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Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, Visit Westgate for Everything Elvis, Free Festival, Flipper's Roller Boogie Palace at Venetian, We Visit ComplexCon | Ep. 248 · Vegas Revealed

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  Dayna Roselli: It's episode 248 of Vegas Revealed.
• 1:34
  Dayna Roselli: We check out the new roller skating rink at the Venetian.
• 1:37
  Sean McAllister: We also go to ComplexCon.
• 1:39
  Sean McAllister: It was the first time the event was held here in Vegas.
• 1:42
  Sean McAllister: Here are our thoughts.
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  Dayna Roselli: Formula One is almost here, and 300,000 people will be pouring into town.
• 1:48
  Dayna Roselli: Plus, the first ever Neon City Festival kicks off downtown.
• 1:52
  Sean McAllister: And Elvis has not left the building.
• 1:55
  Sean McAllister: How you can revisit Elvis's legacy at the Westgate, the building where he signed his Las Vegas residency 55 years ago.
• 2:04
  Dayna Roselli: All that and more coming up on Vegas Revealed.
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  Dayna Roselli: Welcome to episode 248 of Vegas Revealed.
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  Dayna Roselli: Dana Roselli and Sean McAllister here.
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  Sean McAllister: And a big hello and thank you to uh the listeners and subscribers to the Vegas Revealed podcast.
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  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, we love getting your questions and comments.
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  Sean McAllister: It really does.
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  Dayna Roselli: Hey, and just as you were mentioning that, I kept meaning to mention this last week.
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  Dayna Roselli: We are hello, Bulgaria.
• 3:17
  Dayna Roselli: We are charting way at the top every single week, most recently in Bulgaria.
• 3:22
  Dayna Roselli: I think we have new fans there.
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  Sean McAllister: Well, welcome and thank you, uh Bulgarian listeners.
• 3:28
  Sean McAllister: Yes, we appreciate you.
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  Dayna Roselli: So I was like, hey, I feel like Bulgaria was never really on the charts in the past, and lately I've been seeing it surface, and I'm like, we're in the top 50 all the time.
• 3:37
  Sean McAllister: Oh, now I'm curious.
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  Sean McAllister: Hey, if you're listening in Bulgaria, uh use that text link and let us know how you heard from us.
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  Sean McAllister: Is there a large uh Vegas fan base in Bulgaria?
• 3:51
  Sean McAllister: I have so many questions now.
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  Dayna Roselli: Please let us know.
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  Dayna Roselli: I know, right?
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  Sean McAllister: Did you live here and you move to Bulgaria?
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  Sean McAllister: Do you have friends and family who come visit and you just want the info?
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  Dayna Roselli: We've been doing well in Ireland, Norway, and Poland too.
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  Sean McAllister: All right.
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  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and Ukraine.
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  Dayna Roselli: Actually, we're number 52 this week in Ukraine.
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  Dayna Roselli: So thanks everyone for listening.
• 4:14
  Sean McAllister: Hello world.
• 4:15
  Dayna Roselli: Yes, hello world.
• 4:16
  Dayna Roselli: Um, okay, we went to ComplexCon for the first time because it was the first time it was ever being held in Las Vegas.
• 4:22
  Dayna Roselli: And we went over to the convention center for one of the two days to walk around, see what it's about, because we weren't sure.
• 4:28
  Dayna Roselli: We knew it was like art, culture, streetwear, music, but we wanted to see, you know, for our own eyes and experience it.
• 4:36
  Dayna Roselli: And we really enjoyed it.
• 4:38
  Dayna Roselli: We actually got in, I think, right after the daytime rush.
• 4:41
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 4:41
  Dayna Roselli: Which was nice for us to be able to pop to the different exhibits and see what was going on.
• 4:46
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, because we uh spoke with some friends who were there throughout the day, and they said that it was like shoulder-to-shoulder packed.
• 4:54
  Sean McAllister: There were a lot of people in uh the new West Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center for ComplexCon.
• 5:01
  Sean McAllister: And just to give you an idea of how it was set up and what it was all about.
• 5:06
  Sean McAllister: So when you walked in, it kind of looked like a traditional convention setup.
• 5:12
  Sean McAllister: You know, there were vendors in or exhibitors in different booths, but the the booths were so creative and inventive and fun.
• 5:23
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 5:24
  Dayna Roselli: Where you'd walk up and go, I don't understand what this is at first, but it was fun to try and figure out what it was, like the pet one.
• 5:31
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, I was just gonna say, for example, we were walking by and I was like, Oh, you know, I'm a dog owner, we love our dog, and there was this uh exhibitor booth that looked like a pet grooming shop.
• 5:44
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 5:45
  Sean McAllister: And so I was and it looked there was a sign on the outside that said the most durable, rugged pet toys, whatever.
• 5:51
  Sean McAllister: I was like, oh great, I'll get a pet toy for my dog.
• 5:55
  Sean McAllister: And we walked in there and I was like, wait, where are the toys?
• 5:59
  Sean McAllister: It ended up being a fashion line that incorporates pets into the design of the products.
• 6:07
  Sean McAllister: And you know, there were a lot of exhibitors there who were selling exclusive merchandise that you could only get at ComplexCon.
• 6:15
  Sean McAllister: So it was kind of a scarcity thing that they had going on.
• 6:18
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and I feel like that was a that's a good example of explaining, you know, where the art and the merchandise comes together.
• 6:25
  Sean McAllister: Totally.
• 6:25
  Dayna Roselli: There was a Capitol Records exhibit.
• 6:28
  Dayna Roselli: I'm assuming we didn't walk in, but I'm almost assuming it had, you know, music-related merch in there.
• 6:34
  Sean McAllister: Um there was Innerscope Records also that had like all the vintage band posters, and the floor was covered.
• 6:42
  Sean McAllister: It looked like all uh small tiles, but it was all album covers from the artists who have recorded with Innerscope.
• 6:49
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, that was cool.
• 6:50
  Sean McAllister: That was cool.
• 6:50
  Dayna Roselli: Really cool.
• 6:51
  Dayna Roselli: NBA was there, they had a full court there where you could throw, you know, some hoops.
• 6:55
  Dayna Roselli: So that was cool watching everyone do that.
• 6:57
  Dayna Roselli: We have a friend that won some uh what custom Nike airs.
• 7:00
  Dayna Roselli: He played like there's activations where you could like, you know, buy a ticket.
• 7:05
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 7:05
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 7:06
  Dayna Roselli: And you could play and you'd have a chance to win something really high-end, and and he won some custom, some custom Nike shoes that he has to, you know, just submit.
• 7:15
  Dayna Roselli: And and so there were a lot of fun things like that.
• 7:17
  Dayna Roselli: We walked outside uh and they had the family style food fest too, which was a bunch of different food booths, some local and a lot local, actually.
• 7:28
  Dayna Roselli: Um, we had Irv's burgers, we had some fries and a burger, it was delicious.
• 7:32
  Dayna Roselli: Um, we we talked with the people at Truff Sauce and got some samples.
• 7:37
  Dayna Roselli: So a lot of folks were giving out like samples and things like that.
• 7:40
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but that was really fun.
• 7:42
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and the whole thing was was pretty cool.
• 7:44
  Dayna Roselli: And then there were concerts later that started at seven o'clock.
• 7:47
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, uh Travis Scott was performing uh the night that we were over there.
• 7:51
  Sean McAllister: Um, so it was it was a really interesting convention experience.
• 7:57
  Sean McAllister: I think it's a great way to bring conventions to a new generation of consumers.
• 8:05
  Sean McAllister: It was really interesting to see how they pulled it off.
• 8:07
  Sean McAllister: I think it is clever, um, unique, I think, for people who are, you know, into having those unique art pop culture pieces, you know, that kind of ties in with apparel.
• 8:22
  Sean McAllister: It's a great place for that.
• 8:23
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and we hope they return.
• 8:25
  Dayna Roselli: And we got to go in the new convention center, newer.
• 8:28
  Dayna Roselli: So we have an older one and a newer one.
• 8:30
  Dayna Roselli: The older one's actually being redone right now, but this one popped up.
• 8:33
  Dayna Roselli: I feel like it was like during COVID, they finished construction and we hadn't been inside yet, and it was beautiful.
• 8:39
  Dayna Roselli: It smelled like new carpet.
• 8:40
  Sean McAllister: It did, and there's a lot of carpet in there.
• 8:43
  Dayna Roselli: Yes, it was a great space, absolutely gorgeous.
• 8:46
  Dayna Roselli: So we are definitely set up for conventions here in Las Vegas.
• 8:49
  Sean McAllister: And what was really, I mean, this didn't really have anything to do with the the convention, but the location of that new convention hall, it's got this glass wall that's the front.
• 9:00
  Sean McAllister: It's like a three-story glass wall.
• 9:02
  Sean McAllister: So we went up to the second level to a little hospitality area and our way back out.
• 9:08
  Sean McAllister: The view out that window was gorgeous.
• 9:11
  Sean McAllister: You saw the sphere, you had the strip.
• 9:13
  Sean McAllister: It was really cool.
• 9:15
  Sean McAllister: It was a great view.
• 9:16
  Dayna Roselli: It was.
• 9:16
  Dayna Roselli: I was like, wow.
• 9:17
  Dayna Roselli: I love this that everyone that comes in for from you know different cities get to see this view and really feel like, wow, Vegas is cool.
• 9:26
  Dayna Roselli: Look at this, look at this skyline.
• 9:28
  Sean McAllister: It's a great representation for the city right there.
• 9:31
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, we also quickly stopped by.
• 9:32
  Dayna Roselli: We had a jam-pack weekend.
• 9:34
  Dayna Roselli: We stopped by Flippers Roller Boogie Palace over at the Venetian.
• 9:37
  Dayna Roselli: We told you about this.
• 9:38
  Dayna Roselli: It's located right at Tau Beach Day Club.
• 9:41
  Dayna Roselli: They put a roller skating rink over the pools.
• 9:44
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, we stopped by on Sunday to check it out and wanted to let you know that it is officially open.
• 9:50
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, check out the calendar because it's open most Thursdays, but then it looks like uh every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday for a while.
• 9:57
  Dayna Roselli: If you want to go over and roller skate, I told someone I was going over and they sent me like a have fun, you know, an ice skating gift.
• 10:03
  Dayna Roselli: And I was like, no, no, no, not ice skating.
• 10:05
  Dayna Roselli: We're going roller skating.
• 10:06
  Dayna Roselli: And they're like, wait, what?
• 10:08
  Dayna Roselli: It is something different, something we don't have on the strip.
• 10:11
  Dayna Roselli: So we welcome new stuff.
• 10:12
  Sean McAllister: Well, and it was it was fun to see there were people out there skating who were like our age and even a little bit older.
• 10:19
  Sean McAllister: And you could tell that roller skating was their jam back in the day.
• 10:23
  Sean McAllister: I love it.
• 10:24
  Sean McAllister: You were out there, there was a lady who kept going around and she was like putting on her lip gloss as she was skating.
• 10:30
  Sean McAllister: I was like, oh my gosh, she just needs a comb in her back pocket, and it's totally back to the 80s.
• 10:35
  Dayna Roselli: And when the announcer would be like, okay, we're gonna go backwards now, I was like, oh my gosh, I remember those days.
• 10:40
  Sean McAllister: Everybody slow down and change direction.
• 10:44
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it is open for kids too.
• 10:46
  Dayna Roselli: So bring the family.
• 10:48
  Dayna Roselli: Um, one hour skate sessions are 20 bucks.
• 10:52
  Dayna Roselli: Um, you can do 12 to 8 unlimited for 45.
• 10:57
  Dayna Roselli: So FYI on that.
• 10:58
  Dayna Roselli: You can also rent skates there.
• 11:00
  Dayna Roselli: I think it's like five bucks.
• 11:01
  Dayna Roselli: Um, unless you have your own.
• 11:03
  Dayna Roselli: You could bring your own too.
• 11:04
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 11:05
  Dayna Roselli: But really, you know, it was a beautiful day.
• 11:06
  Dayna Roselli: And the thing is, um, we were just saying, like, even though it's chilly in Las Vegas in the winter with that sun out during the day, it's absolutely perfect for outdoor roller skating.
• 11:16
  Sean McAllister: It is.
• 11:16
  Sean McAllister: And you know what, as we were walking out, we walked through a patch of sun, and I was like, oh my gosh, that sun is so warm.
• 11:23
  Sean McAllister: But then I realized they had heat lamps all through there too.
• 11:27
  Sean McAllister: So I was like, oh, okay, that's why it was so warm.
• 11:31
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 11:31
  Dayna Roselli: They're ready because it just the sun.
• 11:33
  Dayna Roselli: Well, when the sun goes down, right?
• 11:34
  Dayna Roselli: Like 5, 5:30.
• 11:36
  Dayna Roselli: So if it's open till eight, then yeah, I bet it's chilly at night, but that's part of it, right?
• 11:40
  Dayna Roselli: They have uh VIP cabanas there too.
• 11:42
  Dayna Roselli: You can book.
• 11:43
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, they have food, drink.
• 11:44
  Dayna Roselli: I had a great little latte.
• 11:46
  Dayna Roselli: So anyway, um, it is officially open.
• 11:49
  Dayna Roselli: And then um, some people have asked us about some of the ice skating rinks.
• 11:52
  Dayna Roselli: Um, those will open sometime in November as well.
• 11:55
  Dayna Roselli: We'll let you know when.
• 11:56
  Sean McAllister: Hey, it is race weekend here in Las Vegas.
• 12:00
  Sean McAllister: The uh Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix is back the 21st, 22nd, 23rd.
• 12:06
  Sean McAllister: Uh, the Las Vegas Strip and the roads surrounding it have been transformed into a Formula One race track.
• 12:13
  Sean McAllister: And uh there is no denying you cannot be anywhere near the strip without seeing signs of Formula One.
• 12:20
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 12:21
  Dayna Roselli: I even drove the strip this weekend to get to the Venetian, and even though everything's kind of up and ready, it wasn't too bad.
• 12:27
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 12:27
  Dayna Roselli: Definitely better on the roads this year, right?
• 12:29
  Dayna Roselli: And so we appreciate, you know, the F1 folks uh listening to the community and making some some changes.
• 12:36
  Dayna Roselli: They had said the track wouldn't, you know, take as long because it was already set and everything like that.
• 12:40
  Dayna Roselli: And I I feel like it's been true.
• 12:42
  Sean McAllister: Although one thing I will say, driving in, uh, because we went to a, you know, when we were going over to Flippers at the Venetian, we came in on Sands Avenue from the east, and there's very poor signage for the lane re restrictions and for the lane reductions.
• 12:59
  Sean McAllister: So it's like people were slamming on their brakes all of a sudden because their lane ended without really any notice.
• 13:06
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 13:07
  Dayna Roselli: Well, it's curved, it's a curvy road, so that one like you don't see what's coming up next.
• 13:11
  Dayna Roselli: So you really do need some signage.
• 13:13
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 13:13
  Sean McAllister: So that is the one thing I will say about like there needs to be when you do have lane reductions, we need better signage and better, you know, notice.
• 13:23
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 13:24
  Dayna Roselli: It comes up on you too.
• 13:25
  Dayna Roselli: I was on Flamingo and I saw, oh gosh, ahead like that that man-made bridge.
• 13:29
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 13:29
  Dayna Roselli: And I was like, oh boy, I gotta get out of here.
• 13:31
  Dayna Roselli: I forgot.
• 13:32
  Dayna Roselli: You forget, you know, even though we get the text alerts and everything.
• 13:34
  Dayna Roselli: You just get used to so yeah, you be aware of that.
• 13:37
  Dayna Roselli: And it could get a little well, what it's this weekend.
• 13:40
  Dayna Roselli: So if you're it depends on when you're listening to this, could get, you know, a little more difficult this week and this weekend, obviously, when F1 is actually taking place.
• 13:48
  Dayna Roselli: So keep that in mind.
• 13:49
  Dayna Roselli: Um, listen, there are so many things happening.
• 13:52
  Dayna Roselli: There's no way that we could possibly go through it all.
• 13:55
  Sean McAllister: It's a lot.
• 13:55
  Dayna Roselli: And we don't want to pick out certain things and and not tell you about other things.
• 13:59
  Dayna Roselli: There is like you can dine track side with celebrity chefs, there's an entertainment lineup, there's different uh tickets that are still on sale, packages.
• 14:07
  Dayna Roselli: There are free events happening, but a lot of those are kind of um the people have grabbed those up.
• 14:13
  Dayna Roselli: And so, like, I think to reserve a space.
• 14:15
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I think they've they're already expecting 25,000 people per day at uh the free activation there across from the win.
• 14:22
  Dayna Roselli: Um, one thing we did take a look at though was a letter sent from F1 saying, hey, they're ready, we're ready to embrace all of our visitors, uh, our community, and welcome 300,000 attendees across the Thursday to Saturday.
• 14:40
  Dayna Roselli: And that's based on calculated data from ticket sales and bookings for race-related programming.
• 14:46
  Dayna Roselli: And so we do expect a lot of people to be in town and enjoying our city.
• 14:52
  Sean McAllister: Hey, and you know what?
• 14:53
  Sean McAllister: As we saw last year, uh, watching the Formula One race on TV is uh an incredible advertisement for Las Vegas as a destination.
• 15:04
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and it goes out to the entire world.
• 15:06
  Dayna Roselli: I know, and all those celebrities were in town too, which kind of made it fun.
• 15:10
  Dayna Roselli: You know, Brad Pitt, Justin Bieber.
• 15:12
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, the list goes on.
• 15:14
  Dayna Roselli: That was that was fun.
• 15:14
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, and we like that stuff because we're in the entertainment biz, but um anyway, also uh wanted to mention if you want to go to visit losvegas.com, there is a complete guide there with everything listed out.
• 15:27
  Dayna Roselli: We'll put that out too on our social media and kind of try and maybe like pin it to the top this week.
• 15:33
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and you can find us on threads.
• 15:36
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, we are still on X and um our personal stuff we have out there.
• 15:43
  Dayna Roselli: We're always on Instagram.
• 15:44
  Dayna Roselli: Uh Vegas Revealed is on Instagram, and then Sean and I are on Blue Sky too.
• 15:48
  Dayna Roselli: So we'll try and put some of those that that out for you because that's really the best place to go see the full scope of everything going on.
• 15:56
  Sean McAllister: Yes.
• 15:56
  Sean McAllister: And if you are uh in Las Vegas this weekend and not necessarily a Formula One fan, there is also the free Neon City Fest happening uh in and around downtown Las Vegas as well.
• 16:10
  Sean McAllister: There's several different venues, there's musical acts, there's food vendors, there's a lot going on as part of that as well.
• 16:16
  Sean McAllister: So we did want to remind you that uh Neon City Fest is happening too, and again, it is free.
• 16:24
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, they have a pretty good lineup too of musical acts that you can see for free.
• 16:29
  Dayna Roselli: Um, just some of the highlights are Neon Trees, uh Troy Boy, Seven Lions, the All-American Rejects, Alice in Wonderland, Russell Dickerson, and many, many more.
• 16:39
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, that looks like it's gonna be a lot of fun.
• 16:42
  Sean McAllister: I'm excited to see how that goes down.
• 16:43
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and it is free for all ages.
• 16:45
  Dayna Roselli: So you can bring the family.
• 16:46
  Dayna Roselli: Just keep an eye on the kiddos because you know there's a large lay of the land there.
• 16:51
  Dayna Roselli: I always say put an Apple Air tag on them.
• 16:53
  Sean McAllister: Put an Apple Air tag on them.
• 16:55
  Dayna Roselli: I believe in that.
• 16:56
  Dayna Roselli: I tell all my friends I put it in my luggage and I'm obsessed.
• 16:59
  Dayna Roselli: And I feel like, why doesn't every parent put an Apple Air tag in their kids' pocket when they go to like um amusement parks and stuff?
• 17:06
  Sean McAllister: That's that's a great idea.
• 17:08
  Dayna Roselli: Because they don't have phones that like a lot of them don't under a certain age.
• 17:11
  Sean McAllister: No, you know what?
• 17:12
  Sean McAllister: So remember, I mean, this is uh going back to living in New York, but remember the uh New York State Fair in Syracuse, how huge that was?
• 17:21
  Sean McAllister: My little nephew got lost at the fair one day.
• 17:24
  Sean McAllister: He just kind of wandered off.
• 17:27
  Sean McAllister: You can't find him, and but that was before the days of air tags, but that would have been a great right, everything ended up fine.
• 17:33
  Dayna Roselli: He was, you know.
• 17:34
  Dayna Roselli: You'll start hearing the announcements.
• 17:36
  Dayna Roselli: You do Jimmy in a blue shirt looking for his parents.
• 17:40
  Sean McAllister: Please come to the grandstand, claim your lost child.
• 17:44
  Dayna Roselli: But what a relief when you hear that message, right?
• 17:46
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, for sure.
• 17:47
  Dayna Roselli: Nothing like panic when you know you can't find your kids.
• 17:51
  Dayna Roselli: So uh yeah.
• 17:52
  Dayna Roselli: Apple AirTag.
• 17:53
  Dayna Roselli: I'm not this is not sponsored by Apple.
• 17:55
  Dayna Roselli: It's just something that I thought of when I bought one just for my luggage.
• 18:00
  Sean McAllister: So, a tip before we get to tips if you're coming to Las Vegas with kids, put an AirTag on them.
• 18:05
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 18:06
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, quick mention New Edition is coming back to Las Vegas, they extended their residency.
• 18:11
  Dayna Roselli: They have had such a turnout for these shows, selling out all the time.
• 18:15
  Dayna Roselli: They just announced uh today as we're recording this podcast that they're coming back for the month of February of 2025.
• 18:21
  Dayna Roselli: I have a feeling they'll extend after that.
• 18:23
  Dayna Roselli: You can go see them at Win Las Vegas at the Encore Theater, and you can get tickets.
• 18:27
  Dayna Roselli: I've actually been to the show twice.
• 18:29
  Dayna Roselli: Highly recommend it.
• 18:31
  Dayna Roselli: It is so much fun.
• 18:32
  Dayna Roselli: You'll know the songs, the songs that you don't know, you'll be into anyway.
• 18:36
  Dayna Roselli: The crowd is fun and on their feet.
• 18:39
  Dayna Roselli: Um, you know, you'll it and you know, it's such a large group of singers that they have all through the years branched off and done their own stuff.
• 18:49
  Dayna Roselli: But you know that stuff too.
• 18:51
  Dayna Roselli: So they all take a moment.
• 18:52
  Dayna Roselli: Bobby Brown sings all his hits, you know.
• 18:55
  Dayna Roselli: Uh Bell Bib DeVoe comes out, sings their hit.
• 18:57
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, so it is fantastic.
• 19:00
  Dayna Roselli: I love their wardrobe.
• 19:02
  Dayna Roselli: I love the camaraderie that they have and that they've gotten back together for um after all those years.
• 19:07
  Dayna Roselli: And I know it took a lot, but um, we love it.
• 19:09
  Dayna Roselli: We love that they're coming back in February, and so if you want to get tickets, because people have written and said, when I missed it.
• 19:15
  Dayna Roselli: And I'm like, nope, you'll still have more chances.
• 19:17
  Sean McAllister: People were coming in just to see new edition.
• 19:20
  Dayna Roselli: Totally.
• 19:21
  Sean McAllister: So they are a destination act, and we're glad that they're sticking around uh into 2025.
• 19:27
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• 20:00
  Sean McAllister: Now let's get to our tips.
• 20:04
  Sean McAllister: Dana, I know this is something you are excited about.
• 20:07
  Sean McAllister: We got an alert uh that there was going to be an Elvis Flash mob happening.
• 20:12
  Sean McAllister: And I was like, what?
• 20:13
  Sean McAllister: What?
• 20:14
  Sean McAllister: We are there.
• 20:15
  Sean McAllister: And we were there.
• 20:16
  Sean McAllister: We were there, and it was a big deal.
• 20:18
  Sean McAllister: There were like 2,000 people filling the dance floor.
• 20:21
  Sean McAllister: This all happened over at the Westgate Resort, which used to be the international where Elvis launched his record setting residency.
• 20:31
  Sean McAllister: It was 55 years ago.
• 20:33
  Sean McAllister: Can't believe it.
• 20:34
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's amazing.
• 20:36
  Dayna Roselli: Elvis is gonna, if he was still alive, would be turning 90 this upcoming year.
• 20:40
  Dayna Roselli: Jeez.
• 20:41
  Dayna Roselli: Uh so um, but he is still beloved by so many people around the world.
• 20:46
  Dayna Roselli: We talked to some people that were taking a picture near his statue, statue at the Westgate.
• 20:51
  Dayna Roselli: And I was like, what do you love about Elvis?
• 20:53
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, they they literally still it's like act like he's in the like like he is still alive.
• 20:58
  Dayna Roselli: They're like, oh, the way he moves his hips and his sex appeal.
• 21:01
  Dayna Roselli: And we were just, he brings so much joy, his music and you know, what he has done and the mark that he has left um of his legacy to so many people.
• 21:11
  Dayna Roselli: So we were there for um, this is the year that, you know, would have been 55 years since he started that residency.
• 21:18
  Dayna Roselli: The Westgate, the building, it's called the Westgate now.
• 21:20
  Dayna Roselli: It's a different name, like you said, but you know, it's still standing and they are very present and also recognize the impact that Elvis has had on that building.
• 21:28
  Sean McAllister: Oh, without a doubt.
• 21:29
  Sean McAllister: As you mentioned, there's uh the statue right there in the lobby, right just beyond the statue, there was a big uh recreation of the poster announcing Elvis' original run of residency shows.
• 21:43
  Sean McAllister: And then there was a flash mob too.
• 21:45
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 21:45
  Dayna Roselli: So we'll tell you about the flash mob in one second.
• 21:47
  Dayna Roselli: First, uh, we did talk with the folks over at the Westgate, and this is our tip.
• 21:50
  Dayna Roselli: If you love Elvis, here are some things that you can do and see if you go over to the Westgate.
• 21:56
  Dayna Roselli: People come in and often ask about the different moments of Elvis.
• 22:00
  Dayna Roselli: Elvis when they're here?
• 22:01
  SPEAKER_00: Um, they absolutely do, Dana.
• 22:03
  SPEAKER_00: So Elvis has left just an indelible mark on this property, and we just lean into it because guests love it, we love the history of it.
• 22:13
  SPEAKER_00: Um they come in, they will want to take the backstage tour which we offer.
• 22:18
  SPEAKER_00: We have the new The King Comes Home show.
• 22:20
  SPEAKER_00: So they absolutely love to be a part of that, and it it's just something we lean into it continually.
• 22:26
  Dayna Roselli: Can you give us any fun facts, Elvis Fun Facts?
• 22:30
  SPEAKER_00: Um, we do have Elvis Fun Facts, and we have them because Elvis' stepbrother is actually with us.
• 22:35
  SPEAKER_00: So he works on property, um, and he gives us a little bit more behind the scenes.
• 22:41
  SPEAKER_00: So the story of Elvis up in the Elvis suite, um, shooting the gun through the ceiling in the chandelier absolutely is true.
• 22:50
  SPEAKER_00: And David told us, and David was there.
• 22:52
  SPEAKER_00: Um, he said Elvis was quite the jokester and loved to continually play pranks on everyone around him.
• 23:00
  SPEAKER_00: So it's just really neat that we have that living history with us, that David is able to share it with us, and our guests are actually able to access it.
• 23:10
  Dayna Roselli: So when people come in and they want a taste of Elvis, I know we've got the statue behind us.
• 23:14
  Dayna Roselli: What uh what parts of the hotel do they need to hit?
• 23:16
  Dayna Roselli: Give us a significance, like the main theater is the theater that he performed.
• 23:20
  SPEAKER_00: The main theater actually is kind of the hub.
• 23:22
  SPEAKER_00: That is where Elvis opened his show 55 years ago when the property opened.
• 23:27
  SPEAKER_00: Um we have actual planks in that theater where Elvis stood and prayed every night with his uh team and his band before he went out on the stage.
• 23:38
  SPEAKER_00: We have Elvis' dressing room downstairs in the dressing room area pretty much intact as it would have been as Elvis was performing here through his residency with the International and with the Las Vegas Hilton.
• 23:52
  SPEAKER_00: We have the King Comes Home, which is a new part of our Elvis experience on property.
• 23:57
  SPEAKER_00: Uh the show is a tribute to Elvis and takes our guests through the years of Elvis.
• 24:02
  SPEAKER_00: And then we just have kind of neat artifacts and art throughout in our front lobby.
• 24:07
  SPEAKER_00: We have an art of artifact display that's a recent um new addition to property, and our guests just absolutely love seeing all that that offers.
• 24:15
  Dayna Roselli: I do feel like when people come to Vegas, they affiliate it with Elvis.
• 24:20
  Dayna Roselli: Um I mean, and I love how it's still to this day, it's still a part of basically Las Vegas.
• 24:26
  Dayna Roselli: Viva Las Vegas.
• 24:28
  SPEAKER_00: It it absolutely is.
• 24:29
  SPEAKER_00: Viva Las Vegas is as alive today as it was years ago.
• 24:34
  SPEAKER_00: Um, maybe even more.
• 24:36
  SPEAKER_00: We have requests from all over the world, um, guests coming from as far away as South Africa, from China that request to get into the theater to see, um, to see where Elvis walked, to be the place that's still here in Las Vegas to be able to uh make this connection for Elvis fans and for our guest is really, really special.
• 24:57
  Dayna Roselli: Love that they embrace Elvis over there.
• 24:59
  Dayna Roselli: Um, the flash mob.
• 25:01
  Dayna Roselli: Let's get to that.
• 25:02
  Dayna Roselli: Vegas Dance Explosion put on quite a flash mob.
• 25:06
  Sean McAllister: And a Vegas Dance Explosion is a dance convention that has been happening here in Las Vegas.
• 25:11
  Sean McAllister: And at the Westgate for 25 years, they do a flash mob every single year, but they have never performed to an Elvis song, and it has never been executed to the scale that they did just now.
• 25:26
  Dayna Roselli: That was massive.
• 25:27
  Dayna Roselli: You're gonna have to watch our TV show to see some of the videos.
• 25:30
  Sean McAllister: It's pretty it was a sight.
• 25:32
  Dayna Roselli: It was a sight, and how it started was uh Ted Torres Martin actually is a tribute artist to Elvis.
• 25:40
  Dayna Roselli: He has a show there at the Westgate.
• 25:41
  Dayna Roselli: You just heard uh them talk about that.
• 25:43
  Dayna Roselli: He was there, he got out of a limo, walked in the front entrance.
• 25:47
  Dayna Roselli: You know, Elvis has entered the building, they played the famous song, and everyone went nuts.
• 25:54
  Dayna Roselli: And then he got on stage, started singing, um, and everyone knew the moves.
• 25:59
  Dayna Roselli: So it was like this big flash mob dance.
• 26:02
  Sean McAllister: I mean, it was the kind of I would almost call it like the hysteria that you see in like the old footage of Elvis concerts.
• 26:11
  Sean McAllister: That was the kind of energy that happened when he walked in the doors in that, you know, the Elvis jumpsuit.
• 26:18
  Sean McAllister: He had the showgirl on his arm.
• 26:20
  Sean McAllister: It was great.
• 26:22
  Dayna Roselli: And I don't know.
• 26:24
  Dayna Roselli: And everyone will know that's an Elvis fan.
• 26:26
  Dayna Roselli: When they were waiting for him to walk in, they were playing that song.
• 26:28
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, it goes like, um, it's just musical.
• 26:31
  Dayna Roselli: You know, the dun dun dun dun.
• 26:36
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, that that one.
• 26:38
  Sean McAllister: Whatever that's called.
• 26:39
  Sean McAllister: Dun dun dun dun dun dun.
• 26:42
  Dayna Roselli: And it really did build the anticipation, didn't it?
• 26:46
  Dayna Roselli: It did.
• 26:48
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, Elvis is, you know, such a part of Las Vegas.
• 26:53
  Dayna Roselli: Um, gosh, I just watched uh another documentary.
• 26:56
  Dayna Roselli: They just constantly put out Elvis documentaries, Elvis movies.
• 27:01
  Dayna Roselli: Just watched another one that just recently came out with um Priscilla in it and Baslerman talking about, you know, because he did so much research for the Elvis movie.
• 27:10
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, for the movie, right?
• 27:10
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and it just came out on Netflix recently.
• 27:12
  Dayna Roselli: Um halfway through.
• 27:13
  Dayna Roselli: It's super interesting, but it just shows how much people are fascinated with Elvis, still to this day.
• 27:19
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, I mean, that just shows the impact that he had, and his music still, I mean, it still feels current, and I mean it's timeless.
• 27:28
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, timeless, which is great.
• 27:30
  Sean McAllister: And love that uh the Westgate, like you said, has just embraced the legacy of Elvis over at that property, continues to uh celebrate that legacy, and it's just a lot of fun.
• 27:43
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, sometimes I sit there on my balcony because I'm across the street from the Westgate, and I think it's so interesting.
• 27:48
  Dayna Roselli: Growing up, my mom was such a big Elvis fan.
• 27:50
  Dayna Roselli: She went to see him at Madison Square Garden, and we'd we'd listen to all the music, and I think I'm literally staring at the building that Elvis performed in and spent a lot of his time basically living in when he was performing here.
• 28:04
  Dayna Roselli: It is kind of crazy.
• 28:06
  Sean McAllister: So you're kind of like the neighbors.
• 28:10
  Dayna Roselli: Exactly.
• 28:11
  Dayna Roselli: Me and Elvis's spirit.
• 28:14
  Sean McAllister: Not everyone can say that.
• 28:16
  Dayna Roselli: No.
• 28:17
  Dayna Roselli: That's a show.
• 28:18
  Dayna Roselli: Um, listen, next week uh is Thanksgiving.
• 28:20
  Dayna Roselli: Is it Thanksgiving next week?
• 28:22
  Dayna Roselli: Yes.
• 28:22
  Dayna Roselli: I think it is, yes.
• 28:23
  Dayna Roselli: It is.
• 28:23
  Dayna Roselli: Wow.
• 28:24
  Dayna Roselli: Happy Thanksgiving, everyone that is in America.
• 28:27
  Dayna Roselli: Sean and I are taking some time off, but we're gonna do a short podcast for you with an interview we recently did with Mark Wahlberg, actor Mark Wahlberg, who now lives in Las Vegas.
• 28:37
  Dayna Roselli: Sean had a great lengthy interview with him.
• 28:40
  Dayna Roselli: Plus, we'll throw in a couple other things, but we will have content next weekend.
• 28:44
  Dayna Roselli: Just um, we'll probably record it ahead of time.
• 28:46
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 28:46
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• 29:28
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• 29:32
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• 29:36
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• 29:44
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• 29:51
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• 29:58
  Dayna Roselli: Well, and it's funny because I had told you I'm just gonna park in my normal spot over at the palazzo, and then once I clicked into the map too, I decided, you know what?
• 30:06
  Dayna Roselli: I am gonna park at the Venetian parking garage.
• 30:08
  Dayna Roselli: It's much closer.
• 30:09
  Dayna Roselli: We went right down the escalators, turned to left, but all thanks to the map.
• 30:12
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 30:13
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• 30:15
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• 30:19
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• 30:22
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• 30:33
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• 30:39
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• 30:43
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• 30:44
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• 30:48
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• 30:53
  Sean McAllister: Thanks so much for joining us this week.
• 30:56
  Sean McAllister: Uh, we will be back with a new episode for you next week.
• 30:59
  Sean McAllister: We appreciate all of you.
• 31:01
  Dayna Roselli: Happy Thanksgiving!