December 20, 2024 • 7 mins
Phil Goldfarb stops by to discuss the history of the Fontainebleau Resort!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Phill Gold Farmer is here. Now you get close to
that microphone. Let me tell you how important Phil is
to us. Over the years. You've always welcomed us here
at the Fountain Blue with open arms. Thank you so
much for making that mistake every time.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Welcome back.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
It's Elvis, No Phil, your are there's the chief operating officers?
Is he?
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Oo? Yes, that's correct.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Okay. That means you run this place.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Well, not only this place, but many other hotels we
have around the nation. But this is my favorite. Not
supposed to have a favorite child, but this is my favorite, okay.
And we've got so many stories to remind you guys of,
like slip sliding on the grass outside.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
That was the k y slipping slide. That's exactly astro
class slip and slide. Sorry about that. The grass still
doesn't growing there.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
We've got videos of everything, yes, you know of the
One of the many things you love about Phil is
you can walk around this is significant place and he
can tell you over here is where Frank Sinatra did this,
over here is where Marilyn Monroe did that. The history
behind this place is just so rich that must turn
you on every time you want to your own front doors.
(01:13):
You know, it's great.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
We've got the Sinatra Hallway there with all these photographs
from movies and shows that he did. Here. We had
the Omega TIMEX Show live in our ballroom here with
Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra, etc. So the history is
really valuable to us, but also the future. So this
(01:35):
year we opened up a brand new Just last week
we cut the ribbon on one hundred million dollar Coastal
Convention Center right out. So it's amazing. We've had our
first parties there during these holidays, so you guys have
to come and see that as well.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Well. Thank you so much for allowing us in here,
and we can't wait to come back. I mean, this
is our home here, and you know, just like artists
love playing the Garden in York City, artists love playing
New Year's Eve at the Fountain Blue and it has
been doing they've been doing that going back all of
us were born right and this year with Calvin Harris, hello,
it's gonna be a big, big, big night.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
We decided to go really big. So Calvin's here help
be doing the countdown at New Year's We'll have thousands
of people out on this pool scape. We've got all
kinds of extra special surprises this year. As matter of fact,
one of the things I brought you all is some
champagne with perieue and you could pop that this morning
(02:31):
in and let loose a little million.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Yeah, don't tell us we only drink on festive ocations.
This is a beautiful champagne. Wow. You know what Imperry
Joey is is all in the lobby. I mean, you
guys decorated like that for.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
For Art Basel that just concluded still and they've been
great partners, decorated the place that amazing dinner and all
kind of shows. It was just a great basle. This
is literally the best year we've ever had, and we're
entering it with Calvin Harris and our brand new convention center.
(03:12):
And I'd be remiss if I didn't say it's also
the first full year of Las Vegas. So we opened
up this fabulous, fabulous hotel different than anything else in Vegas.
It's modern, it's hip, it's cool, it's got lived nightclub,
it's got the best restaurant, thirty four food and beverage outlets.
You have to go out and see Las Vegas by
Fountain Blue.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
Nate was there. I took you for one hundred and
twelve dollars of your money there film Wow, what they
call a whale.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
I might need to take that champagne.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
So Gondhi, Danielle, how much do you love being here?
And in Phil? Come on, Phil, give us You always
give us like a tidbit of history. Like you talk
about the bow tie logo. They see the bow tie
logo on his lapel. Yeah, I mean that's you see that.
It's like it's like the Mickey Mouse here is at Disney.
It's like it's iconic. We see it every all over
the hotel. Talk about that little bow tie and how
(04:12):
much it means to you.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
You know, it's about the people here. Really. We have
over two thousand team members and I always say, you know,
if you can't drink the kool aid, work for somebody else.
We take such great care of our people. You talked
about the lobby early in the morning. We need this
place to be pristine. It's iconic. There's only one Felt Blue.
It's like the Plaza New York or the World Off.
(04:33):
This is the place to be the place to work.
And we went it in their heart. We want our
team members to take the best care of guests, and
that's what we do every day. And that's why we're
locking you all up. You're staying here for good.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
I'm sharing a room with the ghost of Frank Sinatra.
I think that was him in bed.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
By the way. Alas is one story you haven't told yet.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Oh, I tell it every time you need to. Oh Lord,
talk about which gloom we were conceived?
Speaker 2 (05:05):
Then?
Speaker 1 (05:05):
Well, this is the original crescent shaped hotel over here.
That's the presidential suite back in the nineteen sixties, was
up there on the left, and it still is in
that room I was conceived. Oh boy, everybody knows. And
now now the people who checked us in also no,
so does anyone he has encountered on our way down
the waiter last night, who served us dinner? They know.
(05:26):
Nobody knows. Everyone knows. How proud am I to come
home to where I was conceived? Could I walk you
step by step through how that?
Speaker 2 (05:33):
No?
Speaker 1 (05:34):
No, no, yes, I'd love to hear it kind of No. No, no,
there's there's more to the story. It started at the
bar where my husband Alex. No no, no, My husband,
Alex's grandfather was the manager of the bars at the
Fountain Blue at the time, so Alex's grandfather got them drunk.
They went upstairs and here we are. This is straight Okay,
(05:55):
I'll tell that story again next year when we come out.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
It's always great to have you guys here. It's a
you're the best, this is your second home, and please
come more off it, and well, of course visit at
Las Vegas.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Okay, okay, we'll just go back and forth between the
two on the Fountain Blue jet. There are so many
people like Yvette and Javier and Tanya and Victor and
Robert and the general manager of the restaurant. Oh but yes,
let's talk about Mirabella just a second. We had dinner
at the restaurant, Michael White's place right here. Amazing, another
another home run in the Fountain Blow.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
Thank you. We brought in chef Michael White, Michelin star
rated chef. The food is the best, you know. Right
now this morning they're cooking and preparing the pasta, homemade
fresh pasta every single day. It's the greatest food, the
greatest Italian food, at least in South Florida's faris.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
I agree. We've loved Michael freeers and now he's a
superstar here. Phil. Thank you so much, it's amazing.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Have you whatever you need, we're here for you.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Have a great day and we will now keep in
mind Thout Blue is always here for you, especially if
you live up north like us and you need to
get away from the shivering cold. This is where you
will warm up and you'll feel at home. You will
never leave the property and there's no need to because
it's fabulous. Feel Gold Gold Farm. Thank you so much
for being on with us. We love you. Live the
fount Blue
Phill Gold Farmer is here. Now you get close to
that microphone. Let me tell you how important Phil is
to us. Over the years. You've always welcomed us here
at the Fountain Blue with open arms. Thank you so
much for making that mistake every time.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Welcome back.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
It's Elvis, No Phil, your are there's the chief operating officers?
Is he?
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Oo? Yes, that's correct.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Okay. That means you run this place.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Well, not only this place, but many other hotels we
have around the nation. But this is my favorite. Not
supposed to have a favorite child, but this is my favorite, okay.
And we've got so many stories to remind you guys of,
like slip sliding on the grass outside.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
That was the k y slipping slide. That's exactly astro
class slip and slide. Sorry about that. The grass still
doesn't growing there.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
We've got videos of everything, yes, you know of the
One of the many things you love about Phil is
you can walk around this is significant place and he
can tell you over here is where Frank Sinatra did this,
over here is where Marilyn Monroe did that. The history
behind this place is just so rich that must turn
you on every time you want to your own front doors.
(01:13):
You know, it's great.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
We've got the Sinatra Hallway there with all these photographs
from movies and shows that he did. Here. We had
the Omega TIMEX Show live in our ballroom here with
Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra, etc. So the history is
really valuable to us, but also the future. So this
(01:35):
year we opened up a brand new Just last week
we cut the ribbon on one hundred million dollar Coastal
Convention Center right out. So it's amazing. We've had our
first parties there during these holidays, so you guys have
to come and see that as well.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Well. Thank you so much for allowing us in here,
and we can't wait to come back. I mean, this
is our home here, and you know, just like artists
love playing the Garden in York City, artists love playing
New Year's Eve at the Fountain Blue and it has
been doing they've been doing that going back all of
us were born right and this year with Calvin Harris, hello,
it's gonna be a big, big, big night.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
We decided to go really big. So Calvin's here help
be doing the countdown at New Year's We'll have thousands
of people out on this pool scape. We've got all
kinds of extra special surprises this year. As matter of fact,
one of the things I brought you all is some
champagne with perieue and you could pop that this morning
(02:31):
in and let loose a little million.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Yeah, don't tell us we only drink on festive ocations.
This is a beautiful champagne. Wow. You know what Imperry
Joey is is all in the lobby. I mean, you
guys decorated like that for.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
For Art Basel that just concluded still and they've been
great partners, decorated the place that amazing dinner and all
kind of shows. It was just a great basle. This
is literally the best year we've ever had, and we're
entering it with Calvin Harris and our brand new convention center.
(03:12):
And I'd be remiss if I didn't say it's also
the first full year of Las Vegas. So we opened
up this fabulous, fabulous hotel different than anything else in Vegas.
It's modern, it's hip, it's cool, it's got lived nightclub,
it's got the best restaurant, thirty four food and beverage outlets.
You have to go out and see Las Vegas by
Fountain Blue.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
Nate was there. I took you for one hundred and
twelve dollars of your money there film Wow, what they
call a whale.
Speaker 2 (03:44):
I might need to take that champagne.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
So Gondhi, Danielle, how much do you love being here?
And in Phil? Come on, Phil, give us You always
give us like a tidbit of history. Like you talk
about the bow tie logo. They see the bow tie
logo on his lapel. Yeah, I mean that's you see that.
It's like it's like the Mickey Mouse here is at Disney.
It's like it's iconic. We see it every all over
the hotel. Talk about that little bow tie and how
(04:12):
much it means to you.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
You know, it's about the people here. Really. We have
over two thousand team members and I always say, you know,
if you can't drink the kool aid, work for somebody else.
We take such great care of our people. You talked
about the lobby early in the morning. We need this
place to be pristine. It's iconic. There's only one Felt Blue.
It's like the Plaza New York or the World Off.
(04:33):
This is the place to be the place to work.
And we went it in their heart. We want our
team members to take the best care of guests, and
that's what we do every day. And that's why we're
locking you all up. You're staying here for good.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
I'm sharing a room with the ghost of Frank Sinatra.
I think that was him in bed.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
By the way. Alas is one story you haven't told yet.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Oh, I tell it every time you need to. Oh Lord,
talk about which gloom we were conceived?
Speaker 2 (05:05):
Then?
Speaker 1 (05:05):
Well, this is the original crescent shaped hotel over here.
That's the presidential suite back in the nineteen sixties, was
up there on the left, and it still is in
that room I was conceived. Oh boy, everybody knows. And
now now the people who checked us in also no,
so does anyone he has encountered on our way down
the waiter last night, who served us dinner? They know.
(05:26):
Nobody knows. Everyone knows. How proud am I to come
home to where I was conceived? Could I walk you
step by step through how that?
Speaker 2 (05:33):
No?
Speaker 1 (05:34):
No, no, yes, I'd love to hear it kind of No. No, no,
there's there's more to the story. It started at the
bar where my husband Alex. No no, no, My husband,
Alex's grandfather was the manager of the bars at the
Fountain Blue at the time, so Alex's grandfather got them drunk.
They went upstairs and here we are. This is straight Okay,
(05:55):
I'll tell that story again next year when we come out.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
It's always great to have you guys here. It's a
you're the best, this is your second home, and please
come more off it, and well, of course visit at
Las Vegas.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
Okay, okay, we'll just go back and forth between the
two on the Fountain Blue jet. There are so many
people like Yvette and Javier and Tanya and Victor and
Robert and the general manager of the restaurant. Oh but yes,
let's talk about Mirabella just a second. We had dinner
at the restaurant, Michael White's place right here. Amazing, another
another home run in the Fountain Blow.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
Thank you. We brought in chef Michael White, Michelin star
rated chef. The food is the best, you know. Right
now this morning they're cooking and preparing the pasta, homemade
fresh pasta every single day. It's the greatest food, the
greatest Italian food, at least in South Florida's faris.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
I agree. We've loved Michael freeers and now he's a
superstar here. Phil. Thank you so much, it's amazing.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Have you whatever you need, we're here for you.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
Have a great day and we will now keep in
mind Thout Blue is always here for you, especially if
you live up north like us and you need to
get away from the shivering cold. This is where you
will warm up and you'll feel at home. You will
never leave the property and there's no need to because
it's fabulous. Feel Gold Gold Farm. Thank you so much
for being on with us. We love you. Live the
fount Blue
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