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Episode Description
This week MSG announced some struggles and cost cutting throughout their company as the price of the iconic #MSG Sphere has increased. We’ll discuss some new details of the project, whether or not it will be financially viable and will it get finished? Plus how will the exterior screen be used to make extra money?
In other #news the Raiders announced $7.5 million in upgrades for Allegiant Stadium. What is getting improved? We also discuss some ideas for improving the Las #Vegas Strip for cars and pedestrians plus some of the more interesting winners of the Best of Las Vegas awards.
Produced & Edited by: Shawn Coomer
0:00 Raiders have one of the best endings in NFL history
0:57 Best of Las Vegas 2022 awards announced
1:54 Best Downtown Hotel – No Circa and Golden Nugget?
3:40 Best Las Vegas Strip Hotel – Surprising order!
5:26 Best Vegas loyalty program & locals casino
6:07 Problems with LV Blvd & how to fix the Strip!
8:15 How it was for pedestrians before the bridges
9:20 Plaza New Years Eve fireworks/drone show coming
10:16 Raiders spending $7.5 million to improve Allegiant Stadium
12:05 MSG restructuring – Is the Sphere in trouble?
13:44 Is the MSG Sphere financially viable?
15:14 Sporting events coming to MSG Sphere?
16:27 Will the big names want to perform here with the added technical challenges?
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Host – Shawn Coomer – @MtM_Vegas
Host – Mark Ostermann – @DetroitMark
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25 comments
Great update thanks.So whats with the Criss Angel show? Is it really bad or nobody's going?
bonjour~epic .;)
Thanks for the entertainment men!
Best Las Vegas vlog MTM
Lets hit up mgm detroit or motorcity casino?
The London (UK) MSG Sphere must be doomed then.
What's Mark's obsession with Criss Angel? Happy Holidays.
I’ll give it to Mark this time. The typical Cris Angel jokes are kinda stale, but this one was super funny.
“Was he on the list”
Long pause and silence
“No”
😂😂😂
I think the sphere could be like the forum in la. It’s tailored to music and lots of acts play the forum instead of crypto arena because it has better acoustics.
I think the MSG Sphere will get built, I'm just not sure when. 😁
And the best downtown hotel is the one that is quiet enough for you to actually sleep in. 😁
I'll be here all night, folks.
Elevator on the strip never works.
I have stayed at Tahiti Village twice and if you have kids or just don't want to stay somewhere with a casino Tahiti Village is a great choice, not far from Mandalay Bay. They have a sand pool and a lazy river, condo like rooms with full kitchens, separate bedroom/living room areas, balconies, again a nice place for families.
$2BN + billboard.
Regarding Las Vegas BV…I've always said that they should have built the Monorail down the center of the strip! I like the pedestrian mall idea…put traffic on Paradise and Dean Martin….
You need Guinness to record 2 consecutive episodes with no mention of Chriss Angel
What about ESports for the Sphere
I got 2 emails from El Cortez reminding me to vote. I also got emails from all the Stevens Brothers places and the Plaza. I voted for El Co because that's where I stay. It's all marketing. El Cortez must have a huge email list. And you're right, if you told me 10 years ago that El Cortez would be my go-to in Vegas, I would have said you were crazy.
As someone who used to go to Vegas at least 8 times a year… its gotten expensive, crowded, feels like its falling apart, comps are worse, and service is worse. And all the sporting and concert events are now more expensive than other cities so its not worth it anymore to me.
Closing down the strip like Fremont Street. would not Work there is no place you could logically different traffic. it's ok for a couple big events like New Year's Eve and the F1 race. you would need to widen to side streets that can't be widened.
Xavier Mortimer – The Dream Maker won best Magic Show 2022. No Chris Angel anywhere 🙂
I would love to see the drone show downtown! The Sphere will be fine. They will make the money back within a few years I'm sure.
If we are talking straight casino and gambling I always go to el cortez. I park at circa, enjoy circa, gamble at circa but I go to el Cortez to actually have fun first.
Tahiti Village is legitttttt, love the lazy river
Walking down the Strip is far better than it was years ago. The bridges were a vast improvement.
A few years ago there was a presentation on improving walking down the Strip, given to the Clark County Board.
A woman on the County Board stated that she never knew there were so many problems for pedestrians on the Strip. Obviously, the woman Board member hadn't walked down the Strip in years.
The Strip is the number one financial engine for Las Vegas, and some Board members never go to the Strip to see how to improve the visitor experience. That is insane!!!!!!!
SKRILLEX!!! We need a Skrillex show at MSG!!! @Skrillex you heard?!
I would reduce 1 car lane in each direction on LV Blvd (cars are just cruising anyway). Convert the car lane to a "roofed" walkway – to protect from weather/sun especially.