{"id":38875,"date":"2024-01-15T17:42:45","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T01:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=38875"},"modified":"2024-01-15T17:47:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T01:47:46","slug":"vital-vegas-podcast-ep-161-fontainebleau-debut-and-93-casinos-in-one-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/vital-vegas-podcast-ep-161-fontainebleau-debut-and-93-casinos-in-one-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Vital Vegas Podcast, Ep. 161: Fontainebleau Debut and 93 Casinos in One Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After a short hiatus, the Vital Vegas Podcast is back and we’re so sorry. About the show being back. Not the hiatus. That was actually great. Although, we did miss stuffing Las Vegas into your sound collection orifices.<\/p>\n

Anyway, in this episode, we walk you through the newest Las Vegas casino resort, the eye candy factory that is Fontainebleau Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

We screwed up the pronunciation of LIV nightclub, but going back and editing it would involve “effort,” so that’s not happening. LIV is pronounced like “you only live once.” We knew that. Podcasting requires a sharp mind and the ability to think on one’s feet. This is not that.<\/p>\n

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The Vital Vegas Podcast has been ranked one of the top gambling podcasts<\/a> in the country by Goodpods, whatever those might be.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fontainebleau is an amazing new hotel-casino, despite being in close proximity to Circus Circus. Its story is all the more incredible given many didn’t beleive the opening would ever happen. The building sat idle for nearly two decades.<\/p>\n

The folks at Fontainebleau Development and Koch Real Estate Investments, along with $2.2 billion in financing from J.P. Morgan, SMBC, Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies, Goldman Sachs, Guggenheim and Vici Properties, made it happen.<\/p>\n

Yes, there’s been some drama<\/a> around Fontainebleau (three key executives have left the building since it opened Dec. 13, 2023), but that makes the resort even more interesting because it gives us something to write about other than nuisance fees, paper straws and Criss Angel’s haircut.<\/p>\n

At every turn, Fontainebleau gives visitors something to ogle. Every restaurant (there are a lot, with more on the way) is a work of art, and every work of art is a, well, also a work of art.<\/p>\n

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