- [Terry] In this episode,
"Vegas On" is celebrating pride month.
We're taking you to the Luxor
for Las Vegas's longest running LGBTQ pool party.
You'll see Las Vegas from a whole new perspective
as we fly with Maverick Helicopters.
And, we'll take you inside
chef Bobby Flay's newest restaurant at Caesar's palace,
which is set on the Amalfi coast.
Hit that subscribe button and get ready,
it's time for "Vegas On".
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- Hey, it's Sean McAllister at the Luxor.
June is pride month and Las Vegas continues to be
one of the best cities in the world
for celebrating the freedom to be yourself.
The Luxor's Temptation Sundays pool party
is just kicking off its season
with the party going all summer long.
Eduardo Cordova is the host of Temptation Sundays.
Eduardo, what can people expect when they come out here?
- I'm just so excited because we have
a whole new set of surprises for this new season,
drag queens, models every Sunday.
- You have seen the evolution of inclusion in Las Vegas,
how have you seen things change?
- I started the first gay night in a casino in 2008
when gay marriage was not even legal.
And to be here today front and center,
celebrating 12 years of this pool party
for Temptation Sundays at Luxor is just unreal and amazing.
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- Anytime we can bring love and a community together
that is so important.
So I'm all about community and I'm all about love.
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- We are bringing fun all summer long here
at the beautiful pool at Luxor Temptation Sundays.
All inclusive, all fun,
let's celebrate summer in Vegas.
(girl cheering) - Let's go.
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- Reecez Sexton has arrived at Temptation Sundays,
what are you looking forward to today?
- I am looking forward to having a good time
out here kiking with the children,
and just being as queer as possible.
And just living it up out here in Vegas.
- This is just one of the Vegas events
where you can show your pride and celebrate freely.
At the Luxor I'm Sean McAllister for "Vegas On".
- We are here in the beautiful,
newly renovated lobby of Caesar's Palace.
That just underwent some serious upgrades,
resulting in an arrival experience that's fit for a Caesar.
Guests are now welcomed with a dramatic dome,
and a 15 foot tall statue of Augustus Caesar.
Did you know that you could soar
high above the stunning property?
And also enjoy a bird's eye view
of Las Vegas Boulevard and beyond.
Here's Jillian Lopez to tell us more.
- Hey there, Jillian Lopez here.
We are on the ground at Maverick helicopters,
but about to go high in the sky
for a fun helicopter adventure.
- You ready?
- Let's go.
Okay, Jasmine, let's talk about today's tour,
tell us where we're headed.
- We fly along Red Rock Canyon,
and everyone can get some nice pictures.
And then after that we do land.
- Well, we're getting close,
look how beautiful it is out here.
- [Jasmine] This is Red Rock Canyon,
it's actually only about a 25 minute drive from the strip.
They have horseback riding up here,
you can camp, lots of really good hiking.
- Well, we have made it to our destination,
we are inside of beautiful Red Rock Canyon
courtesy of our pilot Jasmine.
Thank you so much for getting us out here,
this is just one of the many tours that you offer
at Maverick Helicopters.
Tell us a little bit about Maverick,
and what you guys specialize in.
- So Maverick Helicopters is a VIP experience in Las Vegas
for tours to the Grand Canyon, Las Vegas
and Red Rock Canyon.
We do proposals, birthdays, bachelorette,
bachelor parties, any special big event.
- [Jillian] I can only imagine what it must look like,
as the sun's coming down all the lights are coming.
Tell us about some of the night tours you offer too.
- [Jasmine] Yeah, our sunset tour to the grand canyon
is the flight that's sold out regularly.
It is absolutely one in a lifetime experience.
We fly to the canyon, have some champagne,
we come back and we fly over the strip
when the lights are on and the sun's going down.
It's absolutely one of the most memorable things
you'll probably ever do.
- [Jillian] And Jasmine, you guys also offer
a night strip tour, tell us about that.
- [Jasmine] Yeah, our night strip tour
is a extremely unique experience.
It's a one of kind perspective of the strip at nighttime,
and it's a wonderful, less expensive,
quick excursion you can do before dinner, after dinner.
You get to see Las Vegas, all the lights.
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- It was definitely an incredible day,
you've gotta check out a tour here at Maverick Helicopters.
You won't be disappointed.
- If you've stepped foot into this iconic property
you know that Caesar's Palace
is always bringing out the stars of the culinary world.
And now it's time to meet one of the newest additions
to their incredible restaurant lineup.
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- The inspiration for Amalfi
comes from Bobby's extensive travels through Italy.
He really fell in love with the culture,
and of course the cuisine.
He tried to replicate that here
through the architecture and some of the design.
And of course, through the food,
and most notably the fish display,
which mimics a lot of the markets
around the Mediterranean on the Amalfi coast.
Fish is the focal point here at Amalfi,
we take it very seriously,
we bring it in six days a week.
We have a fish monger with us,
they can walk you through where the fish is from,
the flavor profile.
They can pick you sizes,
they can pair you sauces, they can pair you wines.
So it's a unique feature that we have here at Amalfi,
we're very, very proud of it.
We've made our way over to the bar here,
we have 27 seats, we offer a full dining menu.
The cocktail program is anchored by our spritz menu,
a great place to come in for a pre-show drink,
or a post-show drink having a Negroni.
Still exposed to the casino floor,
so there's lots of energy.
It's boisterous and a great place to come in for a cocktail.
So I'm gonna put together one of our
more famous and signature pasta dishes here at Amalfi.
This is our squid ink fettuccine,
so first things first we're gonna take our
house made black ink fettuccine.
Get it down going in our pasta water.
Then we're gonna start off
with a little bit of anchovy butter.
And this is going into our tomato sauce
that we fortified with lobster stock.
We're gonna add all of our seafood,
we've got some shrimp, we've got some squid,
we've got some lobster.
We're gonna bring all this together
right here with the sauce.
So this is fresh pasta,
that's made in-house every single day.
It doesn't take more than about a minute or two to cook,
so it's in and it's out.
And then it's all finished in the pan.
A trick with this one is to keep
a little bit of that pasta water.
It keeps a little bit of the starch from the pasta in it,
toss all this together right here.
And then we're gonna finish this with fresh herbs,
this is parsley, basil and a little bit of fresh oregano.
Toss this through.
There we go,
it's our black squid ink fettuccine with mixed seafood.
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- You can expect legendary shows
coming up in Las Vegas,
including Sting at Caesar's Palace.
And the conclusion of the Jonas Brothers run at Dolby Live.
And those are just two of the
exciting performances to add to your calendar.
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Thanks for being with us for another episode of "Vegas On".
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I'm Terry Lashley,
and we'll be back next week
with another episode of "Vegas On".
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That's my arch nemesis.
- Well, I'm sad that our tour has come to an end,
but it was such an incredible day going out on the tour.
Oh my gosh, I don't like it. I'm sorry, (chuckles) rambling.
- So this isn't the real Caesar's Palace, is it?
I didn't think so.
Nevermind.