MGM Casino Sale, Fontainebleau's Michelin Award, Wizard Of Oz Windfall & Durango's HUGE Expansion!

Want more MTM Vegas? Check out our Patreon for access to our exclusive weekly aftershow! patreon.com/mtmvegas Want to work with us? Reach out! inquiries at mtmvegas dot com Episode Description This week Durango revealed some of their plans to Clark County for their 3rd phase expansion project. While the 2nd phase is wrapping up later this year, the much larger 3rd phase will include a movie theater, bowling alley and a ton more. Is Durango finally turning into a prototypical locals casino & will these expansions help or hurt the product? In other news Boring Company has finally closed on the land for their Vegas Loop airport station. Where will it be? We also discuss: Fontainebleau's Michelin Key, the most phallic house in Vegas, MGM's big casino sale, 1 million Oz tickets sold, When We Were Young and how Southwest is finally bringing international flights to Las Vegas! Episode Guide 0:00 Vegas Strip monk healing 0:23 When We Were Young brought Vegas crowds 1:00 Fontainebleau gets 1 Michelin Key 1:52 How does a hotel earn a Michelin Key? 3:33 Wizard of Oz - 1 million tickets sold 4:30 Is Ozempic killing Las Vegas? 6:18 The most unique shaped house in Vegas? 7:41 Follow up on Desperado's rumored purchase 9:36 Southwest's big international expansion from Vegas 11:36 Boring Company's airport station land deal 13:08 $1 million jackpot winner at Sunset Station 14:09 MGM sells Northfield Park racino for big profit 16:05 Durango's big expansion is finally on the horizon 17:17 How Durango is evolving into a traditional locals casino (movies, bowling, etc.) 19:11 Vegas locals casinos and parking garages   Each week tens of thousands of people tune into our MtM Vegas news shows at http://www.YouTube.com/milestomemories. We do two news shows weekly on YouTube with this being the audio version. Never miss out on the latest happenings in and around Las Vegas! Enjoying the podcast? Please consider leaving us a positive review on your favorite podcast platform! You can also connect with us anytime at [email protected].  You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or by searching "MtM Vegas" or "Miles to Memories" in your favorite podcast app. Don't forget to check out our travel/miles/points podcast as well!