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Las Vegas Gets The Super Bowl, Hard Rock Buys The Mirage, Flight Club Coming to Venetian, Garth Brooks Returns | Ep. 99 · Vegas Revealed

• 0:00
  Dayna Roselli: Thanks for listening to Vegas Revealed.
• 0:02
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• 0:05
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• 0:21
  Sean McAllister: It's episode 99, and you better start planning your trip to Vegas for February of 2024.
• 0:29
  Sean McAllister: Las Vegas, the Super Bowl is coming.
• 0:32
  Sean McAllister: Big news on the big game.
• 0:34
  Sean McAllister: Super Bowl 58 will take place at Allegiant Stadium here in Vegas.
• 0:38
  Sean McAllister: This means big bucks and a guaranteed good time.
• 0:42
  Sean McAllister: More on that huge announcement that we were there for coming up.
• 0:46
  Dayna Roselli: Plus, MGM Resorts International sells the operations of the Mirage to the Hard Rock International for more than$1 billion.
• 0:55
  Dayna Roselli: But what does that mean for the famed volcano out front?
• 0:59
  Sean McAllister: And you might blow your lid over this one.
• 1:01
  Sean McAllister: Plus, a new London-based attraction is coming to the strip.
• 1:05
  Sean McAllister: The Flight Club will bring the game of darts to a whole new level.
• 1:09
  Sean McAllister: We've got all the details.
• 1:50
  Sean McAllister: We are.
• 1:50
  Sean McAllister: And and don't worry, uh, in the meantime, in our during our break, we will update you on all the New Year's Eve festivities that are going on.
• 1:59
  Sean McAllister: But this will be our last full podcast of 2021.
• 2:04
  Sean McAllister: And I mean, even though it's the last of this year, it already has us looking well into the future, Dana.
• 2:11
  Dayna Roselli: It really does.
• 2:12
  Dayna Roselli: We have so much to talk about, and one of them being the Super Bowl that's coming in 2024.
• 2:17
  Dayna Roselli: We're going to get to there's like too much to talk about, so we're going to push that down a little bit because we've got a bunch of other stuff we want to go through.
• 2:23
  Dayna Roselli: But yeah, we're looking out, and we say way into the future, but really two years isn't far away the way things have been, you know, flying by lately.
• 2:30
  Sean McAllister: It seems like it's just around the corner.
• 2:32
  Sean McAllister: So yeah, 2024, especially early 2024, February, is gonna be here in a flash.
• 2:37
  Dayna Roselli: But first we want to get to a bunch of things happening in Las Vegas, new announcements uh that have to do with shows and different attractions.
• 2:45
  Dayna Roselli: So let's get right to the big one, and that's Garth Brooks coming back in Las Vegas for his one-man show.
• 2:51
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, this is different than the big arena show.
• 2:54
  Dayna Roselli: You remember the one-man show he had over at The Wynn for a while.
• 2:57
  Sean McAllister: Which was so good.
• 2:59
  Sean McAllister: It was just Garth Brooks on stage on like an area rug with a stool and his guitar.
• 3:05
  Sean McAllister: He wore a hoodie and a baseball cap and just sat there and told stories and sang songs.
• 3:13
  Sean McAllister: It was probably one of the best shows that I've seen concert-wise.
• 3:18
  Dayna Roselli: I agree.
• 3:19
  Dayna Roselli: It was a great show.
• 3:20
  Dayna Roselli: So he's coming back now, and this time he'll be at the Park MGM.
• 3:23
  Dayna Roselli: It's gonna be in February.
• 3:25
  Dayna Roselli: It's a two-night only event, February 4th and 5th, and tickets go on sale December 22nd.
• 3:32
  Dayna Roselli: So if you want to see Garth Brooks, he is a hot topic because I've heard, you know, all of probably the last two years that there's like this war to try and get him to land a residency show here.
• 3:44
  Dayna Roselli: And it's like Caesars is in on an MGM.
• 3:46
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know, these are all rumors, but like everyone's kind of trying to get him to land somewhere again.
• 3:52
  Dayna Roselli: But he's going to the park MGM this time for just two nights.
• 3:56
  Sean McAllister: Well, and I wonder if this could be kind of a trial run to see how things go and see how he likes the venue.
• 4:03
  Sean McAllister: And who knows, maybe these two shows could turn into a longer-term engagement down the line.
• 4:10
  Sean McAllister: But yeah, as you said, Dana, just two shows for now.
• 4:13
  Sean McAllister: Um, speaking of engagements and and final engagements, Shania Twain is about to end her run at Planet Hollywood, uh, but she's got several dates planned in 2022 so that you can still see her on stage here in Vegas.
• 4:30
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, she's still got a bunch of other dates to go, but she announced kind of like the final group of shows, and so you can get tickets for that.
• 4:38
  Dayna Roselli: There's a limited number of tickets apparently available for the previously announced performances.
• 4:42
  Dayna Roselli: Those are all in February, but now she's added June, August, and September to the rundown, but those are going to be her final dates at the Zappos Theater.
• 4:52
  Sean McAllister: Plenty of chances to see Shania.
• 4:54
  Sean McAllister: Also, the Doobie Brothers are coming to uh Zappos Theater.
• 4:58
  Sean McAllister: They'll do eight performances, and that's coming up in May.
• 5:02
  Sean McAllister: And you know, Dana, growing up, there was a guy on the radio, Brother Wheeze.
• 5:06
  Sean McAllister: Right in Rochester.
• 5:07
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, I loved him.
• 5:08
  Sean McAllister: And uh he always used to say, they ain't related, but they do be brothers.
• 5:13
  Sean McAllister: That's always stuck with me.
• 5:15
  Dayna Roselli: It's true, and that's such a brother Wheeze thing.
• 5:18
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my gosh, he's the best.
• 5:19
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I think he's still on the air in Rochester.
• 5:21
  Dayna Roselli: He is.
• 5:22
  Dayna Roselli: When I go home, I'll check it out.
• 5:23
  Dayna Roselli: I'm going home in uh for Christmas.
• 5:25
  Dayna Roselli: So um, gosh, brother Wheeze is is an icon over there.
• 5:29
  Dayna Roselli: Um let's talk Wayne Newton, also an icon.
• 5:31
  Dayna Roselli: He had a bit of a delay to his show that he's kicking up over at the Flamingo, um, but now they have a date.
• 5:36
  Dayna Roselli: It's January 24th, that he's gonna start shows over at the Flamingo.
• 5:41
  Dayna Roselli: So don't worry.
• 5:43
  Dayna Roselli: Wayne is back, and you know, Don Cachet.
• 5:48
  Sean McAllister: And over at the Venetian, uh, this is Christmas, is the seasonal show that's being put on over at the Palazzo Theater.
• 5:56
  Sean McAllister: And Dana, I went and checked it out, and it really is such a festive show.
• 6:03
  Sean McAllister: The the staging is beautiful, the costumes are gorgeous, the singers on point.
• 6:08
  Sean McAllister: There's a lot of former American Idol contestants, uh, some other performers in the show that we've seen here in Vegas before, and they're back up on stage now, but just what a holiday delight.
• 6:21
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 6:22
  Dayna Roselli: It seems like it would be really fun.
• 6:23
  Dayna Roselli: I couldn't make it, um, was disappointed.
• 6:25
  Dayna Roselli: I'm gonna try my best to get there, but I know you said it's good for the family too, so it doesn't just have to be the adults.
• 6:30
  Sean McAllister: So that's no, there were a lot of families in there.
• 6:32
  Sean McAllister: And I have to point out, even at the concession stand, there were holiday-themed uh drinks and snacks, so they've got it covered all the way around from the second you step foot uh in the lobby of that theater.
• 6:44
  Sean McAllister: You're in the spirit.
• 6:46
  Sean McAllister: So this is Christmas over at the Palazzo Theater.
• 6:50
  Dayna Roselli: And you mentioned the Palazzo Theater while also coming to the Venetian is this new attraction.
• 6:55
  Dayna Roselli: It centers around darts and being really social and food and beverage.
• 7:00
  Sean McAllister: I like that.
• 7:00
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 7:01
  Sean McAllister: I like all that.
• 7:02
  Dayna Roselli: It's all good.
• 7:02
  Dayna Roselli: It's gonna be in our tips.
• 7:03
  Dayna Roselli: We've got a great interview coming up in our tips segment, all about this London-based attraction that's coming to the Grand Canal shop.
• 7:10
  Dayna Roselli: So you don't want to miss that.
• 7:11
  Dayna Roselli: We're gonna tell you about another attraction that's already open, and it has to do with, well, I'll just say it, karaoke.
• 7:18
  Dayna Roselli: And it's over at Resorts World.
• 7:19
  Dayna Roselli: That's coming up in our tips as well.
• 7:21
  Sean McAllister: See, Dana wasn't lying, there is a ton to get to.
• 7:24
  Sean McAllister: Also, uh, we have some big gaming moves that are happening on the strip right now, and uh some of them are probably gonna disappoint you a little bit.
• 7:35
  Sean McAllister: There's a mainstay on the Las Vegas Strip that's well, it's going away more than likely.
• 7:42
  Dayna Roselli: Not staying?
• 7:43
  Sean McAllister: No, not gonna stay.
• 7:44
  Sean McAllister: It's no longer a mainstay.
• 7:46
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• 8:01
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• 8:05
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• 8:49
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• 8:58
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• 9:02
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• 9:06
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• 9:11
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• 9:14
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• 9:31
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• 9:40
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• 9:43
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• 9:46
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• 10:02
  Sean McAllister: All right, so we said that we had some big gaming news happening uh on the strip and really just off the strip, too.
• 10:10
  Sean McAllister: Uh we'll start with the palms.
• 10:12
  Sean McAllister: The palms is, you know, the iconic resort that became famous on the real world on MTV, and then it was just a celebrity playground and hotspot.
• 10:24
  Sean McAllister: Uh well, it hasn't reopened since it was shut down from the pandemic.
• 10:28
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and it's it's a big miss.
• 10:30
  Dayna Roselli: I miss it.
• 10:30
  Sean McAllister: So do I.
• 10:31
  Sean McAllister: It was a great spot, had just undergone a multi-million dollar, like$30 million renovation from top to bottom.
• 10:39
  Sean McAllister: Um, and then had to close down.
• 10:42
  Sean McAllister: Now it's got new operators coming in.
• 10:45
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, apparently it's all been approved, and they're set to close the transaction and become the owners of the Palm Casino Resort with plans to reopen next year in the spring.
• 10:56
  Dayna Roselli: And so that'll be here before you know it.
• 10:59
  Dayna Roselli: And like you were saying, I mean, listen, it's great for Sandman while gaming because it's literally turnkey, don't you feel like that?
• 11:05
  Dayna Roselli: Because they just had the redo?
• 11:07
  Sean McAllister: Yes.
• 11:07
  Sean McAllister: I mean, all you have to do is put new signs up over the restaurants, and uh I mean, everything else is there.
• 11:14
  Sean McAllister: It and it's beautiful, it's a gorgeous property.
• 11:18
  Sean McAllister: So it it'll be great to be able to get back inside the Palms because that is a property that uh, you know, people have loved over the years.
• 11:28
  Dayna Roselli: Right, and so and when I say the transaction and all that, um, it's basically they received approval from the Nevada Gaming Commission as licensees for that property.
• 11:37
  Dayna Roselli: So if you want to get all technical, that's what it's about.
• 11:39
  Dayna Roselli: So that's always a huge step, you know, and then you're you're ready to go.
• 11:43
  Sean McAllister: Well, and you know, you can't announce opening dates until you know the the state gaming board gives you that approval.
• 11:51
  Sean McAllister: So now that that approval has gone through, we do have the spring opening date, the target date.
• 11:57
  Sean McAllister: So we've got that target.
• 11:59
  Sean McAllister: We've got an opening to look forward to coming up early in 2022.
• 12:04
  Sean McAllister: So congratulations, San Manuel Gaming and the Palms.
• 12:07
  Sean McAllister: We can't wait to have you back.
• 12:08
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 12:08
  Dayna Roselli: And if you're looking for a job in Las Vegas, check out their website because they are looking to fill, well, every position almost, right?
• 12:16
  Sean McAllister: It's empty right now, so lots of jobs out there.
• 12:19
  Dayna Roselli: And I know some people at the Mirage might be saying, I don't know if I want to stay here or not.
• 12:24
  Dayna Roselli: Maybe they're gonna go over there.
• 12:25
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know.
• 12:26
  Dayna Roselli: But and I say that because the Mirage deal finally went through too.
• 12:30
  Dayna Roselli: MGM's CEO Bill Hornbuckle announced they've reached an agreement with the Hard Rock International to sell the property operations to them.
• 12:38
  Dayna Roselli: Forget this,$1.075 billion.
• 12:43
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, when you're talking that money, that 0.075 means a lot.
• 12:47
  Dayna Roselli: It really does.
• 12:48
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 12:48
  Dayna Roselli: I saw some people round up to 0.08.
• 12:51
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, so rounding or not, it's a ton of money.
• 12:53
  Sean McAllister: Uh the Hard Rock should take ownership uh and management of the Mirage in the second half of next year.
• 13:01
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and apparently they're gonna lease the Mirage name royalty-free for three years, so there won't be a name change, or well, they don't have to change it, I guess, for three years.
• 13:11
  Dayna Roselli: Maybe it'll come in a couple, we aren't sure.
• 13:13
  Dayna Roselli: But I know uh I've seen some kind of rendered images of them wanting to build like a tower in addition to what they already have there and make it like a huge guitar.
• 13:24
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 13:25
  Sean McAllister: Just like the one that they have at their uh property down in Florida.
• 13:29
  Sean McAllister: They have a giant hotel that's shaped like a guitar, a big glass guitar, and that's what they're looking to build uh reportedly right there in front of the mirage.
• 13:40
  Sean McAllister: However, that means that the famed volcano is gonna need to be demolished to make way for this big guitar structure, Dana.
• 13:51
  Dayna Roselli: I know, and you know, I assume everyone knows the volcano is there, but if you don't, it's a volcano that erupts every now and then.
• 13:56
  Dayna Roselli: It's right in front of the mirage as you're walking along the strip.
• 14:00
  Dayna Roselli: And a lot of people are saying, well, then that's gonna have to go.
• 14:02
  Dayna Roselli: And also, apparently, I was reading in Bloomberg that they admitted it's gonna have to go and that they're gonna do this whole redo.
• 14:10
  Sean McAllister: That's a gut punch.
• 14:12
  Sean McAllister: Because that volcano was, I mean, kind of, one of the first big free attractions on the Las Vegas Strip.
• 14:22
  Sean McAllister: When you think about it, the Mirage ushered in the era of the mega resorts on the strip, and the volcano that came along with it was a big free attraction.
• 14:32
  Sean McAllister: And then, of course, you know, the Bellagio Fountains came, and there's the pirate ships at Treasure Island, or a bunch of and those are gone too.
• 14:40
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, they're well, they're still there, but not really.
• 14:43
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, they're kind of like docked in in image only.
• 14:48
  Dayna Roselli: But yeah, apparently the Hard Rock International uh CEO, Jim Allen, said they're doing a massive redo and the volcano is gonna have to be torn down as part of the remodeling.
• 14:58
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know how I feel about it.
• 14:59
  Dayna Roselli: I was looking at the guitar there in the kind of skyline and I was like, I don't know, is it cheesy?
• 15:05
  Dayna Roselli: But I guess I don't want to say Las Vegas is cheesy, but it's, you know, not typical.
• 15:12
  Dayna Roselli: The way we have all the lit up property.
• 15:14
  Dayna Roselli: But I don't know.
• 15:14
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know if I want the guitar there or not.
• 15:16
  Dayna Roselli: I'm undecided.
• 15:17
  Sean McAllister: I know.
• 15:18
  Sean McAllister: Uh the guitar, that's up for debate.
• 15:21
  Sean McAllister: I'm with you on that.
• 15:22
  Sean McAllister: However, the one thing I am excited for is to have a hard rock casino back in Las Vegas.
• 15:30
  Sean McAllister: That's true.
• 15:30
  Sean McAllister: Because that really did feel like a part of Las Vegas was missing when the hard rock that was down off the strip on you know, Paradise and Harmon, when that closed down, it felt like a piece of Vegas kind of went away.
• 15:46
  Sean McAllister: So having that brand back is gonna be great.
• 15:49
  Dayna Roselli: I know, and you and I had always heard kind of a rumor that, like, well, they didn't really give up their gaming licensing here just yet.
• 15:55
  Dayna Roselli: So we knew we had a feeling that somebody, or that the Hard Rock, I was gonna say, was gonna take over some property.
• 16:02
  Dayna Roselli: We kind of had chatted and thought it was gonna be the palms.
• 16:04
  Sean McAllister: Yep.
• 16:04
  Dayna Roselli: But then now we find out it's the Mirage.
• 16:06
  Dayna Roselli: So really interesting anyway.
• 16:08
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, so it'll be the first time that a Hard Rock Casino is actually on the Las Vegas strip.
• 16:13
  Sean McAllister: The Hard Rock Cafe has been there for years now.
• 16:18
  Sean McAllister: Um, but yeah, Hard Rock Casino coming back to the Las Vegas Strip.
• 16:22
  Sean McAllister: Exciting news.
• 16:23
  Dayna Roselli: And listen, I've said on past podcasts, I think the Mirage does need a root redo, that's for sure.
• 16:29
  Dayna Roselli: Kind of feels a little dated in there.
• 16:30
  Dayna Roselli: So I'll be happy to see that.
• 16:32
  Sean McAllister: And I think everybody is gonna be happy about this big football news that we just got this week.
• 16:39
  Sean McAllister: Las Vegas, the Super Bowl is coming.
• 16:42
  Sean McAllister: That is Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis sharing his excitement that Las Vegas is now getting the Super Bowl.
• 16:51
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, I don't even know where to start with this because it's so huge.
• 16:54
  Dayna Roselli: It's like the largest and biggest event in the entire country, right?
• 16:59
  Dayna Roselli: And we're gonna get it here in Las Vegas.
• 17:01
  Dayna Roselli: And apparently this was the plan all along.
• 17:03
  Dayna Roselli: You and I went to the huge announcement that was over at Allegiance Stadium.
• 17:06
  Dayna Roselli: We kind of knew what was going on, but we couldn't officially confirm until the owner's meeting was done and they all voted, and that took place in Dallas.
• 17:14
  Sean McAllister: And it was great.
• 17:15
  Sean McAllister: I love the fact that it was a unanimous vote.
• 17:18
  Sean McAllister: Every single team owner in the NFL agreed that Las Vegas should be the home of Super Bowl 58 coming up in February 2024.
• 17:30
  Sean McAllister: And, you know, that means that in from now, which is the beginning of 2022 to the beginning of 2024, there's a lot to get done before then.
• 17:42
  Dayna Roselli: There is, and I just want to say a couple negative comments I got on my Facebook.
• 17:46
  Dayna Roselli: I want to address some of them because I mean, I feel like this is only positive, right?
• 17:51
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, sure, there are negative things that come along with anything that takes place in this, you know, size, this magnitude.
• 17:58
  SPEAKER_00: Right.
• 17:58
  Dayna Roselli: But people are already saying, like, well, what about the parking?
• 18:00
  Dayna Roselli: And it's like, well, it's the Super Bowl.
• 18:03
  Dayna Roselli: So if you plan to park your car in the parking lot and you don't plan ahead, then that's on you.
• 18:08
  Dayna Roselli: Like you were saying we have, you know, parking lots in casinos that have, you know, buses going back and forth.
• 18:16
  Dayna Roselli: We have uh properties that'll be I'm sure having different kinds of events that you can take some time and walk over to the Super Bowl, there are gonna be enough options.
• 18:25
  Sean McAllister: Well, if you think that Las Vegas isn't going to think of a transportation plan, like you're on another planet.
• 18:33
  Sean McAllister: That is part of a Super Bowl plan in any city, is to have transportation built in for fans who have come come here for it.
• 18:41
  Sean McAllister: And also, unless the Las Vegas Raiders are one of the teams playing in the Super Bowl, there's gonna be visitors coming in from other cities.
• 18:52
  Sean McAllister: So it's highly unlikely that everybody is gonna be driving in to begin with.
• 18:56
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 18:57
  Sean McAllister: Sure, some locals are gonna want to get tickets, but come on.
• 19:01
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, parking is not the biggest issue to figure out at this point.
• 19:04
  Dayna Roselli: Exactly.
• 19:05
  Dayna Roselli: So, I mean, you know, yeah, I agree.
• 19:07
  Dayna Roselli: And I think a lot of locals will want to go because of the Super Bowl taking place in Las Vegas.
• 19:11
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, listen, I want to go.
• 19:13
  Dayna Roselli: I'm already thinking, like, what can I do to work there, right?
• 19:15
  Dayna Roselli: Who needs volunteers and all that kind of thing?
• 19:17
  Dayna Roselli: I think everyone's thinking about that.
• 19:19
  Sean McAllister: Stamp hands.
• 19:20
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, exactly.
• 19:21
  Dayna Roselli: They're gonna be filling a lot of jobs for that.
• 19:23
  Dayna Roselli: So um be thinking about that.
• 19:25
  Dayna Roselli: We'll keep everyone updated.
• 19:26
  Dayna Roselli: But yeah, that was one of the comments that I got.
• 19:28
  Dayna Roselli: And then another comment I got was like, I hope it doesn't bring in the same crowd as when we had the NBA All-Star game.
• 19:35
  Sean McAllister: And that was back in 2007.
• 19:37
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I feel like I don't I feel like this is different.
• 19:40
  Dayna Roselli: This is the Super Bowl.
• 19:41
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know.
• 19:42
  Dayna Roselli: Am I wrong?
• 19:43
  Dayna Roselli: I I mean I feel like people from all over the country are gonna come, but I don't know.
• 19:47
  Dayna Roselli: I I don't know.
• 19:48
  Dayna Roselli: I just I don't I don't correlate those two together, I guess.
• 19:51
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, I think I do not see any issue with Las Vegas hosting the Super Bowl.
• 19:59
  Sean McAllister: I mean, we are so well equipped to welcome uh guests for an event of this size that I think it's gonna be fantastic.
• 20:09
  Sean McAllister: And money-wise, it's gonna be incredible for the city.
• 20:14
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I mean, they were saying, you know, we're going to at least take in at least 500 million, so half a billion.
• 20:20
  Dayna Roselli: Then there's like another 70 million and different kinds of room taxes.
• 20:24
  Dayna Roselli: Room taxes and things like that that we could potentially make.
• 20:27
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, and everyone's going, oh yeah, it'll just be like a two-day thing, and then it's gone.
• 20:31
  Dayna Roselli: I'm like, yeah, but two days of 500 million dollars.
• 20:33
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, we're gonna make a lot of money.
• 20:35
  Dayna Roselli: Every city that has a Super Bowl takes in a lot, it's a huge economic impact.
• 20:39
  Sean McAllister: And it's gonna be, I mean, a week of events and concerts and parties, and it's not just that weekend, it's a whole run-up to the weekend, and there's gonna be press days and there's gonna be media outlet.
• 20:54
  Sean McAllister: In addition to fans, there's gonna be media outlets from all over the world that are going to be coming here to cover the Super Bowl, and of course, all those media people need places to stay.
• 21:06
  Sean McAllister: They need to go to eat, they need to go out and use transportation.
• 21:10
  Sean McAllister: So every aspect of the Super Bowl is going to be a money generator for Las Vegas.
• 21:17
  Dayna Roselli: And it's gonna be one big party.
• 21:18
  Dayna Roselli: Nobody puts on a party like Las Vegas, and I was thinking, you know, we talked to the governor after the press conference, and I had so many questions for him, but I was thinking, um, as I was just kind of listening to him speak, I'm thinking, I mean, cities all over the country have had the Super Bowl before, but nothing is going to compare to Las Vegas.
• 21:37
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, it's just gonna be so much fun because we are so unique.
• 21:41
  Dayna Roselli: We're unique already.
• 21:42
  Dayna Roselli: And then add in, you know, now we're gonna have this huge, the biggest football game, you know, in the entire world happening in our city, it's just gonna be a blast.
• 21:51
  Dayna Roselli: So uh one of the things pointed out was hey, we got two years to prepare for this, right?
• 21:56
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and Dana, since we were there at this big announcement.
• 22:00
  Sean McAllister: For Super Bowl 58, we asked the governor, are we going to be able to pull something like this off in such a short period of time?
• 22:08
  SPEAKER_00: Talk about the quick turnaround.
• 22:10
  SPEAKER_00: Two years you've got to get ready for this.
• 22:12
  SPEAKER_00: And I know you were pointing out that it is pretty quick.
• 22:14
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah, it's it's real quick, but they've got a tremendous host committee that's put together to handle this.
• 22:19
  SPEAKER_03: Uh, that along with the LDC VA and the NFL are going to make it happen.
• 22:23
  SPEAKER_03: I'm confident we'll be ready.
• 22:24
  SPEAKER_03: If anybody can put on a big event, it's Las Vegas.
• 22:27
  SPEAKER_03: I think we all know that.
• 22:28
  SPEAKER_03: Uh the draft is coming this year, the Pro Bowl is coming this year.
• 22:31
  SPEAKER_03: They host Raider games on a regular basis.
• 22:34
  SPEAKER_03: But that Super Bowl is a whole nother level.
• 22:36
  SPEAKER_03: It's a whole nother uh level, and there's only one of them every year.
• 22:40
  SPEAKER_03: And what an honor it is to be able to host one of those games, and and I'm ecstatic for this happening.
• 22:45
  SPEAKER_03: And uh the Raiders kept pushing forward.
• 22:47
  SPEAKER_03: I gotta give them an awful lot of credit this entire time.
• 22:49
  SPEAKER_03: They never stopped, they kept pushing forward, hoping that this day would come, and it's finally gonna be here in February of 24th.
• 22:56
  SPEAKER_03: It's it's a gonna be a great day, and leading up to that is gonna be a great day.
• 22:59
  SPEAKER_03: They uh early on when they started the construction, they gave me this little bitty countdown clock that I kept.
• 23:05
  SPEAKER_03: They counted down from I don't know how many hundreds of days when that count clock finally went to zero and they finished the stadium.
• 23:11
  SPEAKER_03: Now to think that all these events had happened inside of the stadium, it's just an absolute dream come true.
• 23:17
  SPEAKER_03: It's something we could not have imagined would really happen.
• 23:20
  SPEAKER_03: There were a lot of people who said you'd never make it happen.
• 23:22
  SPEAKER_03: I remember meeting with the Commissioner Goodell and him saying, I don't know if you can support a team.
• 23:27
  SPEAKER_03: And I've we had some good conversations and good discussions, but Las Vegas, Nevada is a sports town.
• 23:32
  SPEAKER_03: The fans here love their sports, and I'm thrilled that they're they're gonna be here for the Super Bowl.
• 23:37
  Sean McAllister: So there you go.
• 23:38
  Sean McAllister: Our governor says, no doubt, Las Vegas will be ready.
• 23:42
  Sean McAllister: And uh, you know, two big events that we have to help us prepare for that.
• 23:47
  Sean McAllister: As you heard, uh, Las Vegas will be hosting the NFL Pro Bowl in addition to the NFL draft, and that's all uh coming up this next year in 2022.
• 23:59
  Dayna Roselli: I know, and you know, the slogan lately being tossed around is we're a sports town now.
• 24:03
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, you know, we started with the Golden Knights, and many other teams came after that.
• 24:08
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, we've got the WNBA team, we've got soccer, and now obviously an NFL team, and everyone said, No, it's not gonna happen.
• 24:15
  Dayna Roselli: You guys will never be a sports town, but hey, we're getting the Super Bowl.
• 24:18
  Sean McAllister: Well, and how funny is it?
• 24:20
  Sean McAllister: Do you remember just uh a few years ago, probably not even five years ago, there was a big uproar about the fact that Las Vegas could not even put commercials into the Super Bowl.
• 24:33
  Sean McAllister: Like Las Vegas as a destination, as a city, was not allowed to buy commercial time during the Super Bowl because we're a gambling town and how quickly the tide has turned.
• 24:46
  Dayna Roselli: And then I think there was also like if there was a commercial, you couldn't show one single casino shot in it at all, or something like that.
• 24:52
  Dayna Roselli: But yeah, I mean, it's crazy how things have have changed, and I mean, what fun this is gonna be.
• 24:57
  Dayna Roselli: And then, you know, I just like to comment I like to comment on people's comments, but some of the other negative comments, like, oh, I'm gonna take off work.
• 25:04
  Dayna Roselli: I don't want to be a part of any of this.
• 25:05
  Dayna Roselli: And I'm thinking, I guess I'm just such the opposite.
• 25:07
  Dayna Roselli: I do.
• 25:08
  Dayna Roselli: I want to be a part of everything big and iconic that happens in Las Vegas.
• 25:12
  Dayna Roselli: Yes.
• 25:12
  Dayna Roselli: That's why I moved here and I never left.
• 25:14
  Sean McAllister: This is witnessing history firsthand.
• 25:17
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 25:18
  Sean McAllister: If you're coming in for the Super Bowl or if you live in Las Vegas, why would you not want to witness something like this?
• 25:25
  Sean McAllister: I don't know.
• 25:26
  Dayna Roselli: Like you said.
• 25:27
  Sean McAllister: It's cool.
• 25:27
  Dayna Roselli: I just want to be a greeter.
• 25:29
  unknown: Yeah.
• 25:29
  Sean McAllister: Hey.
• 25:30
  Dayna Roselli: Welcome to the Super Bowl.
• 25:31
  Sean McAllister: Understand it.
• 25:32
  Sean McAllister: Baggage claim at the airport.
• 25:34
  Sean McAllister: And welcome people.
• 25:35
  Sean McAllister: I don't care.
• 25:36
  Dayna Roselli: Well, no, then you won't see the game.
• 25:38
  Dayna Roselli: Well, that's true.
• 25:39
  Dayna Roselli: You need to get to the game.
• 25:40
  Dayna Roselli: That is true.
• 25:40
  Dayna Roselli: Well, that's okay if you're there ahead of time and then maybe you get a ticket to the game because you worked at the airport.
• 25:45
  Sean McAllister: Yes, yes.
• 25:46
  Sean McAllister: Uh one other quick mention, Dana.
• 25:48
  Sean McAllister: I I also saw that I believe it's Station Casinos that is already offering some prop bets for Super Bowl 58 in 2024.
• 25:58
  Sean McAllister: So if you're really chomping at the bit to lay some money down on the game, you are able to do it here in Las Vegas.
• 26:06
  Dayna Roselli: Then, of course, there are the jokes, Sean.
• 26:08
  Dayna Roselli: I saw someone reply to somebody and say, well, at least there won't be a home team advantage.
• 26:12
  Dayna Roselli: Basically saying the Raiders will never get to the Super Bowl.
• 26:15
  Dayna Roselli: But you know what?
• 26:16
  Dayna Roselli: I have faith.
• 26:18
  Dayna Roselli: We may turn around and kill it and be in the Super Bowl in 2024.
• 26:23
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know.
• 26:24
  Sean McAllister: Well, Mark Davis, the owner of the Las Vegas Raiders, uh during the the news conference to announce the Super Bowl, uh, Governor Steve Siselak said that Mark Davis promised him not only that a Super Bowl would be held here in Las Vegas, but the Raiders would be playing in a Super Bowl held in Las Vegas.
• 26:43
  Sean McAllister: So we've got a couple years to turn things around and I guess we don't have a couple years for the football schedule wise.
• 26:51
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 26:51
  Sean McAllister: It's a little more truncated than that.
• 26:53
  Dayna Roselli: But listen, we've been working a lot with the Raiders and doing some stuff, and there's just it's a great organization, great people that work for them.
• 27:00
  Dayna Roselli: We've met some of the top players, and they they're good people, and they're happy to be here.
• 27:05
  Dayna Roselli: And listen, we're in the adjustment period, they're at a brand new stadium.
• 27:08
  Dayna Roselli: I think I think next year's our year.
• 27:10
  Dayna Roselli: I just feel it.
• 27:11
  Sean McAllister: Everybody's gonna feel at home.
• 27:13
  Sean McAllister: Las Vegas will be their city.
• 27:15
  Sean McAllister: I I agree.
• 27:16
  Sean McAllister: I agree.
• 27:17
  Sean McAllister: I think it's possible.
• 27:19
  Dayna Roselli: Another hot topic who's gonna do the halftime show.
• 27:22
  Dayna Roselli: People are going, please let it be the killers.
• 27:24
  Dayna Roselli: Please let it be the killers.
• 27:25
  Dayna Roselli: That'd be cool.
• 27:25
  Sean McAllister: What if it was killers and imagine dragons?
• 27:28
  Dayna Roselli: That'd be great.
• 27:28
  Dayna Roselli: I think it'd be great, right?
• 27:30
  Sean McAllister: Two Las Vegas-born bands.
• 27:32
  Dayna Roselli: And I think that, like you said, there's gonna be parties all week long, so there's gonna be opportunity for all sorts of top-notch talent and maybe local talent as well to be a part of all this stuff.
• 27:41
  Sean McAllister: And you know, Brendan Urey from Panic at the Disco is from Las Vegas as well.
• 27:46
  Sean McAllister: So what if it was the Killers, Imagine Dragons, Panic at the Disco?
• 27:50
  Sean McAllister: That would be insane.
• 27:52
  Sean McAllister: And if Brendan Urie uh had Taylor Swift come join him for their big song.
• 27:58
  Dayna Roselli: I love their song.
• 27:59
  Dayna Roselli: I was just listening it to it the other day.
• 28:01
  Sean McAllister: I don't know.
• 28:02
  Sean McAllister: The the possibilities are endless, really.
• 28:06
  Sean McAllister: Um and actually, Dana, sitting here in our our studio, you have a killer's poster hanging right behind you.
• 28:12
  Dayna Roselli: I do.
• 28:13
  Dayna Roselli: And I'm also pulling up all the Taylor Swift songs I downloaded to find the name of the one that we were just talking about.
• 28:19
  Dayna Roselli: Because sometimes you don't know the name of the song, you just kind of know how it goes.
• 28:24
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, there ain't no I in team.
• 28:26
  Dayna Roselli: Yep.
• 28:27
  Sean McAllister: But you know there is a me.
• 28:30
  Dayna Roselli: That's it.
• 28:32
  Dayna Roselli: Sounds good.
• 28:33
  Dayna Roselli: Yes, I do have a killers poster above me.
• 28:35
  Dayna Roselli: I was just listening to the killers the other day, too, while I was driving, and I was thinking, gosh, they're just so good.
• 28:39
  Dayna Roselli: They are they really are.
• 28:41
  Dayna Roselli: So anyway, that's a whole nother topic that we'll get into another time.
• 28:45
  Dayna Roselli: But um, and then hey, how about me getting recognized by the gov because of all my tweets?
• 28:51
  Sean McAllister: Okay, so listen to this.
• 28:53
  Sean McAllister: As uh we are wrapping up the the little interview with the governor of Nevada, uh, he's walking away from the reporters and Dana's standing right there, and he looks over and he says, Hey, it's so good to see you.
• 29:08
  Sean McAllister: I see everything you do on Twitter.
• 29:11
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and obviously I've known Steve Siselak for a long time, you know, because he was in the Clark County Commission and all that kind of thing, but I hadn't seen him in a while because you and I, because we're not, you know, working in, you know, for the local media anymore, where we actually go out to things and have to go to press conferences and stuff as often as we used to, we don't see people face to face.
• 29:32
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 29:32
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 29:32
  Dayna Roselli: So he was like, hey, how are you?
• 29:34
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, how's it going?
• 29:35
  Dayna Roselli: It was kind of like he was like, you know, I'm glad you're still, you know, out there because I see you all the time on Twitter.
• 29:41
  Dayna Roselli: And I was like, did I just get Twitter recognized?
• 29:43
  Dayna Roselli: You did a gov?
• 29:44
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 29:45
  Dayna Roselli: That makes me feel good because I spent a lot of time on Twitter, and now I feel like, all right, at least people are seeing the tweets.
• 29:50
  Sean McAllister: Hey, I guess if the governor notices, then you're doing something right.
• 29:53
  Dayna Roselli: I'm Twitter famous.
• 29:55
  Dayna Roselli: It was a fun day.
• 29:57
  Dayna Roselli: We'll get into tickets and all that stuff and another podcast because there's so much to talk about leading up to the Super Bowl, which will be February 11th, 2024.
• 30:08
  Sean McAllister: Ready for some tips?
• 30:09
  Sean McAllister: Let's do it.
• 30:12
  Sean McAllister: So our tips this week are very attraction-based.
• 30:17
  Sean McAllister: And there's one attraction that's uh opening in the early part of 2022 that really caught our eye.
• 30:24
  Sean McAllister: Because Dana, do you remember a few years ago when Top Golf was first announced and then opened here in Las Vegas?
• 30:30
  Sean McAllister: We're like, oh, a giant driving range?
• 30:33
  Sean McAllister: Like, what's what's this gonna do?
• 30:35
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it was like I was like, is this miniature golf?
• 30:37
  Dayna Roselli: What is it?
• 30:38
  Dayna Roselli: But I don't even think it was a few years ago.
• 30:39
  Dayna Roselli: I think it's gosh, was that like five years ago now or maybe more?
• 30:43
  Sean McAllister: Has it been?
• 30:44
  Dayna Roselli: I think so because I remember I was working at Channel 13 at the beginning, so it's like 2015, 2016.
• 30:49
  Dayna Roselli: So what are we at?
• 30:50
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, something like that.
• 30:51
  Sean McAllister: Oh my gosh, so it's like creeping up on a decade.
• 30:54
  Dayna Roselli: It is, but that's the thing, is you know, we didn't know what that was about, and then look, it's still there, and you cannot get a reservation in that place unless you make it way ahead.
• 31:02
  Dayna Roselli: So it's it's booming and it's popular and it's so much fun.
• 31:05
  Sean McAllister: And so we think that this new attraction has that same uh potential to really have a huge following and become really popular.
• 31:15
  Sean McAllister: Um, it's a London-based uh attraction.
• 31:18
  Sean McAllister: It's called Flight Club, not Fight Club like the Brad Pitt movie, Flight Club.
• 31:25
  Sean McAllister: And that's because it is an attraction based all around darts.
• 31:29
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and and and apparently food and cocktails too.
• 31:32
  Dayna Roselli: They're calling it like entertainment.
• 31:33
  Dayna Roselli: It's an entertainment concept, is what they call it.
• 31:36
  Dayna Roselli: So I think there's a lot going on there that people are gonna enjoy when it comes to going someplace and kind of doing something different.
• 31:44
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, you and I said we gotta get an interview on this.
• 31:47
  Dayna Roselli: And so we dialed up state of play hospitality president Alan Chihon.
• 31:53
  Dayna Roselli: He was in Chicago.
• 31:54
  Dayna Roselli: We got him on the line and we talked to him all about what the flight club is.
• 32:00
  Sean McAllister: Well, Alan, thank you so much for joining us.
• 32:02
  SPEAKER_04: Well, thank you for having me.
• 32:03
  SPEAKER_04: I really appreciate the opportunity to uh give Flight Club exposure to the Las Vegas market.
• 32:09
  SPEAKER_04: We're well on our way to getting going in Las Vegas.
• 32:12
  Sean McAllister: So you're looking at a spring 2022 opening.
• 32:16
  Sean McAllister: So this is something to look forward to in the new year.
• 32:19
  Sean McAllister: And Alan, I have to say, back in my college days, which was a few years ago now, I used to be able to run a dartboard.
• 32:27
  Sean McAllister: I was really good.
• 32:29
  Sean McAllister: But how is Flight Club going to be different from those dive bars where I was shooting darts back in the day?
• 32:37
  SPEAKER_04: We we are definitely not a dive bar.
• 32:39
  SPEAKER_04: So there's first thing.
• 32:41
  SPEAKER_04: Um, I you know, it's different in a whole bunch of ways.
• 32:43
  SPEAKER_04: First of all, um, we are we are uh the technology involved in actually scoring the dart game is completely different from what you're used to.
• 32:52
  SPEAKER_04: So we've taken um traditional rifts, like if you if you played darts, you know, 501, 301, those type of games, we've simplified those a little bit.
• 33:00
  SPEAKER_04: Our version of that is called demolition.
• 33:03
  SPEAKER_04: So, and it's based off a score from 180.
• 33:05
  SPEAKER_04: Same principles of the game.
• 33:07
  SPEAKER_04: You're throwing darts, you're hitting, you're hitting the targets.
• 33:10
  SPEAKER_04: But what's fantastic about our technology is that we actually track the flight of the dart and it pinpoints where it lands on the board within 0.001 millimeters, and then automatically does all the scoring for you.
• 33:23
  SPEAKER_04: So none of that sloppy chalk, or I forgot what what I threw last game.
• 33:27
  SPEAKER_04: Um, each player throws three darts each time they're up.
• 33:31
  SPEAKER_04: And then uh each game is designed to play in about five to ten minutes, depending on the group size that we have.
• 33:37
  SPEAKER_04: And then on top of that, we overlay a fantastic food and beverage offering with what we have.
• 33:42
  SPEAKER_04: So we're doing um all food that kind of fits in with the ability to do an activity, so a lot of handhelds, but at a really, really highly executed manner.
• 33:52
  SPEAKER_04: We have a phenomenal cocktail list and then uh uh of course a full bar attached to this.
• 33:58
  SPEAKER_04: So uh I guess you would have to say a a more sophisticated uh grown-up than the dive bar that you're used to in in your college days.
• 34:08
  SPEAKER_02: So that's why they call it social darts, right?
• 34:11
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah, that's correct.
• 34:12
  SPEAKER_04: I mean, the the reason we call it social darts is because uh the activity itself is really designed to get people to socialize in the environment they're in.
• 34:20
  SPEAKER_04: And one of the great, I I think one of the great uh testaments to what we do in our brand are that when you walk into our venues, you'll see very few people on their cell phones, which is uh extremely unique for this day and age.
• 34:35
  SPEAKER_04: Even when people are going out to eat, they're texting, they're Instagramming, we tend to captivate people and reconnect them in a way that is really social, um, that is uh becoming more and more rare, I think, in this world.
• 34:47
  SPEAKER_04: And so there's some really good upside to what we do from a from a socialization standpoint.
• 34:52
  SPEAKER_04: And it's really rewarding that we've obviously built a concept that keeps people engaged at a level where they can actually for a few hours at least put their cell phone down for a bit.
• 35:01
  Sean McAllister: And and right now, I mean, that's what all of this technology has been doing is kind of even though it's kept us connected, it's really created a disconnect when you're having that person-to-person experience.
• 35:15
  Sean McAllister: Um, but the darts that I have been used to, like I've been I've played in games of I don't know, probably up to six people or so.
• 35:25
  Sean McAllister: You can have hundreds of people involved.
• 35:27
  Sean McAllister: How is that possible?
• 35:28
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah, so so one one thing, so the the areas that you play darts in um are called hockeys.
• 35:35
  SPEAKER_04: Uh it's think of it like hockey without the H.
• 35:38
  SPEAKER_04: And those are all little semi-private areas.
• 35:40
  SPEAKER_04: Um, those we will book up to 20 people into those, but 12 people can be playing at a time.
• 35:46
  SPEAKER_04: So we do six at singles.
• 35:48
  SPEAKER_04: After a group of six, you start doubling up and you have teammates, so you alternate turns.
• 35:52
  SPEAKER_04: So that's part of the socialization process.
• 35:54
  SPEAKER_04: You throw, and then your teammates gonna throw the next time.
• 35:57
  SPEAKER_04: And so the meantime, the group is always circulating while you're playing.
• 36:01
  SPEAKER_04: Then what we can do if you're a much larger group into the hundreds, we we have multiple formats of tournaments where we can link the hockeys together and we can get up to 400 people playing simultaneously again against each other, that ultimately ends up in the top six as you whittle down the field.
• 36:18
  SPEAKER_04: The top six end up playing each other and it becomes quite the event, especially in a large social group.
• 36:23
  SPEAKER_04: If you brought a company of 100 people in and they're down to six, it becomes everyone kind of gathers around and starts to watch that finale.
• 36:30
  SPEAKER_04: And then we give out nice little um medals and rewards for anyone that ends up winning the tournament, so to speak.
• 36:37
  SPEAKER_04: And with that, in order to facilitate that, we have uh someone that uh also facilitates the gameplay that are usually entertainers or comedians or actors that help uh keep the group lively and uh keep the group moving and also keep the group entertained because when there's some downtime, you want to know what's going on with the other groups.
• 36:56
  SPEAKER_04: So it's a really neat way for us to be able to really take a group from as small as six all the way up to hundreds of people together and allow them to play the same game in the same format.
• 37:07
  SPEAKER_04: That's cool.
• 37:08
  SPEAKER_02: And I know, I mean, this is based in London, but there are other locations.
• 37:11
  Dayna Roselli: This is gonna be your biggest location.
• 37:12
  Dayna Roselli: And you know, Vegas is usually known in the past for gambling, and then it was more shows and entertainment, and it kind of fluctuates, but there seems like more than ever, people are looking for you know attractions and ways to get together and do things.
• 37:27
  Dayna Roselli: So you must think that this is obviously something that Vegas needs, is something that's gonna do well here, right?
• 37:32
  SPEAKER_04: Yes.
• 37:32
  SPEAKER_04: Yeah, we we're we're really thrilled about the Vegas market because I think what we bring to the table is something that's kind of unique.
• 37:39
  SPEAKER_04: Um, I I can only think of one other concept currently in the market that does uh does what we do.
• 37:45
  SPEAKER_04: The great part about what we do is that you don't have to be very good at it to have a good time.
• 37:50
  SPEAKER_04: And um we think that there's you know, there's only so many steakhouses, uh, shows and nightclubs that you can hit, especially if you're in town socially or if you're in town entertaining clients.
• 38:02
  SPEAKER_04: We hit both of those markets, or if you're just looking for something to do that's unique that you may not get to find um where you're from, this is an opportunity to do something that's really unique, fun, and exciting.
• 38:14
  SPEAKER_04: So we think we hit all the all the potential markets in Vegas really well.
• 38:18
  SPEAKER_04: Um, and we're really really positive about the outlook of of where things have headed in the in the post-COVID environment in the Vegas market.
• 38:28
  Sean McAllister: And help us visualize when we when we walk into Flight Club over at the Grand Canal shops at the Venetian, yeah.
• 38:36
  Sean McAllister: What are we going to see?
• 38:37
  Sean McAllister: What are our senses going to be pinging off of?
• 38:40
  SPEAKER_04: You know, we I I will say I I don't want to give away too much because we're really doing some really unique things with the Las Vegas location, given where it's at, given the size of it, given the market, that you really have to do some amazing things to be recognized in the market.
• 38:57
  SPEAKER_04: I don't want to give too much away.
• 38:59
  SPEAKER_04: Um, we traditionally say we combine, and this is gonna sound like maybe like an odd mix of structure, um uh Victoria Fairgrounds.
• 39:08
  SPEAKER_04: So we don't want to use the word circus because we don't think elephants and things like that, but think Victoria Fairgrounds combined with uh with British Hub, but in a really unique, fun way.
• 39:20
  SPEAKER_04: Um, so you'll be engaged, you know, from from a a decor sense, you'll be engaged from in in uh in a path of discovery.
• 39:30
  SPEAKER_04: So we've made little zones throughout the entire space.
• 39:34
  SPEAKER_04: So each time you come in, you'll have a different, potentially a different experience than you had the last time you're in.
• 39:40
  SPEAKER_04: And uh we really believe that we've uh there's gonna be uh a centerpiece bar.
• 39:46
  SPEAKER_04: I don't want to say what it is, but it is gonna be it is gonna be quite spectacular when you walk in.
• 39:51
  SPEAKER_04: And we put a lot of time, energy, and effort into designing and thinking through this space.
• 39:56
  SPEAKER_04: So we're we're we're super excited.
• 39:58
  SPEAKER_02: Alan, thank you so much for spending some time with us.
• 40:00
  SPEAKER_02: We love when new things come to Las Vegas.
• 40:03
  SPEAKER_04: We're looking forward to really blending into the Vegas market and making Flight Club a unique part of the marketplace for not only the locals, but also for all guests joining the market.
• 40:13
  SPEAKER_04: So I'm really excited and thank you so much for the time.
• 40:16
  Sean McAllister: You got it.
• 40:16
  Sean McAllister: Thanks so much, Alan.
• 40:18
  Sean McAllister: So that'll be coming this spring to the Grand Canal shops over at the Venetian and Palazzo.
• 40:24
  Dayna Roselli: Let's move over to Resorts World now.
• 40:25
  Dayna Roselli: They have a pretty cool thing going on over there that we haven't talked about yet, and it takes place inside Zook Group's social gaming bar called Redtail.
• 40:35
  Dayna Roselli: Something that's always been popular is karaoke, right?
• 40:39
  Dayna Roselli: But a lot of places are kind of taking karaoke to the next level now.
• 40:43
  Dayna Roselli: There are a couple spots around town, but this is really unique over at Redtail.
• 40:48
  Dayna Roselli: They have launched three unique karaoke rooms, okay?
• 40:53
  Dayna Roselli: And you can sing, you can dance the night away.
• 40:55
  Dayna Roselli: It's got 44,000 songs to choose from.
• 40:59
  Dayna Roselli: And apparently it's a perfect spot to have some fun with friends and all that thing.
• 41:03
  Dayna Roselli: I haven't done it yet.
• 41:04
  Dayna Roselli: I've gone to a karaoke room that's similar, and we had so much fun because sometimes people are kind of reluctant to do it at first, but then everyone kind of opens up, and once you get into it, it's super fun.
• 41:14
  Dayna Roselli: So I wanted to mention that Resorts World has this place at Redtail as another option for people to go and have some fun with a group.
• 41:21
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and two of these karaoke rooms hold six to ten people, and the other room holds ten to fifteen.
• 41:27
  Sean McAllister: But what's cool is if you have a bigger party, is it there's the ability to open all the rooms up into one big karaoke room that can house up to 30 people.
• 41:37
  Dayna Roselli: How fun.
• 41:37
  Sean McAllister: So you could have a big karaoke party if you're looking for like a corporate get together or an office party or maybe a big birthday party.
• 41:46
  Dayna Roselli: It's perfect for that.
• 41:47
  Dayna Roselli: And uh, they have you know food and beverage there too.
• 41:49
  Dayna Roselli: So basically anything you want for kind of a night out.
• 41:52
  Dayna Roselli: And you and I meant to get there before the holiday, but we've been so busy with work stuff.
• 41:56
  Dayna Roselli: We will eventually get to Redtail.
• 41:58
  Dayna Roselli: But um, we did see some pictures, and I've walked by the actual venue before, and it's just it's gorgeous.
• 42:03
  Dayna Roselli: I think it would be a great time for people if they're looking for something different to do.
• 42:08
  Sean McAllister: So we've got darts and karaoke.
• 42:10
  Sean McAllister: I love it.
• 42:11
  Dayna Roselli: Yes, that's a night out right there, right?
• 42:13
  Dayna Roselli: That is a night out.
• 42:14
  Dayna Roselli: Or a weekend out.
• 42:15
  Sean McAllister: Or a weekend.
• 42:16
  Sean McAllister: I think each one could turn into its own night.
• 42:19
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, now that I'm older, I can only do one thing at a time.
• 42:22
  Dayna Roselli: I used to be able to like keep hopping around, not anymore.
• 42:25
  Sean McAllister: I I look at my week, my my week on the calendar, and I'm like, oh man, there's two things going on this week.
• 42:33
  Sean McAllister: I don't know if I can deal with this.
• 42:34
  Dayna Roselli: I know, it's stressful, but you know, once we get there, we love it so much.
• 42:37
  Dayna Roselli: And I always always say, like, that was so much fun last night, and we have a great time.
• 42:41
  Dayna Roselli: Sometimes it just takes a little oomph because, you know, we're all trying to, you know, keep up with the busyness of what's going on here in Las Vegas.
• 42:48
  Dayna Roselli: We're so grateful, so thankful to keep busy, but we're not used to it.
• 42:52
  Sean McAllister: And let me tell you, I was just talking about this with my husband the other night after the big Super Bowl announcement.
• 42:58
  Sean McAllister: I don't think that we have even seen Las Vegas as a city firing on all cylinders yet.
• 43:07
  Sean McAllister: And I'm not even talking post-pandemic, I'm talking ever.
• 43:11
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 43:12
  Sean McAllister: We have the Super Bowl coming, we have uh a caliber of entertainment in this city happening now that we have not seen before.
• 43:22
  Sean McAllister: I mean, when we have uh Celine Dion will likely be coming back in 2022, we have Katy Perry, we have Carrie Underwood, we have Adele coming, we have John Legend, we've got like the best entertainers at the tops of their game right now, in addition to world class sporting events.
• 43:45
  Sean McAllister: I think Las Vegas is uh about to get massive.
• 43:50
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 43:50
  Dayna Roselli: And I love all that, I do, but I must say I am missing some of the smaller things that are, you know, more in price point.
• 44:00
  Dayna Roselli: For living here.
• 44:01
  Dayna Roselli: What I mean is, you know, sometimes we want to hit something up a couple times a week, a few times a week, or we've got people in town, and we can't always hit the huge, huge thing.
• 44:10
  Dayna Roselli: I love all of it.
• 44:11
  Dayna Roselli: I just want all of it.
• 44:12
  Dayna Roselli: But I am missing.
• 44:13
  Dayna Roselli: I was talking with a couple entertainers, I'm not gonna say names, that had, you know, medium-sized shows recently, and they're bummed, you know, they're missing that.
• 44:21
  Dayna Roselli: And and they are finding places off the strip or downtown to perform, but they're missing, you know, being a part of the strip entertainment.
• 44:29
  Dayna Roselli: And I think for people that come here and stay for a long period of time, like you know, seven days or whatever, you may want to do a couple of the big, big shows, and it's awesome, but you want some things to do in between too that are very vegasy.
• 44:44
  Sean McAllister: And uh now that you say that, I'm immediately thinking back to I forget the name of the lounge, but it was at the Bellagio, and it's where uh Mayfair Supper Club is now.
• 44:58
  Sean McAllister: It used to be um like a a bar facing the casino with some bar top uh even before Hyde.
• 45:07
  Sean McAllister: Oh it was just in it was uh a bar with some bar top poker machines, and then behind that was a lounge where you could just go in, sit down at a table, and they had free entertainment up on the stage.
• 45:22
  Sean McAllister: And when you were walking by the casino and you heard the entertainers up there just rocking out and having a great time, sometimes people would get up and dance, but it was like the lounge kind of atmosphere, and I loved that.
• 45:38
  Sean McAllister: I'm so mad that I don't remember the name of the lounge right now, but it it overlooked the fountains, it was beautiful, and it was so much fun.
• 45:47
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I mean, I think some of those things that you just would bump into, right, or just run into.
• 45:52
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, it it was fun.
• 45:53
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, listen, I just uh putting it out there, want to keep some of the other things coming back too, but I think you're right.
• 45:59
  Dayna Roselli: We just have such world-class stuff happening here in Las Vegas.
• 46:03
  Dayna Roselli: It is vibrant, it's exciting.
• 46:05
  Dayna Roselli: Um, we're gonna constantly keep seeing construction, unfortunately, for those of us that live here.
• 46:11
  Dayna Roselli: I feel like every turn we make there's construction, but we're building and we're building.
• 46:13
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, let's we haven't even touched on the sphere.
• 46:15
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, the sphere is really coming along behind the Venetian, right?
• 46:19
  Sean McAllister: It's almost in the outside is almost entirely like closed in.
• 46:23
  Sean McAllister: The structure is you can't even see it anymore.
• 46:25
  Dayna Roselli: And then when the fountain blue is complete, I mean, there's stuff happening that the over the next five years is gonna be incredible here in Las Vegas.
• 46:33
  Dayna Roselli: We're excited about all of it.
• 46:35
  Dayna Roselli: We've had a wonderful year with everyone in in 2021.
• 46:38
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• 46:40
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• 46:42
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• 46:49
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• 46:52
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• 46:53
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• 46:57
  Sean McAllister: And again, we are taking a couple weeks off as uh we finish out uh 2021, but we'll be back uh the first week of 2022 with an all-new episode for you.
• 47:09
  Dayna Roselli: That's right.
• 47:10
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• 47:18
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• 47:20
  Dayna Roselli: Whenever we get new Vegas stuff in, we put it up there.
• 47:23
  Dayna Roselli: Also, we talked so much about the Super Bowl.
• 47:25
  Dayna Roselli: We are gonna put up a video because we were there of some of the interviews and what it looked like inside Allegiant Stadium when they made the big announcement.
• 47:32
  Dayna Roselli: So if you want to go check out that video, go there.
• 47:35
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• 47:41
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• 47:42
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• 47:46
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• 48:19
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• 48:19
  Dayna Roselli: Welcome in 2022 with relief, right?
• 48:23
  Sean McAllister: Start out financially fresh.
• 48:25
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my goodness.
• 48:26
  Dayna Roselli: Tons of New Year's Eve events happening, like Sean mentioned at the top of the podcast.
• 48:30
  Dayna Roselli: So we'll put up a special report for that with a full rundown.
• 48:33
  Dayna Roselli: There's so much going on in Las Vegas.
• 48:36
  Dayna Roselli: Happy New Year, Merry Christmas, happy holidays, all that good stuff.
• 48:40
  Dayna Roselli: Sean, I love my popcorn device that you gave me for the microwave, by the way.
• 48:45
  Dayna Roselli: You pour the kernels in, it pops he knows I love my popcorn.
• 48:48
  Dayna Roselli: So your gifts are under your tree.
• 48:50
  Sean McAllister: They are.
• 48:51
  Sean McAllister: I'll open them on Christmas morning and give you a call.
• 48:55
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, I can't wait.
• 48:57
  Dayna Roselli: Listen, everyone, have a great couple of weeks.
• 48:59
  Dayna Roselli: We'll see you back.
• 49:00
  Dayna Roselli: Uh oh, is this the where we do the cheesy line of see you next year.
• 49:04
  Sean McAllister: See you next year.
• 49:09
  SPEAKER_00: Open the middle of the bag.
• 49:12
  unknown: Let's do it.