so that's gonna be going off uh periodically.
• 21:21
  Sean McAllister: It's gonna use that 3D projection mapping.
• 21:24
  Sean McAllister: There's gonna be lasers, there's gonna be music.
• 21:27
  Sean McAllister: It's definitely, it sounds like something that will stop you in your tracks if you are walking by.
• 21:34
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 21:34
  Sean McAllister: And it's probably gonna draw you in uh to more of the photo ops and uh atmosphere that they have planned over at Caesars.
• 21:43
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, because that's like the 50 yard line of the strip, right?
• 21:45
  Dayna Roselli: That's what they're gonna like right the center, right?
• 21:47
  Dayna Roselli: I know they're gonna have this big Super Bowl throne there where people can take pictures and it's gonna be great.
• 21:52
  Dayna Roselli: There is so much coming up.
• 21:54
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, you and I are gonna try and hit the halftime press conference, halftime show press conference.
• 21:58
  Dayna Roselli: We're gonna do our best.
• 21:59
  Dayna Roselli: Like I said.
• 22:00
  Dayna Roselli: We're going to opening night.
• 22:01
  Dayna Roselli: We're going to a preview of the food.
• 22:03
  Dayna Roselli: We're going to the NFL honors, which we're going to talk a little bit more about in tips.
• 22:08
  Sean McAllister: But um we'll probably uh head out and talk with uh both teams as well.
• 22:14
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 22:14
  Dayna Roselli: So, and they're staying over at Lake Las Vegas um to kind of have some peace and stay away from it all.
• 22:20
  Dayna Roselli: So, anyway, there's tons happening.
• 22:21
  Dayna Roselli: Shaq is doing his big party.
• 22:23
  Dayna Roselli: A lot of people look forward to that because he does it year after year every Super Bowl.
• 22:26
  Dayna Roselli: So I was wondering where he was gonna have it.
• 22:28
  Dayna Roselli: He's having it at Excess on that Friday night.
• 22:31
  Dayna Roselli: And it's interesting because it's like there's rides, and I'm like, how where are the rides going at Excess?
• 22:35
  Dayna Roselli: But it must be out by the pool area or something.
• 22:38
  Dayna Roselli: So I'm curious to see everything that's gonna be built for this moment.
• 22:42
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, it just sounds like there are like endless things to do.
• 22:46
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and then I mean, there are parties all over the place.
• 22:50
  Sean McAllister: Maxim is throwing its own uh big game party.
• 22:56
  Sean McAllister: Uh you know, we've talked about uh Guy Fieti is throwing a huge tailgate out behind the high roller.
• 23:01
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, um, there is no shortage, plus there's like nightclub events, yeah.
• 23:06
  Dayna Roselli: Marshmallow and uh I think he's at XS on Super Bowl night, I think it is, which I was thinking like whoever the one I have a feeling the winning team's gonna possibly go to XS.
• 23:16
  Dayna Roselli: They've got to.
• 23:17
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I mean, uh maybe not.
• 23:19
  Dayna Roselli: Maybe they'll go, I don't know.
• 23:20
  Dayna Roselli: I wonder.
• 23:21
  Dayna Roselli: Excess, maybe Omnia Omnia.
• 23:23
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, because it is the NFL host.
• 23:25
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know.
• 23:26
  Dayna Roselli: Um, we'll see where they show up, but we have a feeling the team always goes out.
• 23:32
  Sean McAllister: They do, and there is no better celebration town than Las Vegas.
• 23:37
  Sean McAllister: So yeah.
• 23:38
  Sean McAllister: Exactly.
• 23:39
  Dayna Roselli: All right, so um, we wanted to mention this too, just because you know, we always talk about Old Red opening, and obviously people love Blake Shelton, and we just found out he's gonna be honored this year um at the Keep Memory Alive gala, which they have moved this year to May.
• 23:53
  Dayna Roselli: So it's May 10th at MGM Grand Garden Arena.
• 23:57
  Sean McAllister: And uh this is a gala that benefits the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health.
• 24:03
  Sean McAllister: Um, Keep Memory Alive is a fantastic organization that does so much um not only to help find a cure for Alzheimer's and other uh brain diseases, but they do a ton for people who are caregivers to those who are suffering from these conditions as well.
• 24:22
  Sean McAllister: So, I mean, tons and tons of money, millions and millions has been raised uh since they've started doing the Power of Love Gala.
• 24:30
  Sean McAllister: I can't believe it's 27th.
• 24:32
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 24:33
  Sean McAllister: Jeees.
• 24:33
  Dayna Roselli: It's one of the most star-studded events in Las Vegas every year.
• 24:37
  Dayna Roselli: It raises tons of money for such a great cause.
• 24:39
  Dayna Roselli: Uh Blake Shelton, known for doing, you know, attaching himself to a lot of different charities and, you know, philanthropic uh events and fundraisers.
• 24:51
  Dayna Roselli: So um they feel he needs deserves to be honored.
• 24:53
  Dayna Roselli: And I think this is gonna be, this is gonna be great.
• 24:55
  Dayna Roselli: Something else they do over there is just really create awareness.
• 24:59
  Dayna Roselli: It all creates awareness.
• 25:00
  Dayna Roselli: Even when I interviewed Maria Shriver last time when I was there, I went and followed her on Instagram and her women's Alzheimer's movement.
• 25:07
  Dayna Roselli: And I have learned so much following that account over the last year, just about awareness, things to look for, things the foods to eat that can help, what can benefit, what to be aware of if you know you have a family member that starts to show these signs.
• 25:22
  Dayna Roselli: And also, hey, some things that that happen are are actually not dementia or Alzheimer's, it's just getting old.
• 25:30
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 25:30
  Dayna Roselli: Well people forget where their keys are.
• 25:32
  Sean McAllister: Well, I was uh I'm glad that you brought that up because that is one of the examples that uh that they give.
• 25:38
  Sean McAllister: They're like, if you forget where you put your keys, that's not a sign of dementia.
• 25:45
  Sean McAllister: If you forget where you're driving, that's kind of a sign that something could be going on.
• 25:53
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 25:53
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 25:54
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 25:54
  Dayna Roselli: Really interesting.
• 25:55
  Dayna Roselli: So um anyway, I'm sure we'll be there covering that.
• 25:58
  Dayna Roselli: Um, you can get tickets online right now.
• 26:00
  Dayna Roselli: Fabulous, fabulous event, amazing uh food, entertainment.
• 26:04
  Dayna Roselli: And they're honoring Blake Shelton, but there'll be a lot of other celebrities and performances on stage as well, as they always do.
• 26:12
  Sean McAllister: Let's do some tips.
• 26:17
  Sean McAllister: All right, Dana, we were talking about uh all of the events that are happening during NFL week, all the things that we're going to be out covering.
• 26:26
  Sean McAllister: One of them is the NFL honors over at Resorts World on February 8th, which uh I believe that's going to be broadcast live as well.
• 26:35
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, yeah.
• 26:36
  Dayna Roselli: And we feel like this event is gonna bring a lot of the top talent in, right?
• 26:41
  Dayna Roselli: And so we were thinking like if you're in town, if you're a local and you want to kind of spot some of your favorite players, coaches, iconic athletes, uh wonderful athletes from that maybe don't even play football, you know, people who are also gonna be maybe presenting or hosting.
• 26:59
  Dayna Roselli: This is probably the place to be where we think you could run into some of those people just by being around resorts world because it's a huge event.
• 27:08
  Dayna Roselli: They're all gonna be arriving.
• 27:09
  Sean McAllister: So possibly uh plan on lunch at resorts world, an early dinner, happy hour, really, because hang around.
• 27:18
  Dayna Roselli: Um, the red carpet's three to five.
• 27:20
  Dayna Roselli: We'll be on the carpet um doing some interviews.
• 27:22
  Dayna Roselli: So I don't know, yeah, like you said, maybe lunch because then they'll be walking in for the three o'clock.
• 27:26
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 27:27
  Dayna Roselli: Or dinner or happy hour.
• 27:28
  Dayna Roselli: Or happy hour.
• 27:29
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, or just hang out.
• 27:30
  Sean McAllister: So that'll be good.
• 27:31
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, that's a little tip from us, okay?
• 27:33
  Dayna Roselli: Another one is, and I said to you, we gotta get this in because you know, we have so many donut shops around town, and they're wonderful.
• 27:40
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but one that's kind of a classic is Carl's Donuts.
• 27:45
  Dayna Roselli: And it's been around since 1966, and I was excited to see that they opened up another location in downtown Las Vegas, and it's called the Donut Hole because I love a good donut hole better than a donut.
• 27:59
  Sean McAllister: Me too.
• 28:00
  Sean McAllister: And I feel like it's so much less of a commitment than a whole donut.
• 28:04
  Dayna Roselli: Yes, and yeah, and it's just you're not holding on to it forever.
• 28:08
  Dayna Roselli: It's like you pop it in your mouth.
• 28:09
  Dayna Roselli: For me, I'll just eat the whole thing.
• 28:11
  Dayna Roselli: Some people might eat it in two bites, chunks or two, two or three.
• 28:15
  Dayna Roselli: But um, it is uh now open.
• 28:17
  Dayna Roselli: They're doing like a big grand opening on February 10th.
• 28:20
  Dayna Roselli: It's Carl's Donuts, um, and it's right in walking distance of Fremont Street Experience.
• 28:26
  Dayna Roselli: So the donut hole, I have had their donut holes there.
• 28:30
  Dayna Roselli: I don't get donuts a lot, but I had like a shower for a friend and I got donut holes and they were delicious.
• 28:36
  Dayna Roselli: So I highly recommend Carl's Donuts.
• 28:38
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, Carl's Donuts, those are those are great donuts, and I love the legacy that they have here in Las Vegas as well.
• 28:47
  Sean McAllister: Well, after uh Super Bowl wraps up, the next big holiday after that is Valentine's Day, of course.
• 28:54
  Sean McAllister: So if you're in Las Vegas and looking for something to do with your Valentine, maybe a trip to the Mob Museum is an idea.
• 29:06
  Dayna Roselli: It's so romantic.
• 29:07
  Sean McAllister: It's an idea.
• 29:08
  Dayna Roselli: All right.
• 29:09
  Dayna Roselli: But here's the deal free admission for Nevada residents on Wednesday, February 14th.
• 29:17
  Dayna Roselli: And you may ask, well, why is that?
• 29:20
  Dayna Roselli: Well, that's because they have a display inside for the Valentine's Day massacre.
• 29:30
  Dayna Roselli: And everyone knows why we're laughing.
• 29:32
  Dayna Roselli: We're not trying to be, but here's the deal they have a special showcase in there that shows the two Thomson submachine guns used in the infamous St.
• 29:43
  Dayna Roselli: Valentine's Day Massacre on February 14th, 1929.
• 29:47
  Dayna Roselli: And we were reading that going, that calls for free admission for you and your loved one on Valentine's Day, doesn't it?
• 29:54
  Sean McAllister: Well, listen, what if this is a surprise portion of uh someone's Valentine's Day festivities?
• 30:01
  Sean McAllister: You know, they do the the flowers, the chocolates, plan a nice dinner, and then you go to the museum to look at the machine guns responsible for a massacre.
• 30:16
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 30:18
  Dayna Roselli: Teach their own, right?
• 30:19
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, listen, non-residents receive buy one, get one free too.
• 30:22
  Dayna Roselli: So anybody visiting, but you're right.
• 30:24
  Dayna Roselli: Like, here's the deal the mob museum is literally, first of all, free admission or buy one, get one free is great because it's one of the best museums.
• 30:31
  Sean McAllister: It's amazing.
• 30:33
  Dayna Roselli: The mob has a place in history, it sure does.
• 30:36
  Dayna Roselli: And so, you know, I, you know, you can see what they're trying to do there.
• 30:39
  Dayna Roselli: They have, you know, that display inside that showcase.
• 30:43
  Dayna Roselli: And so why not, you know, get people through the door to see it.
• 30:47
  Dayna Roselli: So if you want to go check out the mob museum, Valentine's Day might be your day.
• 30:53
  Dayna Roselli: And I think you'll have a good time.
• 30:56
  Sean McAllister: All right, that wraps it up for episode 204.
• 30:59
  Sean McAllister: Um, remember, next week we're going to be dropping uh a series of shorter episodes as we um experience Super Bowl week unfolding in front of us right here in Las Vegas.
• 31:13
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's gonna be a good time.
• 31:15
  Dayna Roselli: Check out our social media.
• 31:16
  Dayna Roselli: We'll post some of uh also have some of Sean's uh live shots that he did for there from the strip um covering Super Bowl and getting ready for the week.
• 31:24
  Dayna Roselli: Also, I want to thank our sponsor, Vegas Near Me.
• 31:27
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• 31:31
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• 31:34
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• 31:37
  Dayna Roselli: You can book an Uber, you can book a hotel room, all that good stuff, and it will really come in handy for that week.
• 31:43
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• 31:45
  Dayna Roselli: If you click that, you can see some coupons for some different attractions and things like that as well.
• 31:50
  Sean McAllister: All right, we're going to get our football gear and be ready for Super Bowl 58.