Latest / Vegas Revealed / The Vanderpump Hotel Las Vegas Announcement, Bellagio Steakhouse Refresh, Luxor Buffet Closing, Beyoncé Date Released, Palms Pool is Free | Ep. 262

Transcript

The Vanderpump Hotel Las Vegas Announcement, Bellagio Steakhouse Refresh, Luxor Buffet Closing, Beyoncé Date Released, Palms Pool is Free | Ep. 262 · Vegas Revealed

• 0:00
  Sean McAllister: It is episode 262 of Vegas Revealed, and the Vanderpump Hotel is coming to the Vegas trip.
• 0:07
  Dayna Roselli: Plus, we finally have a Beyoncé tour date.
• 0:10
  Sean McAllister: And a couple places you can relax outside at our resort, and you don't have to be a hotel guest.
• 0:18
  Dayna Roselli: Prime Steakhouse at Bellagio gets a refresh and we answer a listener's question.
• 0:24
  Sean McAllister: It's all coming up this week on Vegas Reveal.
• 0:29
  Sean McAllister: Vegas Revealed starts now.
• 0:32
  Sean McAllister: Welcome to Vegas Revealed, episode 262.
• 0:35
  Sean McAllister: I'm Sean McAllister along with Dana Roselli, and we are in the thick of hoops action, Dana.
• 0:42
  Dayna Roselli: We are.
• 0:42
  Dayna Roselli: Happy March Madness.
• 0:44
  Dayna Roselli: Can I start with a quick gripe though?
• 0:46
  Sean McAllister: Absolutely.
• 0:46
  Dayna Roselli: The cost of my Wendy's Diet Coke.
• 0:48
  Sean McAllister: Uh-oh.
• 0:50
  Sean McAllister: What was it?
• 0:51
  Dayna Roselli: I got a medium Diet Coke.
• 0:54
  Dayna Roselli: That's it.
• 0:54
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 0:55
  Dayna Roselli: Drove through Wendy's because we just left our meeting.
• 0:58
  Dayna Roselli: Um, we're on the board of the Ronald McDonald house, and there was wings and pizza, and I had a water, but I was like, I really want Diet Coke after that.
• 1:05
  Dayna Roselli: Anyway, uh, three dollars and fifty-seven cents.
• 1:08
  Dayna Roselli: Three.
• 1:08
  Dayna Roselli: For a medium soda.
• 1:11
  Sean McAllister: Wow.
• 1:12
  Dayna Roselli: From the machine with ice.
• 1:15
  Sean McAllister: With lots of ice?
• 1:16
  Sean McAllister: Did they load it up with ice?
• 1:17
  Dayna Roselli: Well, I hope not because um, because that cuts down in the soda, yeah.
• 1:21
  Dayna Roselli: No, but anyway, can you believe it?
• 1:22
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, like, I get like coffee being around$4.28.
• 1:26
  Dayna Roselli: You know, you're brewing the coffee, it's your your, you know, whether it's even locally owned or Starbucks, like they make the coffee there, the person does it, they pour in your almond milk, stir it, put it together.
• 1:40
  Dayna Roselli: But this like comes out of a machine.
• 1:43
  Dayna Roselli: Somebody hooked up the tank, carbon tank or whatever.
• 1:47
  Dayna Roselli: Anyway, isn't that crazy?
• 1:49
  Dayna Roselli: So three dollars and fifty-seven cents for a medium.
• 1:53
  Sean McAllister: Now, did that include a convenience fee for going through the drive-thru?
• 1:57
  Dayna Roselli: I have no idea.
• 1:58
  Sean McAllister: I wonder if it would have been cheaper if you walked in.
• 2:00
  unknown: I don't know.
• 2:00
  Dayna Roselli: Regardless, I was very disappointed.
• 2:02
  Dayna Roselli: Well, I know.
• 2:03
  Dayna Roselli: So, anyway, it was through Wendy's.
• 2:06
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and I didn't even we don't have a lot of Wendy's around here, and that's why it looked familiar.
• 2:10
  Dayna Roselli: So I was like, Wendy's, we had so many of those on the East Coast, and I went through and anyway.
• 2:15
  Sean McAllister: Well, guess who's not going back to Wendy's anytime soon?
• 2:17
  Dayna Roselli: Me.
• 2:18
  Dayna Roselli: Lesson learned.
• 2:19
  Dayna Roselli: Lesson learned.
• 2:20
  Dayna Roselli: All right, back to March Madness.
• 2:21
  Dayna Roselli: It's a big deal here in Las Vegas because everyone comes in to watch games, bet games, and we have so many events up and down and off the strip.
• 2:28
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, we do, and there's so many groups of people who come in.
• 2:33
  Sean McAllister: You know, there's friends who live in different parts of the countries who converge on Las Vegas for especially for these first few days of games, and then you know, the tournament continues through the beginning of April.
• 2:46
  Sean McAllister: Um, but these few days really are the most exciting.
• 2:51
  Sean McAllister: And I fortunately here in Las Vegas, we have the weather where you can watch poolside.
• 2:55
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my gosh.
• 2:56
  Dayna Roselli: It's gonna be okay, so I know you're doing like a bunch of March Madness stuff.
• 2:59
  Dayna Roselli: Well, gonna watch the games on Friday, and on that day, 75 and sunny, which is perfect, right?
• 3:06
  Dayna Roselli: Really?
• 3:06
  Dayna Roselli: So I saw this and I thought, okay, the pool at Sahara is doing an event.
• 3:10
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, it's an ultimate outdoor viewing party for all of the basketball games starting at 8:30 each day.
• 3:20
  Dayna Roselli: Wow, that's great.
• 3:22
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I guess you know, they're gonna broadcast to the tournament on that big 240-foot-long LED video wall that they have, and then have smaller screens.
• 3:32
  Dayna Roselli: Um, they're gonna have like tailgate style games, some cornholes, some beer pong, um, and then a bunch of activations, and it's free to get in.
• 3:41
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, general admission.
• 3:43
  Sean McAllister: That's great.
• 3:44
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, so I thought that was a good option.
• 3:45
  Dayna Roselli: Then I mean Caesar sent us a whole list of things they're doing, and I know we've talked about a million things.
• 3:50
  Dayna Roselli: Like literally everywhere is, you know, having an event.
• 3:53
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and it's hard to choose, but there's plenty to pick from.
• 3:56
  Dayna Roselli: But browse around, and if you're coming into town, and then you said um games will continue, obviously, but this is like the big, big Well, this is like when you're looking at the bracket.
• 4:07
  Dayna Roselli: The madness.
• 4:08
  Sean McAllister: We're looking at the the far right and the far left side of those brackets where all of those games are.
• 4:15
  Sean McAllister: As you get as you get closer to the center of your bracket, obviously there's fewer games being played, and fewer games means less game time on TV.
• 4:24
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 4:25
  Sean McAllister: So that's the exciting part is that the games are just about non-stop uh in these first few days in the outside of the brackets.
• 4:33
  Sean McAllister: So, yes, I'm looking forward to being out.
• 4:35
  Sean McAllister: I've not made official plans yet.
• 4:37
  Dayna Roselli: Okay.
• 4:38
  Sean McAllister: I don't know exactly where we're gonna end up to watch the games on on that Friday.
• 4:44
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, well, you'll have to report back and tell us how it how it was.
• 4:48
  Sean McAllister: I absolutely will.
• 4:49
  Dayna Roselli: This is a big one.
• 4:50
  Dayna Roselli: The Luxor buffet is closing, and this is all the buzz in Las Vegas.
• 4:55
  Dayna Roselli: Because I also, as a Vegas insider, did not realize this that it's been there for more than 30 years.
• 5:01
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, I didn't realize I honestly didn't realize that it was still open.
• 5:05
  Dayna Roselli: I know, true.
• 5:06
  Dayna Roselli: Well, I mean, that's the thing.
• 5:07
  Dayna Roselli: It's like everyone's upset it's closing, and then you're always like, Well, wait, did you go there?
• 5:11
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, how often are you there?
• 5:12
  Sean McAllister: Is this like your Sunday routine hitting up the buffet over there?
• 5:16
  Sean McAllister: I don't know.
• 5:16
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 5:17
  Dayna Roselli: Well, um, apparently, people who have gone there, I've never been.
• 5:20
  Dayna Roselli: I've been to the one at Xcaliber, but not Luxor.
• 5:23
  Dayna Roselli: Um, they say it's one of the most fun buffets in town, apparently.
• 5:27
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and we're also letting you know because you have to March 30th to go.
• 5:30
  Dayna Roselli: So if you haven't been like us, you might want to get over there before March 30th.
• 5:35
  Dayna Roselli: And um, but it it's you know, definitely like I guess it's like the Egyptian style and like the whole thing.
• 5:41
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but it's also only open 8 a.m.
• 5:44
  Dayna Roselli: to 2 p.m.
• 5:45
  Dayna Roselli: So like a breakfast-lunch type thing.
• 5:48
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but you know, as the kind of buffet is starting to go away, there were a few staples, and I guess this was one of them, and people are kind of bummed that it's closing.
• 5:59
  Sean McAllister: Well, and it's a pretty good value as far as buffets go.
• 6:02
  Sean McAllister: Uh, it's 30 about 32 bucks for adults to get into the buffet if you're a Nevada local and have your ID 27 bucks.
• 6:13
  Sean McAllister: Um, but compared to some other buffets that we have on the strip, they're more of the luxury buffet, and those can be like 75, 80 bucks and upwards.
• 6:24
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 6:24
  Dayna Roselli: So, what's the point?
• 6:25
  Dayna Roselli: Well, I guess you have more variety of food and you can get up and get it and refill when you and I mean you can go in and get your have as many crab legs as you want.
• 6:34
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 6:34
  Sean McAllister: And like get that high you can get fill your plate with prime prime rib and do all of that kind of stuff to make it worth your money.
• 6:44
  Sean McAllister: But that's the reason I generally don't go to buffets because I don't feel like I can eat enough in one sitting to make it to make it worth it.
• 6:54
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 6:54
  Sean McAllister: You know, and I'm definitely not rolling in there with Tupperware to like fill up and take it home.
• 6:59
  Dayna Roselli: And I feel like they probably don't allow that anymore.
• 7:02
  Dayna Roselli: No, they probably don't.
• 7:02
  Dayna Roselli: There's cameras everywhere.
• 7:06
  Dayna Roselli: All right.
• 7:06
  Dayna Roselli: Well, if you want to head over to the Luxor buffet, you've got until March 30th, and so could be kind of fun and to to visit it for the first time or revisit it before it closes.
• 7:17
  Sean McAllister: Uh, we got some new hotel news.
• 7:19
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, this was out of nowhere, wasn't it?
• 7:21
  Sean McAllister: It kind of was.
• 7:21
  Sean McAllister: It kind of snuck up on us.
• 7:23
  Sean McAllister: We woke up one day and all of a sudden Lisa Vanderpump, the reality star from uh she became a household name from the real housewives of Beverly Hills.
• 7:34
  Dayna Roselli: Uh-huh.
• 7:34
  Sean McAllister: But before that, she was a restaurateur, a hotel operator, and she's doing that again here on the Las Vegas Strip with Vanderpump Hotel.
• 7:42
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 7:43
  Dayna Roselli: Well, Vanderpump Rules is her show, right?
• 7:45
  Dayna Roselli: Is that a reality show?
• 7:46
  Sean McAllister: It is.
• 7:46
  Sean McAllister: That came after all that, okay.
• 7:48
  Sean McAllister: Uh Beverly Hills Housewives.
• 7:50
  Dayna Roselli: Got it.
• 7:50
  Dayna Roselli: And I think we're surprised because this can't because she had just opened Pinkies at the Flamingo.
• 7:55
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 7:55
  Dayna Roselli: And then another loungish restaurant.
• 7:57
  Dayna Roselli: She's got, you know, uh lounge restaurant at Paris.
• 8:01
  Dayna Roselli: Uh Vanderpump Paris, is that right?
• 8:03
  Dayna Roselli: That's right.
• 8:04
  Dayna Roselli: And then the cocktail garden at Caesars Paris.
• 8:06
  Dayna Roselli: Caesars, yeah.
• 8:07
  Dayna Roselli: So, I mean, she's just pumping them out.
• 8:10
  Dayna Roselli: She is pumping them out.
• 8:11
  Dayna Roselli: She's Vanderpumping them out.
• 8:13
  Dayna Roselli: And uh now she's she's opening a hotel.
• 8:15
  Dayna Roselli: But here's what's happening, the Cromwell.
• 8:17
  Dayna Roselli: If you if you've been to the Cromwell or you visited Las Vegas, um, you um may have been there and realized, okay, this is kind of a standalone hotel.
• 8:26
  Dayna Roselli: It's part of the Caesars, you know, properties, Giata's in there, Dre's pool club, and nightclub's in there.
• 8:32
  Dayna Roselli: And it's got actually a really nice casino floor.
• 8:36
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but she's gonna be basically refurbishing it and it will open as the Vanderpump hotel.
• 8:44
  Dayna Roselli: So you ask, well, what is she gonna do to it that's gonna make it different?
• 8:47
  Sean McAllister: What is she gonna do to make it different, Dana?
• 8:49
  Dayna Roselli: Well, she's bringing her aesthetic and her distinctive design uh to enhance the hotel reception area, the front desk area.
• 8:59
  Dayna Roselli: She's gonna introduce an all-new lounge and then redesign the 188 guest rooms and suites.
• 9:07
  Dayna Roselli: And apparently it's gonna feature some of her signature light fixtures and furnishings and all that kind of thing.
• 9:14
  Dayna Roselli: And then she personally is going to hand select the amenities for hotel guests.
• 9:21
  Sean McAllister: Oh, I'm interested to see what Lisa will hand select.
• 9:25
  Sean McAllister: Right now, this property is unique on the Las Vegas strip, it's essentially a boutique hotel tucked in between all of these other massive resorts that we have on Las Vegas Boulevard.
• 9:38
  Sean McAllister: So I I think it's a really smart idea to have Lisa take this over, have a a name, a star attached to it.
• 9:47
  Sean McAllister: It's going to bring people in.
• 9:49
  Sean McAllister: I mean, if you go to any of her restaurants, whether it's or lounges over at Caesar's Palace or Paris or now Flamingo, like it is packed.
• 9:58
  Sean McAllister: There is a line of people waiting to get in at just about any time of day.
• 10:04
  Sean McAllister: And she has her fans and her fans will support her.
• 10:08
  Sean McAllister: Oh my gosh.
• 10:08
  Dayna Roselli: Even if she's ever had an opening and we've been at it, it's like packed with people trying to get a glimpse shoulder to shoulder, yes.
• 10:15
  Dayna Roselli: And you know, sometimes if she has friends or cast members from the reality shows show up, like they're all into it.
• 10:21
  Sean McAllister: Yep.
• 10:22
  Sean McAllister: So I see much drama.
• 10:24
  Sean McAllister: There is always drama.
• 10:26
  Sean McAllister: Drama, there's love triangles, and she has it all on her show.
• 10:29
  Sean McAllister: And I'm sure that you know, the people who come and visit Vanderpump Hotel might bring their own drama and love triangles, but that's for them to do.
• 10:39
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 10:40
  Sean McAllister: Not for Lisa.
• 10:40
  Sean McAllister: Um, I think it's gonna be a hot spot for bachelorette parties for sure and that kind of thing.
• 10:46
  Sean McAllister: So yeah, good on them.
• 10:47
  Sean McAllister: I think it's smart.
• 10:48
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 10:49
  Dayna Roselli: Caesar sent us uh some it's some like b-roll and interviews with Lisa, and so I just want to play a little clip from that um so we can hear from Lisa Vanderpump herself, and she talks about how this is a really big moment for her.
• 11:03
  SPEAKER_00: This is just gonna be something that's so different for the Vanderpump family, because normally we're used to creating something, a restaurant space from the ground up, but now we're actually revisiting a hotel that's a classic boutique hotel on the Las Vegas strip.
• 11:19
  SPEAKER_00: And we're working within the premises of the hotel.
• 11:22
  SPEAKER_00: So it's definitely gonna be something different, but no less exciting for sure.
• 11:27
  SPEAKER_00: I think whatever we do in Bandapampa Lane, as designers, we really commit to it, we really take it very seriously, however playful it is.
• 11:37
  SPEAKER_00: And I always say design, give me anything, but don't give me boring.
• 11:40
  SPEAKER_00: I think one of the most exciting things for me is people always tell me they do the banner pumpkin call and they go from restaurant to restaurant, and they can wake up with me and they can go to sleep with me.
• 11:50
  SPEAKER_00: I think creating the bedrooms and making everything just so perfect is just something I'm very, very excited to discover.
• 12:00
  SPEAKER_00: I think also creating different amenities and leaning into the creativity.
• 12:06
  SPEAKER_00: I think one thing we're known for, especially Vanderpamper Lane, is really taking things to a different level.
• 12:13
  SPEAKER_00: And I think with the Cromwell Hotel, changing that into the Vanderpump Hotel, hey, how could I not be more excited?
• 12:20
  SPEAKER_00: I never imagined that my name would be on a hotel, on one of the most famous boulevards in the world.
• 12:26
  SPEAKER_00: It's quite extraordinary.
• 12:27
  SPEAKER_00: I think they've got something like 150,000 hotel rooms in Las Vegas.
• 12:31
  SPEAKER_00: It truly is iconic, and it is the playground of America, if not the world.
• 12:38
  SPEAKER_00: As a restaurateur, it's actually been a gift to come to Vegas because I believe Vegas, Las Vegas is the playground of the world.
• 12:47
  SPEAKER_00: And to create these incredible spaces has just been so exhilarating.
• 12:51
  SPEAKER_00: I remember as a young woman coming to Las Vegas and thinking it was like this magical city, something I'd never seen before.
• 12:59
  SPEAKER_00: So to have these um beautiful places in Las Vegas as being a gift professionally, and I think also emotionally, creating these incredible uh venues.
• 13:10
  Dayna Roselli: And so, Sean, they're describing it as um, if you want to know like the vibe, it's there's gonna be an emphasis on sexy elegance and comfort with gorgeous rooms and a fresh new feel for the casino floor.
• 13:22
  Sean McAllister: Ooh, and that's this week's vibe check.
• 13:24
  Dayna Roselli: Yes, that's the vibe check.
• 13:25
  Dayna Roselli: But Lisa sounds really excited because, like she mentioned, you know, when she was a kid, she came here and it just felt like, oh my gosh, Las Vegas.
• 13:32
  Dayna Roselli: And now she's gonna, you know, add on to her, you know, already existing places and actually have a standalone hotel named after her.
• 13:42
  Dayna Roselli: It's amazing.
• 13:43
  Sean McAllister: But it is a big deal because and it's different having your name on a lounge than it is to have your name on a hotel on the Las Vegas strip.
• 13:51
  Sean McAllister: So congratulations to Lisa Vanderpump and Caesars.
• 13:55
  Sean McAllister: I uh their partnership seems to be going great.
• 13:58
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 13:58
  Sean McAllister: And I hope this is a continuation of that.
• 14:00
  Sean McAllister: I think it's something that that fans are really gonna love.
• 14:03
  Dayna Roselli: So it opens early 2026.
• 14:06
  Dayna Roselli: So we actually don't have to wait too long for that.
• 14:08
  Dayna Roselli: So they'll start, you know, refurbishing soon.
• 14:10
  Sean McAllister: And by the way, uh the property is going to stay open while they're doing uh all of these upgrades.
• 14:16
  Sean McAllister: So I imagine it'll be a phased thing.
• 14:19
  Sean McAllister: The whole building isn't shutting down.
• 14:20
  Dayna Roselli: No, and uh as of right now as well, uh Giata is planned to stick stick there and Dre's, so no talk of them closing um anytime soon.
• 14:30
  Sean McAllister: Hey, a while ago, you may have heard you may remember we talked about this when Beyonce announced her uh big stadium tour, Las Vegas was listed on uh the tour stops, but there were no dates given.
• 14:44
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 14:44
  Sean McAllister: And people were like, Oh, what's gonna happen?
• 14:46
  Sean McAllister: Is she gonna be at Allegiant Stadium?
• 14:48
  Sean McAllister: Is Beyonce gonna do a big sphere show?
• 14:51
  Sean McAllister: Like, uh what is the cryptic message uh that she's trying to send out by uh telling us she's stopping in Las Vegas but not giving us dates?
• 15:00
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 15:01
  Sean McAllister: Well, now we have clarity.
• 15:02
  Dayna Roselli: I know, but but like I wonder what did take so long.
• 15:05
  Dayna Roselli: Well, anyway, the show is July 25th at Allegiant Stadium.
• 15:08
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know, we were saying maybe it was a scheduling thing.
• 15:10
  Dayna Roselli: There's a bunch of shows in July, right?
• 15:12
  Dayna Roselli: Is that when like the weekend and he's July 4th and 5th?
• 15:17
  Sean McAllister: I think so, yeah.
• 15:18
  Dayna Roselli: And then I can't remember when Kendrick Lamar is coming.
• 15:22
  Dayna Roselli: He might be May anyway.
• 15:24
  Dayna Roselli: I just feel like there's a lot going on um in the summer for Allegiant Stadium.
• 15:28
  Dayna Roselli: So anyway, she's now July 25th, and I don't know.
• 15:32
  Dayna Roselli: We don't know the reason what took so long, but it doesn't really matter.
• 15:34
  Dayna Roselli: The tickets go on sale uh March 25th at 12 p.m., which is for general, but there's a bunch of beehive pre-sale stuff.
• 15:44
  Dayna Roselli: No, I'm not in the beehive.
• 15:46
  Sean McAllister: No.
• 15:46
  Sean McAllister: My neighbors just had a beehive taken out of their wall.
• 15:50
  Sean McAllister: Side note.
• 15:51
  Dayna Roselli: Side note.
• 15:52
  Dayna Roselli: Um, hey, uh, we talked about this before, too.
• 15:55
  Dayna Roselli: Rod Stewart added shows this year suddenly.
• 15:57
  Dayna Roselli: Well, now he's added more shows at the Coliseum.
• 16:00
  Dayna Roselli: So uh Sir Rod doing, you know, his his new refurbished residency called the Encore Shows that he announced after his other residency.
• 16:11
  Sean McAllister: He closed one residency and immediately started another.
• 16:14
  Dayna Roselli: He's adding more Encore shows.
• 16:16
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, the Encore continues.
• 16:19
  Dayna Roselli: The six new concerts going on sale uh in September.
• 16:23
  Dayna Roselli: They've got the 24th, 26th, and 27th on the schedule, and then in October um 1st, 3rd, and 4th.
• 16:29
  Dayna Roselli: If you want to see Sir Rod Stewart, which we admit puts on a fabulous show.
• 16:33
  Sean McAllister: He puts on a great show and he's still got tons of energy.
• 16:36
  Sean McAllister: Good on Rod for keeping that Encore going.
• 16:39
  Sean McAllister: Keep the applause going for Rod.
• 16:41
  Sean McAllister: Uh, David Blaine also adding shows.
• 16:43
  Sean McAllister: Uh, he's performing over at the Encore Theater at Win Las Vegas.
• 16:48
  Sean McAllister: The new performance dates are July 23rd, 25th, and 26th.
• 16:54
  Sean McAllister: And then there's other dates uh into mid-November.
• 16:57
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 16:57
  Sean McAllister: Uh all those show times are 8 p.m.
• 17:00
  Sean McAllister: Um before when we announced that he was coming back to Encore, those dates are coming up this spring in April.
• 17:07
  Sean McAllister: Um, but now we know that he's sticking around with more dates through uh late fall.
• 17:13
  Dayna Roselli: I feel like every time he does a run, like I do see a lot of buzz about it.
• 17:17
  Dayna Roselli: Like people who haven't been before and go or like this was my mind was absolutely blown.
• 17:22
  Sean McAllister: It's just such a different kind of magic show.
• 17:25
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 17:26
  Sean McAllister: That nobody, no other magician on the strip is like David Blaine's show.
• 17:30
  Sean McAllister: Which is cool.
• 17:31
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it is cool.
• 17:33
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, I you know, I just like seeing Ringo Star hanging out in Vegas, and I'm glad he's coming back.
• 17:38
  Dayna Roselli: And he's doing a bunch of shows too.
• 17:39
  Dayna Roselli: Six performances actually scheduled uh at the Venetian, September 17th, 19th, 20, 24, 26, 27.
• 17:48
  Dayna Roselli: Um, this is cool to see Ringo in town.
• 17:51
  Dayna Roselli: It's Ringo and his all-star band.
• 17:53
  Dayna Roselli: We can't leave them out.
• 17:54
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but they're gonna be back at the Venetian doing shows, and I think that's cool.
• 17:58
  Dayna Roselli: It's the third year in a row for them.
• 18:00
  Dayna Roselli: And I don't know.
• 18:01
  Dayna Roselli: I just remember watching him like stop in and see the cast of love before they closed.
• 18:06
  Dayna Roselli: And he was just so gracious and you know, complimentary, and people seemed excited to see him.
• 18:11
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, he's you know iconic.
• 18:13
  Sean McAllister: He is iconic, and he is no stranger to Las Vegas either.
• 18:16
  Sean McAllister: I feel like just when I think Ringo sightings have died down.
• 18:21
  Sean McAllister: Oh, he's coming back with more shows.
• 18:23
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 18:24
  Sean McAllister: And I love it.
• 18:24
  Dayna Roselli: I know that is really cool.
• 18:26
  Sean McAllister: Keep him coming, Ringo.
• 18:28
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, we did get a question.
• 18:29
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, you can always text us in our show notes.
• 18:32
  Dayna Roselli: It says text us, and a text comes in right to us.
• 18:35
  Dayna Roselli: We don't get your phone number, we don't get your name.
• 18:36
  Dayna Roselli: You can enter whatever you want to enter.
• 18:38
  Dayna Roselli: But we actually got a question on our website this week, and we could hold this closer to the holidays, but we figured uh we'd address it real quick.
• 18:45
  Dayna Roselli: It's from Ollie, and he says, I have a question for the show.
• 18:50
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, love the show, by the way, he says.
• 18:52
  Dayna Roselli: Thanks, Ollie.
• 18:53
  Dayna Roselli: I know, thanks, Ollie.
• 18:54
  Dayna Roselli: Um, he says, I live in the UK and he's booked a trip um for his wife and him.
• 19:02
  Dayna Roselli: It says surprise.
• 19:03
  Dayna Roselli: So I'm like, if the wife listens, maybe she doesn't.
• 19:05
  Dayna Roselli: I feel like Ollie listens and the wife doesn't.
• 19:07
  Dayna Roselli: So booked a surprise trip.
• 19:09
  Dayna Roselli: Let's hope.
• 19:10
  Dayna Roselli: Otherwise, surprise.
• 19:13
  Dayna Roselli: Um, anyway, he's gonna fly out the day after Christmas and stay through um for the holidays.
• 19:19
  Dayna Roselli: He just wanted some hints and tips on any insights we may have for things to do during that holiday week that will be fun slash romantic slash exciting.
• 19:30
  Dayna Roselli: He's staying at Caesar's Palace.
• 19:32
  Dayna Roselli: So we sit there and we go, I mean, first of all, which we kind of need to know is he if he's ever been here before, but assuming he hasn't or maybe even decided when you go fun, romantic, exciting, I feel like you and I have the standards that you just have to do.
• 19:46
  SPEAKER_03: Yeah.
• 19:47
  Dayna Roselli: And so I was just gonna mention you need to go on a Venetian gondola ride.
• 19:51
  Dayna Roselli: You need to go check out the beautiful Bellagio Conservatory, especially at holiday time, um, because they do a fantastic holiday display.
• 20:01
  Dayna Roselli: All fresh flowers, moving parts.
• 20:03
  Dayna Roselli: It's just beautiful.
• 20:04
  Dayna Roselli: It's free, it's open 24-7.
• 20:07
  Dayna Roselli: And then I was thinking maybe dinner at the top of the Eiffel Tower if you want to splurge.
• 20:11
  Dayna Roselli: It's pricey, but so romantic.
• 20:13
  Sean McAllister: It is.
• 20:13
  Sean McAllister: That's beautiful up there.
• 20:14
  Sean McAllister: It is a great view.
• 20:16
  Sean McAllister: You have the fountains of Bellagio going off right down underneath you.
• 20:20
  Dayna Roselli: It's great.
• 20:21
  Sean McAllister: F1 track setup is probably gonna be nearly taken down by that point.
• 20:26
  Dayna Roselli: True.
• 20:26
  Dayna Roselli: It should be.
• 20:27
  Dayna Roselli: It should be.
• 20:28
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 20:28
  Dayna Roselli: And it's like dark and like romantic, yeah.
• 20:31
  Dayna Roselli: Moody, yeah.
• 20:32
  Dayna Roselli: I think that's good.
• 20:33
  Dayna Roselli: And then um LA 66 at the top of Resorts World is a great place for a drink and a really cool view.
• 20:40
  Dayna Roselli: Same thing in the evening time.
• 20:42
  Dayna Roselli: It's dark, the you know, the view is gorgeous, it's uh nice little, you know, definitely a great lounge.
• 20:49
  Dayna Roselli: And then I was thinking maybe go to Carbone for dinner because Carbone's, you know, a hard reservation to get.
• 20:55
  Sean McAllister: So make a reservation now for Christmas.
• 20:57
  Dayna Roselli: So see, answering this now makes sense.
• 20:59
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it does.
• 21:00
  Dayna Roselli: Ollie, book Carbone.
• 21:02
  Dayna Roselli: It's hard to get a reservation.
• 21:04
  Dayna Roselli: It's at Aria.
• 21:05
  Dayna Roselli: It's Italian, it's fantastic.
• 21:07
  Dayna Roselli: I love it there.
• 21:09
  Dayna Roselli: Um, so that's a good idea.
• 21:11
  Dayna Roselli: And then, you know, we were saying there's so many different things.
• 21:13
  Dayna Roselli: Like, we don't know yet what some of the headliners um will be doing.
• 21:18
  Dayna Roselli: Like sometimes people do Christmas shows, those are always great.
• 21:20
  Dayna Roselli: Pick one, you know.
• 21:21
  Dayna Roselli: We have a lot of great singers that come in, um, dancers, all sorts of stuff that do special things.
• 21:26
  Dayna Roselli: So we'll have to wait on that one.
• 21:28
  Dayna Roselli: But there's obviously tons of um holiday displays around the ice rinks are open.
• 21:33
  Dayna Roselli: Um, Fountain Blue did one last year, Cosmopolitan has one.
• 21:36
  Dayna Roselli: You can roast marshmallows and a fire pit and have cocktails and ice skate.
• 21:40
  Sean McAllister: Because my sister came and stayed with us uh over Christmas this past Christmas.
• 21:46
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 21:46
  Sean McAllister: And she stayed down on the strip for a couple nights and absolutely loved just roaming around.
• 21:54
  Sean McAllister: Made a day of casino hopping, not to necessarily play, but to just See all of the sites because it is so pretty at Christmas time.
• 22:04
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 22:04
  Sean McAllister: And so one of the things I would suggest we have those double decker uh buses that go up and down the Las Vegas strip and even downtown.
• 22:13
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 22:13
  Sean McAllister: Uh down near Fremont Street, too.
• 22:15
  Sean McAllister: Anyway, you can uh buy a hop on, hop off pass that's good all day long.
• 22:21
  Sean McAllister: Right so that you can just go hop on the bus, you know, take it to uh whatever resort is closest to where you want to be next, hop off, and then just keep doing that throughout the day, and you don't have to worry about getting Ubers, getting a taxi, all that kind of thing.
• 22:35
  Sean McAllister: You just go to the bus stop, and that's a good alternative, also.
• 22:39
  Dayna Roselli: Sure, yeah, why not?
• 22:41
  Dayna Roselli: Because you know, the walking it looks like it's easy to walk, and it can be, but it's the strip is long.
• 22:47
  Sean McAllister: Speaking of walking, can I just tell you every single time, every time I drive past the airport to get on the highway, I see somebody who is walking with their luggage who thought it was a good idea to save some cash and walk to the airport.
• 23:04
  Sean McAllister: Oh my god, that is a bad, bad, bad idea.
• 23:07
  Sean McAllister: If you ever consider it, immediately squash that thought because A, it is not close.
• 23:15
  Sean McAllister: You're gonna be walking forever and you'll probably miss your flight.
• 23:18
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 23:19
  Sean McAllister: B, it is very dangerous.
• 23:21
  Sean McAllister: The roads that lead into the airport are not designed for any sort of pedestrian traffic at all.
• 23:27
  Dayna Roselli: And that's a long stretch.
• 23:29
  Sean McAllister: That's when you enter the airport, yes, like to get to the drive it, it's long farms you around.
• 23:36
  Sean McAllister: You're like you're not going direct to the to the passenger drop-off area.
• 23:41
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 23:42
  Sean McAllister: So don't walk to the airport and consider taking transportation between major resorts, especially from one end of the strip to the next.
• 23:53
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 23:53
  Sean McAllister: Because it really is not close.
• 23:55
  Dayna Roselli: It's not.
• 23:56
  Dayna Roselli: And you know, you can take a taxi or Uber.
• 23:58
  Dayna Roselli: Taxi back and forth to the strip now has that fixed kind of fixed rate.
• 24:04
  Dayna Roselli: Right fixed rate, yeah.
• 24:06
  Dayna Roselli: So it a lot of people think they're gonna get like gouge, and you can't really anymore.
• 24:10
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but you know, that's like to hotels and to the airport, like that, just back and forth.
• 24:15
  Dayna Roselli: So I don't know.
• 24:16
  Dayna Roselli: And Uber Lyft, I mean, you know, it's worth it.
• 24:19
  Sean McAllister: It is.
• 24:20
  Dayna Roselli: You do, yeah.
• 24:21
  Sean McAllister: And Ollie, just keep listening as the holidays draw closer.
• 24:26
  Sean McAllister: God, I it's hard to believe we're thinking about holidays.
• 24:30
  Dayna Roselli: I'm not thinking about the holidays.
• 24:31
  Sean McAllister: I'm answering Ollie's question and I am and then stopping the holiday thoughts.
• 24:36
  Dayna Roselli: No, I'm not thinking anything holiday whatsoever.
• 24:42
  Dayna Roselli: All right.
• 24:42
  Dayna Roselli: Well, we just gave you a bunch of tips, but let's do more.
• 24:44
  Dayna Roselli: It's time for our actual tips segment.
• 24:50
  Dayna Roselli: Well, Sean, next week, the weather report on our phone that we just looked at says it's going to be 87 one day and 89 degrees one day.
• 24:59
  Sean McAllister: I love it.
• 25:00
  Dayna Roselli: I we love it, but we were saying it's way too soon.
• 25:02
  Sean McAllister: It's way too soon.
• 25:04
  Sean McAllister: This happened last year when it was like the thermostat, the the natural thermostat was switched to heat, and we were just bombarded.
• 25:14
  Sean McAllister: We didn't have that nice chunk of spring weather.
• 25:17
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 25:17
  Sean McAllister: It just went from cool to hot.
• 25:20
  Dayna Roselli: We've got that this week.
• 25:21
  Dayna Roselli: We're in the 70s, and then it goes to the 80s, high 80s.
• 25:24
  Dayna Roselli: But I think it'll go back down again.
• 25:26
  Dayna Roselli: Let's hope.
• 25:26
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, a little bit.
• 25:27
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, because the high 70s and low 80s are beautiful.
• 25:31
  Dayna Roselli: That's perfect.
• 25:32
  Dayna Roselli: It's great layout weather.
• 25:33
  Dayna Roselli: But listen, start to get the base tan, all that kind of thing.
• 25:36
  Dayna Roselli: But pools are open here in Las Vegas.
• 25:38
  Dayna Roselli: We mention it all the time.
• 25:39
  Dayna Roselli: Um, just wanted to quickly um mention to you, our listeners, that if you are coming into Las Vegas, a lot of time people like to try different pools, or they want to know, like, hey, can I go to this pool?
• 25:51
  Dayna Roselli: And I can I go to that pool.
• 25:53
  Dayna Roselli: And usually the pools at resorts are limited to just, you know, the guests that are staying at the hotel.
• 25:58
  Sean McAllister: You need to show a room key or something like that.
• 26:01
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 26:01
  Dayna Roselli: But Palm's pool um has a great thing going.
• 26:06
  Dayna Roselli: It's for locals and also for non-hotel guests, and that is that you can go there for free.
• 26:12
  Dayna Roselli: No cover.
• 26:13
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, you can park there for free.
• 26:15
  Dayna Roselli: And then they do have this free cabana program for Las Vegas locals Monday through Thursday, too.
• 26:20
  Dayna Roselli: So if we have any locals listening, um, but I thought that was really cool.
• 26:23
  Dayna Roselli: The Palms is just set off the strip, so they have a great pool.
• 26:26
  Dayna Roselli: It's a little bit more chill and a little bit more relaxed.
• 26:31
  Sean McAllister: So But it's a nice area out there.
• 26:34
  Dayna Roselli: Now I'm starting to think, did we do this last week?
• 26:37
  Dayna Roselli: I feel like I feel like I'm reminiscing reminiscing about having this conversation before.
• 26:43
  Sean McAllister: Well, I think we had it on the TV show.
• 26:49
  Dayna Roselli: Maybe.
• 26:50
  Dayna Roselli: This is funny.
• 26:51
  Dayna Roselli: Um, we also wanted to mention the Fountain Blue's new uh it's not new.
• 26:55
  Dayna Roselli: Well, everything's new at the Fountain Blue.
• 26:57
  Dayna Roselli: Lakote, by the way, over at the Fountain Blue, it's a pool side restaurant.
• 27:01
  Dayna Roselli: Um, they do breakfast, brunch, lunch.
• 27:04
  Dayna Roselli: That is open to non-hotel guests this year, too.
• 27:07
  Dayna Roselli: And I think um it's opening, yeah, early April.
• 27:11
  Dayna Roselli: So keep that in mind.
• 27:12
  Dayna Roselli: Um, because the Oasis Pool is gorgeous.
• 27:14
  Dayna Roselli: So you can't go to the pool as a non-hotel guest, but you could go to the cafe.
• 27:18
  Sean McAllister: And Fountain Blue also at their Oasis Pool is doing uh a summer movie series out there again as well.
• 27:26
  Sean McAllister: And that uh is open to non-hotel guests also.
• 27:31
  Sean McAllister: Hey, uh from poolside to lakeside over at uh Bellagio, the lake out in front of there, uh, they have some great restaurants that butt right up to the back side of that lake, and one of them is Prime Steakhouse, which uh is debuting a new era of fountainside dining over there at Bellagio.
• 27:54
  Sean McAllister: The uh restaurant has a new look, the menu has been reimagined, and it looks absolutely stunning.
• 28:02
  Sean McAllister: If you've been into Prime for uh dinner before, you know that it always has had like those big, thick, rich fabric choices and all that kind of stuff.
• 28:13
  Sean McAllister: Well, they've kind of lightened up the atmosphere a little bit.
• 28:17
  Sean McAllister: Um and they have a huge patio that overlooks the fountains as well.
• 28:23
  Sean McAllister: So prime is another one of those spots maybe Ollie could look into.
• 28:28
  Sean McAllister: It's a prime spot.
• 28:30
  Sean McAllister: It is a prime spot, it has that name for several reasons.
• 28:34
  Dayna Roselli: Well, and that's the thing.
• 28:36
  Dayna Roselli: I feel like sometimes people do ask about like where can I sit to see the fountains?
• 28:40
  Dayna Roselli: And I feel like for years people would say places across the street from, right, but never at Bellagio.
• 28:47
  Dayna Roselli: And like you really have to, you do, you have to dig deep to find the patios.
• 28:52
  Dayna Roselli: And I I don't know, I feel like that maybe they're trying to make it special with that.
• 28:56
  Dayna Roselli: You know, it's not all out there, it's not for it's they're not pushing it all the time.
• 29:00
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 29:00
  Dayna Roselli: Um, because it is a hot ticket, too.
• 29:02
  Dayna Roselli: But like Spago, then Lago, and then Prime, and there are restaurants.
• 29:08
  Sean McAllister: Mayfair Supper Club, yeah, right along there, too.
• 29:11
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, so there are places that have, you know, patio seating in front of the Bellagio fountains at the Bellagio.
• 29:19
  Sean McAllister: Yes.
• 29:19
  Dayna Roselli: Not always just across the street, because everyone always talks about, you know, the Paris um restaurant there.
• 29:24
  Dayna Roselli: Monomiga.
• 29:25
  Dayna Roselli: Monomiga B, yeah, where you can see the fountain.
• 29:27
  Dayna Roselli: That's a great spot too, and a classic, longtime classic.
• 29:29
  Dayna Roselli: So um, but there are places there.
• 29:31
  Dayna Roselli: So I'm excited.
• 29:32
  Dayna Roselli: I'm glad that they didn't close Prime, they just reimagined it, gave it a little refresh, and it's back.
• 29:38
  Sean McAllister: And it's a great steakhouse, too.
• 29:40
  Sean McAllister: So you're not gonna go wrong with anything over there at Prime.
• 29:45
  Sean McAllister: That is this week's episode.
• 29:46
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and we mention all the time what things look like.
• 29:48
  Dayna Roselli: So again, we do put a lot of stuff in our TV show.
• 29:51
  Dayna Roselli: You can go to our YouTube channel.
• 29:52
  Dayna Roselli: Please subscribe, like, watch, share it with friends.
• 29:55
  Dayna Roselli: But if you're maybe you just prefer to do the audio podcast too, that's fine.
• 29:59
  Dayna Roselli: But just so you know, if you ever want to see any of the things that we're talking about, we do have a half-hour TV show that we post every single week.
• 30:07
  Sean McAllister: And we want to thank uh the Vegas Near Me app.
• 30:10
  Sean McAllister: It is all things Las Vegas, right in your pocket.
• 30:14
  Sean McAllister: You can find uh dinner, show, transportation options, and book them all within the app.
• 30:22
  Sean McAllister: There's incredible detailed maps of uh properties and theaters and all sorts of stuff.
• 30:29
  Sean McAllister: Download the Vegas Near Me app from the Apple App Store or on Google Play.
• 30:35
  Sean McAllister: You will thank us because it'll come in handy.
• 30:38
  Sean McAllister: Guarantee it.
• 30:39
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, the information is endless.
• 30:40
  Dayna Roselli: We always tell George, George, you're putting so much information in here, and he's like, Isn't it cool?
• 30:44
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and it is cool.
• 30:46
  Dayna Roselli: It's just that you really need to actually download it and spend some time surfing around because you'll find some really useful things.
• 30:53
  Dayna Roselli: One time I looked at something and it said like show in progress.
• 30:55
  Dayna Roselli: Like it even shows when things are actually happening and in the, you know, this show's in progress right now, and here's the next one.
• 31:03
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, it's just really, really helpful.
• 31:05
  Dayna Roselli: So again, Vegas near me, easy to find, easy to download, and we appreciate you sponsoring our audio podcast.
• 31:13
  SPEAKER_03: Have a great one.