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Mobile Resort Check-in and Digital Keys, Las Vegas Rock Concert, Rugby at Allegiant Stadium, Fantasy Celebrates 25 Years | Ep. 233 · Vegas Revealed

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  Sean McAllister: It's episode 233 of Vegas Revealed, and Rugby is coming back to Vegas.
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  Dayna Roselli: A nostalgic rock concert's also taking place in downtown Las Vegas soon.
• 0:40
  Dayna Roselli: And if you love Motley Crue and Rat, you're gonna want to be there.
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  Sean McAllister: Rock on.
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  Sean McAllister: Fantasy is getting ready to celebrate 25 years.
• 0:48
  Sean McAllister: We visit rehearsal and talk to a couple of the longtime dancers.
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  Dayna Roselli: Welcome to Vegas Revealed episode 233.
• 1:16
  Dayna Roselli: Always amazes me how many episodes that we have done of this podcast, doesn't it, Sean?
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  Sean McAllister: Oh gosh, it does.
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  Sean McAllister: It's been up in the 200s now.
• 1:22
  Sean McAllister: I know.
• 1:23
  Sean McAllister: Man.
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  Dayna Roselli: Dana Roselli here, Sean McAllister.
• 1:26
  Dayna Roselli: And actually, uh, when this podcast drops, Sean, uh, in case you didn't know, you're currently on an Alaskan cruise.
• 1:33
  Sean McAllister: I feel like I should be seeing whales right now or something.
• 1:36
  Dayna Roselli: We're doing this before you go, but you're looking forward to this.
• 1:39
  Dayna Roselli: This has been in the works in your family for like two years of planning, right?
• 1:43
  Sean McAllister: It has been.
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  Sean McAllister: I mean, really, back to gosh, 2019 is when we really first started talking about it.
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  Sean McAllister: Because it's uh my sister and a bunch of our cousins and spouses and everything are all going on this because the cousins we kind of grew up seeing them a bit more like regularly.
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  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, but now you're all over the place.
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  Sean McAllister: Now we're all over the place, and we have not, as adults, gotten together and uh like gone to do something like this.
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  Sean McAllister: So we've talked about it, we're finally doing it, and I think it's gonna be a good time.
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  Dayna Roselli: And what are some of the excursions you're doing?
• 2:20
  Dayna Roselli: I'm curious.
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  Sean McAllister: Well, we are doing uh a whale watching where it's guaranteed that you're going to see whales.
• 2:28
  Dayna Roselli: Okay.
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  Sean McAllister: I have done two previous whale watching excursions when I have seen no whales.
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  Sean McAllister: Uh-oh.
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  Dayna Roselli: Well, what if the whales don't come?
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  Dayna Roselli: What if they don't want to?
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  Dayna Roselli: What I mean, what are they gonna how can they guarantee it?
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  Sean McAllister: Well, I I don't know.
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  Dayna Roselli: I don't know, but I can't wait.
• 2:44
  Dayna Roselli: We gotta get a follow-up on this.
• 2:45
  Dayna Roselli: We can I want to know how many whales and if the guarantee, and if not, then you get your money back, I hope.
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  Sean McAllister: I mean, we better.
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  unknown: Okay.
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  Dayna Roselli: So okay, you're doing the whale walking.
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  Sean McAllister: Uh we're going to uh a camp where uh some of the dog sled puppies are raised.
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  Sean McAllister: Okay.
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  Sean McAllister: So raising the puppies, and I'm a dog lover, so I can't wait to see them.
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  Sean McAllister: Uh we're doing uh we're doing kind of a nature hike at one of the ports.
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  Sean McAllister: Uh we've got we're cruising the the Hubbard Glacier.
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  Sean McAllister: So they kind of cruise into the little port inlet, okay, fjord, whatever it's called.
• 3:24
  Sean McAllister: And I think the boat spins around.
• 3:26
  Sean McAllister: Oh.
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  Sean McAllister: So there's lots of good angles to see that that glacier.
• 3:30
  Sean McAllister: Right.
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  Sean McAllister: We're hiking up to another glacier at one point.
• 3:34
  Dayna Roselli: Um I just hope there's lots.
• 3:37
  Dayna Roselli: Well, you know, well wishes.
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  Dayna Roselli: I don't want to hear any iceberg ahead.
• 3:40
  Dayna Roselli: You don't want to hear that.
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  Sean McAllister: I have to, as soon as we get to the ship, I have to watch my my little video on how to get to my lifeboat.
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  Dayna Roselli: Oh, okay.
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  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, you gotta follow all.
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  Dayna Roselli: Make sure you pay all attention to that.
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  Dayna Roselli: But listen, people say they love Alaskan cruises.
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  Dayna Roselli: Again, it's not something that I've ever dreamed of doing, but as I've gotten older, I thought, I think I would like that.
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  Dayna Roselli: So you know what I mean?
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  Dayna Roselli: It's nothing when you're I felt like when I was younger that I was like, I want to go on an Alaskan cruise.
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  Dayna Roselli: But now I'm like, I would totally do that.
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  Dayna Roselli: And I hear it's spectacular and beautiful.
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  Dayna Roselli: And so many people we know actually have gone on cruises lately in Alaska and said it's great.
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  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
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  Sean McAllister: So it'll be, I mean, even from the heat of this summer.
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  Sean McAllister: I just saw uh that we had the hottest July ever in Las Vegas.
• 4:32
  Dayna Roselli: And wasn't it like the hottest day on earth ever?
• 4:35
  Dayna Roselli: It was like last week.
• 4:37
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 4:37
  Dayna Roselli: Well, when we're recording last week from when we're recording this.
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  Sean McAllister: But yeah, so it's yeah, I think it'll be a high of high in the high 60s.
• 4:45
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
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  Sean McAllister: So it'll be a refreshing break.
• 4:47
  Dayna Roselli: It's gonna be beautiful.
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  Dayna Roselli: I mean, you're gonna see some breathtaking views.
• 4:50
  Dayna Roselli: I can't wait to hear all about it.
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  Dayna Roselli: Well, um, we hope you're enjoying the cruise, right?
• 4:55
  Sean McAllister: Thank you.
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  Sean McAllister: I hope I am too.
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  Dayna Roselli: But before that, you've done a couple staycations this summer, and we wanted to talk about the mobile check-in process because we do see a lot on social media people in long lines at the check-in desks and hotel lobbies on some of our resorts at the strip.
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  Dayna Roselli: And I always think there's gotta be another way.
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  Dayna Roselli: And I actually haven't stayed on the strip in a while, and you said, Oh no, there is another way.
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  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
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  Dayna Roselli: The mobile key card.
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  Dayna Roselli: And I'm like, oh, tell me about this.
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  Sean McAllister: And it's super convenient.
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  Sean McAllister: So I know at MGM Resorts properties, you get the you can check in online, you have uh your key card is on your activated on your phone.
• 5:37
  Sean McAllister: Okay.
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  Sean McAllister: So we've never at Bellagio and MGM Grand, where we've stayed recently, uh, you don't even go to the check-in desk.
• 5:46
  Sean McAllister: You know, the you get an alert on your app when your room is ready, and then you go, you just hold your phone up to the little sensor on the door, and the door opens.
• 5:58
  Sean McAllister: It's great.
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  Dayna Roselli: That is great.
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  Sean McAllister: Like it is the most convenient thing ever.
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  Dayna Roselli: Why do people wait in line then?
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  Dayna Roselli: I don't know.
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  Sean McAllister: I wonder, I ask myself that every single time I go to one of these properties.
• 6:09
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
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  Sean McAllister: Like I don't know if they just don't know about the the mobile entry or what.
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  Dayna Roselli: Or maybe they have specific questions, or I don't know.
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  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, that's interesting.
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  Dayna Roselli: So spread the word, everyone.
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  Dayna Roselli: See if your hotel casino, resort, whatever, has um mobile check-in because you don't even have to be waiting in those lines.
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  Sean McAllister: No, why would you?
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  Sean McAllister: It's so convenient.
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  Sean McAllister: And this is one of the technologies that um I believe back during pandemic times, we did an interview with someone from MGM Resorts who was talking about uh the mobile entry and how they were just starting to roll out that technology.
• 6:46
  Sean McAllister: Well, it's rolled out, it's here, you can use it now.
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  Dayna Roselli: And I think maybe Caesars Palace has it too.
• 6:53
  Dayna Roselli: We'll have to look at a full list of who does it too, yeah.
• 6:56
  Dayna Roselli: And maybe do that in another podcast so that people know.
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  Sean McAllister: Um But there is one thing that I had a tip you should keep in mind with the mobile entry.
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  Sean McAllister: Um so I had to work, but my husband was there.
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  Sean McAllister: He went down to the pool just to hang out, and he was like, Oh, this is great.
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  Sean McAllister: I have everything I need right on my phone.
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  Sean McAllister: Well, he was down at the pool, and after a while, he went over to the bar to get a drink, and uh they were like, Do you have your ID?
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  Sean McAllister: And he was like, Oh, no, it's all the way back in.
• 7:29
  Dayna Roselli: I would walk through that.
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  Dayna Roselli: Which you would Caratop always does that joke about MGM Grant.
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  Sean McAllister: Because he was all the way out of the pool, you have to go all the way through the restaurant area, then all the way up to the tower, all the way down your hall.
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  Sean McAllister: He was like, No, it's not worth it for a cocktail.
• 7:47
  Sean McAllister: No, but um that's something to keep in mind.
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  Sean McAllister: It's convenient not to have your room card that you have to carry around, but you still do need to bring your ID.
• 7:58
  Sean McAllister: And it was the lady in front of him also forgot her ID, and they had to dump out this giant yard drink that they made for her.
• 8:07
  Sean McAllister: Jeez.
• 8:08
  Sean McAllister: Because she wasn't gonna go back to her room either.
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  Dayna Roselli: No, it's too much.
• 8:10
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, because I guess you'd think like I've got you know credit cards and stuff on my phone, like because we have the Apple wallet or whatever and other, you know, and the other phones.
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  Sean McAllister: Because you can pay for it, you can room charge it, but you need your IDs in order to do it.
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  Sean McAllister: So keep that in mind.
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  Sean McAllister: I know uh Shane did send a follow-up when he got the survey.
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  Dayna Roselli: Oh, he always loves his survey follow-ups.
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  Sean McAllister: And he suggested, he said, if you can do an age verification uh thing where I come down to the front desk, prove that I am who I am, maybe you snap a picture, and it just goes right on there with your mobile room key.
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  Sean McAllister: So you can show that, show that you've been age verified at the front desk, and then you don't need your cards.
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  Sean McAllister: It's a great idea, especially at the pool.
• 8:58
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
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  Dayna Roselli: And then, you know, we're copy copywriting that idea, or what do you call it?
• 9:04
  Dayna Roselli: If anyone steals it, we want kickback.
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  Sean McAllister: Yeah, we're royalties for the idea for sure.
• 9:10
  Dayna Roselli: All right, some good stuff there.
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  Dayna Roselli: But um, you enjoyed the staycations, and you know, one day in tips, we need to revisit how you and Shane get all these staycations.
• 9:21
  Sean McAllister: Oh my goodness.
• 9:22
  Dayna Roselli: And free rooms.
• 9:23
  Sean McAllister: I don't even know when we're getting rooms.
• 9:25
  Sean McAllister: Shane will just tell me, he's like, Oh, uh on you know, Tuesday through Friday next week we have a room at wherever.
• 9:34
  Dayna Roselli: Well, maybe we should just say it now.
• 9:35
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, so you guys play a slot game for free on it and you don't even spend money on it.
• 9:42
  Sean McAllister: No, we spend no money.
• 9:43
  Sean McAllister: You just play roll the slots, uh pop slots, pop slots, my Vegas slots.
• 9:49
  Dayna Roselli: Okay.
• 9:49
  Sean McAllister: Um, there's a few different ones, but you earn real rewards.
• 9:55
  unknown: Right.
• 9:56
  Sean McAllister: You stack up all these points and coins, and and you're not spending money on it.
• 10:02
  Dayna Roselli: It's just kind of for fun for points and coins and things like that.
• 10:05
  Sean McAllister: Exactly.
• 10:06
  Sean McAllister: You can't you can spend money in the app to buy more coins if you run out, but if you just wait till tomorrow, it'll replenish with free coins.
• 10:19
  Dayna Roselli: And from that, you actually can get free rooms.
• 10:22
  Sean McAllister: You get free rooms, there's uh deals at restaurants at Lupo, okay.
• 10:28
  Sean McAllister: Uh Wolfgang Puck's old restaurant over at Mandalay Bay, that was on there all the time.
• 10:33
  Sean McAllister: We would go in there and it was like a buy one, get one free entree.
• 10:37
  Sean McAllister: Okay.
• 10:38
  Sean McAllister: So it was like a fit half-price meal, great, which is great.
• 10:41
  Sean McAllister: There's drinks, there's uh they have cruises on there sometimes, but those go super quick.
• 10:47
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 10:47
  Sean McAllister: Um, but I mean it's great.
• 10:49
  Sean McAllister: We still have to pay uh tax and resort fee when we you know go to redeem these things, but I mean that's not bad.
• 10:58
  Dayna Roselli: No, it's not bad.
• 10:59
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, cool.
• 11:00
  Dayna Roselli: I love that.
• 11:00
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, so that was a good little chunk of information right there, right?
• 11:04
  Dayna Roselli: Love it.
• 11:05
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, here's what's going on in Vegas coming up soon, actually.
• 11:08
  Dayna Roselli: Well, no, is it soon?
• 11:09
  Dayna Roselli: No, it's not till March 1st.
• 11:11
  Dayna Roselli: Sorry.
• 11:11
  Dayna Roselli: Um rugby, though.
• 11:12
  Dayna Roselli: The tickets are on sale anyway, uh, for rugby in Las Vegas 2025.
• 11:17
  Dayna Roselli: It's good, they say it's gonna be bigger, bolder, better, more games, more teams, more nations, all that.
• 11:24
  Dayna Roselli: The schedule includes the Super League, the NRL test match, and NRL uh four games and matches, do they call it?
• 11:32
  Dayna Roselli: Maybe on I don't know if it's maybe a match, a rugby match.
• 11:36
  Dayna Roselli: Rugby game.
• 11:37
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 11:38
  Dayna Roselli: Match schedule.
• 11:39
  Dayna Roselli: Yep.
• 11:40
  Dayna Roselli: Sorry, everyone.
• 11:41
  Dayna Roselli: Rugby fans are gonna hate me.
• 11:43
  Dayna Roselli: Anyway, you can get the tickets on Ticketmaster.
• 11:45
  Dayna Roselli: Um, we have this set for Las Vegas on Saturday, March 1st at Allegiant Stadium.
• 11:52
  Dayna Roselli: It's also gonna be broadcast live to a massive global audience, and so it's a big deal.
• 11:57
  Dayna Roselli: Uh, rugby came into town last year and it's here again.
• 12:01
  Dayna Roselli: I know this is a big push.
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  Dayna Roselli: It's sponsored by the LVC VA, and so um it's huge.
• 12:07
  Dayna Roselli: I think it is New Zealand, Australia, and England, and England that'll be in town.
• 12:13
  Sean McAllister: Yep.
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  Sean McAllister: So it rugby is always such a draw.
• 12:18
  Sean McAllister: I know that there are people who come in from all over the place for these matches.
• 12:23
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and you've seen these guys up close before.
• 12:25
  Dayna Roselli: I know I was in Resorts World, and one of the teams was in there, and I was like, wow, these guys are huge, and everyone was going up to them.
• 12:31
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, they're they're popular too.
• 12:33
  Sean McAllister: Sarah Brick.
• 12:35
  Dayna Roselli: I was like, wow, rugby isn't joking around.
• 12:38
  Dayna Roselli: But that was huge.
• 12:38
  Dayna Roselli: And I had some friends come into town that wrote me like from California, like, hey, we're coming in for the rugby, and and so um, it's a big deal.
• 12:46
  Dayna Roselli: And I love that they're doing this at Allegiant Stadium.
• 12:48
  Dayna Roselli: I love like just adding more and more, you know, sports at Allegiant Stadium, other than just football games, because we don't have a lot of football games.
• 12:56
  Sean McAllister: No, we don't.
• 12:57
  Dayna Roselli: The NFL only has only what seven home games.
• 13:00
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and then there's like, yeah, seven home games.
• 13:01
  Dayna Roselli: So um it will be good to have them back.
• 13:04
  Sean McAllister: Hey, we wanted to uh let you know if you're a Broadway fan, uh the Smith Center here in Las Vegas puts on incredible productions.
• 13:15
  Sean McAllister: Broadway tours come through all the time.
• 13:18
  Sean McAllister: We have incredible uh Las Vegas talent who performs there along with uh other solo touring acts as well.
• 13:27
  Sean McAllister: Uh, but Steven Sondheim's revival of company is coming here to Las Vegas um August 20th through the 25th over at the Smith Center.
• 13:40
  Sean McAllister: Um tickets are on sale now, and Company is just one of those classic uh Broadway shows that uh we have not had here.
• 13:51
  Sean McAllister: I I don't think I remember it being here.
• 13:55
  Sean McAllister: So it's gonna be great to have it.
• 13:56
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it will be.
• 13:57
  Dayna Roselli: And I you know, I think I'm gonna go over and see it actually.
• 14:00
  Dayna Roselli: It's it's a winner of five 2022 Tony Awards.
• 14:04
  Dayna Roselli: So I know it's good and people talk about it all the time.
• 14:07
  Dayna Roselli: Thesmithcenter.com.
• 14:09
  Dayna Roselli: If you want to go check out Company or any of the other shows there at the Smith Center.
• 14:14
  Sean McAllister: Well, downtown Las Vegas is getting ready to rock, Dana, coming up in September.
• 14:19
  Sean McAllister: We have some rock icons who are taking the stage at the downtown Las Vegas Event Center.
• 14:26
  Sean McAllister: Vince Neal, you know him, he was the front man of Motley Crue.
• 14:31
  Sean McAllister: I've talked to Vince many times over the years here in Las Vegas.
• 14:35
  Dayna Roselli: Out and about.
• 14:36
  Dayna Roselli: Stephen Percy, the frontman of Rat, and um also an appearance from Vixen.
• 14:43
  Dayna Roselli: Now, this is a trail-blazing all-female rock band known for their electrifying stage presence, according to the press release.
• 14:50
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and so apparently they're amazing.
• 14:52
  Dayna Roselli: So it'll be Vince Neal, Stephen Percy, Vixen.
• 14:56
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, this sounds fun.
• 14:57
  Dayna Roselli: If you love nostalgic rock, this is gonna be good.
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  Dayna Roselli: Downtown Las Vegas Event Center is a great spot for this.
• 15:04
  Dayna Roselli: I think it's gonna be great September 6th is the is the date.
• 15:07
  Sean McAllister: I am not one of those people who uh really thinks about going back to school.
• 15:12
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 15:13
  Sean McAllister: I I think my school days are behind me.
• 15:16
  Sean McAllister: Everything that I'm gonna learn now is from life itself.
• 15:20
  Dayna Roselli: Okay.
• 15:21
  Sean McAllister: However, there is a very interesting uh class that you can take if you desire to be a clown.
• 15:30
  Dayna Roselli: I didn't even know clown school still existed.
• 15:33
  Dayna Roselli: I thought it was like a thing back in the day.
• 15:36
  Dayna Roselli: But apparently, the clown school, which is a Los Angeles-based studio devoted to teaching and promoting the art of clowning and related physical theater disciplines, is coming to the Las Vegas area for another round of level one classes.
• 15:54
  Dayna Roselli: And so if you live in Las Vegas or you want to visit Las Vegas and go to clown school, you can.
• 16:01
  Dayna Roselli: They start um, let's see, September 9th.
• 16:05
  Dayna Roselli: And it's just gonna be on Mondays, 6 to 10 p.m.
• 16:08
  Sean McAllister: So one time a week.
• 16:09
  Dayna Roselli: One time a week.
• 16:10
  Dayna Roselli: It's at the Super Summer Theater Studios for the Performing Arts, and it's gonna run through October 28th.
• 16:17
  Dayna Roselli: If you want to find out more, you can go to theclownschool.com.
• 16:22
  Dayna Roselli: The cost is$399.
• 16:25
  Dayna Roselli: Discounts are available though for previous clown school participants.
• 16:29
  Sean McAllister: And you know if you want to redo level one.
• 16:31
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, maybe you need a redo or refresh.
• 16:34
  Sean McAllister: What do you think is part of the curriculum in level one of clowns?
• 16:38
  Sean McAllister: I don't know.
• 16:38
  Sean McAllister: And at what level do they teach you how to get 25 clowns into a tiny little clown car?
• 16:47
  Dayna Roselli: I don't know.
• 16:48
  Dayna Roselli: I feel like we should go to the Monday class on October 28th after the the run of two months of Mondays and see like what the final day, like what they learned.
• 17:01
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 17:01
  Dayna Roselli: So I don't know.
• 17:03
  Sean McAllister: It's really fun.
• 17:04
  Dayna Roselli: It's really interesting.
• 17:05
  Sean McAllister: Although I was um there was an assembly that I vividly remember because I was scarred for life.
• 17:11
  Sean McAllister: It was in kindergarten.
• 17:13
  Sean McAllister: We had a big assembly, they took all of us from elementary school and took us to the big auditorium in the high school, and there were clowns up on stage, and one of the clowns started coming up and down the aisle of the auditorium, like wanting to looking for audience participation, and I was terrified.
• 17:35
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and I like ran and jumped on my teacher's lap.
• 17:39
  Sean McAllister: I was like, no, I don't want that clown to get me up there.
• 17:43
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 17:44
  Dayna Roselli: It's scary, it can be scary for some.
• 17:46
  Sean McAllister: I've kind of overcome my my fear of of clowns, but I still don't like audience participation.
• 17:52
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I know.
• 17:52
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, people either love clowns or either scared of them or just like whatever, either way.
• 17:57
  Dayna Roselli: But I am not scared of clowns at all.
• 18:01
  Sean McAllister: But um I worked with a girl who was horrified of clowns.
• 18:06
  Dayna Roselli: Some people are really scared of them.
• 18:07
  Dayna Roselli: So anyway, theclownschool.com, if you want to go be a clown.
• 18:12
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, listen, we've been heading over to a coup rehearsals for fantasy's 25th anniversary.
• 18:18
  Dayna Roselli: Um, they've been adding new numbers into the show to celebrate the 25th anniversary.
• 18:23
  Dayna Roselli: The exact like anniversary time is like October, but they're starting it, you know, it's kind of the 25th anniversary year.
• 18:29
  Dayna Roselli: Um, we have interviewed celebrity choreographers.
• 18:32
  Dayna Roselli: We're gonna have all that for a later TV show.
• 18:35
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but we interviewed Val and Jenna from Dancing with the Stars.
• 18:39
  Dayna Roselli: We also interviewed Mandy Moore, who also choreographed the Eras Tour.
• 18:44
  Dayna Roselli: She's doing a number, but we also talked to a couple of the longtime dancers.
• 18:49
  Dayna Roselli: And, you know, it's incredible when a show can run 25 years in a row.
• 18:54
  Dayna Roselli: They understand that that part of it, and they just feel like here's why the show's still going, and you know, we're honored to be a part of it because this just doesn't happen often.
• 19:06
  Dayna Roselli: So we talked to Mariah and Ashton.
• 19:09
  SPEAKER_03: It is such an honor.
• 19:10
  SPEAKER_03: I remember seeing the billboards when it was still like Midnight Fantasy.
• 19:13
  SPEAKER_03: I was like, God is the show I want to do.
• 19:15
  SPEAKER_03: It's just the longevity, the, the, the fame of it, really.
• 19:18
  SPEAKER_03: It's uh very impressive, and it's such an honor for me to be in the show for that long.
• 19:22
  SPEAKER_04: Every time we have a new cast, they make us better and better.
• 19:25
  SPEAKER_04: Um, we're always elevating our game.
• 19:27
  SPEAKER_04: So I never get bored.
• 19:28
  SPEAKER_04: I think if I got bored, maybe I'd leave, but I'm never bored.
• 19:32
  SPEAKER_04: It's fabulous.
• 19:32
  Dayna Roselli: Well, that the audience isn't bored, obviously, if you're still going for 25 years.
• 19:36
  SPEAKER_03: We have uh a couple super fans that have seen the show over a hundred times, and then I'm I'm 100% sure they've never seen the same show.
• 19:43
  SPEAKER_03: There's always different girls, different numbers.
• 19:45
  SPEAKER_03: You know, something happens, you know, someone's sick and we have to re-block.
• 19:48
  SPEAKER_03: It's it's always a moving document of shows, but it's always exciting.
• 19:52
  SPEAKER_04: And our producer, Anita Mann, always says every night is opening night.
• 19:56
  SPEAKER_04: And I really think we hold to that.
• 19:58
  SPEAKER_04: We the audience, it's their first time sometimes seeing us, and it's an honor to be in Vegas, it's an honor to be in the show, so we have to bring it every night.
• 20:05
  Dayna Roselli: Well, people always say this to us like, imagine, you know, I can't imagine doing your job, right?
• 20:09
  Dayna Roselli: Or wow, you're so lucky, you get to do all this fun stuff.
• 20:12
  Dayna Roselli: But we were pulling in and I was thinking, what if this was your job every day?
• 20:16
  Dayna Roselli: Your job is to be in a show that has been around for 25 years in Las Vegas, and that's your focus.
• 20:23
  Dayna Roselli: What's that like?
• 20:24
  SPEAKER_03: It's it's so exciting.
• 20:25
  SPEAKER_03: It's I never thought I'd be in Vegas this long.
• 20:28
  SPEAKER_03: I literally moved here and I was like, I'll just come out for three months, and then I, you know, would drive up and down the strip and I'd see the lights, and it was just like, this is where I want to be, and I want to be here as long as possible because it's such an amazing, amazing town in energy.
• 20:39
  SPEAKER_04: We've worked our entire lives to have this dream show.
• 20:42
  SPEAKER_04: All of us.
• 20:42
  SPEAKER_04: Most of us started at two or three in dance classes, and so I don't know, it's surreal.
• 20:48
  SPEAKER_04: It's really crazy walking into the Luxor every day and seeing the billboards and seeing the pictures and then getting to dance on stage every night.
• 20:54
  SPEAKER_04: I couldn't be happier.
• 20:56
  Sean McAllister: And we will have more on Fantasy's 25th anniversary as that fall uh anniversary date draws a little closer.
• 21:05
  Sean McAllister: All right, let's get to some tips.
• 21:10
  Sean McAllister: Our first tip, Dana, this week, um, it revolves around one of the conventions that comes here to Las Vegas every single year.
• 21:19
  Sean McAllister: Uh, we have tons of conventions.
• 21:21
  Sean McAllister: The topics of these uh meetings vary uh uh tremendously.
• 21:27
  Sean McAllister: It's everything from you know mixing concrete to making pizza.
• 21:32
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 21:33
  Dayna Roselli: The Vegas Pizza Fest is huge.
• 21:35
  Dayna Roselli: People love it.
• 21:37
  Dayna Roselli: It's the law well, that's the name of the website, but it's the Las Vegas Pizza Festival.
• 21:42
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but VegasPizzafest.com for all the info on this one because I know a lot of people love going to this year after year.
• 21:49
  Dayna Roselli: It's a big deal.
• 21:50
  Dayna Roselli: It starts at uh 55 bucks to get in.
• 21:53
  Dayna Roselli: VIP tickets are 115 bucks, and the festival is taking place Saturday, November 16th from one to four.
• 22:00
  Dayna Roselli: At the industrial event space that's 2330 Industrial Road.
• 22:05
  Dayna Roselli: Like the city's top pizza chefs are gonna be there.
• 22:08
  Dayna Roselli: And then they offer you these all-you can eat slices, ranging from like the traditional recipe stuff to like innovative modern fusions.
• 22:18
  Dayna Roselli: So if you love pizza, this is your jam.
• 22:22
  Sean McAllister: And I love pizza, so this is definitely my jam.
• 22:26
  Dayna Roselli: We should really write this down and go this year.
• 22:27
  Dayna Roselli: We have never been.
• 22:28
  Sean McAllister: No, we haven't.
• 22:29
  Sean McAllister: We haven't.
• 22:30
  Sean McAllister: That would be great.
• 22:31
  Dayna Roselli: I know.
• 22:31
  Dayna Roselli: I hear great things about it.
• 22:33
  Dayna Roselli: So um, general admission, just so you know, grants entry to unlimited pizza samples, interactive installations, and photo ops, bars and festival merchandise.
• 22:43
  Dayna Roselli: But the VIP ticket holders get exclusive privileges, including early entry at noon, complimentary beer with a commemorative beer tasting glass, access to the VIP lounge with seating and private air-conditioned restrooms, additional culinary bites and live entertainment.
• 23:01
  Dayna Roselli: So there's the difference.
• 23:03
  Dayna Roselli: Um, but 55 for general, 115 for VIP.
• 23:06
  Sean McAllister: I am all in for Las Vegas Pizza Fest again, November 16th from one to four.
• 23:13
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, if you love country music, and we know a lot of you do, two really good country acts are coming to Las Vegas uh in December and probably around NFR.
• 23:24
  Dayna Roselli: December 6th, Midland is coming for one show only.
• 23:27
  Dayna Roselli: Um, it's part of their the get lucky tour.
• 23:30
  Dayna Roselli: Sean and I have seen Midland twice at private uh fundraiser events.
• 23:35
  Dayna Roselli: They performed over at the M for the Olympia Foundation's Governor's Black Tie.
• 23:40
  Dayna Roselli: It they are fantastic, highly recommend.
• 23:44
  Dayna Roselli: If you love country music and you follow Midland, they are going to be over at um the theater at Virgin.
• 23:52
  Sean McAllister: Also uh playing in that theater is Charlie Crockett hitting the stage for one night only on Saturday, December 14th.
• 24:01
  Sean McAllister: Um, so those are a couple uh acts that are gonna be in town around the time of NFR.
• 24:09
  Sean McAllister: So if you're coming into town for all that rodeo action, which is amazing, by the way.
• 24:14
  Sean McAllister: If you've never been to NFR, it's a great time.
• 24:18
  Dayna Roselli: It is.
• 24:18
  Sean McAllister: Even if you're not into you know rodeo stuff year-round, it's just fun.
• 24:23
  Sean McAllister: It's great.
• 24:24
  Sean McAllister: It really is something.
• 24:25
  Dayna Roselli: But like you, and even what you said, like Midland and Charlie Crockett, like two country ex coming in, but there's gonna be a slew of country.
• 24:31
  Sean McAllister: Oh, there'll be everywhere.
• 24:33
  Sean McAllister: Endless.
• 24:34
  Dayna Roselli: Right.
• 24:34
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 24:35
  Dayna Roselli: Hey, listen, uh, Sean's on his cruise, and so um, we're gonna let him go.
• 24:41
  Dayna Roselli: We'll be back in town in Las Vegas, though, uh, soon.
• 24:46
  Dayna Roselli: I actually right now am home in New York as well.
• 24:50
  Dayna Roselli: Um, and so we'll have more stories and all that Vegas news for you when we get back into town for another podcast.
• 24:57
  Dayna Roselli: What are we at?
• 24:58
  Dayna Roselli: 233, so 234 next week as we roll along in August.
• 25:03
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• 25:10
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• 25:17
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• 25:19
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• 25:21
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• 25:25
  Sean McAllister: Have a great week.