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Vegas 5-Day Sale, Success of Live Events, Free Concert Series, Oprah Coming to Sphere, Oasis Announces Las Vegas Shows, Usher Reacts to New Wax Figure | Ep. 338 · Vegas Revealed

• 0:00
  Dayna Roselli: It's episode 338 of Vegas Revealed.
• 0:03
  Dayna Roselli: Las Vegas is going on sale for five days.
• 0:06
  Dayna Roselli: What we know so far and when you need to be standing by.
• 0:10
  Sean McAllister: Also, Oprah is coming to the sphere.
• 0:13
  Sean McAllister: Oasis is playing at Allegiance Stadium and details on the free Rio concert series.
• 0:19
  Dayna Roselli: We also read some fan mail too and answer some of the questions.
• 0:23
  Sean McAllister: There's a bunch of country music concerts coming to Resorts World Plus.
• 0:37
  Dayna Roselli: Welcome to Vegas Revealed episode 338.
• 0:41
  Dayna Roselli: Dayna Roselli and Sean McAllister here.
• 0:43
  Dayna Roselli: And before we get to so many topics and that five-day sale that's taking place in Las Vegas, a couple little nuggets and maintenance issues.
• 0:52
  Dayna Roselli: And that is, when I said nuggets, Sean, you loved your chicken nuggets at Zero Bond at the Wynn.
• 0:57
  Sean McAllister: Oh my gosh.
• 0:58
  Sean McAllister: So Zero Bond is the uh members-only club that's over there at Win Las Vegas.
• 1:04
  Sean McAllister: Uh went over with a friend of ours, Jason, and talked some business.
• 1:08
  Sean McAllister: Um, but it was the chicken nuggets there are the most incredible nuggets I have ever had.
• 1:16
  Sean McAllister: And the uh bartender sold me on them.
• 1:20
  Sean McAllister: He went through this whole spiel that he had down.
• 1:24
  Sean McAllister: He was like, oh, they're uh they're fresh made on-site, tempura battered.
• 1:31
  Sean McAllister: This is not even close to how he was selling it.
• 1:33
  Sean McAllister: Um but they are like dusted with this flavoring and they had come with these a trio of sauces, including homemade ranch, which was delicious.
• 1:44
  Sean McAllister: You have the option of uh adding caviar onto your nuggets as well.
• 1:49
  Sean McAllister: I did not do that, but they were the best nuggets I have ever had.
• 1:55
  Sean McAllister: And if you're gonna find good nuggets, you're gonna find them at Wynn.
• 1:59
  Dayna Roselli: Well, I think you wouldn't think Zero Bond, VIP, private members only, high-end, you wouldn't think chicken nuggets, but these sound absolutely incredible.
• 2:10
  Sean McAllister: They were bomb.
• 2:10
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I had the sliders when I was there in sushi, and it was all really good too.
• 2:14
  Dayna Roselli: So and now we've both been to Zero Bond.
• 2:16
  Dayna Roselli: Very nice, um, beautiful spot over at Win Las Vegas, and um a lot of our friends are members, so we get to go over, you know, every now and then for a little business, and it's a good place.
• 2:27
  Sean McAllister: It is a good place.
• 2:27
  Sean McAllister: It was it was pretty bumping.
• 2:29
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, we went over a little bit early, uh like six o'clock ish, but um within a half hour, it just really started to fill up.
• 2:37
  Sean McAllister: And man, by nighttime it was it was packed.
• 2:41
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 2:42
  Dayna Roselli: Um, I went to Kassi Beach uh for my birthday, and it was really nice because we went and did a shoot there.
• 2:47
  Dayna Roselli: We're gonna share that story in a little bit, and it just reminded me how the vibe there is like you're like transported to like Tulum.
• 2:53
  Dayna Roselli: And uh had a great nice uh lunch there on a Sunday afternoon.
• 2:58
  Dayna Roselli: Just wanted to mention it's a great spot.
• 2:59
  Dayna Roselli: We'll talk more about that at another time.
• 3:01
  Dayna Roselli: Also did a little downtown Las Vegas outing on Main Street, hit Petit Bohem, had amazing pizza, Brooklyn style, at Good Pie with a bunch of friends.
• 3:12
  Sean McAllister: I love that place.
• 3:13
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, went to Velvet uh Velveteen Rabbit, delicious.
• 3:16
  Dayna Roselli: Gosh, you can get like a vodka soda there for 10 bucks.
• 3:19
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, the prices are more affordable downtown, so always a good reminder.
• 3:22
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but we had a great time.
• 3:24
  Dayna Roselli: It's so easy to go out on Main Street because you just can walk around and walk from spot to spot and go, okay, what do you want to do now?
• 3:30
  Dayna Roselli: Want to get something to eat?
• 3:30
  Dayna Roselli: Want to get, do we want martinis?
• 3:32
  Dayna Roselli: Do we want to just hang at a couch area?
• 3:34
  Dayna Roselli: And so we did all of it.
• 3:35
  Sean McAllister: And then that's so nice when especially when you're out with a group of people just to be able to bop around.
• 3:41
  Sean McAllister: That's how I like to I like to bop.
• 3:44
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it was really great.
• 3:44
  Dayna Roselli: We had a lot of fun.
• 3:46
  Dayna Roselli: Um, we did get, okay, we did get some fan mail questions that are kind of along the lines of different places to go.
• 3:52
  Dayna Roselli: So let's just hit that up real quick.
• 3:54
  Dayna Roselli: We did have someone ask us about um some good rooftop bars around the strip.
• 3:59
  Dayna Roselli: And I think we both responded to this one.
• 4:02
  Dayna Roselli: And I had mentioned uh, and and he was saying for his wife's work group, I think about 10 people.
• 4:07
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 4:07
  Dayna Roselli: So I was like, indoor or outdoor, and he was like, I don't, I don't, it doesn't matter.
• 4:11
  Dayna Roselli: And I had mentioned the Waldorf Astoria bar.
• 4:14
  Dayna Roselli: Um, it's got nice glass, you know, uh windows, beautiful spot.
• 4:18
  Dayna Roselli: Um, I also mentioned, you know, the patio at Jason Al Dean's.
• 4:22
  Dayna Roselli: Uh it's the top of the roof as far as it can go.
• 4:25
  Dayna Roselli: Uh it's not like a super high, high location, but same kind of level as uh Ocean Prime there on the corner, too.
• 4:32
  Dayna Roselli: And then where else did we mention?
• 4:34
  Sean McAllister: Uh so uh also on the strip, uh All Red is a great spot.
• 4:40
  Sean McAllister: That's the Blake Shelton honky tonk.
• 4:42
  Sean McAllister: Uh also Brew Dog, which is a little bit further south on Las Vegas Boulevard.
• 4:48
  Sean McAllister: Um, but then in downtown Las Vegas, Commonwealth has a good rooftop as well.
• 4:53
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it really does.
• 4:54
  Dayna Roselli: That's a good, good spot.
• 4:56
  Dayna Roselli: And it's in and it's a cool vibe too.
• 4:57
  Dayna Roselli: And they're all kind of a little bit different, you know?
• 4:59
  Dayna Roselli: And then I was mentioning some setback places.
• 5:02
  Dayna Roselli: You might want to go to High Stakes.
• 5:03
  Dayna Roselli: Did you say that already?
• 5:04
  Dayna Roselli: Sorry.
• 5:04
  Dayna Roselli: No, I was looking down.
• 5:06
  Dayna Roselli: Um, High Stakes is great because when we did talk with James Trees, he said people can come up for just a cocktail if you want.
• 5:12
  Dayna Roselli: And they have a great patio where you'll get the view of the strip.
• 5:16
  Sean McAllister: And the same with Ghost Bar over at Palms.
• 5:18
  Dayna Roselli: But I think um, did he say I don't know.
• 5:21
  Dayna Roselli: For some reason, I feel like maybe he said not late.
• 5:24
  Dayna Roselli: So I wasn't sure what time Ghost Bar opens.
• 5:25
  Dayna Roselli: I don't really.
• 5:26
  Dayna Roselli: I really don't know.
• 5:27
  Dayna Roselli: I haven't been in a little while.
• 5:28
  Dayna Roselli: I didn't know if it's just a late night spot now.
• 5:30
  Sean McAllister: And by the way, this was a listener in Brentwood, New York.
• 5:33
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 5:33
  Sean McAllister: So we love hearing from uh listeners who are from all over the country and around the world too.
• 5:40
  Sean McAllister: And a reminder, we do have a link down in our show notes that you can click and uh you can put in your message and it sends a text right to us.
• 5:49
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 5:49
  Dayna Roselli: And also he was asking about Lago.
• 5:51
  Dayna Roselli: They're doing a group dinner um there at uh you know Bellagio and wanted to know um what I thought of it for a table of around 10 coworkers.
• 6:02
  Dayna Roselli: And I thought that was a great idea because they have like a lot of Tapas style things on the menu so you can share, and then you can also order your own thing.
• 6:09
  Dayna Roselli: But they actually have a great patio.
• 6:11
  Dayna Roselli: It's not huge, but like if you could get that table of 10 uh and it sits right outside near the fountains, and it sounds like if they're coming in somewhat, you know, in the fall, it'd be great weather.
• 6:22
  Dayna Roselli: Or if you sit inside, you can sit near the windows and get that view as well.
• 6:26
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, those are great spots right there along the lake over at Bellagio.
• 6:31
  Sean McAllister: Um, and as we were talking about uh, you know, rooftop destinations and places with a view.
• 6:38
  Sean McAllister: Um, our listener in Brentwood also said that uh as he and his wife had come to Las Vegas over the years, they would go to Mix up at the top of the Delano at Mandalay Bay.
• 6:50
  Sean McAllister: Well, that is now the W Las Vegas, and the Mix has turned into Skyfall Lounge up there at the top of that tower.
• 7:00
  Sean McAllister: Um, but currently Skyfall is closed and being completely renovated.
• 7:05
  Sean McAllister: However, uh there is in the other Mandalay Bay Tower uh a place that used to be the foundation room, and that has also been remodeled, and it has recently reopened uh as vinyl.
• 7:20
  Sean McAllister: Okay.
• 7:20
  Sean McAllister: So you can go up there and get some great views as well.
• 7:23
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, we got a lot of spots, you know, not as many as you'd think we would, I must say, but we do have a lot.
• 7:29
  Dayna Roselli: I went to LA66 at Resorts World, that's great too.
• 7:32
  Dayna Roselli: Um so I mean, there's spots you just gotta sit and think, you know?
• 7:36
  Dayna Roselli: You do.
• 7:36
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and then we've gone to happy hours up at the top of the strat, too.
• 7:40
  Sean McAllister: Which that's a great view.
• 7:41
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and it's since it is at the the top of the strat, you get a you can walk around and have a whole 360 view.
• 7:48
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 7:48
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, we got a message from Caroline too.
• 7:51
  Dayna Roselli: She wrote us an email and she said, I absolutely love your podcast.
• 7:54
  Dayna Roselli: Been traveling from Texas to Vegas with my husband for almost 20 years now, up to six times per year, always looking for new events and excuses to visit.
• 8:02
  Dayna Roselli: We spend Christmas there every year and venture off the strip regularly.
• 8:07
  Dayna Roselli: Um, they also love all the restaurants that Chef Jose Andres has.
• 8:12
  Dayna Roselli: And he uh she wanted to tell us a fun fact.
• 8:14
  Dayna Roselli: And you know what?
• 8:15
  Dayna Roselli: I learned something new.
• 8:17
  Dayna Roselli: Um, she said after years of pronouncing the restaurant China Poblano, as most people do, and as we did on our podcast, we were informed last year by an employee at one of his other restaurants, Bazaar Mar, that it's actually pronounced China Pablano.
• 8:33
  Dayna Roselli: I looked it up and she is correct.
• 8:36
  Dayna Roselli: And I learned something new, and I'm excited to know the fun fact.
• 8:39
  Sean McAllister: So listen, especially when it comes to uh pronunciations of things, if you hear something on the podcast, please correct us because we don't want to go on perpetually saying the wrong uh saying things the wrong way.
• 8:55
  Dayna Roselli: But she she did say uh like most people pronounce it China.
• 8:58
  Dayna Roselli: So like it's what it looks like.
• 9:00
  Dayna Roselli: It's not like you know, we were like the only ones or anything like that.
• 9:04
  Dayna Roselli: Like most people, and that's why the the person had said that was like oh okay, that makes I that makes sense.
• 9:09
  Dayna Roselli: I always wondered why the China was in there.
• 9:11
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, China Poblano.
• 9:12
  Sean McAllister: China Poblano.
• 9:14
  Dayna Roselli: So there you have it.
• 9:14
  Dayna Roselli: The more you know, the more you know.
• 9:16
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, a big sale's going on, uh, and it's starting soon.
• 9:20
  Dayna Roselli: So get ready for this.
• 9:22
  Dayna Roselli: What uh this podcast drops on what 9 17, I think, and um there's a five-day sale going on at visitlosvegas.com and it starts drumroll 922.
• 9:34
  Dayna Roselli: So September 22nd.
• 9:36
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, so be online, be on the lookout because there are going to be more than 120 unique offers across hotels, dining, experiences, entertainment, all here in Las Vegas.
• 9:54
  Sean McAllister: The destination is going on sale.
• 9:57
  Sean McAllister: So if you are thinking about coming to Las Vegas for a vacation, a birthday, an anniversary, maybe a football game.
• 10:05
  Sean McAllister: If your team is playing the Raiders at Allegiance Stadium, this could be a great way to save on your hotel and your entertainment and your food.
• 10:14
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 10:14
  Dayna Roselli: And that's what we kind of said about the MGM all inclusive, too, where people were coming in for uh football games.
• 10:19
  Dayna Roselli: It's a great time to take advantage of that, too.
• 10:21
  Dayna Roselli: The one at the Excalibur and Luxor.
• 10:23
  Dayna Roselli: But this is gonna be all across the board.
• 10:25
  Dayna Roselli: Last year I remember there it was basically almost every property was on board.
• 10:30
  Dayna Roselli: So we don't know the details just yet, but we know it's gonna be good and that this could really save you some money.
• 10:37
  Dayna Roselli: So starting September 22nd lasts for five days.
• 10:41
  Dayna Roselli: Did we already say last year was super successful?
• 10:44
  Dayna Roselli: So they're doing it again.
• 10:45
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and we're excited to find out more, but we now can say that the sale is happening, details to come.
• 10:54
  Sean McAllister: TBD.
• 10:55
  Sean McAllister: But again, set the alarm on your phone for the morning of September 22nd, because that's when all the specifics of all the deals are going to be going live at visitlosvegas.com.
• 11:08
  Dayna Roselli: They're they're gonna have a specific link for this.
• 11:10
  Dayna Roselli: So we'll have more on that.
• 11:11
  Dayna Roselli: And I can throw it in the show notes after this um actually gets posted once we have it too.
• 11:16
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but they're working on that site now, so um the it they'll push to that.
• 11:20
  Dayna Roselli: But I know if you go to the front page, it'll probably, you know, push you right to the deals page anyway.
• 11:25
  Dayna Roselli: So whatever, we're whatever that landing page will be.
• 11:27
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and a lot of resorts are going to be pushing their specific deals as well.
• 11:31
  Sean McAllister: So just keep your eyes peeled.
• 11:33
  Sean McAllister: September 22nd is the day.
• 11:35
  Dayna Roselli: Uh PS, I went to the Excalibur this weekend and it was Mexican Independence Day.
• 11:39
  Dayna Roselli: So many things going on, right?
• 11:40
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 11:41
  Dayna Roselli: Me and my friend walked into the kind of the like lobby-ish area.
• 11:46
  Dayna Roselli: Well, like a side door.
• 11:47
  Dayna Roselli: It was like, anyway, it was I've never seen, I'm like, what is going on?
• 11:50
  Dayna Roselli: People were sitting on the floor with their luggage, it was spread out all over.
• 11:53
  Dayna Roselli: Really?
• 11:54
  Dayna Roselli: And we asked us, like, the whole thing was full down the hallway.
• 11:57
  Dayna Roselli: We're like, what is going on?
• 11:58
  Dayna Roselli: And she said, Well, people are coming in for Mexican Independence Day, and they're actually coming in by the bus loads.
• 12:05
  Dayna Roselli: So this bus or two just unloaded.
• 12:09
  Dayna Roselli: So now we've got to check all these people in.
• 12:12
  Sean McAllister: Oh my God.
• 12:13
  Dayna Roselli: So I thought that was so interesting because it was busy out there this weekend, but I was like, wow, all the she's like, Yeah, they're going to, you know, some of the shows and they're doing some of the things and taking part in the celebrations.
• 12:23
  Dayna Roselli: And we really are a destination for Mexican Independence Day weekend.
• 12:27
  Sean McAllister: That's amazing.
• 12:28
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 12:28
  Dayna Roselli: People were all over the place, Sean.
• 12:30
  Dayna Roselli: I was like, it was like, I was like, is there like a I don't know, like a uh kids' high school basketball tournament?
• 12:36
  Dayna Roselli: Because it were families, families, kids, adults, like the whole thing.
• 12:40
  Speaker: Wow.
• 12:41
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 12:41
  Dayna Roselli: So it was crazy.
• 12:43
  Dayna Roselli: So yeah, I was like, wow, I hope everyone had fun.
• 12:45
  Dayna Roselli: I know we had amazing shows in town.
• 12:47
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, what, Manah?
• 12:49
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, Mana was in town.
• 12:50
  Sean McAllister: Uh Karin Leon was doing shows over at Sphere, also.
• 12:54
  Sean McAllister: One of those shows had to be canceled, though.
• 12:57
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 12:57
  Sean McAllister: Like as he was supposed to be performing.
• 13:00
  Dayna Roselli: I know he's getting some flack for that.
• 13:01
  Sean McAllister: He's getting some flack for it because his fans were already inside Sphere waiting for the show to start.
• 13:07
  Sean McAllister: Uh, and apparently there were transportation issues that prevented him from getting to Las Vegas.
• 13:14
  Dayna Roselli: Um He did explain it.
• 13:15
  Dayna Roselli: I think it was on his Instagram, his Instagram, I think, his personal one, and it was shared.
• 13:20
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but then most of the, like you're saying, most of the comments were kind of like, Well, you shouldn't really travel on the day of the show, so close to the show.
• 13:28
  Dayna Roselli: Because transportation things do arise.
• 13:32
  Dayna Roselli: So yeah.
• 13:33
  Dayna Roselli: But he did add more dates in 2027.
• 13:35
  Dayna Roselli: He's gonna be back Mexican Independence Day next year, too.
• 13:37
  Dayna Roselli: So it was a success.
• 13:38
  Sean McAllister: He is, oh, it's without a doubt, it's a success and probably lesson learned on the transport.
• 13:46
  Dayna Roselli: Well, I was asking you about Oasis because I said, you know, Oasis is coming to Allegiant Stadium.
• 13:51
  Dayna Roselli: It was announced today, the day that we're recording this podcast.
• 13:54
  Dayna Roselli: And I thought, wow, are they that popular to have three nights at Allegiant Stadium?
• 13:59
  Dayna Roselli: And you said, yes, they are.
• 14:01
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, because so they broke up for a long time.
• 14:04
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 14:05
  Sean McAllister: And there was uh a lot of speculation from the band members themselves that they were never going to get back together to do anything ever again.
• 14:16
  Sean McAllister: Well, uh the seas parted, the miracle happened, and they've been out on this huge world tour, and people are people have been just flocking to these OASIS shows.
• 14:33
  Sean McAllister: So yeah, it's no surprise that they're doing three nights here at Allegiant Stadium.
• 14:39
  Sean McAllister: This is coming up in 2027, though, so the uh concert experience is continuing, the reunion is continuing uh Friday, August 20th, the 21st, and Tuesday, August 24th, uh, all at Allegiant Stadium, Oasis on stage.
• 14:59
  Dayna Roselli: All right.
• 14:59
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's Oasis Live 27.
• 15:01
  Dayna Roselli: They're doing 38 live shows, and we get three of them, which is pretty cool.
• 15:06
  Dayna Roselli: That is pretty cool.
• 15:07
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, I was a little confused at first when I saw Oprah was playing the sphere, but then once I read a little bit more into it, I was like, okay.
• 15:14
  Dayna Roselli: So Oprah Winfrey coming to the sphere.
• 15:16
  Dayna Roselli: Oprah Winfrey's Aha, a first of its kind immersive experience.
• 15:21
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and it's just for one weekend, April 2nd to the 4th, uh, obviously, of 2027.
• 15:27
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and this is a collection of really global artists who are you're going to hear music.
• 15:34
  Sean McAllister: There's going to be poetry.
• 15:36
  Sean McAllister: Obviously, there's going to be incredible uh visuals uh mixed in here as well.
• 15:42
  Sean McAllister: This is being produced by uh Baz Helpin, right, who has uh been behind some of the most iconic uh performances in music history.
• 15:53
  Sean McAllister: He was also one of the minds behind uh Awakening over at Win Las Vegas.
• 15:59
  Dayna Roselli: Quite a spectacle.
• 16:00
  Sean McAllister: And what Katy Perry's halftime show at Super Bowl, uh Brittany Spears, lots and lots of A-list entertainers.
• 16:10
  Sean McAllister: Uh Beyonce, I think he worked with as well.
• 16:12
  Sean McAllister: Um so it'll be really interesting to see how all of this comes together.
• 16:18
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 16:18
  Dayna Roselli: She did a video today saying that, you know, ever since she walked in to see you two, I remember that opening weekend we said she was there.
• 16:25
  Dayna Roselli: She just thought, wow, this is an incredible space.
• 16:29
  Dayna Roselli: What could I do with it?
• 16:30
  Dayna Roselli: kind of deal.
• 16:31
  Dayna Roselli: And she's thrilled to bring this moment to Las Vegas.
• 16:35
  Dayna Roselli: And, you know, I'm sure it could be something that could be reoccurring, possibly.
• 16:39
  Sean McAllister: Oh, sure.
• 16:40
  Dayna Roselli: You know, year after year.
• 16:41
  Dayna Roselli: So it sounds like there'll be some um when I clicked on the website, surprise guests as well.
• 16:45
  Dayna Roselli: So um that might entice you.
• 16:48
  Dayna Roselli: And uh yeah, just it seems like uh it's just gonna be a variety of different kinds of things.
• 16:52
  Dayna Roselli: Four shows, one weekend only, uh, tons of VIP packages and like, you know, bundles that you can do.
• 16:58
  Dayna Roselli: There's a pre-sale sign-up on the website right now.
• 17:00
  Dayna Roselli: It's aha live.com.
• 17:02
  Dayna Roselli: So A-H-A live.com.
• 17:05
  Sean McAllister: And yes, Oprah will be there in person to kind of guide guide fans and and visitors, ticket holders uh through this first of its kind immersive experience.
• 17:20
  Dayna Roselli: They always said they were gonna do a bunch of different things at Sphere.
• 17:22
  Dayna Roselli: So, and actually, uh this next week we're going to see the new 4D effects out that they're adding to Wizard of Oz or changing up.
• 17:30
  Dayna Roselli: So, I mean, they're always changing things, they're coming up with creative ideas.
• 17:34
  Dayna Roselli: We just had the first Latin artist at the sphere.
• 17:36
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, there's always something groundbreaking happening.
• 17:39
  Dayna Roselli: And didn't we read?
• 17:40
  Dayna Roselli: I forgot, we were gonna, you know, maybe we'll talk more about it next week, but I did read something on one of our local news stations that said the sphere is really obviously bringing in so much money for our city as a whole, even more than was it gambling?
• 17:55
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know, something like that.
• 17:56
  Dayna Roselli: It was something like that.
• 17:58
  Sean McAllister: Well, it could be.
• 17:59
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I I sent you a X, uh, it was a it was something on X, but it was one of the news stations that posted it.
• 18:06
  Sean McAllister: But the um I do know that um Yes, sorry.
• 18:10
  Dayna Roselli: Yep, experience over gaming is what the article is about.
• 18:14
  Dayna Roselli: And it said non-gaming entertainment is bringing huge tax revenue to Nevada, and it says the state of Nevada is reporting a nearly 400% increase in tax revenue that can be traced to a surge of live events and shows across the valley.
• 18:30
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, which is pretty darn incredible.
• 18:31
  Sean McAllister: It is the sphere is the number one uh experience that people are visiting at in Las Vegas right now, followed number two is Area 15.
• 18:44
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 18:44
  Dayna Roselli: You just uh we talked about it on the City Cast podcast.
• 18:47
  Dayna Roselli: We were just guests on that recently, but I don't think we mentioned here that you had asked for some s new statistics there, and they said they were up what 20% year 20% year over year, every single month uh in 2026, and that's for their visitation numbers.
• 19:03
  Sean McAllister: Wow.
• 19:04
  Sean McAllister: So the visitation just keeps going up and up and up over there at uh area 15, the number two experience attraction behind Sphere.
• 19:13
  Sean McAllister: Uh I think they just won um like a another best in Las Vegas uh kind of a thing as well.
• 19:22
  Dayna Roselli: They've got a lot of different uh we were talking about it um over the weekend with some friends who were visiting who used to live here, and they said, Well, what is it?
• 19:29
  Dayna Roselli: And I was like, Well, it's like you can buy one ticket and and and jump around to different experiences.
• 19:35
  Dayna Roselli: You can eat there, you can drink there.
• 19:37
  Dayna Roselli: Um you know, there's different areas, they have very unique things.
• 19:41
  Dayna Roselli: It it immerses art, like there's just so much, so much going on.
• 19:46
  Dayna Roselli: They're getting a 747 that's gonna be a cocktail lounge.
• 19:49
  Dayna Roselli: Like they just have some really unique things there, and uh that must be what people want.
• 19:55
  Sean McAllister: It it must be.
• 19:56
  Sean McAllister: They were just uh uh the Las Vegas Weekly, which is a a weekly magazine publication uh here, obviously in Las Vegas.
• 20:05
  Sean McAllister: Um, it was just awarded the best attraction, the reader's choice for best attraction for the sixth year in a row.
• 20:13
  Dayna Roselli: It's interesting.
• 20:14
  Dayna Roselli: And you know, just keep in mind that all this wonderful stuff is happening, and you know, some of it can be pricey, and we know that.
• 20:20
  Dayna Roselli: So now let's get into some things that aren't pricey.
• 20:24
  Dayna Roselli: How about that?
• 20:24
  Sean McAllister: Yes, let's do that.
• 20:26
  Dayna Roselli: And one of them is uh a live music um series, concert series over at the Rio.
• 20:31
  Dayna Roselli: They just announced they're doing seven free performances at the Rio event stage.
• 20:37
  Dayna Roselli: Um, started actually September 12th, continues through November 28th, and they're gonna have a long list of different kinds of music.
• 20:44
  Dayna Roselli: They're doing everything from rock and roll, RB, uh 90s favorites, all that kind of stuff.
• 20:49
  Dayna Roselli: Free performances begin at nine o'clock.
• 20:51
  Dayna Roselli: It's open to anyone 21 and older, and you can get the full calendar on the Rio's website.
• 20:56
  Dayna Roselli: But what is it?
• 20:57
  Dayna Roselli: First come, first serve, and and uh mission is free with seating and standing room available.
• 21:02
  Sean McAllister: And the Rio event stage is pretty much right in the middle of uh the gaming floor over there.
• 21:09
  Sean McAllister: You know, you have the kind of two areas of the Rio.
• 21:13
  Sean McAllister: If you walk in from uh valet, you have that main area with the center bar, and then if you take a right, you go down to the masquerade village side of the Rio, and as you make your way down there, you pass that big event stage right in the center.
• 21:28
  Sean McAllister: And they've really done a good job over there at uh at Rio of activating that space for National Finals rodeo.
• 21:37
  Sean McAllister: They set up screens for World Cup, they turn that into a viewing experience, and now they have this free Rio concert series, which is a great thing on Saturday nights.
• 21:48
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it really is.
• 21:49
  Dayna Roselli: We also had one of our listeners, Brian, write us in saying that he went to WOW at Rio and want to know if we had ever been.
• 21:55
  Dayna Roselli: Both of us have been.
• 21:56
  Dayna Roselli: It's been that there for a very long time, actually, that show.
• 21:59
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but he loves it.
• 21:59
  Dayna Roselli: He loved it.
• 22:00
  Dayna Roselli: He thought it was amazing.
• 22:01
  Dayna Roselli: And he said, uh, going back to your last week's episode, I just wanted you to know I did find a ticket price for under $70.
• 22:07
  Dayna Roselli: So there's a lot of value.
• 22:08
  Dayna Roselli: And WoW is good.
• 22:09
  Dayna Roselli: It's a good variety of different kinds of acts.
• 22:12
  Dayna Roselli: Yes.
• 22:12
  Dayna Roselli: So I mean it is fun.
• 22:14
  Dayna Roselli: It's uh it's not a full theater in the round, right?
• 22:18
  Dayna Roselli: But it's kind of like a horseshoe.
• 22:20
  Sean McAllister: But it's it's pretty, it wraps around the the audience, does wrap around the stage.
• 22:25
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, yeah.
• 22:26
  Sean McAllister: To some degree.
• 22:26
  Sean McAllister: And they've got water, uh water is incorporated into it.
• 22:30
  Sean McAllister: Lots of different kinds of acts are incorporated.
• 22:36
  Dayna Roselli: People seem to like it and it and it's doing well because it's been there for quite a long time.
• 22:41
  Dayna Roselli: I remember going to the opening.
• 22:43
  Sean McAllister: So do I.
• 22:43
  Dayna Roselli: And that was before COVID, wasn't it?
• 22:46
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, before 2020.
• 22:48
  Dayna Roselli: I love that we call 2020 COVID.
• 22:50
  Dayna Roselli: I shouldn't just I should just say before 2020.
• 22:53
  Sean McAllister: No, we don't want to bring up COVID.
• 22:55
  Sean McAllister: No.
• 22:56
  Sean McAllister: No.
• 22:56
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and then also coming to the Rio, uh, if you're ready for a little redneck woman, uh, Gretchen Wilson is heading there and she is playing for uh tickets that start at $59.99.
• 23:06
  Dayna Roselli: Um, those are on sale now, and that is November 13th.
• 23:10
  Dayna Roselli: You know, Gretchen Wilson has a Grammy, uh, Grammy Award, and uh, she's taking over the Penn and Teller Theater on November 13th.
• 23:17
  Dayna Roselli: So she'll be down there in a different location.
• 23:20
  Sean McAllister: And if country is your thing and you want to see some country music live, there's an all-star lineup of music talent that's coming to the Resorts World Theater uh in December as well.
• 23:32
  Sean McAllister: This is all around uh National Finals rodeo.
• 23:35
  Sean McAllister: Dwight Yokum will be there, Gary Allen will be there, Chris Young will be there.
• 23:40
  Sean McAllister: They're all playing on different nights, uh, but those performances all take place ahead of Riley Green's tour, which is also stopping over there at Resorts World on Sunday, December 6th and on December 10th.
• 23:55
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 23:56
  Dayna Roselli: That'll be that's a good list of performances because we've been talking about different ones coming to the Coliseum in different spots, but um, and some of them are doing a few days, but I like that you know, this is kind of changing out, and that's a great theater.
• 24:08
  Dayna Roselli: I'm glad they're using it for NFR because sometimes there's not a lot in there at Resorts World Theater.
• 24:12
  Sean McAllister: I know.
• 24:13
  Dayna Roselli: So it's good to see that this'll be a spot for that.
• 24:15
  Dayna Roselli: I was in Resorts World just last week and I thought, wow, I really do love this property, it's so nice, and nothing was playing in the theater.
• 24:23
  Sean McAllister: Well, and that's a great theater too.
• 24:25
  Sean McAllister: It's so easy to get in and out of.
• 24:27
  Sean McAllister: And even once you get inside, you know how some theaters it can feel really uh like people are crammed in, especially at the concession uh areas.
• 24:40
  Sean McAllister: You don't get that at Resorts World.
• 24:42
  Sean McAllister: There's plenty of area to move around once you get into the lobby, and it is it's a great theater.
• 24:49
  Dayna Roselli: And not to talk holidays already, but I just wanted to mention because I know a lot of people look forward to this.
• 24:54
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and you know, Oasis is playing uh Allegiance Stadium, but we have our own Oasis in the desert, and that is the Oasis Ice Rink at Fountain Blue.
• 25:03
  Dayna Roselli: It will return.
• 25:04
  Dayna Roselli: They are again hosting the holiday celebrations there at the Fountain Blue.
• 25:08
  Dayna Roselli: Um, it all starts November 19th through January 17th.
• 25:12
  Dayna Roselli: And remember, it's the strip's largest and only real ice rink.
• 25:16
  Sean McAllister: And it's a great spot.
• 25:17
  Dayna Roselli: It is.
• 25:18
  Sean McAllister: Um, plenty of plenty of room there to move around, too.
• 25:21
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, to move around, skate around.
• 25:23
  Dayna Roselli: They got those luxury fire pits, uh, tons of special events, uh, food, cocktails, the whole nine.
• 25:28
  Dayna Roselli: What did we try last year?
• 25:29
  Dayna Roselli: The dirty soda.
• 25:30
  Sean McAllister: The dirty soda was good.
• 25:32
  Dayna Roselli: It really was good.
• 25:32
  Dayna Roselli: They had lots of different flavors.
• 25:34
  Sean McAllister: I was surprised by that.
• 25:35
  Sean McAllister: That was a that was actually my first ever sip of dirty soda.
• 25:40
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, me too.
• 25:40
  Sean McAllister: I had never had it.
• 25:41
  Dayna Roselli: I never even heard of it before.
• 25:43
  Dayna Roselli: You had to explain to me because you watch reality TV and you watch Utah Housewives.
• 25:49
  Sean McAllister: That's right.
• 25:50
  Sean McAllister: And they love their dirty sodas.
• 25:53
  Dayna Roselli: Um, hey, uh, FYI also, uh, we already mentioned we're going to Wizard of Oz.
• 25:58
  Dayna Roselli: We're also going to uh afternoon tea at Martha Stewart's restaurant over at Paris, the Bedford, and we'll tell you more about that experience.
• 26:06
  Dayna Roselli: That's going to be something that's ongoing.
• 26:08
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and they're uh they kind of change up the the dining room too for this afternoon tea experience so that is different for if you go in for dinner.
• 26:18
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 26:19
  Sean McAllister: So yeah, that'll be great, and we'll talk more about that.
• 26:21
  Dayna Roselli: Because I think we've talked in the past that that restaurant row there at Paris, sometimes you walk through it, and if it's in the day, they're all closed, they're all open for dinner.
• 26:28
  Dayna Roselli: So this'll be good to have a little bit of you know, vibrancy and things going on there.
• 26:34
  Sean McAllister: Activity.
• 26:34
  Dayna Roselli: The restaurant row.
• 26:36
  Dayna Roselli: Well, let's do some celebrity news with a Vegas twist now.
• 26:42
  Sean McAllister: We're kicking off celebrity news with a Vegas twist with none other than Usher.
• 26:47
  Sean McAllister: He got he has his skates, he's done a couple residency shows here, and now he has his own wax figure.
• 26:54
  Dayna Roselli: I know, and it looks just like him.
• 26:56
  Dayna Roselli: He actually just did two shows at Allegiant Stadium with Chris Brown, too.
• 26:59
  Dayna Roselli: So he's here a lot.
• 27:00
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 27:00
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but anyway, yeah, it's crazy because some of these wax figures, they look, they resemble, and they look pretty good, and some are just right on, and his is right on, right?
• 27:11
  Sean McAllister: It's incredible.
• 27:12
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it really is.
• 27:14
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but he worked with a team of studio artists from Madame Tussauds, over at the uh Venetian, by the way.
• 27:19
  Dayna Roselli: This is located in the Grand Canal area, um, during a sitting where hundreds of measurements and photos uh photographs from every single angle were taken to capture his exact features, including hair color, eye color, and skin tone.
• 27:31
  Dayna Roselli: He also donated the wax figure's signature wardrobe, so it's actually his, including that skeleton biker jacket that he wore during his Vegas residency.
• 27:42
  Dayna Roselli: So I know you and I were talking, and and you were saying not you don't think every celebrity sits in on their creation of their wax figure, and that this probably really helped.
• 27:54
  Sean McAllister: Well, absolutely, because I do know that uh for some of these figures, they work strictly off of photos and video, and they have references and everything that they use too.
• 28:06
  Sean McAllister: And the the artists for Madame Tussauds are incredible.
• 28:09
  Sean McAllister: You don't get anything like the remember that Princess Diana statue that was kind of unveiled a while back and it just didn't look anything like her?
• 28:18
  Sean McAllister: Like every you can tell who every single one of these wax figures is.
• 28:24
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, however, for Usher, because he sat and they did have those measurements and they could do all of the skin tone matching, the eyes, all that, it really is remarkable.
• 28:36
  Sean McAllister: It took nine months.
• 28:38
  Dayna Roselli: Wow, so they had an Usher baby, it's like they had it as twin.
• 28:41
  Sean McAllister: It is, it is, and they uh they put in every piece of hair individually, it was all hand painted.
• 28:50
  Sean McAllister: It was just about two dozen artists who helped to sculpt and put this figure together, and Usher was here for the unveiling.
• 29:00
  Dayna Roselli: And sounds like he approves.
• 29:02
  Usher: It looks more like me than me.
• 29:04
  Usher: Man, you guys got the nose, everything.
• 29:07
  Usher: This is amazing.
• 29:09
  Usher: I'm blown away.
• 29:10
  Usher: You guys got my eyes right.
• 29:13
  Usher: This is crazy.
• 29:16
  Usher: This uh this jacket had a viral moment.
• 29:18
  Usher: Um, and there were a lot of them uh during my Vegas residency.
• 29:22
  Usher: Um, this is one of the outfits that I wore during my Vegas residency.
• 29:25
  Usher: I mean, the pants, the skates, everything.
• 29:29
  Usher: Uh the gloves, the U-Chain.
• 29:32
  Usher: Did you guys like steal some of my hair from my barber or something?
• 29:35
  Usher: Like, you guys got my grade and everything.
• 29:38
  Usher: Like, this is it's a it's I'm blown away.
• 29:41
  Sean McAllister: So if you ever wanted to get up close and personal with your favorite celebrity, put Madame Tussauds on your Las Vegas to-do list because that's the place uh where you're most likely to have a chance to get up close and personal and snap a picture with them.
• 29:55
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and you can get some great pictures in there, right?
• 29:57
  Dayna Roselli: All sorts of celebrities.
• 29:58
  Sean McAllister: Like you can't when I worked at the TV station here years ago, they brought in a Bradley Cooper wax figure, and I posted a picture.
• 30:06
  Sean McAllister: Like this was on Facebook back in the day, and people were like, Oh my gosh, you got to meet Bradley Cooper.
• 30:11
  Sean McAllister: That's so cool.
• 30:13
  Dayna Roselli: There you go.
• 30:14
  Dayna Roselli: See?
• 30:15
  Dayna Roselli: And nowadays with AI, who knows?
• 30:18
  Dayna Roselli: Everyone's with somebody, but this is the real thing.
• 30:20
  Dayna Roselli: So it's a real wax figure.
• 30:22
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, so pretty cool.
• 30:23
  Dayna Roselli: If you want to see Usher, he's over there added to the collection at the Venetian.
• 30:27
  Dayna Roselli: And a lot of people may not know we have a Madame Tussauds over there.
• 30:30
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 30:30
  Dayna Roselli: It's been there and it's a staple.
• 30:32
  Dayna Roselli: Again, one of those things that we don't talk about a lot because it's just been there and it's successful.
• 30:36
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 30:37
  Dayna Roselli: So go check it out.
• 30:39
  Dayna Roselli: Um, okay, I think that's it for us this week.
• 30:41
  Dayna Roselli: We will be back, of course, next week with more stuff.
• 30:44
  Dayna Roselli: If you want to check out our interview that we did on City Cast, you can pop over there and you can see uh, well, we did like an hour show, right?
• 30:50
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, it was almost an hour.
• 30:51
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 30:52
  Dayna Roselli: Half hour, yeah.
• 30:53
  Sean McAllister: Uh, but there was some good good conversation in there about the Las Vegas entertainment scene, how it's changing, what it could evolve into.
• 31:00
  Sean McAllister: So, yeah, we do invite you to uh listen to Citycast Las Vegas for that conversation.
• 31:07
  Sean McAllister: And of course, always you can go to our Vegas Revealed YouTube channel.
• 31:11
  Sean McAllister: Uh, our TV shows are uploaded there.
• 31:14
  Sean McAllister: You can see the visuals for a lot of the things that we talk about here on the podcast.
• 31:20
  Sean McAllister: So um go check that out.
• 31:22
  Dayna Roselli: And I know we've said it before, but we really are very proud of some of the recent shows we put together.
• 31:26
  Dayna Roselli: They just keep getting better and better.
• 31:28
  Dayna Roselli: And I think people really, really enjoy it.
• 31:30
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• 31:33
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• 31:37
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• 31:38
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• 31:45
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• 31:50
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• 31:53
  Sean McAllister: We will be back with you next week.
• 31:56
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