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E-1: The Lounge is Open

News:
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“Unofficial” Listener Meetup in June:
Sunday 6/21 - Meetup at Whiskey Licker Up - 4 PM followed by a visit to Neon Museum for those interested 
Monday 6/22 - Meetup at Bottle Blond or Brew Dog - 6 PM
Tuesday 6/23 - Meetup at Chandelier Bar - 6 PM
 
All of Primm Valley closing July 4
New Eagles dates at the Sphere
Hard Rock tops off the guitar tower
The Evel Knievel Experience opens in the Arts District
Colby Raha jumps the Caesars fountains
New Vanderpump reality series focused on the Cromwell conversion
MGM says they are open to letting an NBA team use T-Mobile Arena
Matt Rife in Vegas December 4
8 weekends of fireworks in Vegas this summer
Dive-in movies resume at Cosmo this summer
Mandalay Bay announces the Vinyl Room
Golden Nugget water slide and aquarium closure
Professional Women’s Hockey League coming to Las Vegas
 
Reviews:
Keren checks out Alinea pop-up at Bellagio
Vegas: Icons and Legends available for purchase at Amazon
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Mark's Second Book Release, and One Other Thing...

Keren, Tony, and Josh reconvene to announce the release of Mark's second book, Vegas: Icons and Legends, and tell the story of its completion and publication.  Also included is a little announcement about the future...To purchase Vegas: Icons and Legends, please visit Amazon.com.
 
Keren, Tony, and Josh make an appearance on the Cheftimony podcast.
 
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PCP - Great Consolidation Remastered

 
Since the creation of modern day Las Vegas, there have always been people lamenting the good ole days, whatever that means to that individual at the time. Determining what is considered “good” is about as subjective as subjective can be.  Most people today will point to the time before the strip was primarily owned by 2 companies, MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment.  While the benefits of consolidation are obvious, potentially the best thing about it is the story of how it all happened.  To do that, we are going to have to trace back to how these assets exchanged hands before finally ending up in the corporate portfolio that are currently a part of.  To keep the story clean and the timeline defined, we are only going to focus on the majority owners and only their moves in Las Vegas.  We’re calling this, the Great Consolidation of Las Vegas 

PCP - Oscar Goodman

 
I don’t know what I think about Oscar Goodman. I want to say I respect what he does and if I needed help, I hope my advocate is half the lawyer he is. At the same time what he’s done and who he’s defended troubles me, makes me uncomfortable, ethically even if I’m not sure it should. When Oscar speaks about his clients he does so very deliberately as if he’s making sure he doesn’t say something that would get him in trouble. He claims there was no such thing as the mob even though history has proven it beyond a shadow of a doubt, but that might just be part of his well-polished schtick. Oscar will tell you he’s just really naive but it’s hard to accept because he’s clearly very intelligent. He considers his greatest accomplishment to be his family and he loves his wife very much. It’s clear he passionately enjoys what he does and what he does is defend rights. He’s also incredibly likable although he’s one hell of a ball buster. Oscar is the kind of guy you want to like you even though you’re not sure if you like him. 
Recommended Reading - Being Oscar

PCP - Siegfried and Roy

  
Siegfried & Roy, Masters of the Impossible, and in their time, as famously associated with Las Vegas as the Fountains of Bellagio are.  This act of illusion and tigers captivated audiences and really complimented the family friendly entertainment spectaculars coining phrases like “Only in Vegas”.  Let’s not forget, these are grownups going to see a magic show. But part of the interest was that disaster lurked around every corner, every night. At any moment, things could go horribly wrong. The fact that they didn’t sooner may be their greatest magic trick. 

PCP - Wayne Newton

 
It’s fitting that he came up in lounges and has returned to them in the twilight of his career. That may sound like a slight, but it’s not meant to be. It’s a compliment. His lounge show is the only of its kind on the strip and that is because a lounge show couldn’t exist today with anyone other than Wayne Newton. When we lose him, we will lose that form of entertainment or at the very least the best incarnation of it.  

PCP - Hammered History - Flamingo

As told by Tony and Rum.
 

Mark's Celebration of Life Event - 10/18/2025, Las Vegas

Audio is provided for your convenience, but for the best experience, please watch the video at https://youtu.be/WasXRpdSZzAOur immense gratitude to Michael Movestro for video and audio production, and to Michael Trager of TravelZork for helping us put on the event.