MTM Vegas June 3, 2026
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This week Shawn is reporting from vacation in Montenegro because the biggest Vegas news in years couldn’t wait — both of the Strip’s largest operators are heading private. Barry Diller’s People Inc. (the former IAC) has made a non-binding offer of $48.30 per share, roughly $18 billion, to take MGM Resorts private, coming right on the heels of Tilman Fertitta’s deal to take Caesars private. So what does a billionaire-owned Strip that’s off Wall Street actually mean for the guest experience? We break the whole thing down.
In other news the Cromwell has officially completed its transformation into the Vanderpump Hotel. We look at the new rooms, the Gigolo cocktail garden, the carpet everyone’s arguing about, and why it’s still the best Caesars property to base yourself at. Plus, is Rio’s new $27 buffet a worthy successor to the legendary Carnival World Buffet? Spoiler: it’s rough.
We also discuss: the headless man at Park MGM, Star Trek: The Experience nostalgia and the mystery of the onion ring tower, Rio’s Hyatt Globalist breakfast and Hyatt’s slipping standards, and what this new era means for the future of Las Vegas.
