{"id":21764,"date":"2019-05-06T01:01:17","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T08:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=21764"},"modified":"2020-11-23T09:15:17","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T17:15:17","slug":"vital-vegas-podcast-ep-97-the-tmi-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/vital-vegas-podcast-ep-97-the-tmi-episode\/","title":{"rendered":"Vital Vegas Podcast, Ep. 97: The TMI Episode"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Can you ever have too much information about Las Vegas? Let&rsquo;s hope not, because in this episode of the Vital Vegas podcast, we have enough scoop to rupture your tympanic cavity, whatever that might be.<\/p>\n<p>To whet your appetite, you&rsquo;ll get our first-hand take on Urth Caffe at Wynn and Chica at Venetian.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21767\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21767\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-21767 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"Chica Venetian\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/chica_venetian1.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21767\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You can&rsquo;t see the food from Chica restaurant on the podcast, so we&rsquo;re sharing it here. You&rsquo;re welcome.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We&rsquo;ll also bring you up to speed on the cost-saving measures being implemented at MGM Resorts, including layoffs and the roll-out of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/gift-shop-excalibur-surge-pricing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">surge pricing<\/a>. Good times.<\/p>\n<p>You&rsquo;ll also get the inside scoop about Wynn Resorts being fined $35 million, presumably the final chapter of the Steve Wynn sexual misconduct saga.<\/p>\n<p>There&rsquo;s more drama surrounding Kaos at Palms, the Hunger Games Exhibition at MGM Grand, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/hyde-bellagio-nightclub-to-close-for-rebrand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hyde Nightclub<\/a> at Bellagio, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/news-release-about-the-drew-contains-glorious-amounts-of-wtf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drew Las Vegas project<\/a>, Lucky Dragon (which recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/lucky-dragon-sells-for-36-million-to-construction-equipment-company\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sold for $36 million<\/a>) and the prematurely terminated Yayoi Kusama exhibit at Bellagio&rsquo;s Gallery of Fine Art.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19218\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19218\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-19218 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"\/vitalvegas\/dist\/images\/common\/transparent_3x2.gif\" alt=\"Lucky Dragon\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/lucky_dragon_closed_fisheye.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19218\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lucky Dragon is expected to re-open as a non-gambling hotel. It&rsquo;s the yawn of a new era.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Listen in for news about the Hard Rock&rsquo;s transition to Virgin Hotel, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/cirque-du-soleils-r-u-n-to-open-at-luxor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new show<\/a> coming to Luxor called &ldquo;R.U.N.,&rdquo; the Cosmopolitan being up for sale, a doomed Paula Abdul residency and A Little White Wedding Chapel looking for a buyer.<\/p>\n<p>The &ldquo;Listicle of the Week&rdquo; is &ldquo;10 Moments in Vegas History to Remember in May,&rdquo; mainly because we were too busy to come up with anything clever. Here&rsquo;s the listicle now!<\/p>\n<p>1. May 3, 1999: Venetian opened.<br>\n2. May 14, 1998: Frank Sinatra died of a heart attack. (Let&rsquo;s be real. He was sort of a dick.)<br>\n3. May 15, 1905: Las Vegas officially was founded as a city.<br>\n4. May 16, 2011: The Sahara casino closed.<br>\n5. May 18, 1956: Fremont casino opened downtown.<br>\n6. May 20, 1964: &ldquo;Viva Las Vegas,&rdquo; starring Elvis Presley and Ann Margret, was released.<br>\n7. May 21, 2010: Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health opened.<br>\n8. May 22, 2012: Construction began on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/skyvue-removes-scaffolding-make-way-worlds-first-unicorn-sanctuary-petting-zoo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SkyVue<\/a>, the ill-fated observation wheel.<br>\n9. May 23, 1955: The Dunes opened.<br>\n10. May 24, 1955: Moulin Rouge, the first racially-integrated hotel in Las Vegas, opened.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s all the Vegas you could ever need, in a format you&rsquo;d have difficulty caring less about.<\/p>\n<p>Just push the &ldquo;Play&rdquo; button, already. You&rsquo;ll be able to tell people you exercised.<\/p>\n<p><\/p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/9667241\/height\/360\/theme\/legacy\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you ever have too much information about Las Vegas? Let&rsquo;s hope not, because in this episode of the Vital Vegas podcast, we have enough scoop to rupture your tympanic cavity, whatever that might be. To whet your appetite, you&rsquo;ll get our first-hand take on Urth Caffe at Wynn and Chica at Venetian. 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