Let's Make A Deal Moving

[ClockGameJohn]

For at least 5 weeks, LMAD tapings will be in L.A. starting in March.

Either they are finally realizing that Vegas is not the right venue, or Mike is tired of flying.

[Joe Mello]

[quote name=\'ClockGameJohn\' post=\'234542\' date=\'Jan 18 2010, 09:40 PM\']Either they are finally realizing that Vegas is not the right venue.[/quote]
Since this is not glaringly obvious to me, what's the problem with Vegas?

[abba]

Where will they be taping? In the Bob Barker studio's?

[wxfrcaster]

Just throwing this out there, but the Tropicana is perpetually on the list of hotels set to go out with a blaze of glory like The Landmark, The Dunes, The Aladdin, The Sands, The (New) Frontier, The Stardust, et. al.

Since the Sahara shuttered rooms for the holiday season and Binion's closed on Freemont, the older hotels are hurting more than ever.

[BrandonFG]

I was planning a Vegas trip right around March, but depending on my tax return, would have to wait until  the summer. This was definitely on the list, and I gotta admit I'm a bit bummed by the idea.

Oh well, I can still reenact The Hangover!

[colonial]

Here's a note from On-Camera Audiences on LMAD tapings...

http://www.ocatv.com/shows/show/269

Final Vegas taping is 1/31.

To me, it sounds as if CBS is determining whether it would be easier (and more cost-efficent) to tape LMAD in Los Angeles.

As for the Tropicana Las Vegas, the hotel still has plenty of issues to deal with (including a lawsuit with the new owners of Tropicana Entertainment -- independent of Trop LV -- over the rights to the Trop name), and it may not have the money and negotiating power to demand anything from CBS at this point.

JD

[tvmitch]

Taping the show in Vegas doesn't add one iota of intrigue, or fun, or anything for me. You'd never know they tape in Vegas except for the intro and the fact that it gets mentioned once or twice during the show.

I'm sure that better, bigger studio space is more readily and cheaply available in LA. Perhaps an advantage in taping at Vegas is the crowd of folks willing to see a free show?

[itiparanoid13]

I got a comment on my site saying the Tropicana is being renovated so they had to move for a bit during its closing.

[dad1153]

[quote name=\'tvmitch\' post=\'234570\' date=\'Jan 19 2010, 04:11 PM\']I'm sure that better, bigger studio space is more readily and cheaply available in LA. Perhaps an advantage in taping at Vegas is the crowd of folks willing to see a free show?[/quote]Trust me, L.A. (and to a lesser degree NY) has an endless supply of folks willing to stand in line for hours on end to clap on cue inside air-conditioned TV studios.  "LMAD" will be fine.

[Dbacksfan12]

[quote name=\'dad1153\' post=\'234603\' date=\'Jan 20 2010, 12:24 AM\'][quote name=\'tvmitch\' post=\'234570\' date=\'Jan 19 2010, 04:11 PM\']I'm sure that better, bigger studio space is more readily and cheaply available in LA. Perhaps an advantage in taping at Vegas is the crowd of folks willing to see a free show?[/quote]Trust me, L.A. (and to a lesser degree NY) has an endless supply of folks willing to stand in line for hours on end to clap on cue inside air-conditioned TV studios.  "LMAD" will be fine. [/quote]So why have shows, including TPiR, from what I understand, had to use "fill-ins"--paid audience members?

[Unrealtor]

[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'234762\' date=\'Jan 21 2010, 01:01 PM\'][quote name=\'dad1153\' post=\'234603\' date=\'Jan 20 2010, 12:24 AM\'][quote name=\'tvmitch\' post=\'234570\' date=\'Jan 19 2010, 04:11 PM\']I'm sure that better, bigger studio space is more readily and cheaply available in LA. Perhaps an advantage in taping at Vegas is the crowd of folks willing to see a free show?[/quote]Trust me, L.A. (and to a lesser degree NY) has an endless supply of folks willing to stand in line for hours on end to clap on cue inside air-conditioned TV studios.  "LMAD" will be fine. [/quote]So why have shows, including TPiR, from what I understand, had to use "fill-ins"--paid audience members?
[/quote]

He said they were willing to be in the audience. He didn't they were willing to do it for free.

[Lirodon]

This, could also make any potential "Drew and Wayne Switch Places For The Day" April Fool's Day joke much easier to do.

[rockinricky]

[quote name=\'Lirodon\' post=\'234841\' date=\'Jan 22 2010, 01:21 PM\']This, could also make any potential "Drew and Wayne Switch Places For The Day" April Fool's Day joke much easier to do.[/quote]

It could also make it easier for LMAD to start taping in HD as well.

[Mr. Bill]

[quote name=\'rockinricky\' post=\'234860\' date=\'Jan 22 2010, 10:15 PM\'][quote name=\'Lirodon\' post=\'234841\' date=\'Jan 22 2010, 01:21 PM\']This, could also make any potential "Drew and Wayne Switch Places For The Day" April Fool's Day joke much easier to do.[/quote]

It could also make it easier for LMAD to start taping in HD as well.
[/quote]
Or give them the opportunity to upgrade the facilities at the Trop to HD before LMAD returns.

[Chief-O]

[quote name=\'Mr. Bill\' post=\'234897\' date=\'Jan 23 2010, 05:00 PM\']Or give them the opportunity to upgrade the facilities at the Trop to HD before LMAD returns.[/quote]

Wouldn't that just involve hiring an HD truck?

It wouldn't surprise me if they do out-and-out move to LA.