Welcome to MtM #Vegas – Our weekly look at the cool #news and happenings in Sin City.
New Year’s Eve was a success in Las Vegas this year with the largest show ever. We’ll debrief the event including power outages and other issues plus some of the cooler and more unique spots to watch the fireworks in town. Strat anyone?
In other news we talk about Harry Reid’s contributions to Southern Nevada, discuss how CES has been cut down by a day and learn when MGM’s new seemingly worse program is debuting. A woman also married the color pink, Sahara is launching their own custom bourbon and Resorts World’s theater is struggling.
Produced & Edited by: Shawn Coomer
Episode Guide:
0:00 Welcome to MtM Vegas
0:05 Marrying the color pink in Las Vegas
0:45 New Year’s postmortem – Power outages & cool vantage points
1:50 New Pinball Hall of Fame retro sign & Strat fireworks views
3:25 Shawn’s three unconventional Vegas Strip New Year’s Eve experiences
4:20 How Harry Reid saved Nevada from nuclear waste & helped get CityCenter finished
6:55 Vegas second airport talks beginning again – Where is it?
8:10 Las Vegas growing to crazy new areas as population explodes
8:45 Katy Perry residency begins with broken seats and many unsold tickets
9:55 New Katy Perry show is getting good reviews with trippy visuals
11:00 Is Resorts World losing a ton of money on their residencies?
11:50 MGM Resorts rebranding Mlife while insulting customers
13:07 New MGM Rewards is a SIGNIFICANT devaluation from the previous program
15:25 Rumor – A new Mirage coming to the south Vegas Strip?
16:58 CES cuts down conference time due to many cancellations
17:35 A Downtown Vegas casino is moving to nonsmoking only
20:00 SAHARA Las Vegas has its own custom bourbon – Which old casino custom bottle would we want?
Relevant Links:
More info on the massive MGM Rewards changes including some good things for elites and many bad things –
Married to Pink –
Vegas NYE –
2nd Vegas airport –
Harry Reid –
Katy Perry Reviews –
A New Mirage? –
Downtown Grand no smoking –
Sahara Bourbon –
💳 Founderscard (Get Caesars Diamond Status!) – Exclusive MtM Offer –
🙏 Don’t forget to 👍 our videos, subscribe and hit 🔔 to receive notifications!
🛒 Support MtM when shopping on Amazon by using this link –
Travel
🔥 MtM Patreon – Private communities & miles/points content –
⛲ Book Caesars Member Only Hotel Offers –
🏨 Book Vegas hotels on Expedia –
🏠 Get up to $35 off your first booking on Airbnb –
Social Media
Facebook Group –
Twitter –
Podcast –
Website –
Host – Shawn Coomer – @MtM_Vegas
Host – Mark Ostermann – @DetroitMark
Advertiser Disclosure: This site/channel is part of an affiliate sales network and receives compensation for sending traffic to partner sites. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site/channel (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site does not include all financial companies or all available financial offers.
27 comments
MGM is no different than the Government, they don't care about you… just your revenue.
You make it sound like there's something wrong with Resorts World or Katy Perry… all of the shows are struggling, and it's definitely because of covid. Lizzo's NYE show at Virgin was giving tickets away on House Seats that night.
Don't forget, shows were the first to struggle in 2020 when the pandemic first hit. People think twice about being in large crowds. An entire month before the official lock down in 2020, shows started feeling it and some small shows closed due to ticket sales, before the state forced everyone to close.
People are still coming to Vegas right now, but they're thinking twice about spending money to gather in a room full of thousands of people. Personally, as a fully vaccinated local, I'm hoping to score some deals and get to see some of these shows on the cheap.
Katy Perry has no rhythm 🥁 or dance skills, and watching her gives me anxiety. She should switch to become a clown in performance. Who would see that pile of crap and pay money too for the honor?
Nobody wants to see Katy Perry. Didn't understand that residency .She was teen girl pop star. They don't do Vegas.
I think ya'll need to figure out how to get a maintainable water supply before you worry about moving in another million folks….. Mother Nature always wins….
I stay at or go downtown every one of my 17 trips but have only been in Downtown Grand once, after the remodel. I'll be sure to stop in every time now as I do in Park MGM to do my part in showing that maybe some casinos could go non-smoking.
How about a bullet train to the strip from the new airport
Well done Video i will be there in June for Conference hope to meet up with you some time
Vegas visit scheduled first week of February, 3rd time since the reopening… I usually stay at a MGM property but next round might need to change things up next round and stay downtown.
As long as we can still match from Hyatt status shouldn't be an issue, did I miss it or did you not mention Gold status won't have resort fees…pretty nice IMO. I also read something about free show tickets………….IMO this will PREVENT CET from ditching no resort fees for Diamonds which I think was coming soon.
Shawn, we are going to Hawaii ( hopefully covid) in April. We have never been to Hawaii and are staying at the Hyatt Regency Waikiki beach ( Penthouse) and Kaanapali Alii, A Destination by Hyatt Residence on Maui. Do you guys have any videos showing us things to do, where to eat, etc ? If you could post the covid restrictions and how your entry to Hawaii went………..we just got our QR codes for the covid entry……….Thanks
For the shows the prices (and extra fees) are just outta control when you take into consideration how much competition there is.
It's unfortunate about M rewards devaluation. Have you heard anything about Caesars rewards? Good or bad? Also, any news on Founderscard and Caesars for 2022?
Happy New Year guys! Here's hoping for a good year ahead!
Happy new year guys! The article i read said Downtown Grand is only going non smoking in the rooms, not the casino? I would SO buy a Flamingo bourbon lol even if it was just JD.
All the big name shows' in Vegas way too pricy. Not fond of most who are there. I never thought Resorts World would do well. MGM loyalty program is a joke. I do love Vegas but they sure know how to ruin a good thing. With Covid hanging around and inflation out of control Vegas is going to have to make some changes with their pricing and fees'.
The way Vegas has boomed in growth you would think costs would be lower with more competition. There are still a few older casinos that are fairly reasonable. Maybe too many new casinos?
Room rate $43 after tax and resort fee $253 😂 😂 😂
I agree with the airport! Great job guys! Keep it coming! 🙂
I don't know if you guys talked about this in the past but with Mlife or MGM changing their comps up. Do you see a drastic shift to Caesers properties? People book CES vs Mgm….
I was there for Sahara's last day if being open. It was Awesome they were giving away everything that wasn't bolted down. It was like a big farewell party. Going back to Vegas March 27th
This has become my goto vlog for Vegas updates. Was there 8 days last week (got back to days ago) and noticed it wasn't busy as I expected.
Look at Katy Perry's version of waking up in Vegas. Very cool. I might go, if I can get a cheap ticket this weekend. Concert prices are out of the world.
As far as cirque shows ticket sales being down a ceartain dynamic which attended their shows is not traveling like they did precovid. If Sahara wants to make a cool whiskey bottle they should do a camel one.
Go Green Mark!!
Carrie Underwood a bigger name??? Only among anti vaxxers . Katy Perry has sold more than 140 million albums vs. 65 million for Carrie Underwood.
I think the reason the new years eve crowds were small was because IT WAS FUCKING COLD OUT THERE . It was like New York cold . I was in front of the Venetian and there were wind gusts that almost blew me off of my feet !!!!!! As far as Katy Perry goes, that was a Resorts World miscalculation . She had one hit song years ago . She stopped being relevant a long time ago . Against my better judgment , I walked through Resorts World, and it is WAY WAY WAY OVERRATED !!!!!!!!!!!! Speaking of concerts , the FUCKING GO GO'S , cancelled at the Venetian at the last minute. Ticket master sent an email saying I could get a refund , and yes , you guessed it , now I am getting jerked around . The show has been rescheduled not cancelled , like I can just fly back to Vegas anytime to see a concert .If I don't get a refund from the Venetian or Ticketmaster this hombre is DONE with LOST VEGAS .
What happened in Vegas New Year’s Eve?? 2 people were murdered in parking garages? Is Las Vegas safe? Probably not, eh?