Vegas May Have Lost Its Train, Plus Bruno Mars Gets a Parade & Goodbye To The Middle Class!
MTM Vegas - Fun, Interesting & Absurd Sides of Vegas!
Release Date: 04/08/2026
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MTM Vegas - Fun, Interesting & Absurd Sides of Vegas!
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MTM Vegas - Fun, Interesting & Absurd Sides of Vegas!
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MTM Vegas - Fun, Interesting & Absurd Sides of Vegas!
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Abandoned Vegas Project Resurrected, Hard Rock Tops Off & The Spirit Airlines Vacuum!
MTM Vegas - Fun, Interesting & Absurd Sides of Vegas!
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MTM Vegas - Fun, Interesting & Absurd Sides of Vegas!
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Save big on Vegas with Las Vegas Advisor — get 10% off a membership with code MTM (new members, affiliate): Another mid-tier bites the dust. MGM is closing the Grand Buffet, Plaza is building a high limit room, and Tillman Fertitta keeps circling Caesars with a $32/share offer. Meanwhile Caesars is pushing room discounts and food credits to fill their older properties. The K-shaped Vegas economy keeps pulling apart. In This Episode: $142 WrestleMania tomahawk steak MGM Grand Buffet is closing later this month Viewer Chris shows worn vs. fresh MGM Grand carpet 70 buffets...
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Luxor Isn’t Sinking, Another NBA Arena, Vanderpump Emerges & Room Rates Softening?
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Save big on Vegas with Las Vegas Advisor — get 10% off a membership with code MTM (new members, affiliate): Las Vegas still feels packed, but the numbers are telling a more complicated story. In this episode, Shawn and Mark break down BLVD's progress on the Strip, the truth behind the Luxor sinking rumor, a strange but useful microwave hack, airport talk, Vanderpump changes, and another big arena pitch for Las Vegas. In This Episode: BLVD mall is finally taking shape on the Strip Is Las Vegas actually recovering in 2026? The Luxor sinking myth and the real Mandalay Bay story A quick...
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In this episode, Shawn and Mark bounce from classic Vegas weirdness to some bigger warning signs for the city. They dig into Rio's executive shakeup, Brightline West looking shakier by the day, Bruno Mars somehow getting a Strip parade, and why Vegas feels less welcoming to normal visitors than it used to.
What we cover:
- Rio's executive shakeup and what it says about Dreamscape's progress
- Yacht rock on the Strip, Las Vegas Fur Con, and a wild Union Pacific executive train visit
- Brightline West doubts as costs surge and work appears stalled
- Omnia Dayclub, Four Seasons residences, and T-Mobile Arena turning 10
- Bruno Mars' Las Vegas parade and new reporting on Vegas losing middle-class visitors
Episode Guide:
- 0:00 Excalibur robot vacuum escape
- 0:30 Rio shakeup and Patrick Miller questions
- 1:59 Yacht rock residency extended on the Strip
- 3:22 Las Vegas Fur Con takes over town
- 5:10 Union Pacific's executive train and Brightline doubts
- 8:39 Omnia Dayclub and Four Seasons residences update
- 11:29 T-Mobile Arena turns 10
- 13:57 Bruno Mars gets a parade
- 15:40 Vegas is losing normal visitors
- 16:55 The middle-class warning for Las Vegas
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Links:
- Las Vegas Advisor membership
- Nevada Independent on Vegas and the shrinking middle class
- Brightline West construction concerns
- Rio executive shakeup coverage
- Bruno Mars parade announcement
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