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Jason Aldean Interview at New Las Vegas Restaurant, Embracing Tourism, Steakhouse Recommendation, Taylor Swift Weekend | Ep. 251 · Vegas Revealed

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  Dayna Roselli: It's episode 251 of Vegas Revealed.
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  Sean McAllister: Another two-story bar and restaurant opens in the heart of the strip.
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  Sean McAllister: We are there as Jason Aldean cut the ribbon on his new spot.
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  Dayna Roselli: John has a steakhouse recommendation that's just off the strip, but still in a hotel casino.
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  Dayna Roselli: And head to Paris for pastries that are the real deal.
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  Sean McAllister: Dana is just back from a quick trip to Vancouver, Canada, where she took Flair Airlines for the first time and had some takeaways and tips.
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  Dayna Roselli: The locals' parking gripe continues as we head into 2025.
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  Sean McAllister: And we've got mail.
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  Dayna Roselli: All that and more coming up on Vegas Reveal.
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  Dayna Roselli: And we're also, Sean, starting off with a text message today.
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  Sean McAllister: Um, and we've got a couple pieces of fan mail.
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  Sean McAllister: Uh, we're gonna save one for a little later in the show.
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  Sean McAllister: Um, but we're but first of all, let's get to Lisa from Southern California, um, who loved our segment about swingers, the new crazy golf complex over there at Mandalay Bay.
• 2:19
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, she says, hello, your swingers segment makes me laugh because a few years ago my husband and I were propositioned by swingers at Mandalay Bay.
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  Dayna Roselli: We politely declined, by the way.
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  Dayna Roselli: Uh, she says, anyway, I've been listening to uh you guys for about a year and I love your show.
• 2:36
  Dayna Roselli: So thank you, Lisa.
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  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, swingers is the name of the golf attraction, but it has nothing to do with swingers, but it's just a catchy, catchy name.
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  Sean McAllister: I'm so intrigued.
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  Sean McAllister: I have so many questions for Lisa.
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  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
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  Sean McAllister: Like, how does that all go down?
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  Sean McAllister: Are you just hanging at the bar and people are like, hey, do you want to come back to the room with me and my husband?
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  Dayna Roselli: I feel like I've heard this story over and over through the years.
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  Dayna Roselli: Like friends are like, oh, these people, and they were stringer swingers, and they kind of thought, you know, like, like not like full-on detailed stories, but you can kind of tell that that's what they're thinking and why they're being super friendly.
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  Dayna Roselli: I don't know.
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  Sean McAllister: You know how so there's like a a a sign for swingers, the upside down pineapple.
• 3:22
  Sean McAllister: That's like the signal, especially on cruise ships.
• 3:26
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, but I was just reading that there are some cruise lines that are banning the upside down pineapple because people will put like magnets or stickers on their cabin door so people know where the swingers are.
• 3:38
  Sean McAllister: And then I guess you just knock and see if someone's home.
• 3:42
  Dayna Roselli: That's why we got a couple pineapple emojis under our swingers reel that we put on Instagram.
• 3:47
  Dayna Roselli: Yes.
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  Dayna Roselli: And I only knew what it meant because you told me that story.
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  Dayna Roselli: Where do they come up with a pineapple?
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  Dayna Roselli: I don't know.
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  Dayna Roselli: I have a t-shirt that has a pineapple on it, and I wear it sometimes.
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  Dayna Roselli: And I always wondered why people look at me weird.
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  Sean McAllister: There I go, that Roselli.
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  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, she's swinging.
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  Sean McAllister: She's a wild one.
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  Dayna Roselli: But to swing, you need a partner, don't you?
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  Dayna Roselli: And and I don't have that.
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  Sean McAllister: Yeah, true.
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  Sean McAllister: True.
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  Dayna Roselli: Um, listen, we appreciate you, Lisa.
• 4:13
  Dayna Roselli: We've got another message we'll read a little bit later, like Sean said, because it has to do with a certain topic.
• 4:18
  Dayna Roselli: But let's talk about Jason Aldean's new bar and restaurant that just opened over there at 63 City Center, which is right next to that ocean prime area.
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  Dayna Roselli: It is just to the south of the cosmopolitan, right in front of Aria and Crystals, a great spot in the heart of the strip.
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  Dayna Roselli: And we were there for the ribbon cutting and we interviewed Jason.
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  Dayna Roselli: Uh, this is two floors.
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  Dayna Roselli: It's got a beautiful terrace, it has six bars, two stages.
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  Dayna Roselli: He did a little performance that night.
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  Dayna Roselli: And I mean, as I was there, Sean, I said to you, this is just gonna, and and it's not like I don't want to say it's not about money, but I mean, this is just gonna rake in the dollar.
• 4:56
  Sean McAllister: Oh, it's I mean, first of all, it's a huge space.
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  Sean McAllister: It is, and it's so well done.
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  Sean McAllister: They did a great job uh constructing it and putting it all together.
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  Sean McAllister: There's a lot of foot traffic that goes right by there.
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  Sean McAllister: So, you know, as they have live music, you're gonna hear it walking by and be like, oh, well, maybe I'll stop in for a drink or for some food.
• 5:18
  Sean McAllister: And uh it is, it's gonna be fantastic.
• 5:22
  Sean McAllister: And that patio, yeah, what a view.
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  Sean McAllister: It's like a panoramic view right there at you know, Harmon and Las Vegas Boulevard.
• 5:31
  Sean McAllister: So you've got a incredible vista.
• 5:34
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and we went to the the ribbon cutting and it was a beautiful night.
• 5:37
  Dayna Roselli: We've had beautiful weather here in Las Vegas, and so that's the great thing.
• 5:40
  Dayna Roselli: We always say, more patios, bring on the patios, because patio weather is uh happening all the time here in Las Vegas, even when we think it's gonna be cold.
• 5:48
  Dayna Roselli: We'll have a great, beautiful week at night or in the day with the sun shining.
• 5:53
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but yeah, I just mean like it's so beautiful and so uh just appealing the whole thing and the whole experience that I know it's gonna just, you know, just clean up with people coming through the doors, having dinners there, having cocktails.
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  Dayna Roselli: It's like it's just gonna be successful.
• 6:10
  Dayna Roselli: Let's put it that way.
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  Sean McAllister: And with Jason Aldean's name attached to it, that's gonna, you know, just add to the to the level of people wanting to get in.
• 6:20
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
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  Sean McAllister: You know, there was a line wrapped around the side of the building uh at that grand open there was a grand opening party, and then at like eight o'clock that night, uh it was open to the public, and there was a line of people waiting to get in.
• 6:34
  Sean McAllister: There were so many people who stopped along that that walkway to, you know, see Jason cutting the ribbon uh at the doorway, and it was a it was a scene over there.
• 6:45
  Dayna Roselli: It was.
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  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
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  Dayna Roselli: People gathered just you're like you said, just to see the ribbon cutting part of it.
• 6:51
  Dayna Roselli: He was presented with a a key to the strip.
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  Dayna Roselli: They proclaimed that day Jason Aldean Day.
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  Dayna Roselli: It was quite a moment.
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  Dayna Roselli: Um, he had, you know, family there.
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  Dayna Roselli: And so, you know, a a large portion of the people that were there for the ribbon cutting were actually survivors from the Route 91 shooting that happened here in 2017 on October 1st.
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  Dayna Roselli: Uh, and they have a special connection to Jason because he was on stage when that shooting went down.
• 7:16
  Dayna Roselli: And um, he's really embraced Las Vegas.
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  Dayna Roselli: He's come back and done shows, he's uh talked to those people.
• 7:23
  Dayna Roselli: He makes he makes an effort, you know, to bond with them, and I think that's really nice.
• 7:27
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and you could tell we were we were talking with uh a lot of the people who were who were there to see Jason, who were also at the concert that night, and uh they said, you know, he really helped them heal and move forward from I mean something that was obviously uh an incredibly uh traumatic and tragic event, but uh you do have to move on and live your life and go forward.
• 7:56
  Sean McAllister: And they say that that Jason and his music really did help them do that.
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  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
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  Dayna Roselli: And he made a a special hallway inside, and it's beautiful, you know, as a tribute to that festival, uh, the survivors, the the family members who lost loved ones, because sadly there were so many people that died that day.
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  Dayna Roselli: Um but the way he did it, it's just it's beautiful and very moving.
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  Dayna Roselli: And they know that, and I think they appreciate that.
• 8:24
  Dayna Roselli: Um, you did an interview with Jason.
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  Dayna Roselli: Uh, we got to pull him aside while he was on the red carpet taking some pictures, and you talked to him about all this stuff.
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  Dayna Roselli: Um, you know, first talking to him a little bit about, you know, hey, what took so long to get to Vegas, but um, and open something, but then you did also discuss how, you know, this it's meaningful to him.
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  Sean McAllister: Jason, good to see you again, man.
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  Sean McAllister: How you been?
• 8:46
  Sean McAllister: I'm good, I'm good.
• 8:47
  Sean McAllister: So listen, what took so long to get a spot here in Vegas?
• 8:51
  SPEAKER_01: I don't know.
• 8:52
  SPEAKER_01: Um, you know, we've been working on this now for a couple years, so it's uh obviously the Nashville bar doing as well as it did, kind of lit the views for all the others.
• 9:01
  SPEAKER_01: And um Gatlinburg came, which is doing really well, Pittsburgh, and now you know, a couple years ago we started doing talking about Vegas, and um, you know, just I was blown away.
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  SPEAKER_01: You know, the twenty years ago I would have never thought when I started this business that something like this would be happening in uh in Las Vegas, which is the home of entertainment really, you know, one of the biggest entertainment cities in the world, and it's gonna have a place here with my name on it for people to come and check it out and be able to give artists, you know, young artists a place and coming in and playing music, started playing in bars at 14.
• 9:31
  SPEAKER_01: So to me that's really cool, and um I don't know, man.
• 9:34
  SPEAKER_01: It's it's been uh it's an honor to be here and and the way that the city's kind of embraced us and accepted us here is is uh is pretty crazy, so it's it's been awesome.
• 9:43
  Sean McAllister: And and speaking of being embraced and accepted after one October, I mean, you're doing you have something special here inside.
• 9:51
  Sean McAllister: Uh talk about that.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, the first thing out of my mouth we started talking about a bar here once like men as you know, we're gonna have a root many woman spot, we're gonna have something as a must have remembrance for the madden, you know, because I don't think like anybody.
• 10:06
  SPEAKER_01: I mean it's something that's a moment in that and um you move them on you come in with their mind for the most part.
• 10:15
  SPEAKER_01: Something that's always there, there's a lot of people I mean looking around, there's people up here in the root many women's turns.
• 10:20
  SPEAKER_01: Um, it's just a big family, man, and a lot of people come here from out of town that were part of that, and people that live here were part of that, and so you know, I want this to be a place where they come and maybe meet some other people that were there that night, and kinda I don't know, it's just uh it's a cool family to have and kind of be a part of them, and I just want to make sure we recognize that.
• 10:37
  SPEAKER_01: And that was the very first thing I said when they mentioned Las Vegas.
• 10:40
  SPEAKER_01: I was like, well, we gotta make something epic for them.
• 10:43
  SPEAKER_01: And and uh so we did this big big mural in there that's um kind of a nod to that and and at least lets people go over and check it out and and know that hey, we're we're always thinking about them, you know what I mean.
• 10:53
  Dayna Roselli: And when we were talking with some of those Route 91 survivors after just chatting, um I was curious, and you were curious, as a longtime Las Vegas residents, um, longtime broadcasters.
• 11:04
  Dayna Roselli: We were both in the news business when this shooting happened and and covered it, and obviously part of the community, like what how they felt about this Christmas festival that they're holding on the Route 91 festival site, because nothing's really been held there, you know, or taken, you know, nothing's taken place, no events or anything um in a long time.
• 11:25
  Dayna Roselli: And I I thought they would say, uh, we feel weird about it, but they said, you know, mixed feelings.
• 11:31
  Dayna Roselli: But a lot of them said, you know what?
• 11:33
  Dayna Roselli: We're kind of okay with it because we were there to have a good time.
• 11:37
  Dayna Roselli: It was a joyous day until that moment.
• 11:40
  Dayna Roselli: We bonded since, and they want to bring happiness to that site again.
• 11:45
  Dayna Roselli: So I thought that was interesting.
• 11:47
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and they said, you know, kind of if you if you leave it empty and do nothing with it, it's kind of like the the the evil wins.
• 11:56
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 11:56
  Sean McAllister: You know, but you know, if there can be joy brought to that site again, then um, you know, they were in support of it.
• 12:04
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, which which I thought was really interesting, and it was it was good to hear their take.
• 12:07
  Dayna Roselli: And I was glad to hear that because I had mixed feelings about it, and I was like, I don't know if I can support this.
• 12:13
  Dayna Roselli: This feels odd, it feels weird.
• 12:15
  Dayna Roselli: And I also know that you know, this happened on the Las Vegas strip.
• 12:19
  Dayna Roselli: There's a lot of tourists that come into town that walk by that area.
• 12:23
  Dayna Roselli: Um, maybe they don't have the deep um like the connection, the emotional investment that we do as locals, yeah.
• 12:31
  Dayna Roselli: And you know, obviously so many people were there from outside of Las Vegas too.
• 12:35
  Dayna Roselli: So, and some of the people we talked to were in from Southern California and all that kind of thing.
• 12:39
  Dayna Roselli: So anyway, it was good to hear that they were okay with it.
• 12:43
  Dayna Roselli: Uh that made me feel a little better, actually.
• 12:46
  Sean McAllister: So and it was it was good to see them there.
• 12:48
  Sean McAllister: Uh, you know, they said we're here to support Jason and uh Jason Aldean's kitchen and bar is going to be our meeting place now when we all get together around really around this time of year.
• 13:02
  Sean McAllister: They have a big group of them get together right around uh National Finals rodeo time and they said this is gonna be our spot, and we love it.
• 13:11
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, that's so great.
• 13:12
  Dayna Roselli: So Jason Aldean's officially open if you want to go check it out.
• 13:17
  Dayna Roselli: Uh keeping with the happy uh theme and and uh feelings of the holiday, let's talk about Barry Manilo's holiday show.
• 13:24
  Dayna Roselli: You went over there to the Westgate to see it.
• 13:26
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, saw a very berry Christmas.
• 13:29
  Sean McAllister: It's uh running for a limited time over there at uh the Westgate inside the International Theater where Elvis famously performed his record number of sold-out shows, and Barry just brings the joy.
• 13:47
  Sean McAllister: Let me tell you, it's all every Christmas song that you want to hear, you're gonna hear.
• 13:53
  Sean McAllister: I love that.
• 13:53
  Sean McAllister: Santa makes an appearance, it snows, there's festive drinks, they have a berry teeny.
• 14:00
  Dayna Roselli: Ooh.
• 14:01
  Sean McAllister: And they have another.
• 14:02
  Sean McAllister: Oh my gosh, I'm kicking myself for not remembering the name of it now, but it's uh like a candy cane uh flavored drink.
• 14:11
  Dayna Roselli: Okay.
• 14:12
  Sean McAllister: So they have special holiday cocktails at the bar that uh the property mixologist has put together.
• 14:18
  Dayna Roselli: That's fun.
• 14:18
  Sean McAllister: Um, so it is a very festive time at a very berry Christmas over there at Westgate.
• 14:26
  Sean McAllister: But that's not the only news that that Barry is making.
• 14:28
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 14:28
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, and real quick, I just want to mention if you want to see that holiday show, there's only three more days for it.
• 14:33
  Dayna Roselli: Uh the 12th, 13th, and 14th.
• 14:35
  Dayna Roselli: Then he goes back to his normal show.
• 14:37
  Dayna Roselli: So if you wanna, if you're excited about what Sean's talking about, you gotta get there this weekend.
• 14:42
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, go ahead.
• 14:43
  Dayna Roselli: So you were just mentioning the big news item.
• 14:46
  Sean McAllister: Uh yeah, the big news item, uh, the Westgate offered Barry Manilo a lifetime residency over there at the property, and he accepted.
• 14:57
  Dayna Roselli: I love this.
• 14:58
  Sean McAllister: He even said up there on stage during the show we were at, he was like, Well, it looks like I'm gonna be performing here until I go.
• 15:06
  Dayna Roselli: But that's great.
• 15:07
  Dayna Roselli: When you have an iconic uh resident headliner at your property, I feel like they should all be offered lifetime residencies, right?
• 15:13
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 15:14
  Sean McAllister: Well, I remember over at uh when Caesars Palace had their 50 uh 50th anniversary celebration, Tony Bennett was over there as as part of that.
• 15:25
  Sean McAllister: And I was talking to him on the red carpet.
• 15:27
  Sean McAllister: I was like, Tony, you know, Caesars Palace offered you a lifetime contract to perform here, and now you're back for the 50th anniversary.
• 15:36
  Sean McAllister: That's gotta be a cool thing.
• 15:37
  Sean McAllister: He was like, Oh yeah, I performed here so many times over the years.
• 15:40
  Sean McAllister: Like, that's just a great thing to know that you're always welcome.
• 15:44
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 15:44
  Dayna Roselli: It is, right?
• 15:45
  Dayna Roselli: And I mean, I'm sure like people like Celine, like have lifetime offers in in many ways, anywhere they want, but they have to like you know, be able to sign the contract on their end.
• 15:58
  Dayna Roselli: They they put maybe a limit on it.
• 15:59
  Dayna Roselli: But yeah, Barry's like, you know what, I'm in, and and let's do it.
• 16:03
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, I mean, he's got it's a good gig over there for him.
• 16:06
  Sean McAllister: Um there is no mistaking when you walk across the casino floor at Westgate that Barry Manilo is the resident headliner.
• 16:16
  Sean McAllister: Barry's everywhere.
• 16:17
  Sean McAllister: He is.
• 16:18
  Dayna Roselli: I see him sitting on my balcony.
• 16:19
  Dayna Roselli: He brightens up whenever it switches to the Barry Manilo, it brightens up the balcony.
• 16:24
  Dayna Roselli: Yes, because it's like this LED screen.
• 16:27
  Sean McAllister: And yeah, the Westgate is great.
• 16:29
  Sean McAllister: They've uh property wide, they've done some really great renovations over there.
• 16:33
  Sean McAllister: Um, and actually, before going to Barry's show, uh, I stopped over to uh Edge Steakhouse at Westgate.
• 16:43
  Sean McAllister: And we'll have more on that coming up in tips.
• 16:45
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, it's you've got some good tips for that one.
• 16:47
  Dayna Roselli: Um, hey, Paris, Las Vegas has a new pastry shop and more.
• 16:51
  Dayna Roselli: And we're talking about Dominique Ansell.
• 16:54
  Dayna Roselli: It's called Marche, and this is his second location.
• 16:58
  Dayna Roselli: He's got one at Caesar's Palace as well.
• 17:00
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and this is now officially opened.
• 17:03
  Dayna Roselli: You know, um Dominique Ansell is the one who basically created the Cronut.
• 17:08
  Dayna Roselli: We've talked about this in the past.
• 17:09
  Dayna Roselli: It's a combination of a croissant and a donut, and it's very popular.
• 17:13
  Dayna Roselli: And let me tell you, they sent us um a box of different pastries.
• 17:18
  Dayna Roselli: They were absolutely delicious to the point where I had to give some away to my front desk because I thought if I eat all these, I'm gonna be like 100 pounds.
• 17:25
  Dayna Roselli: They were so good.
• 17:26
  Sean McAllister: But they're just like, I don't know.
• 17:29
  Sean McAllister: I always think in my mind, when I look at like flaky pastry things, I always think that they're going to be dry, but they're not, they're so moist and fluffy and flaky with like ribbons of chocolate running through them.
• 17:47
  Sean McAllister: So they're not overly sweet, but you do get that bite of sweetness just to get that flavor in there.
• 17:55
  Sean McAllister: And I mean, there is such a wide variety of uh pastries that are available over there.
• 18:04
  Sean McAllister: And Dominique Ansel is fantastic.
• 18:06
  Sean McAllister: Croissants, donuts, and it's a cafe too, so they have more than just uh pastries.
• 18:11
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 18:12
  Dayna Roselli: So it's gonna offer the signature pastries, or it does, because it's open now, I should say.
• 18:16
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but they also have uh some new savory items only available at the Paris location, such as rotisserie chicken, crepes, and sandwiches.
• 18:27
  Sean McAllister: Yum.
• 18:27
  Dayna Roselli: So that's gonna be great and a beautiful fit right where it is on that walkway at Paris with the kind of cobblestone y feel the Paris walkway with all the other restaurants there and then.
• 18:36
  Sean McAllister: He's kind of neighbors with uh Martha Stewart.
• 18:39
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 18:39
  Sean McAllister: And Chef Nobu.
• 18:40
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 18:41
  Sean McAllister: That's good company to keep.
• 18:43
  Dayna Roselli: It's a good, it's a good row.
• 18:45
  Dayna Roselli: So that was great um that that's officially open.
• 18:47
  Dayna Roselli: They they cut the ribbon.
• 18:49
  Dayna Roselli: And so if you want to go over there and check that out, it's now open at Paris, Las Vegas.
• 18:53
  Sean McAllister: Hey, you know, last week, if you listened, uh, you know that Dana and I did the podcast separately.
• 18:59
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 19:00
  Sean McAllister: We we did it remotely because I had a little bit of a cold and I didn't want to get Dana sick because she was going up north across the border to Vancouver, Canada for the final weekend of Taylor Swift's ERA's tour.
• 19:16
  Dayna Roselli: Yes.
• 19:16
  Sean McAllister: And you are now back, Dana.
• 19:18
  Sean McAllister: We are back together, and I have some questions for you.
• 19:21
  Dayna Roselli: Okay.
• 19:22
  Dayna Roselli: Well, do you want to just start with that?
• 19:23
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, it was a great weekend.
• 19:24
  Dayna Roselli: I'm still recovering.
• 19:25
  Dayna Roselli: It was so much fun.
• 19:26
  Dayna Roselli: It was like 48 plus hours, like 48-ish hours of fun.
• 19:30
  Dayna Roselli: So go ahead.
• 19:31
  Sean McAllister: And it was jam-packed too.
• 19:33
  Sean McAllister: I already kind of got the lowdown, but I've got some questions for you.
• 19:36
  Sean McAllister: First of all, uh, starting with your travel.
• 19:39
  Sean McAllister: So you mentioned that you were taking Flare Airlines for the first time.
• 19:44
  Sean McAllister: You weren't sure how it was gonna go.
• 19:46
  Sean McAllister: You talked to a pilot in the lobby of your building who was like, oh, Flare Airlines.
• 19:51
  Sean McAllister: So I'm curious, what was that experience like?
• 19:55
  Dayna Roselli: Well, it's a budget airline.
• 19:56
  Dayna Roselli: So um, I wasn't sure.
• 19:57
  Dayna Roselli: I was like, uh, but I mean, like, we I take a lot of budget airlines, but I just had never heard of Flair, you know?
• 20:02
  Dayna Roselli: Um, so anyway, let me just uh give you a quick rundown.
• 20:05
  Dayna Roselli: First of all, our flight on Friday was a little bit delayed, but the positive is they communicated so well.
• 20:12
  Dayna Roselli: I got an email, I got a text message, and I got a the reason why it was delayed, which was the inbound plane was experiencing some weather.
• 20:22
  Dayna Roselli: Don't worry, we're we're just delayed.
• 20:25
  Dayna Roselli: We're gonna do everything in our power to get the plane there.
• 20:27
  Dayna Roselli: And I love knowing that instead of wondering, like, well, okay, where do I, where does this stand?
• 20:32
  Sean McAllister: Well, and I think that's where the frustration comes in so many times is that you're like left in the dark.
• 20:37
  Sean McAllister: You know, you see that something is delayed, and it's like, well, delayed by how much?
• 20:42
  Sean McAllister: Why?
• 20:42
  Sean McAllister: How how late am I gonna get there?
• 20:44
  Sean McAllister: What's going on?
• 20:45
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 20:45
  Sean McAllister: So that's cool that they do that.
• 20:47
  Dayna Roselli: It was great.
• 20:47
  Dayna Roselli: And you know, and usually, yeah, you're hopping on Google trying to figure out whatever.
• 20:51
  Dayna Roselli: Um, now, as a backup, here's a tip, and this is outside of Flair, but I went on Expedia and booked an Air Canada flight the following morning at 7.50 in the morning because I got nervous that if this got canceled, we weren't gonna be able to get there.
• 21:04
  Dayna Roselli: And we already had tickets to Taylor's Saturday night show.
• 21:08
  Dayna Roselli: And I was like, I am not missing this.
• 21:09
  SPEAKER_01: No way.
• 21:10
  Dayna Roselli: So, but the here's the great thing that ticket, because it was last minute, was very expensive.
• 21:14
  Dayna Roselli: It was$1,000 each.
• 21:16
  Dayna Roselli: And I was like, Well, I hope I don't have to spend this, but you know what?
• 21:18
  Dayna Roselli: If I do, Taylor's worth it.
• 21:20
  Dayna Roselli: Not missing it.
• 21:21
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 21:21
  Dayna Roselli: So anyway, um, but the great thing about Expedia is you can book anything and then cancel within 24 hours.
• 21:28
  Dayna Roselli: And I don't know if people know that.
• 21:28
  Dayna Roselli: I've done it my whole know that.
• 21:30
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, my whole life, um, especially when I worked in the news business, because we would wait for that form of a vacation approval to get put on our desk.
• 21:39
  Dayna Roselli: You'd bother and hey, do you know the do you know yet?
• 21:42
  Dayna Roselli: And so sometimes I would find a great deal, I would book it.
• 21:45
  Dayna Roselli: And then if I didn't go to went to work and they didn't have an answer for me, I'd cancel and then do it again and then cancel.
• 21:51
  Dayna Roselli: So anyway, I booked Air Canada.
• 21:53
  Dayna Roselli: And once Flair, uh, I was on the plane, I just hit cancel and it was like, you've been refunded.
• 21:58
  Dayna Roselli: So it's a great backup plan if you ever write.
• 22:00
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, great tip if you run through that.
• 22:02
  Dayna Roselli: Um, Flare Airlines, we got there and they were so nice.
• 22:05
  Dayna Roselli: The desk, um, I had a little discrepancy.
• 22:08
  Dayna Roselli: They don't let you put a dash in your name for um uh matching the passport in the airline.
• 22:12
  Dayna Roselli: So they were so great at fixing that.
• 22:14
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and they were joking around with them.
• 22:16
  Dayna Roselli: I was like, listen, my my luggage needs to get to Vancouver.
• 22:19
  Dayna Roselli: I need my outfit, I need my stuff.
• 22:21
  Dayna Roselli: I'm going to a concert.
• 22:22
  Dayna Roselli: I'm like, okay, great, we'll send it right off to Calgary.
• 22:24
  Dayna Roselli: And I was like, no.
• 22:25
  Dayna Roselli: And they were just making jokes and like they were so fun.
• 22:28
  Dayna Roselli: Um and I was like, how is it looking with this plane getting off?
• 22:31
  Dayna Roselli: And they're like, we're we're looking good, you know?
• 22:33
  Dayna Roselli: Um, so that was great.
• 22:34
  Dayna Roselli: Went through uh security.
• 22:36
  Dayna Roselli: The folks on Flare Airlines uh getting us on the plane were so fun and so nice.
• 22:42
  Dayna Roselli: But here's uh a wonderful thing that we were surprised at is that they come around with a cart and you can order, like, there's like a full-on menu on Flare Airlines, and who would have thought?
• 22:53
  Dayna Roselli: You have to buy it, but it wasn't super expensive or that inflated.
• 22:57
  Dayna Roselli: And there was Sean, pesto pizza, um, cheese boards with pair, and then they had specials like pair it with a can of white wine, and um, they had sandwiches, sandwich of the day.
• 23:09
  Dayna Roselli: I was like, this is amazing.
• 23:11
  Sean McAllister: That's incredible.
• 23:12
  Sean McAllister: So, way more than just getting like a little bag of crackers or cookies.
• 23:17
  Sean McAllister: You could get whatever you wanted, and and a wide variety of drinks, too.
• 23:21
  Sean McAllister: And that kind of brings us to our second fan mail that we promised you.
• 23:26
  Sean McAllister: Yep.
• 23:27
  Sean McAllister: Because it is about what is offered on planes.
• 23:30
  Dayna Roselli: Well, kind of.
• 23:31
  Dayna Roselli: So last week, was it last week?
• 23:32
  Dayna Roselli: Last week.
• 23:33
  Dayna Roselli: We talked about something about, you know, oh, you can get a drink on the plane.
• 23:36
  Dayna Roselli: And I was like, I don't drink on planes, I don't really drink.
• 23:39
  Sean McAllister: And I said, What?
• 23:40
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and you were shocked.
• 23:42
  Dayna Roselli: So uh we did get we got a note in from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, text message of fan mail.
• 23:49
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and he said, uh, the utter shock and genuine disbelief by Sean when he found out that Dana didn't drink from planes and laughing emoji.
• 23:58
  Dayna Roselli: So he thought that was funny.
• 23:59
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 23:59
  Dayna Roselli: So here's the deal.
• 24:01
  Dayna Roselli: Uh I was getting excited to go to Taylor.
• 24:03
  Dayna Roselli: We were on the plane, all the Swifties were around us.
• 24:06
  Dayna Roselli: It was such a good vibe that Swifties are the kindest people, they are fun, uh, they're they're just positive energy all around you.
• 24:14
  Dayna Roselli: And I thought, you know what?
• 24:15
  Dayna Roselli: I'm gonna have a can of wine because the guy on the plane uh was trying to tell me that the red wine in a can is actually really good.
• 24:25
  Dayna Roselli: He's like, you should really try it.
• 24:26
  Dayna Roselli: And I was like, all right.
• 24:27
  Dayna Roselli: And he's like, but if you don't like it, my name is Jose.
• 24:30
  Dayna Roselli: If you like it, it's Mackenzie.
• 24:32
  Dayna Roselli: And so they had us laughing.
• 24:34
  Dayna Roselli: So the whole row ended up getting uh red wine in a can.
• 24:37
  Dayna Roselli: We had a blast.
• 24:38
  Dayna Roselli: We did a little cheers to Taylor.
• 24:41
  Sean McAllister: So you ended up having a drink on a plane.
• 24:44
  Sean McAllister: I did.
• 24:45
  Dayna Roselli: So Kevin drank on the plane, Kevin in South Carolina.
• 24:48
  Sean McAllister: Dana is now an airplane drinker.
• 24:51
  Dayna Roselli: I thought of you.
• 24:52
  Dayna Roselli: I thought Sean's gonna be proud of me.
• 24:54
  Dayna Roselli: Although my friend on the way home was like, Should we get a drink?
• 24:56
  Dayna Roselli: And I was like, No, I think that was enough on the way there.
• 24:58
  Sean McAllister: Just one, one and done.
• 25:00
  Dayna Roselli: One and done.
• 25:01
  Dayna Roselli: Um, so that's my experience with Flair.
• 25:03
  Dayna Roselli: Um, on the way back, it was wonderful.
• 25:05
  Dayna Roselli: They were like, hey, your two hour and 50-minute flight is now two hours.
• 25:08
  Dayna Roselli: So we took off at 4 15, landed at 6 15.
• 25:11
  Dayna Roselli: The Vancouver airport was great, the people were nice.
• 25:14
  Dayna Roselli: I went through security uh and customs with no problem.
• 25:17
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and uh there were a full plane of of people um leaving the concert, and we were just it was just it was great all around.
• 25:26
  Dayna Roselli: So, what's your other question?
• 25:27
  Sean McAllister: Well, my other question is just cutting straight to the to the chase.
• 25:32
  Sean McAllister: How was the Taylor concert?
• 25:34
  Dayna Roselli: It was wonderful.
• 25:35
  Dayna Roselli: Listen, it first of all, I just want to talk about Vancouver because um I know this is a Las Vegas podcast, but you know, as I just mentioned, two-hour flight, it was simple, and Flair Airlines was$176 a round trip.
• 25:48
  Dayna Roselli: Man, but you had to do some add-ons, your luggage and stuff.
• 25:51
  Dayna Roselli: I would say the total came to close to 300.
• 25:53
  Dayna Roselli: It was like 280.
• 25:55
  Dayna Roselli: Not bad at all.
• 25:56
  Dayna Roselli: Too bad, no.
• 25:57
  Dayna Roselli: Two nonstop flights.
• 25:58
  Dayna Roselli: So um, but it was an easy hop.
• 26:00
  Dayna Roselli: Vancouver could the people there couldn't have been nicer.
• 26:03
  Dayna Roselli: They were so excited that Taylor was doing her final weekend of the Ares tour in that city because they knew what it meant that people were gonna flood in, they were gonna have a great time.
• 26:13
  Dayna Roselli: Um, it was a great group of people.
• 26:15
  Dayna Roselli: Their energy is positive and kind, and they were ready for it in Taylor terms.
• 26:21
  Sean McAllister: Are you ready for it?
• 26:22
  Dayna Roselli: So um, they were thrilled.
• 26:24
  Dayna Roselli: And our Uber driver was like, you know what?
• 26:26
  Dayna Roselli: Like, I don't listen to Taylor Swift music, but I'm driving Uber all weekend and I love meeting everyone.
• 26:32
  Dayna Roselli: I love what this is doing for our city.
• 26:34
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, we're not gonna have something this big until the 2026 Olympics.
• 26:38
  Dayna Roselli: So we're embracing it.
• 26:39
  Dayna Roselli: And I just think this is awesome.
• 26:41
  Dayna Roselli: Um, there were people near our hotel like helping you, like, okay, if you you guys might want to, like, if you're gonna kill some time, go to Granville Island and you should take this bus or you could do Uber or you could take the Sky Tram.
• 26:52
  Dayna Roselli: They were just wonderful.
• 26:54
  Dayna Roselli: Um, the people at the restaurants, the servers were so kind.
• 26:59
  Dayna Roselli: Our meal was a little late coming out.
• 27:01
  Dayna Roselli: I wouldn't even say I knew it was late because I'm just, you know, things take a little while.
• 27:05
  Dayna Roselli: And they were like, we're so sorry.
• 27:06
  Dayna Roselli: We're your whole lunch is comped.
• 27:08
  Sean McAllister: Jeez.
• 27:09
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, they wanted everything to be perfect.
• 27:11
  Dayna Roselli: They were so nice.
• 27:12
  Dayna Roselli: There was a big Christmas market there.
• 27:14
  Dayna Roselli: Um, BC Place, the arena was amazing, uh, so organized.
• 27:19
  Dayna Roselli: The everyone was just in a great mood.
• 27:21
  Dayna Roselli: It was wonderful.
• 27:22
  Dayna Roselli: Even the police officers, the security, and she did Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
• 27:27
  Dayna Roselli: So they really made a lot of money in that city.
• 27:30
  Dayna Roselli: And there were, there have been world leaders writing to Taylor asking her to bring that tour to their city because they knew how much you know they could take in and what an economy boost it would be.
• 27:40
  Dayna Roselli: So um went to the merch line, uh, waited in line for an hour and a half, 15 minutes.
• 27:45
  Dayna Roselli: I've never done that before, but needed to get a sweatshirt for my friend's daughter, and I was like, I'm gonna do it.
• 27:49
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, that was fun.
• 27:50
  Dayna Roselli: Everyone around us was so nice.
• 27:52
  Dayna Roselli: I just can't um say enough.
• 27:54
  Dayna Roselli: Something that you pointed out though, you're like, it's so interesting that you know they really embrace it.
• 27:58
  Dayna Roselli: Obviously, it's not like a major, major tourism town because they don't have it as much as we do, but you were even saying, like, it's so nice to see people be positive when something comes in like that and takes over their city.
• 28:10
  Dayna Roselli: Because, you know, in Las Vegas, we are used to a lot of big events, but sometimes, and I know things that you know, with Formula One, there's so much gripe and complaint, and it's it's messing up the city and this and that.
• 28:22
  Dayna Roselli: And there, they didn't care, they were like, bring it on, bring it on, yeah.
• 28:27
  Dayna Roselli: Bring it on, enjoy our city, see what we can offer.
• 28:30
  Dayna Roselli: And someone like me, I'm gonna go back.
• 28:32
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 28:33
  Dayna Roselli: You know what I mean?
• 28:34
  Dayna Roselli: Now I'm like, okay, I'm gonna be back in Vancouver.
• 28:36
  Sean McAllister: They treated me right because it was a great experience, it was, and that's exactly what we want here in Las Vegas, too.
• 28:44
  Sean McAllister: We don't want visitors to come in and you know, see uh see us on social media complaining and bitching about this, that, and the other thing.
• 28:53
  Sean McAllister: Nope.
• 28:54
  Sean McAllister: Like, no, we are a tourism hospitality town, whether you work on the strip or you live here, like we are all a part of the hospitality of Las Vegas.
• 29:06
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 29:06
  Sean McAllister: And make it a good experience for anyone who's coming here.
• 29:09
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and word of mouth, and in the world of social media, I mean, if everyone's talking about what a great time they had in Vancouver and how nice they were and what how the experience was, that's free advertising for the rest of the rest of the year or ever.
• 29:22
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 29:23
  Dayna Roselli: So um, and that's that's what it's doing.
• 29:25
  Dayna Roselli: And now people seeing all the, you know, even just the shots of the beautiful, you know, waterways and and all that.
• 29:31
  Dayna Roselli: So anyway, it was a great time.
• 29:32
  Dayna Roselli: I'm I'm trying to think if I left anything out that would be a good nugget for our listeners, but um, we covered Flair and Vancouver, and I think that's it for now.
• 29:40
  Dayna Roselli: You know, American money's worth more over there, so things were affordable.
• 29:44
  Dayna Roselli: That was uh joyous, you know, bought a couple things over there as well to save some money.
• 29:49
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but it was a good time all around.
• 29:51
  Sean McAllister: And they didn't jack up the prices.
• 29:53
  Dayna Roselli: Nope.
• 29:53
  Dayna Roselli: The prices were not, it was just normally what it would be.
• 29:56
  Dayna Roselli: So it wasn't like you got some bill and you're like, oh, this is you know double the amount it would be.
• 30:01
  Sean McAllister: There wasn't like a tailor surcharge added into things.
• 30:04
  Dayna Roselli: Nope, nothing.
• 30:05
  Sean McAllister: See?
• 30:06
  Sean McAllister: I like that.
• 30:06
  Sean McAllister: I like that.
• 30:07
  Sean McAllister: Well done, Vancouver.
• 30:09
  Dayna Roselli: There was, I think there might have been a tiny surge on Uber after the concert because but they had to do with the the Uber system and the concert as far as you know uh everyone letting out.
• 30:20
  Dayna Roselli: Everyone letting out at the same time, right?
• 30:22
  Dayna Roselli: And it was raining, so um, we actually waited like one hour, um, just had a drink at the bar next door, and um it was back down to I don't know, it's like sixteen dollars to go like 10 minutes down the road.
• 30:33
  Dayna Roselli: It's so so cheap, yeah.
• 30:34
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, side note, a couple sightings.
• 30:36
  Dayna Roselli: Um, that's what I forgot about.
• 30:37
  Dayna Roselli: A couple Vegas people that were there.
• 30:38
  Dayna Roselli: Elizabeth Blau, who owns restaurants here in Las Vegas, big uh and abroad.
• 30:43
  Dayna Roselli: She has a honey salt and many other in Vancouver.
• 30:47
  Dayna Roselli: Um, right, and I went over there, right next to BC Place.
• 30:50
  Dayna Roselli: That's where it is, in the Marriott there, the park.
• 30:52
  Dayna Roselli: And the restaurant was great.
• 30:54
  Dayna Roselli: They had uh Taylor Swift themed cocktails and all that.
• 30:57
  Dayna Roselli: Um, went over there, and then I realized, oh my gosh, she was there too, because I was looking at her Instagram, we're Instagram friends.
• 31:03
  Dayna Roselli: So she went to the concert, um, raved about it.
• 31:05
  Dayna Roselli: I saw Flavor Flav in the airport.
• 31:08
  Dayna Roselli: He was on my flight home.
• 31:10
  Dayna Roselli: My friend was like, You keep talking to Flav, he's probably over it.
• 31:12
  Dayna Roselli: But so many people were talking to him um and passing him notes with friendship bracelets and wanting to trade.
• 31:18
  Dayna Roselli: He went to Taylor's concert, he's a huge supporter of her.
• 31:20
  Dayna Roselli: I think.
• 31:20
  Sean McAllister: He's a King Swifty.
• 31:22
  Dayna Roselli: He's a King Swifty.
• 31:23
  Dayna Roselli: When I saw him there, I thought, oh my gosh.
• 31:24
  Dayna Roselli: And he was in his full Tortured Poets Department album uh sweatsuit, one piece.
• 31:30
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, he had his sweatshirt and sweatpants.
• 31:33
  Dayna Roselli: Um, so he he is just a fan.
• 31:36
  Dayna Roselli: He brought so much light and excitement to the plane.
• 31:38
  Dayna Roselli: Everyone just loves him.
• 31:39
  Dayna Roselli: Um, so it was great to see Flav there.
• 31:41
  Dayna Roselli: He went to the final show on Sunday, and that was fun.
• 31:45
  Dayna Roselli: Uh ran into some friends actually that live in different cities that I met here in Las Vegas, and they were like, hey, we're here too.
• 31:52
  Dayna Roselli: And so it it was nice um to see a little bit of the connection there.
• 31:56
  Dayna Roselli: And then um, yeah, that's it.
• 31:58
  Sean McAllister: And then the show was fantastic.
• 32:00
  Sean McAllister: Taylor's great, and it's I might have cried a little bit.
• 32:04
  Dayna Roselli: Now it's done after the 10-minute all too well version that she does on guitar.
• 32:08
  Sean McAllister: But they were filming, you said.
• 32:10
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, the whole time.
• 32:11
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, there was definitely, you know, film crews on stage, uh cameras flying by, and I can't remember, but when I went to the show at Allegiant Stadium, I don't think that was the case, unless they've been filming the show the whole time.
• 32:24
  Dayna Roselli: But I think I've been noticing from the Swifties them saying too on social media, like, wow, they're really shooting something.
• 32:31
  Dayna Roselli: And I know they were planning to film the final weekend.
• 32:34
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 32:34
  Dayna Roselli: And so I don't know if that will turn into something or not.
• 32:38
  Dayna Roselli: I also think artists that bring in a lot of money, they're always making sure that things are documented and will use it in some way.
• 32:45
  Sean McAllister: Oh, absolutely.
• 32:46
  Dayna Roselli: Whether it's gonna be a documentary, another concert film, a behind the scenes a music video, because she's got a lot more songs that need to release music videos.
• 32:55
  Dayna Roselli: So we'll see.
• 32:56
  Dayna Roselli: Everyone was expecting some big announcement from her at the end.
• 32:58
  Dayna Roselli: I didn't think she would do anything.
• 33:00
  Dayna Roselli: I think, you know what?
• 33:00
  Dayna Roselli: She's gonna rest a little and then she needs to keep the momentum going, probably, and she'll probably announce some things, you know, in the future.
• 33:08
  Sean McAllister: A big drop coming a little later on.
• 33:10
  Dayna Roselli: Because she needs to do uh the reputation album, she needs to do uh Taylor's version, which is she's been uh re-recording all her albums so that she owns them.
• 33:18
  Dayna Roselli: And so that's the next one kind of on the schedule to come out.
• 33:20
  Sean McAllister: Okay.
• 33:21
  Dayna Roselli: All right, that's it.
• 33:22
  Sean McAllister: Well, good.
• 33:22
  Sean McAllister: So I'm glad that Taylor was a great experience.
• 33:26
  Sean McAllister: Flare Airlines was a great experience with an expansive menu.
• 33:30
  Dayna Roselli: Yep, I love that menu.
• 33:31
  Sean McAllister: And Vancouver was good to you too.
• 33:33
  Dayna Roselli: Yes, all good.
• 33:35
  Dayna Roselli: All right, let's move on.
• 33:36
  Dayna Roselli: Another, just a quick nugget, an overseas nugget.
• 33:38
  Dayna Roselli: Um, my friend and longtime Las Vegas headliner Mac Goss is doing a tour that he just announced, and tickets just went on sale for he's doing a UK tour.
• 33:49
  Dayna Roselli: So if you're over there uh across the pond, he's doing a slew of shows this spring.
• 33:54
  Dayna Roselli: And, you know, it's like Mac Goss and all the hits, the hits and more.
• 33:58
  Dayna Roselli: He's gonna do a blend of a bunch of different stuff.
• 34:01
  Dayna Roselli: I know he's really excited to get out there, and uh, I think it's you know, like uh shows, you know, in London and then all around the UK, like uh Ireland and Scotland and all that kind of thing.
• 34:13
  Dayna Roselli: So anyway, uh can't talk highly enough.
• 34:16
  Dayna Roselli: I've seen Matt's show a million times.
• 34:18
  Dayna Roselli: He's a great singer, great showman, great performer.
• 34:21
  Dayna Roselli: If you're interested in that, tickets are on sale on Ticketmaster.
• 34:24
  Sean McAllister: And kind of hopping back into the holidays really quick, uh, Dana, you and I are headed over to the uh Fashion Show Mall, which is right there on the Las Vegas strip across the street from uh the Wynne and Palazzo.
• 34:38
  Sean McAllister: Uh we're going to Neiman Marcus for uh a sip and shop event with Fashion Santa.
• 34:46
  Sean McAllister: Yep.
• 34:46
  Sean McAllister: Now this is not the mall Santa that you are thinking of.
• 34:52
  Sean McAllister: This is a very fashionable, very handsome Santa.
• 34:57
  Sean McAllister: I picture him as have you seen the Target commercial where Santa gets out of his Jeep and walks into Target and he's just a a very um dapper.
• 35:06
  Sean McAllister: Very dapper Santa.
• 35:08
  Sean McAllister: I haven't, but I think that uh Neiman Marcus Fashion Santa is going to take Target Santa up a few notches.
• 35:18
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, okay.
• 35:19
  Dayna Roselli: Well, watch our social media for what Fashion Santa looks like.
• 35:22
  Sean McAllister: So we're excited to head over and see about that.
• 35:25
  Dayna Roselli: We're doing a little VIP uh gift preview, then it opens to the public.
• 35:28
  Dayna Roselli: Um I went over to Fashion Show just before my trip to get a few things, and I just noticed that like they I feel like the Christmas decorations and holiday decorations this year are really extra beautiful.
• 35:39
  Dayna Roselli: It's decorated.
• 35:40
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know.
• 35:40
  Dayna Roselli: I loved it.
• 35:41
  Dayna Roselli: I loved shopping over there.
• 35:42
  Dayna Roselli: I love Fashion Show.
• 35:44
  Dayna Roselli: And uh yeah, if you want to get in the holiday spirit and go to a mall, um, the decor is really, really cool there.
• 35:50
  Dayna Roselli: And then they have a Santa too that you can take pictures, like the regular Santa as well.
• 35:54
  Sean McAllister: And Fashion Show has has done a great job um over the past, I'd say, year, year and a half or so of really uh putting in some great seasonal installations that are you know great for your Instagram feed and that just make the the shopping experience more fun and interactive.
• 36:14
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 36:15
  Sean McAllister: So um kudos uh to Fashion Show for doing that.
• 36:20
  Dayna Roselli: Um keeping with the holiday theme, I wanted to mention Frank Marino, um, who's had a long time show on the Las Vegas strip and now does shows over at Virgin.
• 36:29
  Dayna Roselli: Um, you may remember him from Lacage and Diva's Las Vegas.
• 36:33
  Dayna Roselli: He's he's um impersonated uh Joan Rivers for many, many years.
• 36:39
  Dayna Roselli: Uh he's a great funny comedian.
• 36:42
  Dayna Roselli: Anyway, he's doing a Diva Licious holiday brunch for dinner on December 21st at 6 p.m.
• 36:50
  Dayna Roselli: is dinner, 7 p.m.
• 36:52
  Dayna Roselli: show, and it's over there at DW Bistro, which is off the strip, all the way out in the west side, but it's a great place for brunch or dinner, and they're gonna be closing soon.
• 37:03
  Dayna Roselli: They announced um I they're making some changes and uh they're shutting down DW and they've been there for so long.
• 37:10
  Dayna Roselli: So if you have never been able to get there, now could be the time.
• 37:13
  Dayna Roselli: Um, yeah, Frank's dinner show is$69.
• 37:16
  Dayna Roselli: It includes a the dinner and the show, and so uh reservations can be made at dwbeistro.com if you want to go see Frank and all the divas.
• 37:26
  Dayna Roselli: They put on a great show.
• 37:27
  Dayna Roselli: I went recently to a brunch and they've got the shares and the the Lizzo and all of them.
• 37:33
  Dayna Roselli: You know, Celine, it's great.
• 37:35
  Dayna Roselli: They all kind of work the room around you, it's a lot of fun.
• 37:38
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, the the drag shows are great.
• 37:41
  Sean McAllister: DW, as you mentioned, has been in the Las Vegas community for years and years and years, and the vibe there is great.
• 37:49
  Sean McAllister: It's great, the food is great.
• 37:51
  Sean McAllister: So um head over to the the drag dinner, and then uh if you haven't been to DW, they're going to be open uh through the spring.
• 38:00
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, but then that's the the final farewell.
• 38:04
  Sean McAllister: So plan on that.
• 38:05
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, before we get to our tips, I wanted to give a big shout out to Level Up Law, our title sponsor.
• 38:11
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• 38:28
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• 38:29
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• 38:37
  Sean McAllister: Or visit them at leveluplaw.com.
• 38:42
  Sean McAllister: Let's do some tips.
• 38:47
  Sean McAllister: All right, Dana.
• 38:48
  Sean McAllister: The first tip, uh, as I mentioned earlier in the this episode when we were talking about a very berry Christmas.
• 38:55
  Sean McAllister: Uh, before that show, I stopped into uh Edge Steakhouse.
• 39:00
  Sean McAllister: We were over there as part of a media group to have dinner and go see the the Barry Manilo show.
• 39:06
  Sean McAllister: And let me tell you, this was the first time I've been over to Edge Steakhouse at Westgate, and it was delicious.
• 39:15
  Dayna Roselli: I always hear wonderful things.
• 39:16
  Dayna Roselli: I haven't been in a while, but I've gone to it before and loved it.
• 39:20
  Sean McAllister: Oh my gosh.
• 39:21
  Sean McAllister: So we had uh we started with uh the yellowtail as an appetizer, and the presentation on that was absolutely stunning.
• 39:30
  Sean McAllister: There was like this radish flour that encased the uh yellowtail.
• 39:35
  Sean McAllister: Absolutely beautiful.
• 39:36
  Sean McAllister: Same thing with the crab cake, it was just so pretty on the plate.
• 39:41
  Sean McAllister: Uh we had some of the uh spicy shrimp that came out too.
• 39:46
  Sean McAllister: Uh then the steak itself for dinner.
• 39:50
  Sean McAllister: I had a New York strip steak.
• 39:53
  Sean McAllister: I could not believe the flavor, and it was just so tender.
• 39:57
  Sean McAllister: Everything was so good.
• 39:59
  Dayna Roselli: And not that you we ever, ever lie, because we don't, but I'm saying but I'm just like confirming how much you loved it is that Sean's been talking about this all week since I got back, how good his steak was.
• 40:08
  Dayna Roselli: I have because we don't lie about anything, we don't talk about it if we don't like it.
• 40:13
  Dayna Roselli: But I'm just like, it's I just want to give the times 10 of how how much Sean loved his steak.
• 40:18
  Sean McAllister: No, I was I was legitimately impressed.
• 40:21
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, I mean, with the steak, all the sides that we got with it.
• 40:25
  Sean McAllister: We had the mac and cheese, we had potatoes, we had mushrooms, Brussels sprouts.
• 40:30
  Sean McAllister: I give my stamp of approval to to Edge Steakhouse over there at Westgate.
• 40:34
  Sean McAllister: So I just wanted to let you know.
• 40:36
  Sean McAllister: Um, you may not think about heading over to Westgate if you're looking to head to a steakhouse, but uh add it to the list of of options because it's a good one.
• 40:47
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and people often ask us about stock steakhouses, and I often see it even on threads, like what are the top Vegas steakhouses?
• 40:54
  Dayna Roselli: And um, you know, people sometimes have the normal go-tos, and it's time to expand that list a little bit, I think, because there are other, and I always say, how how can you know the best unless you've hit every single one?
• 41:06
  Sean McAllister: Exactly.
• 41:06
  Dayna Roselli: So I mean, this just proves.
• 41:08
  Dayna Roselli: And you know, you never had a steak at Edge before, and now you did, and now it's in your top and now it's on my list, right?
• 41:13
  Sean McAllister: Absolutely.
• 41:14
  Sean McAllister: And they do have, given the legacy of Elvis over there at uh Westgate, they have like some vintage photos of Elvis performing, you know, up around the steakhouse.
• 41:23
  Sean McAllister: So you you get that vibe while you're in there, it's uh too.
• 41:26
  Sean McAllister: It's a it's a good mix of modern and classic.
• 41:30
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 41:30
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, really good spot.
• 41:32
  Dayna Roselli: Um, hey, I want to talk about parking real quick and and kind of turn it into a little bit of a tip.
• 41:37
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, we could go on and on forever, so we're not gonna like sit here and and harp on it, but you know, paid parking is in full effect here in Las Vegas.
• 41:44
  Dayna Roselli: It's frustrated people a lot over the years.
• 41:47
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, I think it's frustrated locals even more than visitors because mostly uh, I guess feeling like we used to not have to pay for parking, you know, basically it was free.
• 41:59
  Dayna Roselli: So it was a big change.
• 42:00
  Dayna Roselli: Uh now a lot of the casinos and hotels offer locals parking for certain time limits three hours, four hours, two hours.
• 42:10
  Dayna Roselli: And so that's a perk.
• 42:12
  Dayna Roselli: But what's happening now is that locals are going to parking garages and having to pay regardless and not knowing that going in because they'll throw up a sign that says special event.
• 42:24
  Sean McAllister: Special event parking prices in effect, and that can range anywhere from$25 up to$75.
• 42:33
  Sean McAllister: I saw at a strip property recently.
• 42:36
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 42:36
  Dayna Roselli: They were charging, I think my friend went to one of the basketball games recently at T-Mobile, and it was$150 to Val A.
• 42:43
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, right at Park MGM.
• 42:44
  Dayna Roselli: But you know, so they do do some surging there.
• 42:47
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and then recently, uh, someone we know was at the cosmopolitan park there thinking they would have the the free allotted time uh pulled in and they had to pay$40 because they called it special event parking.
• 43:01
  Dayna Roselli: So the thing is, is you're like, well, if you're not there for that special event, you don't know what's what special event they're talking about.
• 43:07
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 43:07
  Sean McAllister: I mean, there could be a concert, there could be a a viewing party, there could be any number of things.
• 43:13
  Dayna Roselli: NFR, you know, was going on at that time.
• 43:16
  Dayna Roselli: It could have been that.
• 43:17
  Dayna Roselli: So I guess the tip is if it it really means the world to you to not have to pay for parking, it's not in your budget.
• 43:24
  Dayna Roselli: Maybe you're popping in somewhere for an hour.
• 43:26
  Sean McAllister: And it's not worth it to pay the money.
• 43:29
  unknown: Yeah.
• 43:29
  Dayna Roselli: Um, you might want to just do some research before you go and see if there are any special events happening.
• 43:35
  Dayna Roselli: And I do think that means kind of an elevated, like I know at Venetian they charge you when there's a big concert at the sphere.
• 43:41
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 43:41
  Dayna Roselli: So they figure everyone's gonna come there and go to the sphere, but we need to leave some room for the folks that want to go and explore the Venetian.
• 43:48
  Dayna Roselli: So we've got to do this flat rate, whether you're local or not.
• 43:51
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and so I don't exactly know what qualifies as a special event, but I think it's some sort of something that's bigger than just a run-of-the-mill, your normal residency shows or I don't know, just normal attractions, maybe a slot tournament or anything.
• 44:09
  Dayna Roselli: I don't think it's that that's not what we're talking about.
• 44:11
  Dayna Roselli: It's it's gotta be something that's a little bit more elevated.
• 44:13
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 44:14
  Sean McAllister: So I guess if you're really wanting to avoid those special event parking fees, number one, call the resort and ask for their parking and valet team and ask them if there is special event pricing in effect for whatever day you're going over there.
• 44:31
  Sean McAllister: And secondly, if there is, you may want to park somewhere near the strip.
• 44:36
  Sean McAllister: And even taking an Uber to the resort would be cheaper than possibly cheaper than um paying for an Uber.
• 44:46
  Sean McAllister: Or take the monorail.
• 44:47
  Dayna Roselli: Or walk, yeah.
• 44:48
  Dayna Roselli: The monorail or the tram, because you know, there isn't a monorail on the west side of the strip, but remember some of the resorts do connect with a tram.
• 44:55
  Dayna Roselli: So what is it, Luxor and Excalibur?
• 44:57
  Sean McAllister: Uh Bellaggio to Aria.
• 45:00
  Sean McAllister: You can get from Bellagio all the way down to Mandalay Bay from uh taking trams.
• 45:06
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 45:06
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, because I used to live over near Aria and I would take that to the Bellagio, that tram.
• 45:11
  Dayna Roselli: That was nice to cross over.
• 45:12
  Dayna Roselli: So yeah, there are options.
• 45:13
  Dayna Roselli: So do some research and again hit us up with a text message if you have a question.
• 45:17
  Dayna Roselli: We'll we'll let you know the answer on the following week's podcast.
• 45:21
  Dayna Roselli: Um, if you're confused about that.
• 45:23
  Dayna Roselli: So FYI, yeah, the local parking gripe, I don't think will ever go away.
• 45:28
  Dayna Roselli: And it and and I don't know, it's the cost, but it's also the principle.
• 45:32
  Dayna Roselli: It just feels wrong, right?
• 45:34
  Sean McAllister: It does.
• 45:35
  Dayna Roselli: But I know it's normal in other cities, but I don't know.
• 45:38
  Sean McAllister: We got spoiled for a long, long, long time here in Las Vegas.
• 45:42
  Sean McAllister: We did.
• 45:43
  Dayna Roselli: That's been a podcast.
• 45:44
  Dayna Roselli: That's a lot.
• 45:45
  Sean McAllister: It has.
• 45:46
  Sean McAllister: We we did a lot of talking this week.
• 45:47
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• 45:55
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• 46:00
  Dayna Roselli: We sure will.
• 46:01
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• 46:04
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• 46:04
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• 46:10
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• 46:12
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• 46:14
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• 46:16
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• 46:18
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• 46:24
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• 46:26
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• 46:30
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• 46:34
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• 46:37
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• 46:41
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• 46:45
  Sean McAllister: We will talk to you next week for episode 252 of Vegas Revealed before we take a little break for Christmas.