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Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel, Keith Urban, Tom Brady, Cher, Paul Anka & More Attend Fontainebleau Las Vegas Grand Opening | Ep. 198 · Vegas Revealed

• 0:00
  Sean McAllister: Following the Fontainebleau's big grand opening, there's drama with Justin Timberlake on a couple fronts, fallout from his performance and where he stayed.
• 0:10
  Dayna Roselli: But man, that show was good.
• 0:12
  Dayna Roselli: I'm your river.
• 0:14
  Dayna Roselli: It's been more than 15 years in the making and the Fontaineb leau Las Vegas is finally open.
• 0:21
  Dayna Roselli: We have so much coverage for you ahead.
• 0:24
  Sean McAllister: Let's spin that wheel and get right to it.
• 0:25
  Sean McAllister: Welcome to Vegas Revealed episode 198, Sean McAllister and Dayna Roselli with you and man, do we have a packed episode?
• 0:40
  Sean McAllister: All Fountain Blue?
• 0:43
  Dayna Roselli: I know we've got a couple other things to throw in there too, but we've got a lot of coverage from the Fountain Blue and we're gonna get right to it.
• 0:50
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• 1:26
  Dayna Roselli: All right, so let's get to Justin Timberlake.
• 1:28
  Dayna Roselli: Let's just start it off.
• 1:29
  Sean McAllister: There was a band-aid off.
• 1:31
  Dayna Roselli: Just rip it off.
• 1:31
  Dayna Roselli: The show was amazing.
• 1:34
  Dayna Roselli: The show was also part of the private grand opening party, so not everyone got to see the show.
• 1:41
  Dayna Roselli: It was not a ticketed show.
• 1:43
  Dayna Roselli: We did the red carpet, we attended the party and we went to the show and we kind of knew it was gonna happen.
• 1:48
  Dayna Roselli: But then he came out on stage and it was like, okay, done, deal few, because we've been talking about it and we assumed we were 99.9% sure.
• 1:58
  Sean McAllister: Well, and there were a lot of guests at the party who had no idea who the performer was going to be.
• 2:04
  Sean McAllister: You talked with someone who was like what we were gonna leave.
• 2:07
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, this couple was right in front of me in line and they had seen, like, because there was some performances from Paul Anka and also some aerialists and some great singers and showgirls.
• 2:18
  Dayna Roselli: It was great.
• 2:18
  Dayna Roselli: But they were like, okay, well, I think we might head down to the nightclub now.
• 2:23
  Dayna Roselli: And I was like, well, you're not gonna stay for Justin Timberlake.
• 2:25
  Dayna Roselli: And they're like what, no?
• 2:28
  Dayna Roselli: And they were like, oh my God.
• 2:30
  Dayna Roselli: And this one woman was like honey to her husband, let's go back in.
• 2:34
  Dayna Roselli: Oh my God, get my drink order.
• 2:36
  Dayna Roselli: And so, yeah, I mean it was a legit surprise for many people.
• 2:40
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, and Justin Timberlake is just such a great performer.
• 2:44
  Sean McAllister: I mean the singing, the dancing, the horn section.
• 2:49
  Sean McAllister: The Tennessee kids has band up there with him.
• 2:51
  Sean McAllister: It was great, what a great show.
• 2:55
  Sean McAllister: Classic Justin Timberlake performance phenomenal.
• 2:59
  Dayna Roselli: Sing all the hits exactly like it.
• 3:01
  Dayna Roselli: You know, I felt like he didn't miss one that I was waiting for.
• 3:05
  Dayna Roselli: He talked to the audience.
• 3:08
  Dayna Roselli: I mean, man, he can move and he hit those high notes.
• 3:11
  Sean McAllister: He did.
• 3:12
  Dayna Roselli: I was looking at my friend Melissa going man, he can sing.
• 3:15
  Sean McAllister: He can sing.
• 3:16
  Dayna Roselli: And I had to say he's still got it because he's still young.
• 3:18
  Dayna Roselli: You know, justin's only like what?
• 3:20
  Dayna Roselli: 42?
• 3:21
  Dayna Roselli: .
• 3:21
  Sean McAllister: He's 40, he's younger than us.
• 3:22
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 3:22
  Dayna Roselli: So there you go.
• 3:24
  Dayna Roselli: He looked great, he sounded great and I'm like man, he can perform.
• 3:27
  Dayna Roselli: You know, it's interesting because we've posted a bunch of clips on social media and it's interesting, the mixed comments and I'm I had no idea that, like, justin Timberlake was not liked or at all.
• 3:42
  Dayna Roselli: I had no idea.
• 3:42
  Dayna Roselli: And I'm not saying we're getting tons of comments at people, but I'm like it's just this big controversy of like, well, he used to be better.
• 3:50
  Dayna Roselli: And I'm like you guys, are you looking at the same person?
• 3:53
  Dayna Roselli: Cause that was an incredible show.
• 3:55
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, I've thought the exact same thing, but there has been fallout from that show too.
• 4:01
  Sean McAllister: There was one moment then we were in there, we saw it happen where they had a kind of a runway that stuck out into the audience from the stage.
• 4:14
  Sean McAllister: He was walking out there, he kind of turned around, faced the band and as he was turning back around, before he started singing Cry Me A River, he said no disrespect and then went into Cry Me A River, which this is all connected to the Britney Spears memoir.
• 4:35
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, yeah, I don't get that whole thing and I'm like I would have never known that.
• 4:38
  Dayna Roselli: So people are like I was just like sing Crimea River, cause I love it Right.
• 4:42
  Sean McAllister: So people are like oh, he's dissing Britney.
• 4:44
  Dayna Roselli: Why is Crimea?
• 4:45
  Sean McAllister: River about that.
• 4:46
  Dayna Roselli: I don't get it.
• 4:47
  Sean McAllister: It's about their fallout after their breakup.
• 4:50
  Dayna Roselli: Okay, yeah, I didn't realize that.
• 4:52
  Sean McAllister: Yeah.
• 4:52
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, I'm there for the beats, so there's a lot of stuff online if you want to do a deep dive into the whole controversy, but we just wanted to acknowledge that people are talking about that.
• 5:05
  Sean McAllister: It's making headlines.
• 5:07
  Sean McAllister: We're not going to go deep into it, but that happened.
• 5:12
  Sean McAllister: It was part of the show.
• 5:13
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah.
• 5:13
  Dayna Roselli: Something that a lot of people are talking about Well, outside of even Las Vegas, though, is this Instagram post that Justin made and his wife, jessica Beale, and it was a cute post.
• 5:26
  Sean McAllister: I thought it was adorable.
• 5:27
  Sean McAllister: I didn't even think anything controversial when I looked at it.
• 5:31
  Dayna Roselli: No, because our mind doesn't automatically go to stirring up drama and controversy Other people's do?
• 5:37
  Sean McAllister: I looked at it.
• 5:37
  Sean McAllister: I was like, oh, what a good husband he is.
• 5:40
  Dayna Roselli: Exactly.
• 5:40
  Dayna Roselli: He was carrying her shoes down the hallway at the end of the night, you know, and it was them from the back.
• 5:45
  Dayna Roselli: Anyway, people started to notice that it wasn't the fountain blue and that's where he performed.
• 5:51
  Dayna Roselli: He got paid a lot of money for the fountain blue show, apparently reportedly millions, and people felt like that's so odd, he's not staying at the fountain blue.
• 6:02
  Dayna Roselli: And then the wind took that photo and made their own post, and that's where it gets a bit tricky.
• 6:08
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, so this post that was up on the winds Instagram page.
• 6:11
  Sean McAllister: It was the same picture that Justin put out, but their caption said where everyone ends up only win.
• 6:21
  Sean McAllister: Yeah that was, and everyone was like oh, the shade of it all my gosh, you know, because he never referenced the win.
• 6:31
  Sean McAllister: No, he didn't.
• 6:33
  Dayna Roselli: You know, it was just a cute picture and he tagged his wife, and.
• 6:36
  Dayna Roselli: But here's where it gets even trickier.
• 6:39
  Dayna Roselli: The win also tagged Justin and.
• 6:42
  Dayna Roselli: Jessica and then later untagged them.
• 6:47
  Dayna Roselli: Then later the post came down.
• 6:53
  Sean McAllister: After all this brouhaha ensued, here's the thing.
• 6:57
  Dayna Roselli: I'm curious who's mad.
• 6:59
  Dayna Roselli: I'm just dying to know.
• 7:00
  Dayna Roselli: Is Justin mad?
• 7:02
  Dayna Roselli: Is Jessica mad?
• 7:03
  Dayna Roselli: Is the fountain blue mad?
• 7:05
  Dayna Roselli: At the win?
• 7:05
  Dayna Roselli: Is the winds higher.
• 7:07
  Dayna Roselli: Execs, like that wasn't cool.
• 7:08
  Dayna Roselli: Take that down.
• 7:09
  Dayna Roselli: What are you doing?
• 7:10
  Dayna Roselli: We want good partnerships.
• 7:11
  Dayna Roselli: I'm dying to know the inside.
• 7:13
  Sean McAllister: Well, maybe it's a.
• 7:15
  Sean McAllister: Maybe we can chalk it up to a neighborly dispute.
• 7:18
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, a neighborly dispute, who knows?
• 7:22
  Sean McAllister: But bottom line, it's not unusual for entertainers to stay at a different property than where they perform.
• 7:31
  Sean McAllister: It happens all the time in Las Vegas.
• 7:34
  Sean McAllister: There could be a headliner at a certain property Caesar's Palace, for example and they may not be staying on property at Caesar's Palace.
• 7:46
  Dayna Roselli: Period Period.
• 7:48
  Dayna Roselli: And leading up to that, jessica Beale had a post that she was at NFR and we the background in that photo.
• 7:56
  Dayna Roselli: They're at the win, and this was a couple of days before.
• 7:58
  Sean McAllister: I mean.
• 7:59
  Dayna Roselli: Justin probably in town with the dancers rehearsing.
• 8:01
  Dayna Roselli: She's with her friend and they're going to NFR and fountain blue wasn't open yet.
• 8:07
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 8:07
  Dayna Roselli: And so, yeah, could they have made a room for them?
• 8:09
  Dayna Roselli: I'm sure staff was staying on site, sure, but there's also, the restaurants aren't open, I don't know.
• 8:16
  Dayna Roselli: The room service is open, yet there's no spa.
• 8:18
  Dayna Roselli: So you're going to stay at a hotel that's operational, not saying again, this is all in my mind what could have been?
• 8:25
  Dayna Roselli: Also, when you're in town for a while, you don't want to move all your stuff.
• 8:31
  Sean McAllister: No, you're not going to stay for four nights over at win.
• 8:36
  Sean McAllister: Then pack all your bags, move over and for one night, no.
• 8:42
  Dayna Roselli: Plus, there's so many people getting it ready over there at the fountain balloon.
• 8:46
  Dayna Roselli: Who knows, maybe they wanted some privacy.
• 8:49
  Dayna Roselli: They're like well, if everyone thinks we're gonna stay there, we don't want, you know, there's so much that could be involved in that.
• 8:55
  Dayna Roselli: Regardless, like you said, you don't have to stay at the property.
• 8:58
  Dayna Roselli: He was paid to put on a show.
• 9:00
  Sean McAllister: He was paid to be their entertainer and he was.
• 9:02
  Sean McAllister: He was a fantastic entertainer.
• 9:05
  Dayna Roselli: He was.
• 9:05
  Sean McAllister: His concert added a lot to that grand opening.
• 9:09
  Sean McAllister: I think this controversy is dumb and it needs to go away because it's just stupid.
• 9:19
  Dayna Roselli: It's true, you know, I don't know, yeah, that was silly, but you know, I mean I must say interesting for the wind to post that, and I think they were trying to be funny.
• 9:29
  Dayna Roselli: I don't think it's sat well and we don't know.
• 9:33
  Dayna Roselli: I think what it comes down to is like did they get permission?
• 9:38
  Sean McAllister: Right.
• 9:39
  Dayna Roselli: And you know anybody can repost something and tag someone.
• 9:41
  Dayna Roselli: But Justin did post some great Insta stories and some great posts from the show.
• 9:47
  Dayna Roselli: Loved it.
• 9:47
  Dayna Roselli: I love the Insta story he posted with you know all the dancers getting pumped up before the show in the back, and you know he hasn't performed in a while, so it was great to see him on stage.
• 9:57
  Dayna Roselli: You know others saying gosh, you got paid so much for this gig and that too, it's like, why is it any of your business?
• 10:04
  Dayna Roselli: Like well, oh, I would have done that too for a million, it's like.
• 10:07
  Dayna Roselli: But you can't dance and you can't sing, so no, you couldn't have done that.
• 10:11
  Sean McAllister: Exactly, justin is talented.
• 10:12
  Dayna Roselli: Exactly.
• 10:13
  Dayna Roselli: He's worked hard through the years since he was a child to get to where he is today.
• 10:19
  Dayna Roselli: Like you can't do that, and that's the caliber you get.
• 10:24
  Dayna Roselli: So anyway, let's get to the fun stuff as well.
• 10:27
  Dayna Roselli: That was fun by the way, I don't mean that that wasn't, but like the controversies are kind of, but we had to talk about it.
• 10:33
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, so we're done with the controversy.
• 10:34
  Sean McAllister: There were a ton of other celebrities there in addition to Justin Timberlake.
• 10:38
  Sean McAllister: We saw Cher on the blue carpet.
• 10:41
  Sean McAllister: We saw Sylvester Stallone, kim Kardashian, kendall Jenner, eva Longoria I mean Lenny Kravitz.
• 10:49
  Sean McAllister: I talked to someone at the bar at the theater before Justin's show and she was like we were standing next to Bill Gates downstairs.
• 10:58
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, there's video of him dancing to Justin Timberlake on TMZ.
• 11:02
  Sean McAllister: It's great, I love it and then Dana your guy the goat.
• 11:08
  Dayna Roselli: Oh yeah, tom Brady.
• 11:09
  Dayna Roselli: I was so excited.
• 11:10
  Dayna Roselli: I've always wanted to see Tom Brady in person and I finally got to see him in person.
• 11:14
  Dayna Roselli: Man, it's him too, boy.
• 11:17
  Dayna Roselli: The people on TikTok their comments A lot of people love the goat, they call him the greatest of all time and Tom Brady.
• 11:24
  Dayna Roselli: But there's other people who are just constantly complaining about certain things and whatever.
• 11:29
  Dayna Roselli: But one thing that rang true and consistent in the comments on TikTok and Reels and Facebook people were surprised to see how tall he actually is he's crazy tall?
• 11:43
  Dayna Roselli: You know why?
• 11:43
  Dayna Roselli: Because he's standing there in the carpet and all the people around him look so short, so people are like I had no idea that he was this tall.
• 11:51
  Dayna Roselli: So yeah, he's tall.
• 11:52
  Sean McAllister: See it's context.
• 11:54
  Sean McAllister: If he's out there with a whole bunch of other tall football players, you don't realize how tall they all are.
• 12:00
  Sean McAllister: It's true, You're next to a normal-sized person.
• 12:04
  Dayna Roselli: I know it's so true.
• 12:05
  Dayna Roselli: And then that iconic picture that was put out by the Fountain Blue of him and Tom Brady and Cher and Paul Anka all at the craft table.
• 12:14
  Dayna Roselli: Craft table and Justin throwing the dice.
• 12:17
  Dayna Roselli: Tom was towering over everyone so it's like yeah, he's really tall, but Tom just took a couple pictures and then moved on.
• 12:26
  Dayna Roselli: He's good friends with the CEO and chairman of Fountain Blue Development, Jeffrey
• 12:33
  Jeffery Soffer: Soffer.
• 12:34
  Dayna Roselli: And we actually talked to him coming up here in a little bit, so we'll have more from Jeffrey Also saw Keith Urban out at Valet when we went to put our equipment there after the carpet to go back into the party and I ran right over and I said, Keith, I've always wanted to meet you and we had a great chat about Las Vegas and New York City.
• 12:56
  Dayna Roselli: And he was saying that him and Nicole just went to see the Rockettes perform At Radio City and they love it.
• 13:03
  Dayna Roselli: It is part of the tradition, and blah, blah, blah, blah.
• 13:05
  Dayna Roselli: It was great and I was like, well, we have the Rockettes outside of the sphere now and he goes.
• 13:08
  Dayna Roselli: Oh, that's right.
• 13:08
  Dayna Roselli: And so we had a good little chat.
• 13:12
  Sean McAllister: And he was so kind.
• 13:13
  Sean McAllister: He is such a nice guy.
• 13:16
  Dayna Roselli: So nice, smells so good, by the way, and I am picky with, I like a good smelling man.
• 13:25
  Sean McAllister: Well, it was kind of funny.
• 13:26
  Sean McAllister: It was like there was nobody else out at valet other than Keith and us yeah.
• 13:33
  Dayna Roselli: So he was so nice and he had his guy take a bunch of pictures with me and I got my phone back and they were like seven to choose from.
• 13:40
  Dayna Roselli: I'm like this guy is great, he knows how to do it.
• 13:42
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, so anyway, great to meet Keith Urban.
• 13:45
  Dayna Roselli: He did a pop-up performance right in the middle of the casino.
• 13:48
  Dayna Roselli: That was awesome.
• 13:49
  Dayna Roselli: So many surprises.
• 13:50
  Dayna Roselli: Throughout the night there were also some live singers and bands.
• 13:53
  Dayna Roselli: There was food and drink and a martini bar and all sorts of stuff.
• 13:58
  Dayna Roselli: People just really came out.
• 13:59
  Dayna Roselli: It was black tie and people were dressed to the nines.
• 14:02
  Dayna Roselli: I liked that too.
• 14:04
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, I mean it was a classy event and they did such a good job with it.
• 14:10
  Sean McAllister: We also talked with the man.
• 14:12
  Sean McAllister: I feel like I had a Peter Brady moment, right there.
• 14:14
  Jeffery Soffer: My voice just went crazy.
• 14:16
  Sean McAllister: We also spoke with the man behind Live Nightclub, a David Grootman, who founded Group Hospitality down in Miami.
• 14:24
  Sean McAllister: The nightclub at Fountain Blue announced their first resident DJ and he's a younger guy, not even 30 years old.
• 14:32
  Sean McAllister: His name is John Summit, but he is taking over the nightclub in EDM world Really popular and we talked to both of them on the blue carpet as everyone arrived to the party.
• 14:45
  You just talked to your new resident DJ.
• 14:47
  He's amazing.
• 14:48
  John Summit, yeah, wow.
• 14:49
  He was telling us he's bringing something fresh and new.
• 14:53
  Yeah, this guy is like I'm gonna bring you heat every time we have him for the next three years.
• 14:58
  Sean McAllister: So we're excited about this.
• 14:59
  Sean McAllister: What opportunity does it bring you to have the global base that Vegas draws in coming to your shows here at Fountain Blue?
• 15:06
  It's incredible because that opens me to brand new audiences and so on.
• 15:11
  That's trying to tour the world.
• 15:12
  I just did Asia for a month.
• 15:13
  Just did a whole summer in Ibiza.
• 15:15
  I think it's good to have that global appeal here.
• 15:18
  First impressions of the property I think it's beautiful.
• 15:22
  Dayna Roselli: I love him.
• 15:23
  Dayna Roselli: He is just fresh, excited to be here.
• 15:25
  Dayna Roselli: Young.
• 15:26
  Dayna Roselli: I just I wanna go to the nightclub and hear him do a set I'm excited about it.
• 15:30
  Sean McAllister: I mean, he brings the party and his eyes were like bright and wide open, looking around at everything and good for him, I know.
• 15:38
  Dayna Roselli: We also had some time with Jeffrey Sofer, the CEO and chairman of Fountain Blue Development, and I enjoyed this because we got to talk to him about this journey that he has been on and he has recognized it and everything.
• 15:50
  Dayna Roselli: He recognized it at the ribbon cutting.
• 15:52
  Dayna Roselli: He recognizes it when we chat with him.
• 15:55
  This has been a while, I feel like this morning at the ribbon cutting, you were a little emotional.
• 15:58
  I mean, this is a long time coming for you.
• 16:00
  I mean, how does it feel today to be here and seeing people enjoy it, not just you?
• 16:05
  Jeffery Soffer: I think it feels great.
• 16:06
  Jeffery Soffer: I mean it's just obviously it's been a long road.
• 16:09
  Jeffery Soffer: It's a obviously I think we built the nicest resort in the city.
• 16:13
  Jeffery Soffer: I think it's definitely gonna change the dynamics here and I think that you know it's just great to be a part of this whole thing.
• 16:19
  Jeffery Soffer: It's been brilliant.
• 16:21
  Jeffery Soffer: It's a long road.
• 16:22
  Jeffery Soffer: I mean these projects are not easy and they're complex and getting everything that's right in them is complicated, and to see it come alive is it feels really great.
• 16:32
  Sean McAllister: And I know we have a lot of famous faces here tonight to celebrate the grand opening.
• 16:37
  Sean McAllister: Is this something that we can expect regularly on an ongoing basis, a celeb hot spot.
• 16:42
  Jeffery Soffer: I think you'll see famous people, but you see them here regularly as well.
• 16:46
  Jeffery Soffer: It's Las Vegas, right?
• 16:47
  Jeffery Soffer: So they're always here.
• 16:48
  Jeffery Soffer: That's what we're happy to have them.
• 16:50
  And the one last thing I was gonna say was I mean it is.
• 16:53
  You know we have so many hotels.
• 16:54
  What makes this different?
• 16:56
  If you had for people listening, why come to the Fontenblu?
• 16:58
  I mean, I know it's iconic and I know it's amazing, but in your words, Well, I think it's obviously the design of it the high ceilings.
• 17:06
  Jeffery Soffer: Our food and beverage offerings are different.
• 17:08
  Jeffery Soffer: It's just a new resort, you know, in 2023, and there really hasn't been a resort built like this since, I believe since the win opened in 2005.
• 17:16
  Jeffery Soffer: So we're excited.
• 17:18
  Sean McAllister: Kind of a full circle moment right there for the podcast, because we started talking about that controversy with Wynn and Jeffrey Sofer right there gave props to the Wynn for being such an iconic luxury property on the Las Vegas Strip.
• 17:33
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah very interesting, so we'll see what happens there, but they are close.
• 17:37
  Dayna Roselli: One thing I do love I can tell you this is that the properties that are opening on the north end of the Strip are like bringing some new buzz and filling that space, and I just think it's great that now we have resorts world and the Wynn and the Sahara and the Fontenblu all there in that area and it's walkable from one to the other now.
• 17:58
  Sean McAllister: Yeah, it is, and we've needed that kind of life up at that end of the Strip for quite some time, so it is, it's incredible seeing that development happen.
• 18:09
  Sean McAllister: Also, on the Blue Carpet, we spoke with Michael Bay he is the film director known for the big budget action movies and we said you know this, you know how to do things big.
• 18:23
  Sean McAllister: What do you think about this place?
• 18:25
  Sean McAllister: Because they have definitely gone big.
• 18:28
  Dayna Roselli: What do you think of Vegas?
• 18:30
  I like.
• 18:30
  I mean I come a couple times a year.
• 18:32
  I shot movies here and shot around like Red.
• 18:36
  Sean McAllister: Rocks different places.
• 18:37
  Sean McAllister: So what are the chances Fontenblu shows up in one of your upcoming movies?
• 18:42
  I did the old Fontenblu on a movie I did in Miami.
• 18:45
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, so interesting.
• 18:46
  Dayna Roselli: You know talking about the Fontenblu and other movies, and I mean it is an iconic spot in Miami.
• 18:52
  Dayna Roselli: Listen, I went there when I was a child.
• 18:53
  Dayna Roselli: We took a cruise and my parents said, when we're done with the cruise and we get off at the port in Florida, we're gonna stay at the Fontenblu for two days.
• 19:02
  Dayna Roselli: And they wanted to bring us because the pool they were known for, this big pool, and we stayed there and it was like so exciting when my parents had always wanted to stay there, and so we did it up and anyway.
• 19:13
  Dayna Roselli: So, yeah, it is iconic.
• 19:15
  Sean McAllister: Well, I could see that building being like the focus of a big budget film set in Las Vegas, can't you?
• 19:23
  Dayna Roselli: Yes, definitely.
• 19:24
  Dayna Roselli: Well, let's talk food, because when we did our tour last week, we kind of went into detail about all the different restaurants and we went in all of them and there are some that are first to market.
• 19:34
  Dayna Roselli: So it's a big deal.
• 19:34
  Dayna Roselli: There are a lot of firsts at the fountain blue.
• 19:37
  Sean McAllister: There are Gail Simmons, who you might know as a judge for a long time on the hit reality Competition show top chef.
• 19:45
  Sean McAllister: She was there as well.
• 19:47
  Sean McAllister: She's a food writer author.
• 19:48
  Sean McAllister: She was in town for the opening and excited to check out all of the new food and beverage destinations that fountain blue is bringing here to Las Vegas, and we got her thoughts on that.
• 20:01
  Gail Simmons: This is my first time back in Las Vegas in eight years.
• 20:04
  Gail Simmons: What I know, come on, so everything here feels new and exciting.
• 20:09
  Gail Simmons: It's amazing.
• 20:10
  Gail Simmons: I mean.
• 20:10
  Gail Simmons: I feel like it's been a minute since Vegas has had like such a A massive opening like this of restaurants, so many incredible restaurants around the country, from around the world, some really big firsts in America that are gonna be here for the first time.
• 20:27
  Gail Simmons: Chefs that I love and admire, just like a beautiful curation.
• 20:31
  Gail Simmons: I think of so many different cuisines, different concepts, but also some of the most kind of creative, innovative chefs that are like alive today.
• 20:41
  Gail Simmons: So I was so thrilled when I saw who's gonna be here and what they're doing.
• 20:46
  Sean McAllister: I mean eight years away from Vegas Gal, come back and see us soon.
• 20:52
  Dayna Roselli: I know, I always think it's weird when you hear something like that, but then I think like I have a lot of friends and family who have never been to Vegas, so it's not that we're just so used to it, right listen, a successful grand opening.
• 21:02
  Dayna Roselli: The party was lovely, the amount of celebrities at this opening was really unreal and just such Such an occasion.
• 21:13
  Dayna Roselli: It felt like a, like a plan of Hollywood opening, you know, like a it did.
• 21:18
  Sean McAllister: I mean, and it wasn't an opening that had a bunch of reality stars and like influencers these were like Legit, yeah, like superstar, caliber right celebrities.
• 21:30
  Dayna Roselli: I know, and I get think that's why I was, like, compared it to plan of Hollywood.
• 21:33
  Jeffery Soffer: You know, back in the day it was like such a big deal.
• 21:35
  Dayna Roselli: Plan of Hollywood remember.
• 21:36
  Dayna Roselli: It's like Sylvester Stallone, and he was there at the fountain blue, and then you know you're a Schwarzenegger, it was like all the A-list men showed up, so anyway, congratulations to the fountain blue.
• 21:48
  Dayna Roselli: I, by the way, I'm just thrilled that Something that is right around the corner for me is open and running and I will be there a lot, I think and, by the way, we will be going back.
• 22:00
  Sean McAllister: We're gonna be checking out the, the bars, restaurants, all that, so you'll probably hear more about it In upcoming episodes.
• 22:09
  Dayna Roselli: Some other notes this week that I just wanted to mention.
• 22:11
  Dayna Roselli: Bruno Mars and Carrie Underwood added new dates to their already lined up shows, so we'll look for that if you want to buy tickets.
• 22:20
  Dayna Roselli: Carrie added shows in October at resorts world and Bruno Mars Added early February dates at Park NGM and this is pretty smart, isn't it?
• 22:30
  Sean McAllister: It's very smart because early February Coincides with Super Bowl.
• 22:35
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, I mean who doesn't want to go see Bruno Mars when you're in town for Super Bowl?
• 22:38
  Sean McAllister: week.
• 22:39
  Sean McAllister: Right, I mean Smart.
• 22:41
  Sean McAllister: That's just the allure of having Super Bowl in Las Vegas.
• 22:45
  Sean McAllister: Yeah not only do you have all the festivities that come with having an NFL championship game here, but you have everything that Las Vegas can throw in on top of it, so it's gonna be great.
• 22:57
  Dayna Roselli: I also makes me wonder Do you think Bruno Mars is gonna pop up in the halftime show with us?
• 23:01
  Dayna Roselli: Sure, cuz he said that he was gonna bring some people Maybe, because I wonder if Bruno's like hey, I've gotta be there anyway.
• 23:07
  Sean McAllister: I mean, I'd love that.
• 23:09
  Dayna Roselli: That could be cool, that would be incredible, that would be incredible.
• 23:11
  Dayna Roselli: All right, you ready, let's do some tips.
• 23:13
  Sean McAllister: Do it ["Bound to Blue"].
• 23:17
  Sean McAllister: Now that Bound to Blue is open and accepting guests accepting guests we wanted to let you know about arrival, getting there, parking, all that good stuff.
• 23:29
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, parking is always a hot topic right.
• 23:31
  Dayna Roselli: Here's the good news Self-parking is free for four hours For Nevada residents, for hotel guests, for guests that visit the property.
• 23:39
  Dayna Roselli: So that's nice.
• 23:40
  Dayna Roselli: It's $20 after that.
• 23:43
  Sean McAllister: Beyond that, $20 a day.
• 23:44
  Sean McAllister: Beyond that, four hours of free parking.
• 23:48
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, so for valet it's $35 to $40.
• 23:51
  Dayna Roselli: And when I say that it's $35 bucks like Monday through Thursday and then the other three days on the weekend, it's $40.
• 23:57
  Dayna Roselli: If you are a reward member, that changes.
• 24:01
  Dayna Roselli: There's some complimentary parking involved there.
• 24:04
  Dayna Roselli: It's let me see, because I know a lot of you will be reward members Silver Fountain Blue reward members will have a complimentary parking Sunday through Thursday and it will be complimentary daily for Gold Plus Fountain Blue rewards members and that's for valet.
• 24:22
  Sean McAllister: And if you are a Las Vegas resident heading over to Fountain Blue, we're told the best way to get in and out is off of Elvis Presley.
• 24:31
  Sean McAllister: That's the South entrance.
• 24:32
  Sean McAllister: There is an entrance for the self-parking garage off of Elvis Presley and there is also a separate valet area off of Elvis Presley, so keep that in mind.
• 24:45
  Sean McAllister: There's an entrance that brings you right inside to the casino.
• 24:47
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, it'll be interesting to see.
• 24:49
  Dayna Roselli: It's not a very busy area, so now with the Fountain Blue open, I wonder how the traffic's gonna be there, but I think it's not as busy as being in the center of the strip, so it's gonna be nice.
• 24:59
  Dayna Roselli: And that side road, like you said, elvis Presley is gonna be a great way to get in and out of self-park or side valet.
• 25:05
  Dayna Roselli: They do recommend that you go there if you're just coming to visit, like going to restaurant, show, that kind of thing, because it's easier for everyone.
• 25:13
  Dayna Roselli: If you're checking in, there's a front valet for you.
• 25:16
  Dayna Roselli: They also do have a rental car Hertz rental car on site if you need to rent a car.
• 25:23
  Sean McAllister: Our second tip this week is Artet Museum.
• 25:26
  Sean McAllister: It's been open for a little bit, but we haven't had a chance to talk about it on the podcast yet.
• 25:32
  Dayna Roselli: I know we haven't and we did some work for them.
• 25:34
  Dayna Roselli: We have a company called Insightful Media.
• 25:35
  Dayna Roselli: We're always keeping busy.
• 25:37
  Dayna Roselli: We do lots of storytelling videos, we do interviews, we media train, we do all that stuff.
• 25:43
  Dayna Roselli: Event hosting.
• 25:44
  Dayna Roselli: Event hosting.
• 25:45
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, if you need us to host your event, we're available.
• 25:47
  Dayna Roselli: But we did a project with the Artet Museum so we got to see it and experience it and talk to people as they were leaving.
• 25:55
  Dayna Roselli: We actually did some exit interviews with people and let me tell you, a lot of people that we talked to said it's really one of the best immersive museums in town, and I might have to agree.
• 26:05
  Sean McAllister: There are so many different rooms.
• 26:07
  Sean McAllister: It's on multiple levels.
• 26:09
  Sean McAllister: There are tons of different rooms that you go into, each with a different visual theme, but there are scents that are pumped into the room to enhance your experience in there too.
• 26:24
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and noise is the wrong word.
• 26:26
  Jeffery Soffer: Ambient sound.
• 26:27
  Dayna Roselli: Ambient, beautiful sounds, and you hear the ocean going when you walk into the ocean room, and it's spectacular.
• 26:35
  Dayna Roselli: Each room is unique and stunning.
• 26:38
  Dayna Roselli: Something that we love, too, is the one room and everyone really seemed to enjoy when you go and you draw, or color in an animal and then you put it, you hand it over and you actually see your drawing like the animal crawling along the side of the in the visual.
• 26:55
  Sean McAllister: It was like zebras and lions you color your animal.
• 26:58
  Sean McAllister: It gets put under this camera that captures your animal that you just drew and then puts it up on the wall and it's like your elephant is walking around the room or your monkey is hanging from a branch and animated Like it animates your still colored drawing.
• 27:16
  Sean McAllister: It really is super cool.
• 27:18
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, the whole museum is gorgeous.
• 27:20
  Dayna Roselli: People really said that they about well, they enjoyed it, for about it took them, I should say, about like 90 minutes to get through.
• 27:26
  Dayna Roselli: As long as you take your time, in each room there's other people.
• 27:29
  Dayna Roselli: I mean you could rush through it if you wanted.
• 27:30
  Dayna Roselli: But I went there to drop off a hard drive and I noticed there was a line in the middle of the day.
• 27:36
  Dayna Roselli: It was actually after we went to the Durango Casino.
• 27:39
  Dayna Roselli: So what did we get out?
• 27:40
  Sean McAllister: Like one o'clock something like that it might have been even a minute later.
• 27:42
  Sean McAllister: Oh yeah, maybe a little later.
• 27:43
  Sean McAllister: Sorry, it was three yeah 3 pm.
• 27:45
  Dayna Roselli: There was a line and I was happy to see that.
• 27:47
  Dayna Roselli: So that means that people are enjoying it, they're reading the reviews, they're coming back.
• 27:51
  Dayna Roselli: We recommend it.
• 27:52
  Dayna Roselli: And, just so you know, it is located strip side, so it is next to the Cosmopolitan, in front of Aria and crystals, in that area, where you can also find Ocean Prime Restaurant.
• 28:04
  Sean McAllister: Yep the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Harmon, right on the corner there.
• 28:09
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, so you can check them out online.
• 28:12
  Dayna Roselli: I think it's $50 for a pass.
• 28:14
  Dayna Roselli: I know they have specials every now and then.
• 28:16
  Dayna Roselli: It's the only one in the Western Hemisphere, so pretty cool.
• 28:19
  Sean McAllister: That does it.
• 28:20
  Sean McAllister: That was a jam-packed episode with Fountain Blue, with Carrie Underwood, bruno Mars, arte Museum.
• 28:26
  Sean McAllister: Thank you again to our sponsors, hot Works, infrared Fitness Studios and the Vegas Near Me app, available for all of your devices.
• 28:38
  Dayna Roselli: Yeah, and we also talked to a lot of people on the Blue Carpet.
• 28:40
  Dayna Roselli: We're gonna share some more interviews next week with some of our local casino owners.
• 28:46
  Dayna Roselli: We talked to Derek Stevens, who is there on the carpet with his wife he runs Circa downtown and many others, and we talked to Jonathan Jossel.
• 28:56
  Dayna Roselli: They were both there and it's interesting the camaraderie.
• 28:59
  Dayna Roselli: So we'll have that next week because it is the holiday as we approach it, we were gonna take some time off, but we wanna keep giving you some content and so we saved those interviews and we're gonna talk more about that next week on episode 199.
• 29:13
  Sean McAllister: 199,.
• 29:14
  Sean McAllister: There it is.
• 29:16
  Dayna Roselli: Have a great day, thank you To write an insert.
• 29:21
  Gail Simmons: we got bills to pay Packing up a suitcase.
• 29:25
  Gail Simmons: Let's take a holiday.