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Sean McAllister (00:00):
Following the Fontainebleau's big grand
opening, there's drama withJustin Timberlake on a couple
fronts, fallout from hisperformance and where he stayed.
Dayna Roselli (00:10):
But man, that show was good.
I'm your river.
It's been more than 15 years inthe making and the Fontaineb
leau Las Vegas is finally open.
We have so much coverage foryou ahead.
Sean McAllister (00:24):
Let's spin that wheel and get right to it.
Welcome to Vegas Revealedepisode 198, Sean McAllister and
Dayna Roselli with you and man,do we have a packed episode?
All Fountain Blue?
Dayna Roselli (00:43):
I know we've got a couple other things to throw
in there too, but we've got alot of coverage from the
Fountain Blue and we're gonnaget right to it.
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Dayna Roselli (01:26):
All right, so let's get to Justin Timberlake.
Let's just start it off.
Sean McAllister (01:29):
There was a band-aid off.
Dayna Roselli (01:31):
Just rip it off.
The show was amazing.
The show was also part of theprivate grand opening party, so
not everyone got to see the show.
It was not a ticketed show.
We did the red carpet, weattended the party and we went
to the show and we kind of knewit was gonna happen.
But then he came out on stageand it was like, okay, done,
(01:52):
deal few, because we've beentalking about it and we assumed
we were 99.9% sure.
Sean McAllister (01:58):
Well, and there were a lot of guests at the
party who had no idea who theperformer was going to be.
You talked with someone who waslike what we were gonna leave.
Dayna Roselli (02:07):
Yeah, this couple was right in front of me in
line and they had seen, like,because there was some
performances from Paul Anka andalso some aerialists and some
great singers and showgirls.
It was great.
But they were like, okay, well,I think we might head down to
the nightclub now.
And I was like, well, you'renot gonna stay for Justin
Timberlake.
And they're like what, no?
(02:28):
And they were like, oh my God.
And this one woman was likehoney to her husband, let's go
back in.
Oh my God, get my drink order.
And so, yeah, I mean it was alegit surprise for many people.
Sean McAllister (02:40):
Yeah, and Justin Timberlake is just such a
great performer.
I mean the singing, the dancing, the horn section.
The Tennessee kids has band upthere with him.
It was great, what a great show.
Classic Justin Timberlakeperformance phenomenal.
Dayna Roselli (02:59):
Sing all the hits exactly like it.
You know, I felt like he didn'tmiss one that I was waiting for
.
He talked to the audience.
I mean, man, he can move and hehit those high notes.
Sean McAllister (03:11):
He did.
Dayna Roselli (03:12):
I was looking at my friend Melissa going man, he
can sing.
Sean McAllister (03:15):
He can sing.
Dayna Roselli (03:16):
And I had to say he's still got it because he's
still young.
You know, justin's only likewhat?
42?
.
Sean McAllister (03:21):
He's 40, he's younger than us.
Dayna Roselli (03:22):
Yeah.
So there you go.
He looked great, he soundedgreat and I'm like man, he can
perform.
You know, it's interestingbecause we've posted a bunch of
clips on social media and it'sinteresting, the mixed comments
and I'm I had no idea that, like, justin Timberlake was not
liked or at all.
I had no idea.
(03:42):
And I'm not saying we'regetting tons of comments at
people, but I'm like it's justthis big controversy of like,
well, he used to be better.
And I'm like you guys, are youlooking at the same person?
Cause that was an incredibleshow.
Sean McAllister (03:55):
Yeah, I've thought the exact same thing,
but there has been fallout fromthat show too.
There was one moment then wewere in there, we saw it happen
where they had a kind of arunway that stuck out into the
audience from the stage.
He was walking out there, hekind of turned around, faced the
(04:18):
band and as he was turning backaround, before he started
singing Cry Me A River, he saidno disrespect and then went into
Cry Me A River, which this isall connected to the Britney
Spears memoir.
Dayna Roselli (04:35):
Okay, yeah, I don't get that whole thing and
I'm like I would have neverknown that.
So people are like I was justlike sing Crimea River, cause I
love it Right.
Sean McAllister (04:42):
So people are like oh, he's dissing Britney.
Dayna Roselli (04:44):
Why is Crimea?
Sean McAllister (04:45):
River about that.
Dayna Roselli (04:46):
I don't get it.
Sean McAllister (04:47):
It's about their fallout after their
breakup.
Dayna Roselli (04:50):
Okay, yeah, I didn't realize that.
Sean McAllister (04:52):
Yeah.
Yeah, I'm there for the beats,so there's a lot of stuff online
if you want to do a deep diveinto the whole controversy, but
we just wanted to acknowledgethat people are talking about
that.
It's making headlines.
We're not going to go deep intoit, but that happened.
(05:12):
It was part of the show.
Dayna Roselli (05:13):
Yeah.
Something that a lot of peopleare talking about Well, outside
of even Las Vegas, though, isthis Instagram post that Justin
made and his wife, jessica Beale, and it was a cute post.
Sean McAllister (05:26):
I thought it was adorable.
I didn't even think anythingcontroversial when I looked at
it.
Dayna Roselli (05:31):
No, because our mind doesn't automatically go to
stirring up drama andcontroversy Other people's do?
Sean McAllister (05:37):
I looked at it.
I was like, oh, what a goodhusband he is.
Dayna Roselli (05:40):
Exactly.
He was carrying her shoes downthe hallway at the end of the
night, you know, and it was themfrom the back.
Anyway, people started tonotice that it wasn't the
fountain blue and that's wherehe performed.
He got paid a lot of money forthe fountain blue show,
apparently reportedly millions,and people felt like that's so
(06:00):
odd, he's not staying at thefountain blue.
And then the wind took thatphoto and made their own post,
and that's where it gets a bittricky.
Sean McAllister (06:08):
Yeah, so this post that was up on the winds
Instagram page.
It was the same picture thatJustin put out, but their
caption said where everyone endsup only win.
Yeah that was, and everyone waslike oh, the shade of it all my
(06:28):
gosh, you know, because henever referenced the win.
No, he didn't.
Dayna Roselli (06:33):
You know, it was just a cute picture and he
tagged his wife, and.
But here's where it gets eventrickier.
The win also tagged Justin and.
Jessica and then later untaggedthem.
Then later the post came down.
Sean McAllister (06:53):
After all this brouhaha ensued, here's the
thing.
Dayna Roselli (06:57):
I'm curious who's mad.
I'm just dying to know.
Is Justin mad?
Is Jessica mad?
Is the fountain blue mad?
At the win?
Is the winds higher.
Execs, like that wasn't cool.
Take that down.
What are you doing?
We want good partnerships.
I'm dying to know the inside.
Sean McAllister (07:13):
Well, maybe it's a.
Maybe we can chalk it up to aneighborly dispute.
Dayna Roselli (07:18):
Yeah, a neighborly dispute, who knows?
Sean McAllister (07:22):
But bottom line , it's not unusual for
entertainers to stay at adifferent property than where
they perform.
It happens all the time in LasVegas.
There could be a headliner at acertain property Caesar's
Palace, for example and they maynot be staying on property at
(07:44):
Caesar's Palace.
Dayna Roselli (07:46):
Period Period.
And leading up to that, jessicaBeale had a post that she was
at NFR and we the background inthat photo.
They're at the win, and thiswas a couple of days before.
Sean McAllister (07:58):
I mean.
Dayna Roselli (07:59):
Justin probably in town with the dancers
rehearsing.
She's with her friend andthey're going to NFR and
fountain blue wasn't open yet.
Sean McAllister (08:07):
Right.
Dayna Roselli (08:07):
And so, yeah, could they have made a room for
them?
I'm sure staff was staying onsite, sure, but there's also,
the restaurants aren't open, Idon't know.
The room service is open, yetthere's no spa.
So you're going to stay at ahotel that's operational, not
saying again, this is all in mymind what could have been?
Also, when you're in town for awhile, you don't want to move
(08:30):
all your stuff.
Sean McAllister (08:31):
No, you're not going to stay for four nights
over at win.
Then pack all your bags, moveover and for one night, no.
Dayna Roselli (08:42):
Plus, there's so many people getting it ready
over there at the fountainballoon.
Who knows, maybe they wantedsome privacy.
They're like well, if everyonethinks we're gonna stay there,
we don't want, you know, there'sso much that could be involved
in that.
Regardless, like you said, youdon't have to stay at the
property.
He was paid to put on a show.
Sean McAllister (09:00):
He was paid to be their entertainer and he was.
He was a fantastic entertainer.
Dayna Roselli (09:05):
He was.
Sean McAllister (09:05):
His concert added a lot to that grand
opening.
I think this controversy isdumb and it needs to go away
because it's just stupid.
Dayna Roselli (09:19):
It's true, you know, I don't know, yeah, that
was silly, but you know, I meanI must say interesting for the
wind to post that, and I thinkthey were trying to be funny.
I don't think it's sat well andwe don't know.
I think what it comes down tois like did they get permission?
Sean McAllister (09:38):
Right.
Dayna Roselli (09:39):
And you know anybody can repost something and
tag someone.
But Justin did post some greatInsta stories and some great
posts from the show.
Loved it.
I love the Insta story heposted with you know all the
dancers getting pumped up beforethe show in the back, and you
know he hasn't performed in awhile, so it was great to see
him on stage.
You know others saying gosh,you got paid so much for this
(10:00):
gig and that too, it's like, whyis it any of your business?
Like well, oh, I would havedone that too for a million,
it's like.
But you can't dance and youcan't sing, so no, you couldn't
have done that.
Sean McAllister (10:11):
Exactly, justin is talented.
Dayna Roselli (10:12):
Exactly.
He's worked hard through theyears since he was a child to
get to where he is today.
Like you can't do that, andthat's the caliber you get.
So anyway, let's get to the funstuff as well.
That was fun by the way, Idon't mean that that wasn't, but
like the controversies are kindof, but we had to talk about it
(10:32):
.
Sean McAllister (10:33):
Yeah, so we're done with the controversy.
There were a ton of othercelebrities there in addition to
Justin Timberlake.
We saw Cher on the blue carpet.
We saw Sylvester Stallone, kimKardashian, kendall Jenner, eva
Longoria I mean Lenny Kravitz.
I talked to someone at the barat the theater before Justin's
(10:54):
show and she was like we werestanding next to Bill Gates
downstairs.
Dayna Roselli (10:58):
Yeah, there's video of him dancing to Justin
Timberlake on TMZ.
Sean McAllister (11:02):
It's great, I love it and then Dana your guy
the goat.
Dayna Roselli (11:08):
Oh yeah, tom Brady.
I was so excited.
I've always wanted to see TomBrady in person and I finally
got to see him in person.
Man, it's him too, boy.
The people on TikTok theircomments A lot of people love
the goat, they call him thegreatest of all time and Tom
Brady.
But there's other people whoare just constantly complaining
about certain things andwhatever.
(11:29):
But one thing that rang trueand consistent in the comments
on TikTok and Reels and Facebookpeople were surprised to see
how tall he actually is he'scrazy tall?
You know why?
Because he's standing there inthe carpet and all the people
around him look so short, sopeople are like I had no idea
(11:50):
that he was this tall.
So yeah, he's tall.
Sean McAllister (11:52):
See it's context.
If he's out there with a wholebunch of other tall football
players, you don't realize howtall they all are.
It's true, You're next to anormal-sized person.
Dayna Roselli (12:04):
I know it's so true.
And then that iconic picturethat was put out by the Fountain
Blue of him and Tom Brady andCher and Paul Anka all at the
craft table.
Craft table and Justin throwingthe dice.
Tom was towering over everyoneso it's like yeah, he's really
tall, but Tom just took a couplepictures and then moved on.
(12:26):
He's good friends with the CEOand chairman of Fountain Blue
Development, Jeffrey
Jeffery Soffer (12:33):
Soffer.
Dayna Roselli (12:34):
And we actually talked to him coming up here in
a little bit, so we'll have morefrom Jeffrey Also saw Keith
Urban out at Valet when we wentto put our equipment there after
the carpet to go back into theparty and I ran right over and I
said, Keith, I've always wantedto meet you and we had a great
chat about Las Vegas and NewYork City.
(12:56):
And he was saying that him andNicole just went to see the
Rockettes perform At Radio Cityand they love it.
It is part of the tradition,and blah, blah, blah, blah.
It was great and I was like,well, we have the Rockettes
outside of the sphere now and hegoes.
Oh, that's right.
And so we had a good littlechat.
Sean McAllister (13:12):
And he was so kind.
He is such a nice guy.
Dayna Roselli (13:16):
So nice, smells so good, by the way, and I am
picky with, I like a goodsmelling man.
Sean McAllister (13:25):
Well, it was kind of funny.
It was like there was nobodyelse out at valet other than
Keith and us yeah.
Dayna Roselli (13:33):
So he was so nice and he had his guy take a bunch
of pictures with me and I gotmy phone back and they were like
seven to choose from.
I'm like this guy is great, heknows how to do it.
Yeah, so anyway, great to meetKeith Urban.
He did a pop-up performanceright in the middle of the
casino.
That was awesome.
So many surprises.
Throughout the night there werealso some live singers and
(13:53):
bands.
There was food and drink and amartini bar and all sorts of
stuff.
People just really came out.
It was black tie and peoplewere dressed to the nines.
I liked that too.
Sean McAllister (14:04):
Yeah, I mean it was a classy event and they did
such a good job with it.
We also talked with the man.
I feel like I had a Peter Bradymoment, right there.
Jeffery Soffer (14:14):
My voice just went crazy.
Sean McAllister (14:16):
We also spoke with the man behind Live
Nightclub, a David Grootman, whofounded Group Hospitality down
in Miami.
The nightclub at Fountain Blueannounced their first resident
DJ and he's a younger guy, noteven 30 years old.
His name is John Summit, but heis taking over the nightclub in
EDM world Really popular and wetalked to both of them on the
(14:41):
blue carpet as everyone arrivedto the party.
(14:45):
You just talked to your new resident DJ.
He's amazing.
John Summit, yeah, wow.
He was telling us he's bringingsomething fresh and new.
Yeah, this guy is like I'mgonna bring you heat every time
we have him for the next threeyears.
Sean McAllister (14:58):
So we're excited about this.
What opportunity does it bringyou to have the global base that
Vegas draws in coming to yourshows here at Fountain Blue?
(15:06):
It's incredible because that opens me to brand new audiences
and so on.
That's trying to tour the world.
I just did Asia for a month.
Just did a whole summer inIbiza.
I think it's good to have thatglobal appeal here.
First impressions of theproperty I think it's beautiful.
Dayna Roselli (15:22):
I love him.
He is just fresh, excited to behere.
Young.
I just I wanna go to thenightclub and hear him do a set
I'm excited about it.
Sean McAllister (15:30):
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.
Dayna Roselli (15:38):
We also had some time with Jeffrey Sofer, the CEO
and chairman of Fountain BlueDevelopment, and I enjoyed this
because we got to talk to himabout this journey that he has
been on and he has recognized itand everything.
He recognized it at the ribboncutting.
He recognizes it when we chatwith him.
(15:55):
This has been a while, I feel like this morning at the ribbon
cutting, you were a littleemotional.
I mean, this is a long timecoming for you.
I mean, how does it feel todayto be here and seeing people
enjoy it, not just you?
Jeffery Soffer (16:05):
I think it feels great.
I mean it's just obviously it'sbeen a long road.
It's a obviously I think webuilt the nicest resort in the
city.
I think it's definitely gonnachange the dynamics here and I
think that you know it's justgreat to be a part of this whole
thing.
It's been brilliant.
It's a long road.
I mean these projects are noteasy and they're complex and
(16:26):
getting everything that's rightin them is complicated, and to
see it come alive is it feelsreally great.
Sean McAllister (16:32):
And I know we have a lot of famous faces here
tonight to celebrate the grandopening.
Is this something that we canexpect regularly on an ongoing
basis, a celeb hot spot.
Jeffery Soffer (16:42):
I think you'll see famous people, but you see
them here regularly as well.
It's Las Vegas, right?
So they're always here.
That's what we're happy to havethem.
(16:50):
And the one last thing I was gonna say was I mean it is.
You know we have so many hotels.
What makes this different?
If you had for people listening, why come to the Fontenblu?
I mean, I know it's iconic andI know it's amazing, but in your
words, Well, I think it'sobviously the design of it the
high ceilings.
Jeffery Soffer (17:06):
Our food and beverage offerings are different
.
It's just a new resort, youknow, in 2023, and there really
hasn't been a resort built likethis since, I believe since the
win opened in 2005.
So we're excited.
Sean McAllister (17:18):
Kind of a full circle moment right there for
the podcast, because we startedtalking about that controversy
with Wynn and Jeffrey Soferright there gave props to the
Wynn for being such an iconicluxury property on the Las Vegas
Strip.
Dayna Roselli (17:33):
Yeah very interesting, so we'll see what
happens there, but they areclose.
One thing I do love I can tellyou this is that the properties
that are opening on the northend of the Strip are like
bringing some new buzz andfilling that space, and I just
think it's great that now wehave resorts world and the Wynn
and the Sahara and the Fontenbluall there in that area and it's
(17:56):
walkable from one to the othernow.
Sean McAllister (17:58):
Yeah, it is, and we've needed that kind of
life up at that end of the Stripfor quite some time, so it is,
it's incredible seeing thatdevelopment happen.
Also, on the Blue Carpet, wespoke with Michael Bay he is the
film director known for the bigbudget action movies and we
(18:18):
said you know this, you know howto do things big.
What do you think about thisplace?
Because they have definitelygone big.
Dayna Roselli (18:28):
What do you think of Vegas?
(18:30):
I like.
I mean I come a couple times ayear.
I shot movies here and shotaround like Red.
Sean McAllister (18:36):
Rocks different places.
So what are the chancesFontenblu shows up in one of
your upcoming movies?
(18:42):
I did the old Fontenblu on a movie I did in Miami.
Dayna Roselli (18:45):
Yeah, so interesting.
You know talking about theFontenblu and other movies, and
I mean it is an iconic spot inMiami.
Listen, I went there when I wasa child.
We took a cruise and my parentssaid, when we're done with the
cruise and we get off at theport in Florida, we're gonna
stay at the Fontenblu for twodays.
And they wanted to bring usbecause the pool they were known
for, this big pool, and westayed there and it was like so
(19:08):
exciting when my parents hadalways wanted to stay there, and
so we did it up and anyway.
So, yeah, it is iconic.
Sean McAllister (19:15):
Well, I could see that building being like the
focus of a big budget film setin Las Vegas, can't you?
Dayna Roselli (19:23):
Yes, definitely.
Well, let's talk food, becausewhen we did our tour last week,
we kind of went into detailabout all the different
restaurants and we went in allof them and there are some that
are first to market.
So it's a big deal.
There are a lot of firsts atthe fountain blue.
Sean McAllister (19:37):
There are Gail Simmons, who you might know as a
judge for a long time on thehit reality Competition show top
chef.
She was there as well.
She's a food writer author.
She was in town for the openingand excited to check out all of
the new food and beveragedestinations that fountain blue
(19:57):
is bringing here to Las Vegas,and we got her thoughts on that.
Gail Simmons (20:01):
This is my first time back in Las Vegas in eight
years.
What I know, come on, soeverything here feels new and
exciting.
It's amazing.
I mean.
I feel like it's been a minutesince Vegas has had like such a
A massive opening like this ofrestaurants, so many incredible
restaurants around the country,from around the world, some
(20:24):
really big firsts in Americathat are gonna be here for the
first time.
Chefs that I love and admire,just like a beautiful curation.
I think of so many differentcuisines, different concepts,
but also some of the most kindof creative, innovative chefs
that are like alive today.
So I was so thrilled when I sawwho's gonna be here and what
(20:45):
they're doing.
Sean McAllister (20:46):
I mean eight years away from Vegas Gal, come
back and see us soon.
Dayna Roselli (20:52):
I know, I always think it's weird when you hear
something like that, but then Ithink like I have a lot of
friends and family who havenever been to Vegas, so it's not
that we're just so used to it,right listen, a successful grand
opening.
The party was lovely, theamount of celebrities at this
opening was really unreal andjust such Such an occasion.
(21:13):
It felt like a, like a plan ofHollywood opening, you know,
like a it did.
Sean McAllister (21:18):
I mean, and it wasn't an opening that had a
bunch of reality stars and likeinfluencers these were like
Legit, yeah, like superstar,caliber right celebrities.
Dayna Roselli (21:30):
I know, and I get think that's why I was, like,
compared it to plan of Hollywood.
Jeffery Soffer (21:33):
You know, back in the day it was like such a
big deal.
Dayna Roselli (21:35):
Plan of Hollywood remember.
It's like Sylvester Stallone,and he was there at the fountain
blue, and then you know you'rea Schwarzenegger, it was like
all the A-list men showed up, soanyway, congratulations to the
fountain blue.
I, by the way, I'm justthrilled that Something that is
right around the corner for meis open and running and I will
(21:56):
be there a lot, I think and, bythe way, we will be going back.
Sean McAllister (22:00):
We're gonna be checking out the, the bars,
restaurants, all that, so you'llprobably hear more about it In
upcoming episodes.
Dayna Roselli (22:09):
Some other notes this week that I just wanted to
mention.
Bruno Mars and Carrie Underwoodadded new dates to their
already lined up shows, so we'lllook for that if you want to
buy tickets.
Carrie added shows in Octoberat resorts world and Bruno Mars
Added early February dates atPark NGM and this is pretty
(22:29):
smart, isn't it?
Sean McAllister (22:30):
It's very smart because early February
Coincides with Super Bowl.
Dayna Roselli (22:35):
Yeah, I mean who doesn't want to go see Bruno
Mars when you're in town forSuper Bowl?
Sean McAllister (22:38):
week.
Right, I mean Smart.
That's just the allure ofhaving Super Bowl in Las Vegas.
Yeah not only do you have allthe festivities that come with
having an NFL championship gamehere, but you have everything
that Las Vegas can throw in ontop of it, so it's gonna be
great.
Dayna Roselli (22:57):
I also makes me wonder Do you think Bruno Mars
is gonna pop up in the halftimeshow with us?
Sure, cuz he said that he wasgonna bring some people Maybe,
because I wonder if Bruno's likehey, I've gotta be there anyway
.
Sean McAllister (23:07):
I mean, I'd love that.
Dayna Roselli (23:09):
That could be cool, that would be incredible,
that would be incredible.
All right, you ready, let's dosome tips.
Sean McAllister (23:13):
Do it ["Bound to Blue"].
Now that Bound to Blue is openand accepting guests accepting
guests we wanted to let you knowabout arrival, getting there,
parking, all that good stuff.
Dayna Roselli (23:29):
Yeah, parking is always a hot topic right.
Here's the good newsSelf-parking is free for four
hours For Nevada residents, forhotel guests, for guests that
visit the property.
So that's nice.
It's $20 after that.
Sean McAllister (23:43):
Beyond that, $20 a day.
Beyond that, four hours of freeparking.
Dayna Roselli (23:48):
Yeah, so for valet it's $35 to $40.
And when I say that it's $35bucks like Monday through
Thursday and then the otherthree days on the weekend, it's
$40.
If you are a reward member,that changes.
There's some complimentaryparking involved there.
It's let me see, because I knowa lot of you will be reward
members Silver Fountain Bluereward members will have a
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complimentary parking Sundaythrough Thursday and it will be
complimentary daily for GoldPlus Fountain Blue rewards
members and that's for valet.
Sean McAllister (24:22):
And if you are a Las Vegas resident heading
over to Fountain Blue, we'retold the best way to get in and
out is off of Elvis Presley.
That's the South entrance.
There is an entrance for theself-parking garage off of Elvis
Presley and there is also aseparate valet area off of Elvis
(24:43):
Presley, so keep that in mind.
There's an entrance that bringsyou right inside to the casino.
Dayna Roselli (24:47):
Yeah, it'll be interesting to see.
It's not a very busy area, sonow with the Fountain Blue open,
I wonder how the traffic'sgonna be there, but I think it's
not as busy as being in thecenter of the strip, so it's
gonna be nice.
And that side road, like yousaid, elvis Presley is gonna be
a great way to get in and out ofself-park or side valet.
They do recommend that you gothere if you're just coming to
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visit, like going to restaurant,show, that kind of thing,
because it's easier for everyone.
If you're checking in, there'sa front valet for you.
They also do have a rental carHertz rental car on site if you
need to rent a car.
Sean McAllister (25:23):
Our second tip this week is Artet Museum.
It's been open for a little bit, but we haven't had a chance to
talk about it on the podcastyet.
Dayna Roselli (25:32):
I know we haven't and we did some work for them.
We have a company calledInsightful Media.
We're always keeping busy.
We do lots of storytellingvideos, we do interviews, we
media train, we do all thatstuff.
Event hosting.
Event hosting.
Yeah, if you need us to hostyour event, we're available.
But we did a project with theArtet Museum so we got to see it
and experience it and talk topeople as they were leaving.
(25:55):
We actually did some exitinterviews with people and let
me tell you, a lot of peoplethat we talked to said it's
really one of the best immersivemuseums in town, and I might
have to agree.
Sean McAllister (26:05):
There are so many different rooms.
It's on multiple levels.
There are tons of differentrooms that you go into, each
with a different visual theme,but there are scents that are
pumped into the room to enhanceyour experience in there too.
Dayna Roselli (26:24):
Yeah, and noise is the wrong word.
Jeffery Soffer (26:26):
Ambient sound.
Dayna Roselli (26:27):
Ambient, beautiful sounds, and you hear
the ocean going when you walkinto the ocean room, and it's
spectacular.
Each room is unique andstunning.
Something that we love, too, isthe one room and everyone
really seemed to enjoy when yougo and you draw, or color in an
animal and then you put it, youhand it over and you actually
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see your drawing like the animalcrawling along the side of the
in the visual.
Sean McAllister (26:55):
It was like zebras and lions you color your
animal.
It gets put under this camerathat captures your animal that
you just drew and then puts itup on the wall and it's like
your elephant is walking aroundthe room or your monkey is
hanging from a branch andanimated Like it animates your
still colored drawing.
(27:16):
It really is super cool.
Dayna Roselli (27:18):
Yeah, the whole museum is gorgeous.
People really said that theyabout well, they enjoyed it, for
about it took them, I shouldsay, about like 90 minutes to
get through.
As long as you take your time,in each room there's other
people.
I mean you could rush throughit if you wanted.
But I went there to drop off ahard drive and I noticed there
was a line in the middle of theday.
It was actually after we wentto the Durango Casino.
(27:39):
So what did we get out?
Sean McAllister (27:40):
Like one o'clock something like that it
might have been even a minutelater.
Oh yeah, maybe a little later.
Sorry, it was three yeah 3 pm.
Dayna Roselli (27:45):
There was a line and I was happy to see that.
So that means that people areenjoying it, they're reading the
reviews, they're coming back.
We recommend it.
And, just so you know, it islocated strip side, so it is
next to the Cosmopolitan, infront of Aria and crystals, in
that area, where you can alsofind Ocean Prime Restaurant.
Sean McAllister (28:04):
Yep the intersection of Las Vegas
Boulevard and Harmon, right onthe corner there.
Dayna Roselli (28:09):
Yeah, so you can check them out online.
I think it's $50 for a pass.
I know they have specials everynow and then.
It's the only one in theWestern Hemisphere, so pretty
cool.
Sean McAllister (28:19):
That does it.
That was a jam-packed episodewith Fountain Blue, with Carrie
Underwood, bruno Mars, arteMuseum.
Thank you again to our sponsors, hot Works, infrared Fitness
Studios and the Vegas Near Meapp, available for all of your
devices.
Dayna Roselli (28:38):
Yeah, and we also talked to a lot of people on
the Blue Carpet.
We're gonna share some moreinterviews next week with some
of our local casino owners.
We talked to Derek Stevens, whois there on the carpet with his
wife he runs Circa downtown andmany others, and we talked to
Jonathan Jossel.
They were both there and it'sinteresting the camaraderie.
(28:59):
So we'll have that next weekbecause it is the holiday as we
approach it, we were gonna takesome time off, but we wanna keep
giving you some content and sowe saved those interviews and
we're gonna talk more about thatnext week on episode 199.
Sean McAllister (29:13):
199,.
There it is.
Dayna Roselli (29:16):
Have a great day, thank you To write an insert.
Gail Simmons (29:21):
we got bills to pay Packing up a suitcase.
Let's take a holiday.
Following the Fontainebleau's big grand
opening, there's drama withJustin Timberlake on a couple
fronts, fallout from hisperformance and where he stayed.
Dayna Roselli (00:10):
But man, that show was good.
I'm your river.
It's been more than 15 years inthe making and the Fontaineb
leau Las Vegas is finally open.
We have so much coverage foryou ahead.
Sean McAllister (00:24):
Let's spin that wheel and get right to it.
Welcome to Vegas Revealedepisode 198, Sean McAllister and
Dayna Roselli with you and man,do we have a packed episode?
All Fountain Blue?
Dayna Roselli (00:43):
I know we've got a couple other things to throw
in there too, but we've got alot of coverage from the
Fountain Blue and we're gonnaget right to it.
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Dayna Roselli (01:26):
All right, so let's get to Justin Timberlake.
Let's just start it off.
Sean McAllister (01:29):
There was a band-aid off.
Dayna Roselli (01:31):
Just rip it off.
The show was amazing.
The show was also part of theprivate grand opening party, so
not everyone got to see the show.
It was not a ticketed show.
We did the red carpet, weattended the party and we went
to the show and we kind of knewit was gonna happen.
But then he came out on stageand it was like, okay, done,
(01:52):
deal few, because we've beentalking about it and we assumed
we were 99.9% sure.
Sean McAllister (01:58):
Well, and there were a lot of guests at the
party who had no idea who theperformer was going to be.
You talked with someone who waslike what we were gonna leave.
Dayna Roselli (02:07):
Yeah, this couple was right in front of me in
line and they had seen, like,because there was some
performances from Paul Anka andalso some aerialists and some
great singers and showgirls.
It was great.
But they were like, okay, well,I think we might head down to
the nightclub now.
And I was like, well, you'renot gonna stay for Justin
Timberlake.
And they're like what, no?
(02:28):
And they were like, oh my God.
And this one woman was likehoney to her husband, let's go
back in.
Oh my God, get my drink order.
And so, yeah, I mean it was alegit surprise for many people.
Sean McAllister (02:40):
Yeah, and Justin Timberlake is just such a
great performer.
I mean the singing, the dancing, the horn section.
The Tennessee kids has band upthere with him.
It was great, what a great show.
Classic Justin Timberlakeperformance phenomenal.
Dayna Roselli (02:59):
Sing all the hits exactly like it.
You know, I felt like he didn'tmiss one that I was waiting for
.
He talked to the audience.
I mean, man, he can move and hehit those high notes.
Sean McAllister (03:11):
He did.
Dayna Roselli (03:12):
I was looking at my friend Melissa going man, he
can sing.
Sean McAllister (03:15):
He can sing.
Dayna Roselli (03:16):
And I had to say he's still got it because he's
still young.
You know, justin's only likewhat?
42?
.
Sean McAllister (03:21):
He's 40, he's younger than us.
Dayna Roselli (03:22):
Yeah.
So there you go.
He looked great, he soundedgreat and I'm like man, he can
perform.
You know, it's interestingbecause we've posted a bunch of
clips on social media and it'sinteresting, the mixed comments
and I'm I had no idea that, like, justin Timberlake was not
liked or at all.
I had no idea.
(03:42):
And I'm not saying we'regetting tons of comments at
people, but I'm like it's justthis big controversy of like,
well, he used to be better.
And I'm like you guys, are youlooking at the same person?
Cause that was an incredibleshow.
Sean McAllister (03:55):
Yeah, I've thought the exact same thing,
but there has been fallout fromthat show too.
There was one moment then wewere in there, we saw it happen
where they had a kind of arunway that stuck out into the
audience from the stage.
He was walking out there, hekind of turned around, faced the
(04:18):
band and as he was turning backaround, before he started
singing Cry Me A River, he saidno disrespect and then went into
Cry Me A River, which this isall connected to the Britney
Spears memoir.
Dayna Roselli (04:35):
Okay, yeah, I don't get that whole thing and
I'm like I would have neverknown that.
So people are like I was justlike sing Crimea River, cause I
love it Right.
Sean McAllister (04:42):
So people are like oh, he's dissing Britney.
Dayna Roselli (04:44):
Why is Crimea?
Sean McAllister (04:45):
River about that.
Dayna Roselli (04:46):
I don't get it.
Sean McAllister (04:47):
It's about their fallout after their
breakup.
Dayna Roselli (04:50):
Okay, yeah, I didn't realize that.
Sean McAllister (04:52):
Yeah.
Yeah, I'm there for the beats,so there's a lot of stuff online
if you want to do a deep diveinto the whole controversy, but
we just wanted to acknowledgethat people are talking about
that.
It's making headlines.
We're not going to go deep intoit, but that happened.
(05:12):
It was part of the show.
Dayna Roselli (05:13):
Yeah.
Something that a lot of peopleare talking about Well, outside
of even Las Vegas, though, isthis Instagram post that Justin
made and his wife, jessica Beale, and it was a cute post.
Sean McAllister (05:26):
I thought it was adorable.
I didn't even think anythingcontroversial when I looked at
it.
Dayna Roselli (05:31):
No, because our mind doesn't automatically go to
stirring up drama andcontroversy Other people's do?
Sean McAllister (05:37):
I looked at it.
I was like, oh, what a goodhusband he is.
Dayna Roselli (05:40):
Exactly.
He was carrying her shoes downthe hallway at the end of the
night, you know, and it was themfrom the back.
Anyway, people started tonotice that it wasn't the
fountain blue and that's wherehe performed.
He got paid a lot of money forthe fountain blue show,
apparently reportedly millions,and people felt like that's so
(06:00):
odd, he's not staying at thefountain blue.
And then the wind took thatphoto and made their own post,
and that's where it gets a bittricky.
Sean McAllister (06:08):
Yeah, so this post that was up on the winds
Instagram page.
It was the same picture thatJustin put out, but their
caption said where everyone endsup only win.
Yeah that was, and everyone waslike oh, the shade of it all my
(06:28):
gosh, you know, because henever referenced the win.
No, he didn't.
Dayna Roselli (06:33):
You know, it was just a cute picture and he
tagged his wife, and.
But here's where it gets eventrickier.
The win also tagged Justin and.
Jessica and then later untaggedthem.
Then later the post came down.
Sean McAllister (06:53):
After all this brouhaha ensued, here's the
thing.
Dayna Roselli (06:57):
I'm curious who's mad.
I'm just dying to know.
Is Justin mad?
Is Jessica mad?
Is the fountain blue mad?
At the win?
Is the winds higher.
Execs, like that wasn't cool.
Take that down.
What are you doing?
We want good partnerships.
I'm dying to know the inside.
Sean McAllister (07:13):
Well, maybe it's a.
Maybe we can chalk it up to aneighborly dispute.
Dayna Roselli (07:18):
Yeah, a neighborly dispute, who knows?
Sean McAllister (07:22):
But bottom line , it's not unusual for
entertainers to stay at adifferent property than where
they perform.
It happens all the time in LasVegas.
There could be a headliner at acertain property Caesar's
Palace, for example and they maynot be staying on property at
(07:44):
Caesar's Palace.
Dayna Roselli (07:46):
Period Period.
And leading up to that, jessicaBeale had a post that she was
at NFR and we the background inthat photo.
They're at the win, and thiswas a couple of days before.
Sean McAllister (07:58):
I mean.
Dayna Roselli (07:59):
Justin probably in town with the dancers
rehearsing.
She's with her friend andthey're going to NFR and
fountain blue wasn't open yet.
Sean McAllister (08:07):
Right.
Dayna Roselli (08:07):
And so, yeah, could they have made a room for
them?
I'm sure staff was staying onsite, sure, but there's also,
the restaurants aren't open, Idon't know.
The room service is open, yetthere's no spa.
So you're going to stay at ahotel that's operational, not
saying again, this is all in mymind what could have been?
Also, when you're in town for awhile, you don't want to move
(08:30):
all your stuff.
Sean McAllister (08:31):
No, you're not going to stay for four nights
over at win.
Then pack all your bags, moveover and for one night, no.
Dayna Roselli (08:42):
Plus, there's so many people getting it ready
over there at the fountainballoon.
Who knows, maybe they wantedsome privacy.
They're like well, if everyonethinks we're gonna stay there,
we don't want, you know, there'sso much that could be involved
in that.
Regardless, like you said, youdon't have to stay at the
property.
He was paid to put on a show.
Sean McAllister (09:00):
He was paid to be their entertainer and he was.
He was a fantastic entertainer.
Dayna Roselli (09:05):
He was.
Sean McAllister (09:05):
His concert added a lot to that grand
opening.
I think this controversy isdumb and it needs to go away
because it's just stupid.
Dayna Roselli (09:19):
It's true, you know, I don't know, yeah, that
was silly, but you know, I meanI must say interesting for the
wind to post that, and I thinkthey were trying to be funny.
I don't think it's sat well andwe don't know.
I think what it comes down tois like did they get permission?
Sean McAllister (09:38):
Right.
Dayna Roselli (09:39):
And you know anybody can repost something and
tag someone.
But Justin did post some greatInsta stories and some great
posts from the show.
Loved it.
I love the Insta story heposted with you know all the
dancers getting pumped up beforethe show in the back, and you
know he hasn't performed in awhile, so it was great to see
him on stage.
You know others saying gosh,you got paid so much for this
(10:00):
gig and that too, it's like, whyis it any of your business?
Like well, oh, I would havedone that too for a million,
it's like.
But you can't dance and youcan't sing, so no, you couldn't
have done that.
Sean McAllister (10:11):
Exactly, justin is talented.
Dayna Roselli (10:12):
Exactly.
He's worked hard through theyears since he was a child to
get to where he is today.
Like you can't do that, andthat's the caliber you get.
So anyway, let's get to the funstuff as well.
That was fun by the way, Idon't mean that that wasn't, but
like the controversies are kindof, but we had to talk about it
(10:32):
.
Sean McAllister (10:33):
Yeah, so we're done with the controversy.
There were a ton of othercelebrities there in addition to
Justin Timberlake.
We saw Cher on the blue carpet.
We saw Sylvester Stallone, kimKardashian, kendall Jenner, eva
Longoria I mean Lenny Kravitz.
I talked to someone at the barat the theater before Justin's
(10:54):
show and she was like we werestanding next to Bill Gates
downstairs.
Dayna Roselli (10:58):
Yeah, there's video of him dancing to Justin
Timberlake on TMZ.
Sean McAllister (11:02):
It's great, I love it and then Dana your guy
the goat.
Dayna Roselli (11:08):
Oh yeah, tom Brady.
I was so excited.
I've always wanted to see TomBrady in person and I finally
got to see him in person.
Man, it's him too, boy.
The people on TikTok theircomments A lot of people love
the goat, they call him thegreatest of all time and Tom
Brady.
But there's other people whoare just constantly complaining
about certain things andwhatever.
(11:29):
But one thing that rang trueand consistent in the comments
on TikTok and Reels and Facebookpeople were surprised to see
how tall he actually is he'scrazy tall?
You know why?
Because he's standing there inthe carpet and all the people
around him look so short, sopeople are like I had no idea
(11:50):
that he was this tall.
So yeah, he's tall.
Sean McAllister (11:52):
See it's context.
If he's out there with a wholebunch of other tall football
players, you don't realize howtall they all are.
It's true, You're next to anormal-sized person.
Dayna Roselli (12:04):
I know it's so true.
And then that iconic picturethat was put out by the Fountain
Blue of him and Tom Brady andCher and Paul Anka all at the
craft table.
Craft table and Justin throwingthe dice.
Tom was towering over everyoneso it's like yeah, he's really
tall, but Tom just took a couplepictures and then moved on.
(12:26):
He's good friends with the CEOand chairman of Fountain Blue
Development, Jeffrey
Jeffery Soffer (12:33):
Soffer.
Dayna Roselli (12:34):
And we actually talked to him coming up here in
a little bit, so we'll have morefrom Jeffrey Also saw Keith
Urban out at Valet when we wentto put our equipment there after
the carpet to go back into theparty and I ran right over and I
said, Keith, I've always wantedto meet you and we had a great
chat about Las Vegas and NewYork City.
(12:56):
And he was saying that him andNicole just went to see the
Rockettes perform At Radio Cityand they love it.
It is part of the tradition,and blah, blah, blah, blah.
It was great and I was like,well, we have the Rockettes
outside of the sphere now and hegoes.
Oh, that's right.
And so we had a good littlechat.
Sean McAllister (13:12):
And he was so kind.
He is such a nice guy.
Dayna Roselli (13:16):
So nice, smells so good, by the way, and I am
picky with, I like a goodsmelling man.
Sean McAllister (13:25):
Well, it was kind of funny.
It was like there was nobodyelse out at valet other than
Keith and us yeah.
Dayna Roselli (13:33):
So he was so nice and he had his guy take a bunch
of pictures with me and I gotmy phone back and they were like
seven to choose from.
I'm like this guy is great, heknows how to do it.
Yeah, so anyway, great to meetKeith Urban.
He did a pop-up performanceright in the middle of the
casino.
That was awesome.
So many surprises.
Throughout the night there werealso some live singers and
(13:53):
bands.
There was food and drink and amartini bar and all sorts of
stuff.
People just really came out.
It was black tie and peoplewere dressed to the nines.
I liked that too.
Sean McAllister (14:04):
Yeah, I mean it was a classy event and they did
such a good job with it.
We also talked with the man.
I feel like I had a Peter Bradymoment, right there.
Jeffery Soffer (14:14):
My voice just went crazy.
Sean McAllister (14:16):
We also spoke with the man behind Live
Nightclub, a David Grootman, whofounded Group Hospitality down
in Miami.
The nightclub at Fountain Blueannounced their first resident
DJ and he's a younger guy, noteven 30 years old.
His name is John Summit, but heis taking over the nightclub in
EDM world Really popular and wetalked to both of them on the
(14:41):
blue carpet as everyone arrivedto the party.
(14:45):
You just talked to your new resident DJ.
He's amazing.
John Summit, yeah, wow.
He was telling us he's bringingsomething fresh and new.
Yeah, this guy is like I'mgonna bring you heat every time
we have him for the next threeyears.
Sean McAllister (14:58):
So we're excited about this.
What opportunity does it bringyou to have the global base that
Vegas draws in coming to yourshows here at Fountain Blue?
(15:06):
It's incredible because that opens me to brand new audiences
and so on.
That's trying to tour the world.
I just did Asia for a month.
Just did a whole summer inIbiza.
I think it's good to have thatglobal appeal here.
First impressions of theproperty I think it's beautiful.
Dayna Roselli (15:22):
I love him.
He is just fresh, excited to behere.
Young.
I just I wanna go to thenightclub and hear him do a set
I'm excited about it.
Sean McAllister (15:30):
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.
Dayna Roselli (15:38):
We also had some time with Jeffrey Sofer, the CEO
and chairman of Fountain BlueDevelopment, and I enjoyed this
because we got to talk to himabout this journey that he has
been on and he has recognized itand everything.
He recognized it at the ribboncutting.
He recognizes it when we chatwith him.
(15:55):
This has been a while, I feel like this morning at the ribbon
cutting, you were a littleemotional.
I mean, this is a long timecoming for you.
I mean, how does it feel todayto be here and seeing people
enjoy it, not just you?
Jeffery Soffer (16:05):
I think it feels great.
I mean it's just obviously it'sbeen a long road.
It's a obviously I think webuilt the nicest resort in the
city.
I think it's definitely gonnachange the dynamics here and I
think that you know it's justgreat to be a part of this whole
thing.
It's been brilliant.
It's a long road.
I mean these projects are noteasy and they're complex and
(16:26):
getting everything that's rightin them is complicated, and to
see it come alive is it feelsreally great.
Sean McAllister (16:32):
And I know we have a lot of famous faces here
tonight to celebrate the grandopening.
Is this something that we canexpect regularly on an ongoing
basis, a celeb hot spot.
Jeffery Soffer (16:42):
I think you'll see famous people, but you see
them here regularly as well.
It's Las Vegas, right?
So they're always here.
That's what we're happy to havethem.
(16:50):
And the one last thing I was gonna say was I mean it is.
You know we have so many hotels.
What makes this different?
If you had for people listening, why come to the Fontenblu?
I mean, I know it's iconic andI know it's amazing, but in your
words, Well, I think it'sobviously the design of it the
high ceilings.
Jeffery Soffer (17:06):
Our food and beverage offerings are different
.
It's just a new resort, youknow, in 2023, and there really
hasn't been a resort built likethis since, I believe since the
win opened in 2005.
So we're excited.
Sean McAllister (17:18):
Kind of a full circle moment right there for
the podcast, because we startedtalking about that controversy
with Wynn and Jeffrey Soferright there gave props to the
Wynn for being such an iconicluxury property on the Las Vegas
Strip.
Dayna Roselli (17:33):
Yeah very interesting, so we'll see what
happens there, but they areclose.
One thing I do love I can tellyou this is that the properties
that are opening on the northend of the Strip are like
bringing some new buzz andfilling that space, and I just
think it's great that now wehave resorts world and the Wynn
and the Sahara and the Fontenbluall there in that area and it's
(17:56):
walkable from one to the othernow.
Sean McAllister (17:58):
Yeah, it is, and we've needed that kind of
life up at that end of the Stripfor quite some time, so it is,
it's incredible seeing thatdevelopment happen.
Also, on the Blue Carpet, wespoke with Michael Bay he is the
film director known for the bigbudget action movies and we
(18:18):
said you know this, you know howto do things big.
What do you think about thisplace?
Because they have definitelygone big.
Dayna Roselli (18:28):
What do you think of Vegas?
(18:30):
I like.
I mean I come a couple times ayear.
I shot movies here and shotaround like Red.
Sean McAllister (18:36):
Rocks different places.
So what are the chancesFontenblu shows up in one of
your upcoming movies?
(18:42):
I did the old Fontenblu on a movie I did in Miami.
Dayna Roselli (18:45):
Yeah, so interesting.
You know talking about theFontenblu and other movies, and
I mean it is an iconic spot inMiami.
Listen, I went there when I wasa child.
We took a cruise and my parentssaid, when we're done with the
cruise and we get off at theport in Florida, we're gonna
stay at the Fontenblu for twodays.
And they wanted to bring usbecause the pool they were known
for, this big pool, and westayed there and it was like so
(19:08):
exciting when my parents hadalways wanted to stay there, and
so we did it up and anyway.
So, yeah, it is iconic.
Sean McAllister (19:15):
Well, I could see that building being like the
focus of a big budget film setin Las Vegas, can't you?
Dayna Roselli (19:23):
Yes, definitely.
Well, let's talk food, becausewhen we did our tour last week,
we kind of went into detailabout all the different
restaurants and we went in allof them and there are some that
are first to market.
So it's a big deal.
There are a lot of firsts atthe fountain blue.
Sean McAllister (19:37):
There are Gail Simmons, who you might know as a
judge for a long time on thehit reality Competition show top
chef.
She was there as well.
She's a food writer author.
She was in town for the openingand excited to check out all of
the new food and beveragedestinations that fountain blue
(19:57):
is bringing here to Las Vegas,and we got her thoughts on that.
Gail Simmons (20:01):
This is my first time back in Las Vegas in eight
years.
What I know, come on, soeverything here feels new and
exciting.
It's amazing.
I mean.
I feel like it's been a minutesince Vegas has had like such a
A massive opening like this ofrestaurants, so many incredible
restaurants around the country,from around the world, some
(20:24):
really big firsts in Americathat are gonna be here for the
first time.
Chefs that I love and admire,just like a beautiful curation.
I think of so many differentcuisines, different concepts,
but also some of the most kindof creative, innovative chefs
that are like alive today.
So I was so thrilled when I sawwho's gonna be here and what
(20:45):
they're doing.
Sean McAllister (20:46):
I mean eight years away from Vegas Gal, come
back and see us soon.
Dayna Roselli (20:52):
I know, I always think it's weird when you hear
something like that, but then Ithink like I have a lot of
friends and family who havenever been to Vegas, so it's not
that we're just so used to it,right listen, a successful grand
opening.
The party was lovely, theamount of celebrities at this
opening was really unreal andjust such Such an occasion.
(21:13):
It felt like a, like a plan ofHollywood opening, you know,
like a it did.
Sean McAllister (21:18):
I mean, and it wasn't an opening that had a
bunch of reality stars and likeinfluencers these were like
Legit, yeah, like superstar,caliber right celebrities.
Dayna Roselli (21:30):
I know, and I get think that's why I was, like,
compared it to plan of Hollywood.
Jeffery Soffer (21:33):
You know, back in the day it was like such a
big deal.
Dayna Roselli (21:35):
Plan of Hollywood remember.
It's like Sylvester Stallone,and he was there at the fountain
blue, and then you know you'rea Schwarzenegger, it was like
all the A-list men showed up, soanyway, congratulations to the
fountain blue.
I, by the way, I'm justthrilled that Something that is
right around the corner for meis open and running and I will
(21:56):
be there a lot, I think and, bythe way, we will be going back.
Sean McAllister (22:00):
We're gonna be checking out the, the bars,
restaurants, all that, so you'llprobably hear more about it In
upcoming episodes.
Dayna Roselli (22:09):
Some other notes this week that I just wanted to
mention.
Bruno Mars and Carrie Underwoodadded new dates to their
already lined up shows, so we'lllook for that if you want to
buy tickets.
Carrie added shows in Octoberat resorts world and Bruno Mars
Added early February dates atPark NGM and this is pretty
(22:29):
smart, isn't it?
Sean McAllister (22:30):
It's very smart because early February
Coincides with Super Bowl.
Dayna Roselli (22:35):
Yeah, I mean who doesn't want to go see Bruno
Mars when you're in town forSuper Bowl?
Sean McAllister (22:38):
week.
Right, I mean Smart.
That's just the allure ofhaving Super Bowl in Las Vegas.
Yeah not only do you have allthe festivities that come with
having an NFL championship gamehere, but you have everything
that Las Vegas can throw in ontop of it, so it's gonna be
great.
Dayna Roselli (22:57):
I also makes me wonder Do you think Bruno Mars
is gonna pop up in the halftimeshow with us?
Sure, cuz he said that he wasgonna bring some people Maybe,
because I wonder if Bruno's likehey, I've gotta be there anyway
.
Sean McAllister (23:07):
I mean, I'd love that.
Dayna Roselli (23:09):
That could be cool, that would be incredible,
that would be incredible.
All right, you ready, let's dosome tips.
Sean McAllister (23:13):
Do it ["Bound to Blue"].
Now that Bound to Blue is openand accepting guests accepting
guests we wanted to let you knowabout arrival, getting there,
parking, all that good stuff.
Dayna Roselli (23:29):
Yeah, parking is always a hot topic right.
Here's the good newsSelf-parking is free for four
hours For Nevada residents, forhotel guests, for guests that
visit the property.
So that's nice.
It's $20 after that.
Sean McAllister (23:43):
Beyond that, $20 a day.
Beyond that, four hours of freeparking.
Dayna Roselli (23:48):
Yeah, so for valet it's $35 to $40.
And when I say that it's $35bucks like Monday through
Thursday and then the otherthree days on the weekend, it's
$40.
If you are a reward member,that changes.
There's some complimentaryparking involved there.
It's let me see, because I knowa lot of you will be reward
members Silver Fountain Bluereward members will have a
(24:12):
complimentary parking Sundaythrough Thursday and it will be
complimentary daily for GoldPlus Fountain Blue rewards
members and that's for valet.
Sean McAllister (24:22):
And if you are a Las Vegas resident heading
over to Fountain Blue, we'retold the best way to get in and
out is off of Elvis Presley.
That's the South entrance.
There is an entrance for theself-parking garage off of Elvis
Presley and there is also aseparate valet area off of Elvis
(24:43):
Presley, so keep that in mind.
There's an entrance that bringsyou right inside to the casino.
Dayna Roselli (24:47):
Yeah, it'll be interesting to see.
It's not a very busy area, sonow with the Fountain Blue open,
I wonder how the traffic'sgonna be there, but I think it's
not as busy as being in thecenter of the strip, so it's
gonna be nice.
And that side road, like yousaid, elvis Presley is gonna be
a great way to get in and out ofself-park or side valet.
They do recommend that you gothere if you're just coming to
(25:07):
visit, like going to restaurant,show, that kind of thing,
because it's easier for everyone.
If you're checking in, there'sa front valet for you.
They also do have a rental carHertz rental car on site if you
need to rent a car.
Sean McAllister (25:23):
Our second tip this week is Artet Museum.
It's been open for a little bit, but we haven't had a chance to
talk about it on the podcastyet.
Dayna Roselli (25:32):
I know we haven't and we did some work for them.
We have a company calledInsightful Media.
We're always keeping busy.
We do lots of storytellingvideos, we do interviews, we
media train, we do all thatstuff.
Event hosting.
Event hosting.
Yeah, if you need us to hostyour event, we're available.
But we did a project with theArtet Museum so we got to see it
and experience it and talk topeople as they were leaving.
(25:55):
We actually did some exitinterviews with people and let
me tell you, a lot of peoplethat we talked to said it's
really one of the best immersivemuseums in town, and I might
have to agree.
Sean McAllister (26:05):
There are so many different rooms.
It's on multiple levels.
There are tons of differentrooms that you go into, each
with a different visual theme,but there are scents that are
pumped into the room to enhanceyour experience in there too.
Dayna Roselli (26:24):
Yeah, and noise is the wrong word.
Jeffery Soffer (26:26):
Ambient sound.
Dayna Roselli (26:27):
Ambient, beautiful sounds, and you hear
the ocean going when you walkinto the ocean room, and it's
spectacular.
Each room is unique andstunning.
Something that we love, too, isthe one room and everyone
really seemed to enjoy when yougo and you draw, or color in an
animal and then you put it, youhand it over and you actually
(26:49):
see your drawing like the animalcrawling along the side of the
in the visual.
Sean McAllister (26:55):
It was like zebras and lions you color your
animal.
It gets put under this camerathat captures your animal that
you just drew and then puts itup on the wall and it's like
your elephant is walking aroundthe room or your monkey is
hanging from a branch andanimated Like it animates your
still colored drawing.
(27:16):
It really is super cool.
Dayna Roselli (27:18):
Yeah, the whole museum is gorgeous.
People really said that theyabout well, they enjoyed it, for
about it took them, I shouldsay, about like 90 minutes to
get through.
As long as you take your time,in each room there's other
people.
I mean you could rush throughit if you wanted.
But I went there to drop off ahard drive and I noticed there
was a line in the middle of theday.
It was actually after we wentto the Durango Casino.
(27:39):
So what did we get out?
Sean McAllister (27:40):
Like one o'clock something like that it
might have been even a minutelater.
Oh yeah, maybe a little later.
Sorry, it was three yeah 3 pm.
Dayna Roselli (27:45):
There was a line and I was happy to see that.
So that means that people areenjoying it, they're reading the
reviews, they're coming back.
We recommend it.
And, just so you know, it islocated strip side, so it is
next to the Cosmopolitan, infront of Aria and crystals, in
that area, where you can alsofind Ocean Prime Restaurant.
Sean McAllister (28:04):
Yep the intersection of Las Vegas
Boulevard and Harmon, right onthe corner there.
Dayna Roselli (28:09):
Yeah, so you can check them out online.
I think it's $50 for a pass.
I know they have specials everynow and then.
It's the only one in theWestern Hemisphere, so pretty
cool.
Sean McAllister (28:19):
That does it.
That was a jam-packed episodewith Fountain Blue, with Carrie
Underwood, bruno Mars, arteMuseum.
Thank you again to our sponsors, hot Works, infrared Fitness
Studios and the Vegas Near Meapp, available for all of your
devices.
Dayna Roselli (28:38):
Yeah, and we also talked to a lot of people on
the Blue Carpet.
We're gonna share some moreinterviews next week with some
of our local casino owners.
We talked to Derek Stevens, whois there on the carpet with his
wife he runs Circa downtown andmany others, and we talked to
Jonathan Jossel.
They were both there and it'sinteresting the camaraderie.
(28:59):
So we'll have that next weekbecause it is the holiday as we
approach it, we were gonna takesome time off, but we wanna keep
giving you some content and sowe saved those interviews and
we're gonna talk more about thatnext week on episode 199.
Sean McAllister (29:13):
199,.
There it is.
Dayna Roselli (29:16):
Have a great day, thank you To write an insert.
Gail Simmons (29:21):
we got bills to pay Packing up a suitcase.
Let's take a holiday.
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