Shawn Hardie (@shawnwithaw_) chats with Tariq Jones (@urvegasisshowing), founder of Vegas Hosting Service, which provides concierge service and event planning capabilities for visitors to Las Vegas. We discuss how he went from working for NASA (!!!) to being an full-time Internet poker player to being a party promoter (3:30), why he started his own company after working for the major Vegas resorts (14:00), life in Las Vegas during a pandemic with no events - and if the overpriced table service bubble is about to burst - (16:28), the craziest Vegas story (that he could share) (27:40), why he’ll never move back to his native NYC (33:20), what he would tell his 21-year-old self (40:50) and what don’t people know about him that they should (44:30).Read Tariq's blog, UR Vegas Is Showing: https://www.urvegasisshowing.com

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