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Visitor and Gaming Numbers, Horseshoe Las Vegas is Coming to the Strip, Adele Fallout | Ep. 103 · Vegas Revealed

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  Dayna Roselli: It's Vegas Revealed, episode 103.
• 1:02
  Sean McAllister: Las Vegas' 2021 visitor numbers are just in.
• 1:06
  Sean McAllister: How did it compare to the 2019 numbers pre-pandemic?
• 1:10
  Sean McAllister: We've got answers today.
• 1:12
  Dayna Roselli: Bailey's is going through a transformation and it will have a new name.
• 1:16
  Dayna Roselli: A familiar name, in fact.
• 1:18
  Sean McAllister: And Katy Perry is ready for more playtime on the strip.
• 1:22
  Sean McAllister: And by now we all know Adele canceled, but we also know it's time to move on.
• 1:28
  Dayna Roselli: Who's stepping in to fill some spots and what's happened since the announcement?
• 1:33
  Sean McAllister: It's all now on Vegas Revealed.
• 1:35
  Sean McAllister: Spin that wheel.
• 1:46
  Dayna Roselli: Welcome to Vegas Revealed episode 103.
• 1:50
  Dayna Roselli: Hey everyone, it's Dana Roselli along with Sean McAllister.
• 1:54
  Sean McAllister: How's it going?
• 1:54
  Sean McAllister: It's been a busy week, Dana.
• 1:56
  Dayna Roselli: It has.
• 1:56
  Dayna Roselli: We actually dropped last week's podcast a little early because that big Adele announcement came out.
• 2:01
  Sean McAllister: And man, we've been rolling in the deep with rumors and announcements and reports that have all come out stemming from that.
• 2:09
  Dayna Roselli: We sure have.
• 2:10
  Dayna Roselli: And we're going to talk about that in a little bit.
• 2:12
  Dayna Roselli: And we won't go on and on about it because we kind of feel like everyone's moving on and they're over it.
• 2:16
  Dayna Roselli: But it's it's a hot topic.
• 2:18
  Dayna Roselli: So we'll get to that in a minute.
• 2:19
  Dayna Roselli: But first we want to talk about the visitor numbers because, you know, we have so many people that live here and visit Las Vegas that listen to the podcast, they're always interested to see what our visitor numbers are.
• 2:30
  Dayna Roselli: And you know what?
• 2:31
  Dayna Roselli: Pretty good for 2021.
• 2:33
  Dayna Roselli: The whole year's numbers came out and we had 32 million visitors.
• 2:36
  Sean McAllister: Wow, that's pretty good.
• 2:37
  Sean McAllister: Hey, if you're listening and you did come to Las Vegas, uh, or you live here and you have family or friends who came in, we extend a big old thank you because visitors are what make this town tick.
• 2:49
  Dayna Roselli: Well, in 2020, where obviously it was a very rough year, we were even shut down for a while, we only had 19 million visitors.
• 2:56
  Dayna Roselli: So we're obviously up from 2020.
• 2:58
  Dayna Roselli: But when you look back at 2019, which was kind of pre-pandemic, really, the full year there, um, not bad compared to then.
• 3:06
  Dayna Roselli: Apparently, we had 42 million visitors in 2019.
• 3:10
  Dayna Roselli: Okay.
• 3:11
  Dayna Roselli: So that 32 million for 2021, there's down about 24%.
• 3:16
  Dayna Roselli: So not bad.
• 3:17
  Sean McAllister: We're getting back up to those pre-pandemic levels, which is a good sign.
• 3:22
  Sean McAllister: It's a good sign for recovery.
• 3:24
  Sean McAllister: And you know, I will say it's probably a good thing that we're not back at a hundred percent yet.
• 3:31
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 3:31
  Sean McAllister: Because we've been having such a hard time here in Las Vegas and really across the country, staffing jobs to accommodate a mass crowd like that.
• 3:44
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 3:44
  Dayna Roselli: No, a good point, good point.
• 3:45
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 3:46
  Sean McAllister: Mass capacity, that's what I was trying to say.
• 3:48
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 3:49
  Dayna Roselli: And then we don't want people, you know, when you come here, we want the experience to be amazing, where you're not like, oh, when you go to Vegas, the service is awful.
• 3:56
  Dayna Roselli: So we want to make sure we're up to staff and all that kind of thing.
• 3:58
  Dayna Roselli: But you know, people have been sick lately and calling out sick, so staff numbers have been low.
• 4:03
  Dayna Roselli: Um, people aren't um, you know, working the same jobs, they're shifting and moving around.
• 4:08
  Dayna Roselli: So we do have a lot of jobs open in Las Vegas right now.
• 4:11
  Dayna Roselli: So if anyone's looking to move here, which we hear often that people are, it's a good time.
• 4:16
  Sean McAllister: And casinos are hiring.
• 4:18
  Sean McAllister: The Palms is about to open up uh this spring, yeah, and they're hiring for jobs property wide, so lots of opportunity here in Las Vegas.
• 4:28
  Sean McAllister: But I guarantee if you went for a job interview, chances are you'd be a serious contender.
• 4:34
  Dayna Roselli: Exactly.
• 4:35
  Dayna Roselli: No, good point, good point.
• 4:37
  Dayna Roselli: We did a podcast on moving here and all the different, you know, things you need to know that you might not know, and we got a great response from that.
• 4:43
  Dayna Roselli: So, yeah.
• 4:44
  Dayna Roselli: So if you're looking to move here, listen to podcast number.
• 4:47
  Dayna Roselli: What was it?
• 4:48
  Dayna Roselli: It wasn't a good one.
• 4:49
  Dayna Roselli: That was two ago.
• 4:50
  Sean McAllister: Two podcasts.
• 4:50
  Dayna Roselli: Was it so 101?
• 4:52
  Sean McAllister: 101, maybe.
• 4:52
  Dayna Roselli: Uh 101 or 100.
• 4:54
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 4:54
  Sean McAllister: Okay.
• 4:55
  Sean McAllister: Uh, but if you do move here, be prepared to pay some pretty hefty prices for for housing.
• 5:02
  Sean McAllister: If you're looking to buy, uh it's a competitive market still.
• 5:07
  Sean McAllister: Um and rental prices are still high.
• 5:09
  Sean McAllister: If you're coming from California, I guess you have cash in your pocket if you sold your place there.
• 5:14
  Dayna Roselli: Exactly.
• 5:15
  Dayna Roselli: Um, speaking of cash, we got some gaming numbers too, right?
• 5:18
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and this is pretty impressive too.
• 5:20
  Sean McAllister: I know we're talking about, you know, visitor numbers getting back to pre-pandemic levels.
• 5:26
  Sean McAllister: Well, uh the gaming numbers, and we're talking when I talk gaming numbers, I'm talking about uh the amount of money that casinos have won off of gaming.
• 5:37
  Sean McAllister: So they t obviously take in your money when you're putting it in the slot machine, and that's weighed against how much they have to pay out.
• 5:44
  Sean McAllister: Well, casinos have been winning a heck of a lot more than they've been paying out because uh just in December, Nevada casinos, and this is statewide, won one point one five billion dollars in gaming wins.
• 6:00
  Sean McAllister: Wow, which is incredible.
• 6:01
  Sean McAllister: It is the tenth straight month of one billion or more house winnings.
• 6:07
  Sean McAllister: Incredible numbers.
• 6:08
  Dayna Roselli: Incredible numbers.
• 6:09
  Sean McAllister: And that is uh in 2021, the house winnings was 13.4 billion, a record number.
• 6:17
  Sean McAllister: Uh that is 1.4 billion more than 2019, which was pre-pandemic.
• 6:23
  Sean McAllister: So remember before the pandemic, there was this big thing, oh, people are coming to Las Vegas, but they're not gambling as much.
• 6:30
  Sean McAllister: Well, apparently the pandemic changed people's mindset on gambling because people are coming here and they are dropping it.
• 6:39
  Dayna Roselli: I know we talk about that all the time.
• 6:41
  Dayna Roselli: Like, what's the deal?
• 6:42
  Dayna Roselli: Because I think people who struggled through the pandemic look at things like that and go, like, who like cause even when you go like shopping at some of like say Crystals or Caesars uh forum shops, there's lines to get into these luxury stores now, right?
• 6:57
  Sean McAllister: Louis Vuitton always has a line.
• 6:59
  Dayna Roselli: So it's like what where how do people have all this money?
• 7:02
  Dayna Roselli: It didn't they suffer?
• 7:03
  Dayna Roselli: But there was like a there was like literally like a split.
• 7:06
  Dayna Roselli: It was like the people who had money didn't lose money and didn't use money, right?
• 7:12
  Dayna Roselli: So now they got all this money.
• 7:14
  Dayna Roselli: So, and then the people who did struggle, you know, obviously are working to rebuild that.
• 7:19
  Dayna Roselli: Then there's others who took unemployment and maybe made more than they did at their job.
• 7:25
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know, but anyway, they're taking a lot of that money in their gaming.
• 7:29
  Sean McAllister: Well, and I think that there could have been like a mind shift too, like during this pandemic period where people kind of re-evaluated things and said, Hey, you know what?
• 7:39
  Sean McAllister: Life is short.
• 7:41
  Sean McAllister: You know, if you're not living it and and pushing it and gambling, gambling it, literally getting it.
• 7:46
  Sean McAllister: Taking a risk, um, you know what's it all for?
• 7:49
  Sean McAllister: You know, things we could lose it all at the drop of a hat.
• 7:54
  Sean McAllister: So let's live while we have time to live, and that's what people are doing it when they're coming here to Vegas.
• 8:00
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 8:00
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 8:01
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, great numbers.
• 8:02
  Dayna Roselli: So I mean, things seem to be just uh kicking in Las Vegas, and it doesn't seem to be going away anytime soon.
• 8:09
  Sean McAllister: Well, and something that doesn't seem to be starting anytime soon is Adele's residency, which was supposed to start last weekend.
• 8:18
  Sean McAllister: We had that news that she just kind of called off the dates, rescheduling everything.
• 8:24
  Sean McAllister: Maybe.
• 8:24
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 8:25
  Sean McAllister: There's a question mark after that now.
• 8:26
  Sean McAllister: There is.
• 8:27
  Sean McAllister: Um, but there's been a lot that's come out since we had that breaking news in episode 102.
• 8:33
  Dayna Roselli: Well, you know, and we, you know, we pet we played you the the she had that emotional video.
• 8:37
  Dayna Roselli: It was a different way of kind of announcing such a big reschedule.
• 8:42
  Dayna Roselli: Um at first, you know, everyone was really feeling it, and then now everyone's been absorbing it.
• 8:47
  Dayna Roselli: And, you know, to be honest, it's like I almost feel like everyone's just kind of over it and ready to move on.
• 8:52
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, that's kind of how I feel.
• 8:53
  Dayna Roselli: Like, all right, she canceled the emotional video.
• 8:56
  Dayna Roselli: A bunch of the fans were upset about it, which I totally get.
• 8:59
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but now it's like, all right, well, now we're just, you know, in pure Vegas fashion.
• 9:05
  Dayna Roselli: We just figure out how to fix the problem and move on.
• 9:07
  Sean McAllister: Ready to move on.
• 9:08
  Dayna Roselli: Yes.
• 9:09
  Dayna Roselli: And uh they must have called up Keith Urban because Keith, uh, you know, is filling just two weekends that were, but you know, here's the deal.
• 9:15
  Dayna Roselli: She was supposed to go January all the way through April, which is every single weekend.
• 9:20
  Dayna Roselli: And now that those shows aren't taking place, there's holes in the Coliseum's schedule, like major holes.
• 9:27
  Dayna Roselli: So Keith Urban is taking two of the weekends, I think it's April and March, um, to do some extra shows added on to what he already had planned.
• 9:36
  Dayna Roselli: I think it was Memorial Day in uh May.
• 9:38
  Dayna Roselli: So that's cool of Keith, but I can only imagine they're looking for more people to fill those weekends.
• 9:43
  Sean McAllister: I mean, the scramble is on to try and and get entertainers who are already on the roster, maybe to come back and do additional dates um or to find one-off performers to come in and do some dates at the Coliseum.
• 9:59
  Sean McAllister: But the hard thing about that is usually you have uh several months from the time that a show is announced until uh the performance actually happens.
• 10:11
  Sean McAllister: And that allows for people to buy tickets, especially people who are out of town, to buy tickets for the show, plan their travel, get here, go see the show.
• 10:23
  Sean McAllister: When we're announcing within a few weeks, really, is what we're looking at.
• 10:29
  Sean McAllister: That cuts down on the ability for people to buy tickets and book travel at an affordable rate and get here to enjoy, you know, whatever performer is booked.
• 10:40
  Sean McAllister: So it really is a tough spot for Caesars.
• 10:43
  Dayna Roselli: It really is, and you know, she's trying her best to make up with her fans, and what I mean is, you know, give them something because a lot of people flew here already, they were mid-flight.
• 10:53
  Dayna Roselli: She didn't announce the cancellation or reschedule until the last minute, which really frustrated a lot of people because they spent a lot of money to come here.
• 11:01
  Dayna Roselli: Now you'll see both sides.
• 11:02
  Dayna Roselli: She FaceTimed a bunch of fans, she she found them all, or her team did on TikTok that were putting, you know, videos up saying how disappointed they were.
• 11:10
  Dayna Roselli: DM'd them and said, come down to the gift shop at Caesars.
• 11:14
  Dayna Roselli: They meant that she FaceTimed everyone.
• 11:16
  Dayna Roselli: She seemed to get a lot of support from that.
• 11:18
  Dayna Roselli: Some say it was worth it, that was everything to them.
• 11:21
  Dayna Roselli: Others are going, yeah, I don't care if you FaceTime me or not.
• 11:24
  Dayna Roselli: I came to see a show, put on the damn show.
• 11:27
  Dayna Roselli: Um, others saying I'm not coming back because it's not that easy to just, you know, even if I get my money back or I float my ticket, I used all this vacation time, I can't get it back.
• 11:38
  Dayna Roselli: I'm sitting here at Caesars, and maybe I didn't really want to come to Vegas for any other reason than to see Adele, and now I'm like here for three days with you know, so it's it's tough.
• 11:49
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and these FaceTime calls, they may or may not have appeased the fans who lost out so big.
• 11:57
  Sean McAllister: But all the while that was happening, all these reports were coming out with some behind the scenes gossip, really, yeah, about uh what was happening and the real reasons uh supposedly, reportedly, for uh all these dates being pulled.
• 12:14
  Sean McAllister: So, Dana, do you want to give us a rundown?
• 12:16
  Dayna Roselli: Sure.
• 12:16
  Dayna Roselli: Should we do rumor has it?
• 12:18
  Dayna Roselli: All right, these are rumors.
• 12:20
  Dayna Roselli: A lot of people talking to newspapers, a lot of people firing off on social media and Twitter, a lot of people we know that know someone that are involved in the show.
• 12:30
  Dayna Roselli: So uh, but here's a bunch of things that have just been put out there.
• 12:33
  Dayna Roselli: Uh someone saying the the sets were very big and extravagant and uh things were just not ready.
• 12:39
  Dayna Roselli: She wanted to do, I think I even saw like there was supposed to be like she was gonna walk on water or something.
• 12:43
  Sean McAllister: She had something planned with a pool, like a 10,000 gallon lake or something.
• 12:47
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, something like that.
• 12:48
  Dayna Roselli: Um apparently her costumes didn't arrive.
• 12:51
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, because remember she said there were shipping delays.
• 12:54
  Dayna Roselli: Uh-huh.
• 12:54
  Dayna Roselli: So a little apparently maybe some honesty to that.
• 12:58
  Dayna Roselli: Um, she wanted to revamp the Coliseum sound system.
• 13:02
  Dayna Roselli: I saw that, which is crazy because they just redid it.
• 13:04
  Dayna Roselli: It's like state of the art.
• 13:05
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, I've got a lot to say about that, but I won't.
• 13:07
  Dayna Roselli: Then there was talk about relationship troubles.
• 13:10
  Dayna Roselli: Her mind wasn't in it, that she was having relationship uh troubles with her boyfriend.
• 13:14
  Dayna Roselli: Um I I've heard uh things like um she had tried to call it off a week or two before, but you know, the Coliseum was like, no, we have it on the schedule, you need to move forward.
• 13:25
  Dayna Roselli: And apparently she was doing rehearsals in like Fresno, California or something like that.
• 13:28
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, which is weird.
• 13:29
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, that's weird too, right?
• 13:31
  Dayna Roselli: So those are just like a slew of different things that have come out.
• 13:35
  Dayna Roselli: We cannot guarantee any of them are 100% true, but in Vegas, usually when people talk, it's usually about 75% true.
• 13:43
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, so any uh possibility of these dates being rescheduled is TBD right now.
• 13:49
  Sean McAllister: If it happens, when it happens, we'll certainly let you know.
• 13:53
  Sean McAllister: But one thing that we do know is happening is a big resort on the Las Vegas Strip is taking on a new identity.
• 14:01
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 14:01
  Dayna Roselli: I thought this was interesting, right?
• 14:02
  Dayna Roselli: It's just we were like boom in our inbox.
• 14:06
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 14:06
  Dayna Roselli: So Bailey's Las Vegas, which has been there a long time, is gonna become the horseshoe Las Vegas.
• 14:12
  Dayna Roselli: It's a pretty quick turn, too.
• 14:13
  Dayna Roselli: They're starting construction in the spring, and then they're expecting it to be done by the end of 2022.
• 14:19
  Dayna Roselli: So they have, you know, renovations taking place, uh, but doesn't sound like it's like major, major construction overhaul.
• 14:27
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 14:28
  Sean McAllister: And uh horseshoe, it kind of throws back, obviously, Bally's is the new home of the World Series of Poker.
• 14:36
  Sean McAllister: And Binion's Horseshoe in downtown Las Vegas was the original home of the World Series of Poker.
• 14:43
  Sean McAllister: So I guess the renaming, having the horseshoe branding on the property does kind of throw it back to a different era of of gaming.
• 14:54
  Sean McAllister: And, you know, with the World Series of Poker, it brings that that history, that nostalgia along with it to rebrand the property.
• 15:02
  Sean McAllister: Um it was just a little, like we said, unexpected for this announcement to happen.
• 15:07
  Dayna Roselli: Well, and like you had mentioned, I was reading some quotes from the general manager of the property who apparently horseshoe, it's all about the gambler.
• 15:13
  Dayna Roselli: So they focus big on gaming, like you said.
• 15:15
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 15:15
  Dayna Roselli: You know, and like the poker background and all that kind of thing.
• 15:17
  Dayna Roselli: So yeah, it was just thrown out there, like you said.
• 15:20
  Dayna Roselli: We were like, wait, what?
• 15:22
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but apparently they're just gonna renovate the exterior, they're gonna add some new entertainment and food and beverage options, and then they're gonna reimagine the casino floor in some of the public areas, too.
• 15:32
  Sean McAllister: All right.
• 15:33
  Sean McAllister: So nothing like crazy.
• 15:35
  Sean McAllister: Well, listen, I'm a McAllister.
• 15:36
  Sean McAllister: I have long Irish roots.
• 15:38
  Sean McAllister: Putting a horseshoe above the doorway is good luck.
• 15:41
  Sean McAllister: Okay, good.
• 15:42
  Sean McAllister: For us Irishmen.
• 15:43
  Sean McAllister: So hopefully the horseshoe above the property is good luck for for anyone who enters the doors.
• 15:48
  Sean McAllister: Good luck.
• 15:49
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, so it'll be the horseshoe, which it could probably have a really cool sign, right?
• 15:53
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, you know, a sparkly horseshoe.
• 15:55
  Sean McAllister: And I hope it's a I hope it's nice and and neon and not just like LED kind of stuff.
• 16:00
  Sean McAllister: I know.
• 16:01
  Sean McAllister: Let's keep it vintage, let's bring back the neon.
• 16:03
  Sean McAllister: That's true.
• 16:04
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 16:05
  Dayna Roselli: All right, so again, the end of 2022, we will have uh the horseshoe Las Vegas on the Las Vegas strip.
• 16:12
  Dayna Roselli: They call it the 50 yard line, Sean, where Bailey's is.
• 16:15
  Sean McAllister: It is like right there.
• 16:17
  Sean McAllister: Flamingo.
• 16:18
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, flamingo and Las Vegas Boulevard.
• 16:20
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 16:21
  Sean McAllister: Well, if that's a 50-yard line, let's shift toward one of the end zones of Las Vegas Boulevard down to resorts world, Dana.
• 16:27
  Sean McAllister: There have been some changes happening.
• 16:30
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 16:30
  Dayna Roselli: You and I noticed like a bunch of different, you know, things uh that we've seen on social media and emails coming out and shifts in management, shifts in uh a lot of the employees, some people leaving, uh, some people coming on.
• 16:44
  Dayna Roselli: But I feel like that's probably what happens after a property opens anyway, once you start figuring things out.
• 16:50
  Dayna Roselli: And I don't know.
• 16:51
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, I'm not sure, but you know, a lot of people talking about like, hey, what's going on over at Resorts World?
• 16:56
  Dayna Roselli: It seems like, you know, it's kind of unsettled, but I think that they're just finding their way.
• 16:59
  Dayna Roselli: And you know, I'm gonna be there this week and I have a friend staying there who's visiting, so um, I'll report back next week if I notice any anything different.
• 17:07
  Dayna Roselli: But it seems like it's business as usual when it comes to the shows, though, because Katie Perry's adding dates.
• 17:11
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, she's just added uh 16 new dates for her play residency over there at Resorts World.
• 17:19
  Sean McAllister: It just opened up um and already adding dates through the summer.
• 17:23
  Sean McAllister: These uh additional dates are May through August, and that's in addition to the already previously announced shows that are happening through March.
• 17:33
  Sean McAllister: Um, those tickets are on sale as of this weekend, talking about like January 29th-ish, the tickets are going on sale for those added dates.
• 17:42
  Sean McAllister: And of course, in uh just uh another week or so, uh February 11th, Luke Bryan starts his residency over at Resorts Worlds.
• 17:51
  Dayna Roselli: I can't wait to see it.
• 17:52
  Dayna Roselli: It's gonna be good.
• 17:52
  Dayna Roselli: You and I are going to that.
• 17:54
  Dayna Roselli: I look forward to that.
• 17:55
  Dayna Roselli: Um, I don't follow tons of Luke Bryant music, but I just feel like he's gonna put on a great show.
• 17:59
  Dayna Roselli: I feel like whenever I go see country artists on the strip that have a show, I'm always super impressed.
• 18:04
  Dayna Roselli: And we've talked about this before.
• 18:05
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, I think it's just gonna be like a kickback country party inside of that theater.
• 18:10
  Sean McAllister: So that will be fun.
• 18:12
  Dayna Roselli: But it's interesting because, you know, I saw a sign I was like um on the LED screen outside of Resorts World when I was driving by, and I think it was early January of Katy Perry um tickets on sale, like get your tickets, you know, for tonight.
• 18:24
  Dayna Roselli: And I thought, I wonder how ticket sales are.
• 18:27
  Dayna Roselli: But January was a tough month for everyone.
• 18:29
  Dayna Roselli: And so I'm happy to see that she's adding summer shows.
• 18:31
  Dayna Roselli: I think the demand is there for the future and the spring, but January's always just kind of out there.
• 18:37
  Dayna Roselli: A lot of shows, we've talked about this before, take a little bit of a break, even because they predict it.
• 18:42
  Dayna Roselli: But she was, you know, a new show, and maybe they weren't positive of how that would go.
• 18:46
  Dayna Roselli: So I'm glad to see she's adding dates.
• 18:48
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and I think the thing with Katy Perry also is she started, she launched her residency like right around New Year's Eve weekend and then had shows into January.
• 18:58
  Sean McAllister: As word spreads about how fun her show is, which we talked about last episode, I I think that more and more people are going to be buying up tickets as we go along uh into these months where she's added shows.
• 19:12
  Sean McAllister: So glad to see that happening for Katie.
• 19:15
  Dayna Roselli: And speaking of adding shows, there must be demand because tons of people are adding shows.
• 19:20
  Dayna Roselli: And uh, when I say tons, I mean also this huge festival.
• 19:23
  Dayna Roselli: We talked about it, the when we are young when sorry, it's when we were young, not when we are young.
• 19:28
  Dayna Roselli: When we were young festival, lots of nostalgia there.
• 19:31
  Dayna Roselli: Uh Avril Levine, who else?
• 19:32
  Dayna Roselli: Paramour, all sorts of acts uh hitting the stuff.
• 19:35
  Sean McAllister: Jimmy Eat World, lots of great like 90s bands, early 2000s.
• 19:40
  Dayna Roselli: They put one day on sale and it sold out like right away, so they added another.
• 19:44
  Dayna Roselli: That sold out by the end of the day, and now they've added a third.
• 19:47
  Dayna Roselli: So that's gonna be in October.
• 19:49
  Dayna Roselli: Ticket sales great for that festival.
• 19:51
  Dayna Roselli: Silksonic, uh, which involves Bruno Mars, is adding dates to the park MGM, so sales must be good there.
• 19:58
  Dayna Roselli: Steve Martin and Martin Short are now coming to the win at the Encore Theater this summer, and so is Brian McKnight.
• 20:04
  Sean McAllister: Wow, that's great.
• 20:05
  Sean McAllister: Also over at Wynn.
• 20:07
  Sean McAllister: Uh Lionel Ritchie just returned for his engagement of shows over at Win Las Vegas.
• 20:13
  Sean McAllister: He's going to be back with more shows this weekend as we record.
• 20:16
  Sean McAllister: Plus, uh, he has more dates set uh February through April.
• 20:22
  Sean McAllister: So you can check uh specific dates online at Wynn's website.
• 20:27
  Sean McAllister: But um great to see all these great entertainers.
• 20:30
  Dayna Roselli: He's dancing on the ceiling.
• 20:31
  Sean McAllister: He is.
• 20:33
  Dayna Roselli: He puts on a great show.
• 20:34
  Dayna Roselli: I saw him at Zappos Theater.
• 20:35
  Dayna Roselli: I think you did too, right?
• 20:36
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 20:36
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 20:37
  Sean McAllister: He's so fun and such a I mean he knows what he's doing up there on stage and he has fun with the audience.
• 20:44
  Sean McAllister: The like fans from his Commodore days would get up out of their seats and they were dancing in the aisles.
• 20:53
  Sean McAllister: It really is a fun environment that he brings.
• 20:56
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 20:56
  Dayna Roselli: And he always talks about, you know, how he's been around so long, and so he has kind of like different generations that follow his music, and you know, it yeah, it's a great.
• 21:04
  Dayna Roselli: And he talks to the audience a lot, which I love.
• 21:06
  Dayna Roselli: He really makes it a very intimate experience.
• 21:08
  Dayna Roselli: He does.
• 21:09
  Dayna Roselli: And over at the theater at Virgin Hotels, Kem and Kenny Babyface Edmonds bring in their highly anticipated tour.
• 21:16
  Dayna Roselli: Um, May 13th is the day that they are stopping here in Las Vegas.
• 21:20
  Dayna Roselli: So apparently they're doing a whole big tour.
• 21:22
  Dayna Roselli: Tickets for that go on sale or should be on sale already, January 28th.
• 21:27
  Dayna Roselli: But um Babyface coming to Las Vegas, which he had a show over at the Mirage, you know.
• 21:32
  Sean McAllister: And you saw that show, didn't you, David?
• 21:34
  Sean McAllister: I did.
• 21:34
  Sean McAllister: How was he?
• 21:35
  Sean McAllister: Because Babyface is like, I mean, an iconic RB singer, but has also produced for like Mariah Carey.
• 21:43
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, that's the thing.
• 21:44
  Dayna Roselli: His show was great.
• 21:45
  Dayna Roselli: I was just looking at clips in my phone the other day, and maybe I'll share some.
• 21:49
  Dayna Roselli: He put on such a fun show and a full of talent.
• 21:53
  Dayna Roselli: He was great.
• 21:54
  Dayna Roselli: He had fun with himself.
• 21:55
  Dayna Roselli: He even stripped down a little at one point and it was running through the aisles, and you're like, what?
• 22:00
  Dayna Roselli: What is going on, baby?
• 22:01
  Dayna Roselli: But here's what makes it a great show.
• 22:03
  Dayna Roselli: Like you mentioned, he was a producer and is a producer, and he's produced so many Grammy hits.
• 22:10
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, he has tons of Grammy Awards.
• 22:12
  Dayna Roselli: And what he does is feature all that music in the show.
• 22:15
  Dayna Roselli: So it's cool.
• 22:16
  Dayna Roselli: He's got some backup singers.
• 22:18
  Dayna Roselli: So either he'll incorporate, you know, him singing it with the back or the backup singers, or they'll actually sometimes I believe they even like played the song.
• 22:25
  Dayna Roselli: They did a huge tribute to Whitney Houston.
• 22:28
  Sean McAllister: Oh, which was great.
• 22:29
  Sean McAllister: They did work together so much.
• 22:31
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 22:31
  Dayna Roselli: So I mean he's produced some of the best music out there, and um, it just makes for a great show.
• 22:36
  Dayna Roselli: So I don't know if this particular tour will include all that stuff, but um, if you're wondering, you know, about babyface and if it's worth seeing, I mean, I would say go and it it would be a great show.
• 22:47
  Dayna Roselli: It would be a good night out.
• 22:48
  Sean McAllister: Great music, regardless.
• 22:50
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 22:50
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 22:51
  Sean McAllister: Um, something else that's always a great time here in Las Vegas is Super Bowl weekend.
• 22:56
  Sean McAllister: And that is coming up upon us.
• 22:59
  Sean McAllister: And if you're planning on coming, you need to act pretty quick.
• 23:03
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 23:03
  Dayna Roselli: We always like last week we talked about Valentine's Day.
• 23:06
  Dayna Roselli: Like there's too many things to mention.
• 23:08
  Dayna Roselli: It's a big deal, it's coming up, there's tons of prefix menus, but plan ahead.
• 23:12
  Dayna Roselli: And it's kind of the same for Super Bowl.
• 23:13
  Dayna Roselli: It is.
• 23:13
  Dayna Roselli: We keep getting release after release about different packages and where you can go.
• 23:17
  Dayna Roselli: All the sports books are having something.
• 23:19
  Dayna Roselli: We have amazing sports book up and down the strip, off the strip.
• 23:22
  Dayna Roselli: But the big thing you need to know is plan ahead.
• 23:25
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and if you're a a big player at the casinos on the strip, chances are you've already got the promotions about the private casino parties that are going on because they happen at every single property, and there's usually some big name football stars, uh, usually retired, but some who you know are current players and just aren't playing in the Super Bowl who will pop up at at some of these parties too.
• 23:47
  Sean McAllister: So um, always a good time.
• 23:49
  Sean McAllister: I can't wait.
• 23:50
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and sometimes when we get up that morning at the Super Bowl and you're like, where should we go watch the game?
• 23:54
  Dayna Roselli: It's like, um, this is probably not gonna fly.
• 23:57
  Sean McAllister: No, not at all.
• 23:58
  Sean McAllister: I always have my my plans made well in advance for where to watch the game.
• 24:02
  Sean McAllister: But do you know what my uh I don't know if we talked about this last year.
• 24:06
  Sean McAllister: My tradition for Super Bowl Sunday.
• 24:09
  Dayna Roselli: I do know this tradition.
• 24:10
  Dayna Roselli: You go to the C don't you go to the Caesars like high roller suite or something?
• 24:15
  Sean McAllister: Well, I usually end up at the the watch party over there, but first thing in the morning I wake up and go and get a massage at the South Point.
• 24:26
  Dayna Roselli: Oh.
• 24:27
  Sean McAllister: At the South Point spa.
• 24:29
  Sean McAllister: Why?
• 24:29
  Sean McAllister: Because I've always I started doing it years ago, and it's just become a tradition, and I get nice and relaxed.
• 24:37
  Sean McAllister: Okay, and then go and start having some beverages and watch the Super Bowl.
• 24:43
  Dayna Roselli: Interesting.
• 24:43
  Dayna Roselli: You having some beverages?
• 24:45
  Dayna Roselli: No.
• 24:48
  Dayna Roselli: Well, that's quite a tradition.
• 24:49
  Dayna Roselli: I love that.
• 24:50
  Dayna Roselli: The South Point.
• 24:50
  Dayna Roselli: Do they have local specials?
• 24:52
  Sean McAllister: They do.
• 24:52
  Dayna Roselli: Okay.
• 24:53
  Sean McAllister: I think it's 20% off.
• 24:54
  Dayna Roselli: Nice.
• 24:55
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 24:55
  Dayna Roselli: All right.
• 24:56
  Dayna Roselli: I've never been to the South Point spa.
• 24:57
  Dayna Roselli: It's a really nice spa.
• 24:58
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, good.
• 24:59
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, I feel like, you know, a spa people always say, like, is it a nice?
• 25:01
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, I feel like most places have nice spas in Las Vegas, don't you think?
• 25:05
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 25:05
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 25:06
  Sean McAllister: No matter where.
• 25:06
  Sean McAllister: I feel like it's a hidden gem.
• 25:08
  Sean McAllister: You wouldn't think about going to the South Point for the spa, but it's it's really nice.
• 25:12
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, good.
• 25:13
  Dayna Roselli: Duly noted.
• 25:14
  Sean McAllister: February 13th.
• 25:16
  Sean McAllister: I need to book that spa appointment too.
• 25:19
  Dayna Roselli: Get on it.
• 25:20
  Dayna Roselli: Well, speaking of all the things that we just mentioned, those are all kind of like one big tip, so we might as well just get into our tips.
• 25:25
  Dayna Roselli: How about it?
• 25:31
  Sean McAllister: All right, tip number one, Dana, since we were just talking about Super Bowl, this is a sports-related uh tip.
• 25:38
  Sean McAllister: Allegiant Airlines, and this is mainly for people, for our listeners who live here in Vegas, but if you live in another city where Allegiant flies in and out of, this could pertain to you as well, especially if you're a Vegas Golden Knights fan.
• 25:55
  Sean McAllister: Allegiant Airlines has just come out with this fly away package to help you uh watch Golden Knights games on the road.
• 26:04
  Sean McAllister: And they've come up with some great fares starting at$38 for nonstop flights.
• 26:10
  Sean McAllister: These are one-way prices to go see uh the Golden Knights play in cities like San Jose, uh down in Phoenix, in Anaheim, uh Seattle, Vancouver, St.
• 26:22
  Sean McAllister: Louis.
• 26:23
  Sean McAllister: Uh so again, these prices start, these flights start at$38 to go and cheer on the Golden Knights in uh other cities, which is a great way to get out, see other cities, root on the home team, and have a great little uh vacation.
• 26:39
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, that 38 bucks, that's like cheaper than some parking.
• 26:42
  Sean McAllister: It really almost is.
• 26:44
  Sean McAllister: I mean, parking is like 25 bucks usually if you're gonna park to go to a golden knights game.
• 26:50
  Sean McAllister: So, you know, add$13 onto that and you could fly to another city.
• 26:54
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, that's a tip.
• 26:55
  Sean McAllister: That's for sure.
• 26:57
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I love that.
• 26:57
  Dayna Roselli: And I love it's a great idea for Allegiant.
• 27:00
  Dayna Roselli: Fill those planes and get, you know, get our get our fans over there.
• 27:03
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, I have two quick tips today.
• 27:05
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, one, the English hotel is opening in downtown Las Vegas.
• 27:10
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, this is I don't want to say it's out of nowhere.
• 27:13
  Dayna Roselli: It's like we knew it was going on, we knew it was happening, and then I just started like really seeing a lot of publicity about it on Instagram because we follow the account, and I was like, oh my gosh, I forgot about this.
• 27:23
  Dayna Roselli: So, Chef Todd English is opening a boutique hotel in the arts district of Las Vegas.
• 27:30
  Dayna Roselli: It's opening on 222-22.
• 27:33
  Sean McAllister: So it's coming up.
• 27:34
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's coming up.
• 27:35
  Dayna Roselli: They are doing tons of hiring, by the way, if anyone's looking for a job.
• 27:38
  Dayna Roselli: I saw they had like a job fair this week uh for two days looking to fill all positions in there.
• 27:43
  Dayna Roselli: But it looks like they have a super cute pool, uh, some rooms with balconies.
• 27:48
  Dayna Roselli: They've got one restaurant in there, and it's kind of, you know, Todd English's vision, I believe it is, yeah, it is actually the first hotel by him.
• 27:58
  Dayna Roselli: So he's a four times James Beard award-winning chef.
• 28:00
  Dayna Roselli: You know, he's had tons of restaurants in Las Vegas for a while, he at Olives, which is over at Virgin now, right?
• 28:06
  Sean McAllister: It's at Virgin.
• 28:07
  Sean McAllister: The original location was overlooking the fountains over at Bellagio.
• 28:11
  Sean McAllister: And now Olives is over at Virgin Hotel.
• 28:13
  Sean McAllister: I used to love his so my gosh.
• 28:15
  Sean McAllister: I loved going there.
• 28:16
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, that's a that was a great.
• 28:18
  Dayna Roselli: I haven't been to the Virgin one, but I was at the one at Bellagio many times.
• 28:20
  Dayna Roselli: Uh I loved, loved his pub at Aria.
• 28:23
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 28:23
  Dayna Roselli: I used to live over there in a high rise, and I was there all the time.
• 28:27
  Dayna Roselli: The food was fantastic.
• 28:28
  Dayna Roselli: I was so bummed when that closed.
• 28:30
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 28:31
  Dayna Roselli: Um, so anyway, he's opening the English Hotel, and it's gonna be in the arts district of Las Vegas.
• 28:36
  Dayna Roselli: If you're coming to town in February and you want to check out a new spot, um maybe stay there and try it out.
• 28:42
  Dayna Roselli: I don't believe and I don't see that there's any gaming.
• 28:45
  Dayna Roselli: It's a boutique hotel.
• 28:46
  Dayna Roselli: So could be good though, and I bet the food's good at the restaurant.
• 28:49
  Sean McAllister: The food's gonna be delicious, guaranteed.
• 28:51
  Sean McAllister: Uh and your other tip, Dana, this week is also kind of food related, right?
• 28:55
  Sean McAllister: It is, I know.
• 28:56
  Sean McAllister: Well, but also a little bit of a scene.
• 28:58
  Dayna Roselli: It is a scene.
• 28:59
  Dayna Roselli: So I've talked about it, and if if you follow me on social, you've seen some of my posts about uh Bagel Mania, which is over near the new convention center, right on Convention Center Drive, in between Las Vegas Boulevard and Paradise.
• 29:11
  Dayna Roselli: And if you've ever driven down, you've seen the huge bagel that's out front, and you're like, it just looks like a cool place automatically, right?
• 29:18
  Sean McAllister: I just drove by on the strip, passing convention center, and saw the big bagel down the street.
• 29:24
  Sean McAllister: And I was like, oh, you know what?
• 29:25
  Sean McAllister: That is a really good sign.
• 29:26
  Dayna Roselli: It is a really good sign.
• 29:27
  Dayna Roselli: It's a big old bagel with uh, you know, sesame seeds on it and the whole nine.
• 29:31
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but it's a great spot uh there for people who live in central Las Vegas, okay?
• 29:38
  Dayna Roselli: Because sometimes when you live in central Las Vegas, you gotta travel either to the east, the west, the north, the south to go like to brunch or lunch, you know?
• 29:47
  Dayna Roselli: And if you don't want to hit a strip property.
• 29:49
  Dayna Roselli: So Bagel Mania is a great option, and it's fantastic.
• 29:54
  Dayna Roselli: You go there, you run into all sorts of people that you know.
• 29:57
  Dayna Roselli: Um, so that's super fun.
• 29:59
  Dayna Roselli: And the menu is huge, and the menu's cool.
• 30:01
  Dayna Roselli: It's got all sorts of different dishes named after iconic Vegas people, which is fun, locals and celebrities.
• 30:09
  Dayna Roselli: So there's one, you know, named after the sheriff, and you know, family members of some of the families that have made a big difference in Las Vegas.
• 30:16
  Dayna Roselli: So that's really fun.
• 30:18
  Dayna Roselli: Huge menu, you name it breakfast, lunch, bagels, tons of booths inside, plenty of room.
• 30:25
  Sean McAllister: And it's not just a bagel shop.
• 30:27
  Sean McAllister: There's lots of other kind of food items on the menu, right?
• 30:30
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, yeah.
• 30:30
  Dayna Roselli: It's not just bagels.
• 30:31
  Dayna Roselli: I'm talking omelets, eggs, salads, sandwiches, everything you could ever imagine.
• 30:35
  Sean McAllister: I'm a big sandwich fan.
• 30:36
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it's you'd love it.
• 30:37
  Dayna Roselli: And then, like, if you order like eggs, right?
• 30:40
  Dayna Roselli: Um, it comes with everything, like usually a choice of a certain bagel.
• 30:44
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 30:44
  Dayna Roselli: And I always ask the waitress, like, which one should I get?
• 30:46
  Dayna Roselli: She recommended the jalapeno cheese one.
• 30:49
  Dayna Roselli: And it was great.
• 30:50
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it was good.
• 30:51
  Dayna Roselli: Then they have an area where you walk in right at the front where you wait, and they have all sorts of desserts and cookies, um, pink box donuts, and then also you can pick up orders to go there.
• 31:04
  Dayna Roselli: But so much fun.
• 31:06
  Dayna Roselli: Pictures on the wall, flamingos, the restrooms are fun, the whole nine.
• 31:10
  Dayna Roselli: It's an experience, and it's a cool hang for central Las Vegas.
• 31:14
  Dayna Roselli: Now, you can come visit if you don't live in central Las Vegas.
• 31:17
  Dayna Roselli: I'm just saying it's a fun uh place to go because a lot of people that live in the high rises, like I do.
• 31:23
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 31:23
  Dayna Roselli: We all go there, right?
• 31:25
  Dayna Roselli: And I saw I ran into Larry Rudolph, who is uh Britney Spears former manager.
• 31:29
  Dayna Roselli: Yep.
• 31:30
  Dayna Roselli: He was there, ran into some friends that live over uh near there, just recently bought a house.
• 31:35
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, I went with John Castlemedes.
• 31:38
  Dayna Roselli: You run into all sorts of people.
• 31:39
  Dayna Roselli: I think I saw um one of the big plastic surgeons in town, I can't think of his name, stop by the table the other day.
• 31:45
  Dayna Roselli: The who's who of Vegas.
• 31:47
  Sean McAllister: I love that.
• 31:48
  Sean McAllister: That is a good tip.
• 31:49
  Sean McAllister: I know.
• 31:49
  Dayna Roselli: So bagel mania, just look for the big bagel.
• 31:52
  Sean McAllister: I know I'm I'm hungry and ready to go.
• 31:56
  Sean McAllister: Uh thanks so much.
• 31:58
  Sean McAllister: That's an episode.
• 31:59
  Sean McAllister: It is an episode.
• 32:00
  Sean McAllister: Episode 103.
• 32:00
  Sean McAllister: I know.
• 32:01
  Sean McAllister: To be more specific with Vegas Revealed.
• 32:03
  Dayna Roselli: Moving on to 104.
• 32:05
  Dayna Roselli: You and I have an assignment somewhat soon where we've got to hit the Hoover Dam.
• 32:09
  Dayna Roselli: So we're gonna go there and we'll make sure to bring our mic and talk about some of the things that we see there.
• 32:15
  Dayna Roselli: Because you and I both were saying we haven't been to the Hoover Dam in a while.
• 32:18
  Dayna Roselli: No.
• 32:18
  Dayna Roselli: And people that I know people that live here that think the Hoover Dam's like two hours away.
• 32:22
  Dayna Roselli: And I'm like, no, it's like 30 minutes.
• 32:25
  Dayna Roselli: And it's a it's a great trip, and especially if you have people in town have never seen it.
• 32:29
  Dayna Roselli: So we'll talk about that in future episodes.
• 32:31
  Dayna Roselli: But um love to see a lot of our listeners DMing us saying they've got their plane tickets and they're ready to come visit Las Vegas from overseas.
• 32:39
  Dayna Roselli: So we are uh picking up and business is picking up and we're busy and it's great.
• 32:43
  Sean McAllister: Busier than ever, and we'll have some uh we'll have some very interesting experiences to be talking about in the coming episodes of Vegas Revealed.
• 32:53
  Sean McAllister: So stay tuned for uh uh what we have planned.
• 32:58
  Sean McAllister: Not gonna spill the beans.
• 32:59
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 32:59
  Sean McAllister: Gotta tune it a little bit.
• 33:01
  Dayna Roselli: Have a great week, everyone.
• 33:04
  Sean McAllister: Let's do it.
• 33:09
  Sean McAllister: Thanks for listening to Vegas Revealed.
• 33:11
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