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Employees Need to Mask Up Again Due to COVID Case Numbers, Broadway Returns in Las Vegas, Usher's Show Debut | Ep. 78 · Vegas Revealed

• 0:00
  Sean McAllister: Welcome to episode 78.
• 0:03
  Dayna Roselli: Time magazine picks Las Vegas as one of the world's greatest places in 2021.
• 0:10
  Dayna Roselli: We'll tell you why.
• 0:11
  Sean McAllister: Plus, a handful of concert tours announced stops right here in Las Vegas.
• 0:18
  Dayna Roselli: And the Coliseum at Caesars Palace officially reopens with Usher on stage.
• 0:23
  Sean McAllister: The Raiders' president suddenly steps down after 30 years with the organization, and the president of the Smith Center talks with us after an emotional announcement about reopening that Performing Arts Center downtown.
• 0:38
  Dayna Roselli: We have a lot to get to.
• 0:40
  Dayna Roselli: Let's spin that wheel.
• 1:05
  Sean McAllister: We're like ships in the night.
• 1:07
  Dayna Roselli: Ships in the night.
• 1:08
  Dayna Roselli: That was the phrase I was looking for.
• 1:09
  Dayna Roselli: Passing in the night, walking through the hallway.
• 1:12
  Dayna Roselli: I didn't know what it was, but you got it.
• 1:14
  Sean McAllister: We have our brief time back together to record this episode, and then it's back to our separate ways until, you know, life returns to normal.
• 1:23
  Dayna Roselli: Exactly.
• 1:24
  Sean McAllister: In another week or so.
• 1:25
  Sean McAllister: But uh man, I mean, uh first of all, I I think we should welcome our any new listeners that we have, Dana, from hearing us on uh Highway Radio.
• 1:35
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 1:36
  Dayna Roselli: We announced our our partnership with Highway Radio.
• 1:39
  Dayna Roselli: You and I are providing these entertainment reports, which include pieces of our podcast.
• 1:43
  Dayna Roselli: And Highway Radio, for people that don't know, is the one radio station you can get on the highway from anywhere in Southern California to Las Vegas.
• 1:55
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 1:55
  Sean McAllister: So it covers all of the desert area where nothing else comes in.
• 2:00
  Sean McAllister: But Highway Radio has you covered.
• 2:02
  Sean McAllister: We are now contributing uh entertainment reports on a regular basis.
• 2:06
  Sean McAllister: So you tune in to Highway Radio.
• 2:09
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• 2:21
  Dayna Roselli: That's right.
• 2:22
  Dayna Roselli: Another big thing going on in Las Vegas, not along those lines, masks.
• 2:27
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, I logged on to Twitter, getting on my flight, heading back, and like everyone in Las Vegas was fighting over vaccines.
• 2:32
  Dayna Roselli: Obviously, it's a very hot topic right now because people are on edge about more changes that could be possible in, you know, each part of the country.
• 2:43
  Dayna Roselli: But and actually the world really, right?
• 2:46
  Dayna Roselli: Because the new Delta variant.
• 2:47
  Dayna Roselli: So it's such a hot topic right now because we kind of got used to going back to normal, and now it looks like we're gonna take a step back.
• 2:54
  Dayna Roselli: And our area, Clark County, which oversees the strip, has made some changes.
• 3:00
  Dayna Roselli: They just had a vote.
• 3:01
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, the Clark County Commission is the board of politicians here in southern Nevada that kind of makes uh that is now in charge of the COVID mitigation efforts.
• 3:13
  Sean McAllister: It was the governor of the state for a long time, and then uh as of July 1st, he handed back the control of that to the Clark County Commission.
• 3:23
  Sean McAllister: Well, they just voted that now employees need to wear masks at work in public areas.
• 3:32
  Sean McAllister: So that means obviously casino workers down on the strip need to wear masks whenever they're in places that they come in contact with the public.
• 3:42
  Sean McAllister: That also means employees of restaurants, grocery stores.
• 3:46
  Sean McAllister: Pretty much if you work at a business that has a public area where people can come in and out, you need to wear a mask in those areas.
• 3:55
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 3:56
  Dayna Roselli: And then, you know, people keep saying, Well, do I have to, if I'm just, you know, a patron, a visitor, and it's like, no, no, no, well, not yet.
• 4:04
  Dayna Roselli: That is not part of the rule.
• 4:05
  Dayna Roselli: So it's the staff that needs to wear the mask.
• 4:07
  Dayna Roselli: So if you want to visit Las Vegas, you want to visit one of our hotel resorts, or you want to take in a restaurant, you don't have to wear a mask if you are vaccinated.
• 4:17
  Dayna Roselli: Of course, if you are not vaccinated, you are supposed to wear a mask.
• 4:22
  Sean McAllister: However, as part of all this, the Southern Nevada Health District is urging all casinos to post new signs that let visitors know that masks are strongly recommended while they're on property.
• 4:37
  Sean McAllister: Although it's not mandated, they are strongly recommending the masks, so it's still an honor system, but we all know that the honor system is not a bunk system at this point.
• 4:48
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, you know, it is frustrating, I think, for people that are vaccinated.
• 4:51
  Dayna Roselli: I get it.
• 4:52
  Dayna Roselli: It's, you know, you and I have been vaccinated for a while now, and not wearing a mask is, let me tell you, a real luxury these days.
• 4:59
  Dayna Roselli: I took a flight to Rochester, and I think like the total flight was like seven hours, you know, by the time you were in the airport and you're switching planes, and you have to wear a mask the whole time you're in the airport, the whole flight, and then, you know, as you're getting your bags and everything.
• 5:12
  Dayna Roselli: But boy, I hadn't worn one in so long that let me tell you, it took some getting used to by the end of that whole travel, I was exhausted, and I'm like, I do not miss the mask.
• 5:25
  Sean McAllister: I know.
• 5:26
  Sean McAllister: I'm gonna have to make sure that I that I shave before all my flights, because otherwise the the mask will get all like stuck in the stubble.
• 5:34
  Dayna Roselli: It's a lot of yeah, and it's hard to breathe, you know, but you know, I must say, like, I didn't mind wearing a mask on the airplane because it is kind of you're stuffed in there with a lot of people.
• 5:43
  Dayna Roselli: So I was like, okay with that.
• 5:44
  Sean McAllister: But it was like stuffed in.
• 5:45
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 5:45
  Dayna Roselli: But all the, you know, at the airport, checking in, going through TSA, trying to grab a bite to eat, taking it on and off and all that.
• 5:53
  Dayna Roselli: But anyway, listen, I I know it has to be done, but we're allowed to complain, and and everyone does complain, don't they?
• 5:59
  Sean McAllister: Yes, they do, whether anyone's listening or not.
• 6:01
  Sean McAllister: So, bottom line, uh, next trip to Vegas, you are gonna see more people wearing masks.
• 6:07
  Sean McAllister: This is in effect through August 17th, and then everything's gonna be reassessed again.
• 6:13
  Sean McAllister: So that's the current state of affairs here, Dan.
• 6:16
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, let's get it under control because um when it comes to lists, Las Vegas is, you know, struggling.
• 6:21
  Dayna Roselli: We're at the top of a lot of lists for high numbers.
• 6:23
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, well, here's some good news.
• 6:25
  Dayna Roselli: Time magazine has named Las Vegas one of the world's greatest places in 2021.
• 6:30
  Dayna Roselli: So there's that.
• 6:32
  Sean McAllister: Another list that we're on.
• 6:33
  Sean McAllister: I love it.
• 6:34
  Dayna Roselli: The article picks three things that they really, you know, think brings us to this list.
• 6:40
  Dayna Roselli: And one of them is Elon Musk's new tunnel, underground tunnel.
• 6:44
  Dayna Roselli: It's you know, the boring company tunnel.
• 6:47
  Dayna Roselli: It transports visitors from one side of our old convention center to our brand new convention center, and then eventually we'll take visitors to resorts world as well, and then eventually, eventually, is gonna go down the strip into downtown and to the airport and all sorts of stuff, but we aren't quite there yet.
• 7:01
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, there's big plans to have it be like the new transportation system of the future in Las Vegas.
• 7:07
  Dayna Roselli: Right, and you know, they use Tesla, so it's a big deal, obviously.
• 7:10
  Dayna Roselli: Elon Musk behind that.
• 7:12
  Dayna Roselli: Also, they talk about Resorts World opening in June, you know, how that's a big deal.
• 7:16
  Dayna Roselli: It's adding a major resort casino to the Las Vegas strip.
• 7:20
  Dayna Roselli: It's a big deal, and they pointed out Carrie Underwood's residency.
• 7:25
  Dayna Roselli: So they kind of picked her out of the group, yeah, and said, you know, it's a big, big deal to have Carrie Underwood there.
• 7:30
  Dayna Roselli: It is her first residency.
• 7:31
  Sean McAllister: It is, so it'll be exciting to see what she does here, and she is a huge superstar.
• 7:35
  Sean McAllister: But I think in addition to the the entertainment, some of the innovation that Resorts World has is that it is a completely cashless property if you want it to be that for you.
• 7:47
  Sean McAllister: Obviously, you can still use cash, but if you don't, you can use your your apps and cards, and you don't even need to touch cash on property if you don't want to.
• 7:58
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and and they also point out that it's comprised of three hotels, which is kind of a little bit different, and the they called it a hawker style food court.
• 8:07
  Dayna Roselli: What does that mean?
• 8:08
  Sean McAllister: Well, I think it's just one of those kind of places where it's like a marketplace where people are hawking their stuff.
• 8:13
  Sean McAllister: Oh, right.
• 8:14
  Sean McAllister: You walk around, lots of different options.
• 8:17
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 8:17
  Sean McAllister: It's set up like a like an Asian marketplace.
• 8:20
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, and then this is the third one that they picked a new restaurant out in Vegas, out west.
• 8:26
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and we're talking at Tivoli Village, which is a great place, has some great restaurants, cute little shops, super cute out there, um, right south of the Summerlin Parkway.
• 8:36
  Dayna Roselli: But they pointed out a new restaurant called Al Solito Posto.
• 8:40
  Dayna Roselli: It is apparently amazing.
• 8:43
  Dayna Roselli: It's upscale but old school Italian, serves elevated, you know, eggplant and chicken parmesan, lasagna, dessert, pie-sized rainbow cookies, you name it.
• 8:52
  Dayna Roselli: I haven't been yet, have you?
• 8:54
  Sean McAllister: No, I haven't.
• 8:54
  Dayna Roselli: And I hear it's delicious.
• 8:56
  Dayna Roselli: But they specifically pointed out that restaurant, so that's kind of cool too.
• 9:00
  Sean McAllister: Very cool.
• 9:01
  Sean McAllister: And sp anytime that there's recognition for things off the strip here in Las Vegas and that turns off-strip destinations into an attraction for Vegas visitors is always great because there really is so much to do here outside of the main resort corridor.
• 9:20
  Dayna Roselli: Other things do exist.
• 9:21
  Dayna Roselli: Because believe me, even just being home in New York now, all my f friends, I mean, that I feel like I know really well and know my life here for like 16 years, but they still think that I like just, you know, literally plant uh a lawn chair on the strip, and that's just where I hang out, I eat, I sleep, and and that's my whole life.
• 9:38
  Dayna Roselli: But anyway.
• 9:39
  Sean McAllister: If you planted a lawn chair on the strip, I would tell you to re-evaluate everything.
• 9:44
  Dayna Roselli: That could be a fun little, you know, day though, for someone when it gets cooler out.
• 9:48
  Sean McAllister: A day.
• 9:50
  Dayna Roselli: All right.
• 9:50
  Dayna Roselli: Well, let's talk shows because the we have a huge list.
• 9:53
  Dayna Roselli: We're gonna just run through them all because there's so many new shows announced.
• 9:58
  Dayna Roselli: And we're also talking about like tour stops.
• 10:00
  Dayna Roselli: We have a lot of tour stops announced recently, which is kind of cool.
• 10:04
  Dayna Roselli: Um, the tour stops include, let's just go through that.
• 10:07
  Dayna Roselli: First of all, the killer's coming out with a new album.
• 10:09
  Dayna Roselli: They are from Las Vegas.
• 10:11
  Dayna Roselli: We love them.
• 10:12
  Sean McAllister: There's the killers are phenomenal.
• 10:15
  Dayna Roselli: And they just keep pumping out albums recently.
• 10:17
  Sean McAllister: They have been.
• 10:17
  Dayna Roselli: They had the one that wasn't too long ago, the Mirage one.
• 10:20
  Sean McAllister: Yep.
• 10:20
  Dayna Roselli: And now they have a new one coming out in August.
• 10:22
  Dayna Roselli: They announced a tour, they're gonna be stopping at T-Mobile Arena in 2022, but tickets will go on sale in July.
• 10:30
  Dayna Roselli: You'll have to lock those in because their Las Vegas shows sell out really quick.
• 10:33
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, they do.
• 10:34
  Sean McAllister: People love to see the killers in their hometown.
• 10:37
  Sean McAllister: Also, Journey is coming back to Las Vegas this time at uh the Coliseum at Caesars Palace.
• 10:43
  Sean McAllister: This is a one-night only concert on that band's tour.
• 10:48
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 10:48
  Dayna Roselli: I think that's sometime in December, but tickets are on sale as well.
• 10:51
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, Goo Goods had to mention this because you know they are from Buffalo, where Sean and I are from.
• 10:56
  Sean McAllister: Western New York.
• 10:58
  Dayna Roselli: Well, the Goo Goodolls will be performing at the Laughlin Event Center, and so tickets on sale for that.
• 11:02
  Dayna Roselli: I think they're performing with Collective Souls, so go check them out.
• 11:05
  Dayna Roselli: It's a quick little drive from Las Vegas.
• 11:07
  Sean McAllister: That'll be such a good show.
• 11:08
  Sean McAllister: That's like my era of music, too.
• 11:10
  Sean McAllister: Uh Harry Styles also coming to town.
• 11:14
  Sean McAllister: Uh, John Mayer has announced a tour stop here.
• 11:18
  Sean McAllister: So the concert tours are just endless.
• 11:21
  Sean McAllister: And we've got all of the information on dates and ticket sales and all that.
• 11:25
  Sean McAllister: If you go to our Vegas Revealed uh social media channels, also at Vegas-Revealed.com, just scroll down to the articles and we've got information there.
• 11:34
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and real quick mention that, you know, Mexican Independence Day is huge here in Las Vegas too.
• 11:39
  Dayna Roselli: Tons of different shows scheduled for that all over, and they keep having to add shows to the weekend because they're so popular.
• 11:45
  Dayna Roselli: So great concerts going on affiliated with that weekend as well.
• 11:50
  Dayna Roselli: Um, something I wanted to mention just to update folks on, we interviewed Chris Angel last podcast.
• 11:55
  Dayna Roselli: We went to his restaurant in Overton, Nevada, explain why he's opening it, what it, you know, means to him.
• 12:02
  Dayna Roselli: It has a charity hook, obviously, with uh families that we mentioned that have children with cancer, so they're hoping to make money from that restaurant and then be able to um have families afford to do some camping on land out there in Overton, which is about 45 minutes to an hour north of Las Vegas.
• 12:19
  Dayna Roselli: Well, the restaurant's officially open because he wasn't sure.
• 12:21
  Dayna Roselli: He didn't have a specific date when we talked to him last.
• 12:23
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, but now the doors are open for business.
• 12:27
  Sean McAllister: I know in some of those preview days leading up, uh word got out about the restaurant, maybe because people heard it on Vegas Revealed, and there was so much traffic down there that they ran out of food.
• 12:39
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 12:40
  Sean McAllister: They had to shut the restaurant down, do more training to, you know, get the staff ready for so many people coming there, get their food orders in.
• 12:48
  Sean McAllister: But the restaurant called uh Kablip, Chris Angel Breakfast Lunch Pizza.
• 12:54
  Sean McAllister: Um, and by the way, if you didn't listen to the Chris Angel interview, listen back, and he specifically addresses the name Kablip, and you'll want to hear what he has to say about it.
• 13:04
  Dayna Roselli: That was good.
• 13:04
  Dayna Roselli: That was good.
• 13:05
  Dayna Roselli: But yeah, Chris was doing some videos keeping everyone up to date, and so it's now open.
• 13:10
  Dayna Roselli: Head up there, support uh the small town, and support, you know, this this new kind of movement Chris is trying to trying to do, and and getting this, you know, getting the families that that have kids that that have dreams of camping and riding their dirt bikes in kind of open land.
• 13:25
  Dayna Roselli: He's gonna he's gonna make that possible, and he said he's gonna provide the food for those families on weekend camping trips as well.
• 13:31
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and that's such a great thing.
• 13:32
  Sean McAllister: We love that.
• 13:33
  Sean McAllister: Always great to talk with Chris.
• 13:35
  Sean McAllister: Uh somebody else who has a show coming back here to Las Vegas, the one and only NFL legend Terry Bradshaw.
• 13:44
  Sean McAllister: He's so funny.
• 13:45
  Dayna Roselli: He is so funny.
• 13:46
  Dayna Roselli: We both have interviewed him many, many times.
• 13:48
  Dayna Roselli: Um, we've been in TV, and he's come into the studio, and he's just a hoot.
• 13:53
  Dayna Roselli: His show is great, does a little bit of music, some storytelling, and it's great because it's gonna kick off again.
• 14:00
  Dayna Roselli: I believe it's in September and run through December, which is perfect for, you know, football season.
• 14:05
  Dayna Roselli: You can go see the Raiders and then pop in and and go see Terry Bradshaw's show at the Luxor.
• 14:10
  Dayna Roselli: So welcome back to Terry.
• 14:12
  Dayna Roselli: Glad to have him back in town.
• 14:15
  Dayna Roselli: Also, Banachek, he's the kind of like the mind behind a lot of the very famous magicians all over the world.
• 14:23
  Dayna Roselli: He is starting a show at the Strat, and he's apparently never had like his own residency show.
• 14:27
  Dayna Roselli: So the Strat got him over there, and he's a 4 p.m.
• 14:31
  Dayna Roselli: show, which I thought was kind of cool.
• 14:32
  Dayna Roselli: Tickets only start at 29 bucks, and apparently he's like one of the greatest mentalists of all time.
• 14:38
  Dayna Roselli: So that will be a show that I think that will get a lot of attention as well.
• 14:42
  Dayna Roselli: And then another really affordable show down at Bally's is back.
• 14:46
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, Potted Potter.
• 14:48
  Sean McAllister: And this is kind of a a spoof on the whole Harry Potter franchise.
• 14:53
  Sean McAllister: Um, it's it really is an enjoyable show.
• 14:56
  Sean McAllister: If you've read all the books, you're gonna really be into uh what this show does and how it brings those stories to life in an all-new way.
• 15:06
  Sean McAllister: Potted Potter is over at Bally's shows, are uh resumed.
• 15:11
  Sean McAllister: They're back on right now, and tickets start at right around$37.
• 15:15
  Sean McAllister: So another really affordable show.
• 15:17
  Dayna Roselli: Alright, and let's talk Bruno Mars.
• 15:19
  Dayna Roselli: He had some shows planned for July 23rd and 24th and had to cancel, sadly.
• 15:25
  Dayna Roselli: And, you know, he sold out right away.
• 15:27
  Dayna Roselli: So we know a lot of people were going to this show, and I bet they were disappointed because if they can't make those shows, even though he's moved them to August, you know, you may not have plans to be here then, and so you missed out.
• 15:41
  Dayna Roselli: But um, unforeseen circumstances is what they're saying, why they had to cancel this show.
• 15:46
  Dayna Roselli: So we don't know if he was sick, somebody was sick, something, you know, scheduling-wise came up that they had a conflict.
• 15:53
  Dayna Roselli: We aren't sure.
• 15:54
  Sean McAllister: But uh for a show at that scale, there has to be something pretty, pretty major that comes up where you have to cancel a weekend of shows because that is a lot of people and a lot of money from the tickets that you know they're kind of putting on pause to uh reschedule those shows for August.
• 16:13
  Sean McAllister: Uh so that's Bruno Mars uh up at the Coliseum at Caesars Palace.
• 16:17
  Sean McAllister: We talked about this last week, Dana.
• 16:19
  Sean McAllister: Usher is back on stage.
• 16:22
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 16:22
  Dayna Roselli: Now you went it was a big deal, first of all, because the that was the first time the Coliseum had opened its doors.
• 16:28
  Dayna Roselli: Um, I think there was a performance before the one that you went to, but it was the first show back at the Coliseum that has been closed since the pandemic started.
• 16:38
  Dayna Roselli: So a big deal.
• 16:39
  Dayna Roselli: They, you know, announced Usher was coming there during the whole shutdown, remember?
• 16:44
  Dayna Roselli: And then people were like so excited to have a show on sale and excited Usher was coming.
• 16:49
  Dayna Roselli: He did really well, I think sold out right away, and so you went to the performance, and not only was he performing just last weekend, but also he has more dates coming up.
• 16:59
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, he does, and I believe he has dates all through uh December of this year, but his residency is going to be an ongoing thing.
• 17:09
  Sean McAllister: This isn't just for a short chunk of time, he's gonna have dates ongoing.
• 17:13
  Sean McAllister: And I know the people at uh Caesars Palace and Live Nation and Usher's team have really worked on this show for for over two years, and it's been described to me as a labor of love for a lot of people involved in this show.
• 17:30
  Sean McAllister: So, everybody involved, congratulations on getting the show up and running, um, especially throwing a pandemic into the mix.
• 17:38
  Sean McAllister: That is a big undertaking to get a show off the ground like that.
• 17:42
  Sean McAllister: Right, definitely.
• 17:44
  Sean McAllister: And as far as the show goes, I think production-wise, it's they've really done a lot to step up the game at the Coliseum with the production that that goes on in there.
• 17:57
  Sean McAllister: The the lighting, the staging, all that, it was really over the top and good.
• 18:02
  Dayna Roselli: Good.
• 18:03
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I saw a lot of clips, and and you were sending me some videos of Usher dancing and coming down the aisles, and so does he like enter that way?
• 18:11
  Dayna Roselli: Does he end that way?
• 18:13
  Dayna Roselli: How did the what was the kind of the format for folks that might want to go see?
• 18:16
  Dayna Roselli: Where do you go?
• 18:17
  Dayna Roselli: That way they know where to sit.
• 18:18
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, there's a few times that he comes out and meanders through the audience.
• 18:24
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, I don't know if it was a couple times during the show he kind of wandered out, and I don't know if that was just like I I assume it was planned.
• 18:32
  Sean McAllister: Okay.
• 18:32
  Sean McAllister: And that he didn't just hop off stage and like go chill with people in the audience.
• 18:36
  Dayna Roselli: But how was the crowd?
• 18:37
  Dayna Roselli: Were they into it?
• 18:38
  Sean McAllister: The the crowd was into it.
• 18:40
  Sean McAllister: Here is my personal review of the show.
• 18:44
  Sean McAllister: I think for Usher fans who have bought his albums, who have followed him through the years, I think Usher fans are gonna be super into it.
• 18:56
  Sean McAllister: I don't fall into that category of being like an Usher fan that has really followed him closely.
• 19:03
  Sean McAllister: I'm uh obviously aware of some of the big hits that he's had, but I I wouldn't like buy tickets to go and see him in concert when he's out on tour.
• 19:14
  Dayna Roselli: Okay.
• 19:14
  Sean McAllister: If you are, you know, among those people, I think it's a show you're gonna love.
• 19:19
  Sean McAllister: But uh here's my thing with Vegas residencies is that uh it's my belief that when an artist comes into Vegas and does a residency, you need to appeal to more than just your core base of fans.
• 19:34
  Sean McAllister: You need to broaden your spectrum a little bit so that regardless of who is sitting in those seats, they walk away saying, That was a damn good show.
• 19:44
  Sean McAllister: And now I'm interested to go and buy the music of this person that I just heard.
• 19:50
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 19:51
  Dayna Roselli: It's like when I tell you all the time, I went to Brooks, Dunn, and Reba at the Coliseum, and I did not think I was gonna really get much.
• 20:00
  Dayna Roselli: I'm not I don't follow tons of country music, I haven't followed them, but I was well aware.
• 20:04
  Dayna Roselli: But I left a fan, and I was like, that was one of the best shows I'd ever seen.
• 20:09
  Dayna Roselli: And then I downloaded some songs.
• 20:11
  Sean McAllister: And that's the same way I felt about uh Ricky Martin, his show over at the Park Theater, and Jennifer Lopez, her show, over at uh Zappo's Theater at Planet Hollywood.
• 20:23
  Sean McAllister: I was never big fans of them, but I walked away being like, oh my god, they were phenomenal, and they brought Vegas elements into the show, and it I really didn't get that from Usher's show.
• 20:37
  Dayna Roselli: Now, I would assume he's very entertaining.
• 20:39
  Dayna Roselli: My friend and I, we were at the iHeart Music Festival one year and we waited.
• 20:42
  Dayna Roselli: Usher was like the last performer.
• 20:44
  Dayna Roselli: We waited and waited and waited for Usher to perform, and we liked it, but then it we came away going, Oh, I would have thought it was gonna be like, I don't know.
• 20:52
  Dayna Roselli: I guess just, you know, it it must be like his music videos that stick in my head from the past, that they were always so amazing, and his dance moves were so cool and all that.
• 21:00
  Dayna Roselli: And so are are you getting that from the show at the Coliseum?
• 21:03
  Sean McAllister: Oh, you totally are.
• 21:04
  Sean McAllister: Okay, good.
• 21:04
  Sean McAllister: You're getting Usher dancing, you're getting him singing, you're getting you're getting the hits, you're getting and that's why I say Usher fans are going to love it.
• 21:14
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 21:14
  Sean McAllister: But I feel like it was more of a show that you would get if he was doing a tour.
• 21:20
  Sean McAllister: Okay, rather than doing a Vegas residency that brings in the Vegas elements and all that kind of thing.
• 21:25
  Dayna Roselli: Or showcases something different.
• 21:27
  Dayna Roselli: Like he didn't do something that maybe you're like, oh, I didn't know Usher could do that, or uh maybe in a I don't know, an acoustic, or a cool sit at the end of the stage, maybe in you know so there's nothing really He I mean he roller skates.
• 21:39
  Sean McAllister: Okay, well there's a And I don't think he roller skated before this residency.
• 21:42
  Dayna Roselli: That's huge on Tic Tac.
• 21:43
  Dayna Roselli: Didn't you say there were stripper poles involved too?
• 21:46
  Sean McAllister: There are poles and strippers, apparently who he brought in from Atlanta.
• 21:52
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, wow.
• 21:53
  Dayna Roselli: Not even Vegas strippers?
• 21:54
  Sean McAllister: Not even Vegas strippers.
• 21:55
  Sean McAllister: What?
• 21:56
  Sean McAllister: He said they were straight from the ATL.
• 21:58
  Dayna Roselli: That is not fair.
• 22:00
  Dayna Roselli: Come on, Usher.
• 22:01
  Dayna Roselli: You gotta employ the local economy.
• 22:05
  Dayna Roselli: So well anyway, I I saw a lot of great videos.
• 22:08
  Dayna Roselli: It looked like a great show.
• 22:09
  Dayna Roselli: Uh your take, interesting.
• 22:11
  Dayna Roselli: And you know what?
• 22:11
  Dayna Roselli: He's probably gonna tweak things because I've gone to see like Mariah Carey like at the beginning, and then like two years later, and I noticed a big change in her show, and that she took a lot of you know things and feedback that she got from the audience and people, you know, that came to see the show that they might know and made some tweaks.
• 22:29
  Sean McAllister: Well, and let me just put this out there in all transparency.
• 22:32
  Sean McAllister: I have shared my uh my review with others who were at that same show that night and other people who have seen it, and they think I'm crazy.
• 22:43
  Sean McAllister: Really?
• 22:44
  Sean McAllister: They're like, Are you kidding?
• 22:45
  Sean McAllister: I had so much fun.
• 22:47
  Sean McAllister: Great.
• 22:47
  Sean McAllister: I was up dancing the entire time, and I wouldn't change a thing about that show.
• 22:53
  Sean McAllister: So, and I said, you know what?
• 22:55
  Sean McAllister: Good.
• 22:56
  Sean McAllister: I hope I'm in the minority of what goes on because I want the show to be successful.
• 23:03
  Sean McAllister: I want people to go and see Usher at the Coliseum.
• 23:06
  Dayna Roselli: And listen, bring on the Vegas strippers.
• 23:09
  Dayna Roselli: We gotta support our people.
• 23:10
  Sean McAllister: And we got them.
• 23:12
  Dayna Roselli: Well, then maybe you can go see Usher and then, you know, afterward, maybe head down to some of our local strip establishments and support the economy.
• 23:19
  Sean McAllister: Well, the show will definitely get you in the mood for it.
• 23:21
  Sean McAllister: I'll tell you that.
• 23:22
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, well, it looked good.
• 23:23
  Dayna Roselli: His costumes look good too.
• 23:25
  Dayna Roselli: All right, well, speaking of costumes and performing and stages, let's talk about the Smith Center.
• 23:30
  Dayna Roselli: I was so happy to see Myron Martin's face everywhere last week when the announcement came out that they were gonna start bringing shows back to the Smith Center because he looked so happy.
• 23:42
  Dayna Roselli: And I know you were able to go to that announcement, Sean, and pull him aside and chat with him one-on-one and really talk about the emotion of this.
• 23:49
  Dayna Roselli: It's been hard.
• 23:50
  Dayna Roselli: The Smith Center's been closed for a very long time.
• 23:52
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, it has.
• 23:53
  Sean McAllister: And Myron Martin, the president and CEO of the Smith Center, he's the guy who really made it possible to have a big world-class performing arts center here in Las Vegas.
• 24:05
  Sean McAllister: It's in downtown Las Vegas, it's off the strip, and it's really become a hub for touring Broadway shows, and it's also launched some touring shows as well.
• 24:16
  Sean McAllister: Um, but yeah, I was over there as the ghost light on the stage that's been the only light that's uh been illuminated inside Reynolds Hall at the Smith Center, as that light was dimmed and the house lights came up for the first time.
• 24:32
  Sean McAllister: Myron Martin was visibly emotional at that moment.
• 24:38
  Sean McAllister: And it's because it has been so long since patrons have been in the seats over there at the Smith Center.
• 24:46
  Sean McAllister: Just how long has it been?
• 24:48
  SPEAKER_01: Uh 482 days.
• 24:50
  SPEAKER_01: This stage has been dark, lit only by our ghost light, and today we got to turn the lights back on.
• 24:56
  Sean McAllister: And and explain the emotions, the feelings that you had when that ghost light rolled off the stage and the house lights turned on.
• 25:15
  SPEAKER_01: But you know, when when you've been dark that long and you're in the business of inspiring people, you know, I haven't seen one body in this theater for over a year.
• 25:25
  SPEAKER_01: And it really hit me.
• 25:27
  SPEAKER_01: And then to see the actors off stage ready to come on and entertain our folks today, it really hit me.
• 25:37
  SPEAKER_01: So w was I thrilled uh that we were able to do this today?
• 25:42
  SPEAKER_01: Absolutely.
• 25:44
  Sean McAllister: And obviously you're excited to have a new Broadway season launching again this fall, but to have uh a a national tour launching here at the Smith Center as part of that, uh what does that mean?
• 25:57
  Sean McAllister: How significant is that?
• 25:59
  SPEAKER_01: Well, you know The Smith Center has become one of the most important stops on Broadway tours.
• 26:05
  SPEAKER_01: Uh that that in and of itself is a big deal.
• 26:08
  SPEAKER_01: The fact that we can now make world premieres in Las Vegas says an awful lot, not only about the Smith Center, but about Las Vegas.
• 26:18
  Sean McAllister: And and talk about the upcoming uh Broadway season that you have, because I I know people are gonna be itching to get back into the theater and have that live performance in front of them that that they've been deprived of.
• 26:32
  SPEAKER_01: It's true.
• 26:32
  SPEAKER_01: People uh have renewed their subscriptions, they can't wait to come back.
• 26:37
  SPEAKER_01: Of course, Broadway starts with the great Andrew Lloyd Weber musical Cats, which is gonna be here for the very first time.
• 26:44
  SPEAKER_01: It's a classic, but it's making its Smith Center debut and many other great shows.
• 26:49
  SPEAKER_01: If you go to thesmither.com, you can see the whole list of upcoming Broadway shows.
• 26:54
  Sean McAllister: And and if people aren't season ticket holders, I I know in the past you've done ticket lotteries for for some last-minute tickets.
• 27:02
  Sean McAllister: Is that going to continue?
• 27:04
  SPEAKER_01: So uh um we always hold a certain number of tickets for single ticket buyers, for people who say, I can't come to the entire season, but I want to see these two or three.
• 27:15
  SPEAKER_01: Uh they sell out quickly, uh, but we hold them for for folks that just want to come to one or two or three shows.
• 27:20
  SPEAKER_01: So again, go to the Smith Center box office, get them quickly, because they do sell out.
• 27:25
  Sean McAllister: And and what is your uh overall message to the Las Vegas community as we're we're coming out of this and as we are able to have the arts, uh live arts uh being a part of our lives again.
• 27:41
  SPEAKER_01: So, Sean, when you think about sitting in these seats right behind me, uh 2,050 people sitting at any given time taking in a Broadway show.
• 27:52
  SPEAKER_01: Most of them don't know each other, right?
• 27:55
  SPEAKER_01: You may be sitting side by side with someone you've never met, who may come from the other side of town, who may have a different background than you.
• 28:04
  SPEAKER_01: But when we gather together in this space, we laugh together, we cry together, uh, we commune as a community.
• 28:12
  SPEAKER_01: We come together as a community uh to be inspired by by Broadway shows.
• 28:18
  SPEAKER_01: So it's needed.
• 28:20
  SPEAKER_01: It it is so needed.
• 28:22
  SPEAKER_01: I can't wait for us to come back together, be inspired to laugh, to cry, and to share these experiences together.
• 28:29
  Sean McAllister: Well, Myron, it's great to see you here on the stage in Reynolds Hall today, and can't wait to see you again when uh I come and sit in these seats myself.
• 28:37
  SPEAKER_01: I can't wait to see you.
• 28:38
  SPEAKER_01: Thanks.
• 28:39
  Dayna Roselli: Well, you can tell he's just so happy to open the doors.
• 28:43
  Dayna Roselli: Uh I'm re I'm relieved for him and for the entire community.
• 28:46
  Dayna Roselli: We need the Smith Center back.
• 28:47
  Dayna Roselli: And for folks that are listening that don't know what the Smith Center is, it, you know, we mentioned it's a performing arts center, but you know, back in the day when they built the Smith Center, there was a lot of naysayers in the community going, this isn't gonna work.
• 28:58
  Dayna Roselli: We aren't a performing arts town.
• 29:00
  Dayna Roselli: We don't, you know, nobody wants to go see Broadway shows.
• 29:02
  Dayna Roselli: We've got the strip, but the strip didn't have a lot of Broadway shows.
• 29:06
  Dayna Roselli: There were a few they brought in.
• 29:07
  Dayna Roselli: Jersey Boys, obviously, was a big hit, and Rock of Ages and Phantom of the Opera.
• 29:12
  Dayna Roselli: So we had a few.
• 29:13
  Sean McAllister: Also Avenue Q.
• 29:14
  Sean McAllister: Oh, yeah.
• 29:15
  Sean McAllister: Over at the win back in I mean, but that was back in the day.
• 29:18
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 29:18
  Dayna Roselli: We just don't have a lot of Broadway shows on the strip, you know.
• 29:21
  Dayna Roselli: But so the Smith Center opens and everyone's like, oh, this ain't gonna work.
• 29:24
  Dayna Roselli: And then everyone was buying season tickets that lived here.
• 29:27
  Dayna Roselli: People were coming into town and going to see shows that were coming through.
• 29:31
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, we had Hamilton there, Book of Mormon.
• 29:33
  Dayna Roselli: So anyway, um, long story short, the Smith Center has become really important to the Las Vegas community and to people that come through and visit Las Vegas.
• 29:42
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and as you mentioned, uh, an officer and a gentleman is launching its national Broadway tour right here at the Smith Center in Las Vegas.
• 29:51
  Sean McAllister: It's full of great 80s music.
• 29:54
  Sean McAllister: So good.
• 29:55
  Dayna Roselli: One of my favorite movies.
• 29:56
  Dayna Roselli: I've seen it over and over and over again.
• 29:58
  Dayna Roselli: And I know that might be weird to you because I feel like it doesn't seem like a movie that you would watch over and over.
• 30:04
  Dayna Roselli: However, Richard Gere, Officer and a Gentleman.
• 30:08
  Dayna Roselli: I know the all the lines, you know.
• 30:10
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, way to go, Paula, way to go.
• 30:12
  Dayna Roselli: But he carries her out of there.
• 30:14
  Dayna Roselli: It's just there's some great moments, and I can only imagine the show's gonna be great.
• 30:18
  Sean McAllister: And you'll leave with all those great songs going through your head.
• 30:21
  Dayna Roselli: Can't wait.
• 30:22
  Dayna Roselli: All right, and check out, you know, like Sean mentioned, too, uh, the full schedule on the Smith Center's website.
• 30:27
  Dayna Roselli: Tons of great shows coming, and we look forward to the doors opening there at Reynolds Hall.
• 30:32
  Sean McAllister: All right, what do you say we get to our tips?
• 30:35
  Dayna Roselli: Let's do it.
• 30:36
  Dayna Roselli: And this one I love because it came from a question from a listener.
• 30:40
  Sean McAllister: It did.
• 30:40
  Sean McAllister: John Durante, who has been a very loyal listener of Vegas Revealed, sends us messages, gets our advice on things, which, by the way, reach out to us anytime you want.
• 30:52
  Sean McAllister: Um, not just John, but any of any any of you listening, feel free because there's lots of information to share.
• 31:00
  Sean McAllister: But John says, I'm coming back to Vegas in August for the first time since 2019.
• 31:07
  Sean McAllister: He tells us where he's staying, he's going to check out uh Resorts World and Circa.
• 31:13
  Sean McAllister: But John asks, is there any must-see new things that the two of us really like since Vegas has reopened?
• 31:23
  Sean McAllister: Thank you for your question, John.
• 31:25
  Sean McAllister: Dana, take it away.
• 31:27
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and John has a list of some things that he wants to do, and he did mention he's gonna go see Circa, and we said, Well, you gotta go to the legacy club.
• 31:34
  Dayna Roselli: That's got a great view.
• 31:36
  Dayna Roselli: Um, you know, just go check out the whole resort, but that's one of our favorites because of the view.
• 31:41
  Dayna Roselli: And then Resorts World obviously is brand new.
• 31:44
  Dayna Roselli: You gotta go over there and check it out.
• 31:45
  Dayna Roselli: The one place that Sean and I have talked about in the past, and we did an interview with the folks that run it, is Gatsby's.
• 31:52
  Dayna Roselli: It's a beautiful large lounge right in the middle of the casino.
• 31:56
  Dayna Roselli: Go there, have a cocktail for sure.
• 31:58
  Sean McAllister: So classy, and it makes you feel really fancy, doesn't it?
• 32:01
  Dayna Roselli: It really does.
• 32:02
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's it's a beauty.
• 32:03
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and then a new supper club has come to the win, and we think John should go there.
• 32:08
  Sean McAllister: Absolutely.
• 32:09
  Sean McAllister: Delilah is now open at Wyn Las Vegas, and it's a 1920s era supper club.
• 32:17
  Sean McAllister: Uh, the food just looks absolutely phenomenal.
• 32:20
  Sean McAllister: We have not been over there yet to experience it, but it's on our list of things to do too.
• 32:26
  Sean McAllister: But it's just beautiful inside.
• 32:28
  Dayna Roselli: Everyone that's been over there has said it's it's gorgeous.
• 32:31
  Dayna Roselli: And um, you and I were chatting with at a different event, the fashion show, with one of the architects or designers of it when it first started, and I know that he was so proud of this space.
• 32:42
  Dayna Roselli: So uh go check out Delilah.
• 32:44
  Dayna Roselli: And then also Mayfair Supper Club.
• 32:46
  Dayna Roselli: You know, speaking of Supper Club, I mean, Supper Clubs are just a cool thing to do in Vegas because you can go have a dinner, drink, dessert, but also be entertained at the same time.
• 32:54
  Dayna Roselli: And the Mayfair Supper Club, I don't think, was open the last time that John came here because he said he came in sometime in 2019.
• 33:04
  Sean McAllister: And it opened uh New Year's Eve going into 2020.
• 33:09
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 33:10
  Sean McAllister: So we had gone there, you know, for its grand opening weekend, had dinner there, and um then the world shut down.
• 33:18
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, exactly.
• 33:19
  Dayna Roselli: It's still one of our most popular videos, by the way, on our YouTube that we have of the Mayfair Supper Club.
• 33:24
  Dayna Roselli: We threw together a bunch of clips from our phone, and people love to see the inside.
• 33:27
  Dayna Roselli: So if you want to see it, uh check out our YouTube at Vegas Revealed.
• 33:31
  Dayna Roselli: But yeah, I think John should go there too because it's a great night out.
• 33:34
  Dayna Roselli: It's it's a beautiful venue.
• 33:36
  Dayna Roselli: You can see the fountains.
• 33:37
  Dayna Roselli: Very iconic as well.
• 33:39
  Dayna Roselli: And then speaking of fountains and water, we're gonna send you back to the wind, John.
• 33:44
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, for the Lake of Dreams.
• 33:46
  Sean McAllister: So if you haven't been over there, um just check it out.
• 33:50
  Sean McAllister: It's just outside uh Parasol Down, which is the little lounge at the bottom of the escalators that's right behind the big center bar that's there at Win Las Vegas.
• 34:02
  Sean McAllister: Um, but Lake of Dreams is it's a show.
• 34:05
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 34:06
  Sean McAllister: And uh it's been totally reimagined, redone since uh the pandemic, since your last trip in 2019, John.
• 34:15
  Sean McAllister: They've totally redone it.
• 34:16
  Sean McAllister: There's a few restaurants out on the lake as well.
• 34:19
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, then there's a variety of songs, which I was I love, you know, because there's things from Lady Gaga to Sonny and Cher.
• 34:25
  Dayna Roselli: And the shows go off.
• 34:27
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, shows go off like every 20, 25 minutes.
• 34:29
  Dayna Roselli: A lot of people don't know about the Lake of Dreams.
• 34:31
  Dayna Roselli: You can sit out there and have a cocktail, like Sean mentioned, or go to one of the restaurants.
• 34:35
  Dayna Roselli: But if you go to one of the restaurants that are around the Lake of Dreams, make sure that you request the patio.
• 34:40
  Sean McAllister: Yes.
• 34:41
  Sean McAllister: Otherwise, you're not gonna see everything that's going on out there.
• 34:45
  Sean McAllister: But yeah, Lake of Dreams, Delilah, Mayfair Supper Club, the Legacy Club up at the top of Circa, and Gatsby's inside resorts world.
• 34:54
  Dayna Roselli: That's a list.
• 34:55
  Sean McAllister: That is a list.
• 34:55
  Sean McAllister: That'll keep you busy, John.
• 34:57
  Dayna Roselli: I'm gonna write John back right now and say, do you want to wait for the podcast to come out for our list, or should we send you the list?
• 35:02
  Dayna Roselli: So hoping he's gonna wait, and that way he can like have something to look forward to.
• 35:06
  Dayna Roselli: But um, that's a great list, that's for sure.
• 35:08
  Dayna Roselli: Wanted to quickly mention to you, I am heading to Sunset Station, which is off the strip in the Henderson area, and going to the outdoor amphitheater.
• 35:17
  Dayna Roselli: Station Casinos is kicking off their live entertainment, and I'm going to see a country concert there.
• 35:24
  Dayna Roselli: I can't wait.
• 35:25
  Dayna Roselli: I am going to see Justin Moore perform at the amphitheater.
• 35:28
  Dayna Roselli: And, you know, stations is just letting people know, hey, we're kicking off live entertainment again.
• 35:33
  Dayna Roselli: I've actually never been to the Sunset Station amphitheater.
• 35:37
  Dayna Roselli: So I was like, I need to go to this because I am still checking things off my list as long as we've lived here that I haven't been able to do.
• 35:45
  Sean McAllister: I know, and that's the great thing.
• 35:47
  Sean McAllister: Your options here are pretty much endless, which is the beauty of living in Las Vegas.
• 35:53
  Sean McAllister: Can't wait to hear about the Justin Moore concert and the Sunset Station Amphitheater uh when we're next together, Dana.
• 36:00
  Dayna Roselli: I know it's been um, you know, a long list of things today.
• 36:03
  Dayna Roselli: We we know there was a lot to go through, but things just keep coming through.
• 36:07
  Dayna Roselli: We will keep you updated on our social media as always.
• 36:10
  Dayna Roselli: Please follow us on Instagram and Twitter.
• 36:13
  Dayna Roselli: We put pictures up, we have all the content from our podcasts.
• 36:16
  Dayna Roselli: And if you're a new listener, go check out some of our old podcasts.
• 36:19
  Dayna Roselli: Sean, just recently we interviewed the president of the Raiders, Mark Bedain, and then he stepped down suddenly.
• 36:25
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, it was sudden resignation.
• 36:27
  Dayna Roselli: I was what I I was shocked about that.
• 36:30
  Dayna Roselli: I feel like everyone else was too.
• 36:31
  Dayna Roselli: He's been with the organization since he was a summer intern, so 30 years.
• 36:35
  Sean McAllister: Man, alive.
• 36:36
  Sean McAllister: So you will hear one of the last interviews with Mark Bedain as the president of the Raiders uh uh right here on our Vegas Revealed podcast.
• 36:45
  Sean McAllister: Just go a couple episodes back and you'll see that.
• 36:48
  Dayna Roselli: Next week, since Sean's out of town, Sean and I have recorded a podcast that we really think you're gonna enjoy, and it kind of goes through a top ten kind of best moments in Vegas that we we have had.
• 37:01
  Dayna Roselli: Like so we we shared I we I would share some of my stories, he would share some of his, and then we went through and we listed them off in order, and we've got some doozies.
• 37:09
  Sean McAllister: And these are celebrity encounters, unforgettable moments, things that really just only happen in Las Vegas.
• 37:17
  Sean McAllister: And since Dana and I have uh each been in Las Vegas for over 15 years, there have been a lot of run-ins, especially.
• 37:28
  Sean McAllister: That's a good way to call-ins.
• 37:32
  Dayna Roselli: That's a good way to call it.
• 37:33
  Sean McAllister: Well, just put a period right there and tune in next week.
• 37:37
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my goodness.
• 37:37
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's gonna be a good one.
• 37:39
  Dayna Roselli: So anyway, listen, have a great vacation, Sean.
• 37:41
  Dayna Roselli: Everyone stay up with us on social media and have a great week.
• 37:45
  Sean McAllister: And by the way, be sure to check out the links that we have down in our show notes.
• 37:49
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• 37:52
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• 37:59
  Sean McAllister: And we also have a link in there where you can find us at highwayradio.com.
• 38:05
  Dayna Roselli: And Sean, you're actually really going to be hearing this on your trip.
• 38:10
  Dayna Roselli: Captain?
• 38:11
  SPEAKER_00: We've been cleared for landing.
• 38:13
  SPEAKER_00: On behalf of the flight crew, thank you for flying with us and have a pleasant day.
• 38:17
  Sean McAllister: Let's go to the day.
• 38:21
  Sean McAllister: Let's go, baby.
• 38:23
  Sean McAllister: Let's go.