Nov 23, 2009 | Breaking News, Special Events
Celebration includes a 24-foot gingerbread house, holiday décor, a tree lighting ceremony, reality TV stars and charity donations
Mohegan Sun’s annual World of Holiday Marvels is set for its biggest holiday celebration to date with fireworks, music, treats, a toy drive, a fire truck parade, performances from former American Idol contestants and Mohegan Sun’s fifth annual tree lighting ceremony on November 30th.
Tree Lighting Ceremony
Welcoming the holiday season will be Mohegan Sun’s fifth annual tree lighting ceremony on Monday, November 30th. The ceremony begins at 5:00pm on the rooftop of the Thames Garage including an appearance from Santa and the 2nd annual Juke Box Jingle singing competition sponsored by Q105 at 5:30pm. Local contestants will compete for top prizes of $250.00, $100.00 and $50.00 gift cards to The Shops at Mohegan Sun. Radio stations WCTY, WKNL and WQGN will be awarding gifts and prizes to guests.
Dollar refreshments will be available including Hot Dogs, Pretzels, Soup and complimentary Cider, Hot Chocolate and Gingerbread Cookies, with proceeds benefiting local charities. The U.S. Marine Corps Reserve’s Toys For Tots Program, in conjunction with the Hartford Festival of Light will also be accepting donations of new, unwrapped toys.
Performers from Albano’s Nutcracker will meet guests at the Sky Valet, where guests can also take a shuttle to the Thames Garage.
At 6:15pm, Mohegan Sun’s 1st annual holiday fire truck parade kicks off, followed by the lighting of the 66-foot holiday tree and a fireworks display by Pyro FX. The ceremony concludes at 7:00pm.
In the event the tree lighting ceremony is cancelled due to inclement weather, a make-up date is scheduled for December 1st.
American Stars In Concert For The Holidays
The Shops at Mohegan Sun present American Stars in Concert For the Holidays. In celebration of the holiday season, Mohegan Sun will welcome former American Idol contestants Michael Sarver, Alexis Grace, David Hernandez and Gina Glocksen as they perform their favorite holiday tunes on Monday, November 30th in The Shops at Mohegan Sun. The live performance will begin at 7:30pm, followed by a signing event at 8:30pm. The concert will take place rain or shine, even in the event that the tree lighting ceremony is postponed.
28-Foot Gingerbread House
The Shops at Mohegan Sun is once again home to a 28-foot life-size gingerbread house. Created by Executive Pastry Chef Lynn Mansel and Mohegan Sun’s culinary team, this year’s house incorporates approximately 6,525 gingerbread bricks, four 7-foot soldiers made out of milk chocolate and Rice Krispies®, man-made icing, and white, dark and milk chocolate will help out the gingerbread house. Assisted by Mohegan Sun’s culinary team, local children from Mohegan and Murphy Elementary Schools will assist in the construction process. Visitors of all ages can walk through the home to view the tiny rooms inside filled with a standout stone fireplace made from gingerbread and dark icing grout, chocolate stockings, a holiday tree, a chocolate rocking chair and a chocolate glass with assorted cookies for Santa to enjoy. Topping off the house is a cupola and weathervane with four chocolate chefs.
Mohegan Sun’s culinary staff will also construct a gingerbread gazebo that will serve as a gift wrap booth from December 11th through the 24th. Between the hours of 12:00pm and 8:00pm, purchases can be brought to the gazebo to be wrapped for $3.00 to $10.00 per gift. All proceeds will benefit MDA and Hospice Southeastern Connecticut.
Toys For Tots
Mohegan Sun also serves as a toy collection site for the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve’s Toys For Tots Program, in conjunction with the Hartford Festival of Light. New, unwrapped toys for children will be accepted until December 11th, 24 hours a day at the Riverview and Summer Coat Checks.
Holiday Décor
Throughout the property, Mohegan Sun along with The Becker Group has set up a variety of holiday decorations. Casino of the Earth features ornaments and illuminated wreaths measuring over ten feet tall. The Shops at Mohegan Sun will bring the picturesque New England winter indoors with 17-foot ice light curtains and custom-designed snowflakes suspended over iceberg islands. The hotel lobby will be transformed into a whimsical world brimming with adventure including an 18-foot tree of cascading water in an icy atmosphere filled with frosted trees and friendly forest animals. A 16-foot illuminated wreath and a theatrical lighting display of snowflakes will fall above the already-spectacular Taughannick Falls.
Maps highlighting the World of Holiday Marvels displays can be found at any Player’s Club booth throughout the casino and during the tree lighting ceremony.
Over thirty stores are located in The Shops at Mohegan Sun for holiday shopping. For a complete list of the stores and holiday hours, please visit mohegansun.com/shopping.
Additionally, Mohegan Sun gift cards are available for purchase in any denomination at Mohegan Sun’s Box Office, Essentials stores and Everything Under the Sun which are located conveniently throughout the property.
Mohegan Sun gift cards can be used at any store, restaurant or concert and sporting event at Mohegan Sun. They’re also accepted at Mohegan Sun’s luxurious hotel, Elemis Spa and at Mohegan Sun’s Mobil Gas Station and Convenience Store.
The Becker Group, the design firm chosen to create Mohegan Sun’s World of Holiday Marvels, has over fifty years of experience creating immersive, entertaining attractions and brand-based experiences for a wide variety of clients. Venues include shopping malls, consumer brands, movie studios, television networks, theme parks, museums and casinos around the globe. The award-winning experiential marketing company is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland and has offices in Los Angeles, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, Miami, Barcelona, Spain and San Paulo, Brazil.
Mohegan Sun, owned by the Mohegan Tribe, is one of the largest, most distinctive and spectacular entertainment, gaming, shopping and meeting destinations in the United States. Situated on 240 acres along the Thames River in scenic southeastern Connecticut, Mohegan Sun is within easy access of New York, Boston, Hartford and Providence and located 15 minutes from the museums, antique shops and waterfront of Mystic Country. More information is available by calling 1.888.226.7711 or visiting mohegansun.com.
Nov 23, 2009 | Entertainment
The Northeast’s most remarkable tumblers, jumpers, dancers and cheerleaders compete at Mohegan Sun Arena on January 9th and 10th
Mohegan Sun, in association with the Spirit Festival LLC, will host the Spirit Festival National Cheer & Dance Championships on Saturday, January 9th and Sunday, January 10th at Mohegan Sun Arena.
This two-day event is the largest cheerleading and dance championship in the state with over 150 teams and 3,000 cheerleaders registered to compete. The event is a qualifier to the USASF Cheerleading World Championships at Disney World in Orlando, Florida in April 2010. The two highest scoring teams in the respective World’s qualifying divisions will receive a partially-paid bid to compete at the World Championships and two other teams will receive unpaid bids. Spirit Fest will also be awarding bids to the 2010 International All-Level Championships to all of the top 3 teams in each non World’s qualifying division. One other feature this season is the addition of Scholastics and Rec teams to the event. Athletes will range from three years to 30 years of age, and teams will represent communities from Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and New York. The teams with the highest skill, best choreography and the cleanest two and a half minute routine will win in each division.
The competition includes over 50 divisions, with six levels of competition ranging from beginner to elite. Teams will be judged on motions, jumps, standing tumbling, running tumbling, stunts, pyramids, tosses, choreography, dance, overall impression and perfection of routine. Banners will be awarded to championship teams from each division and the teams that receive the highest score in the super divisions will each receive $500. Over $25,000 is awarded to the teams who compete in the championship.
Tickets are on sale now at the Mohegan Sun Box Office for $30.00 for a two-day pass and $18.00 for a one-day ticket. Children under three years old will be admitted for free.
The Spirit Festival LLC is a member of the Spirit Zone Cheerleading and Gymnastics Training Center located in Hamden, Connecticut. Along with the Connecticut Spirit Association, Connecticut Spirit All-Stars and Copy Cats Gymnastics, the center’s mission is to educate and develop New England’s cheerleading coaches and cheerleaders. It trains cheerleaders and gymnasts and offers highly competitive all-star cheerleading teams, tumbling classes, recreational gymnastics classes, coaches’ clinics, practice facilities, cheerleading clinics and more. More information is available at 203.281.ZONE.
For more information on the Spirit Festival National Cheer & Dance Championships and other great events at Mohegan Sun, visit mohegansun.com. For information on this week’s schedule, call the Entertainment and Special Events hotline at 1.888.226.7711, ext. 27163.
Nov 20, 2009 | Community Relations, General News
Additional social changes include modified Chinese website, mohegansun.com/888 (Click here for Chinese)
As a leader in the industry and for their dedication to the Asian Americain community, Mohegan Sun is now going social. Recently the Northeast’s premier entertainment and gaming destination launched the first Chinese Facebook and Twitter pages by a gaming facility in the United States. Additionally, Mohegan Sun has modified its Chinese website, mohegansun.com/888 to include more exciting features.
As the first gaming in the United States to have a Chinese Twitter and Facebook pages, Mohegan Sun once again demonstrates its dedication to the Chinese customers providing instant updates and borderless interactivity making planning trips to Mohegan Sun effortless. Some of the updates customers can anticipate seeing on those pages including promotional details, entertainment updates, retail and dining specials, and more.
Additionally, Mohegan Sun has made several modifications to its Chinese website, mohegansun.com/888 to better serve the Chinese Americain customers. The newly edited website has improved content, interface and more enhanced online account management features.
This user-friendly website provides timeless and borderless networks to Mohegan Sun’s Chinese customers with instant and informative updates.
These new and modified web features are just additional examples of how Mohegan Sun continues to provide tailor-made services to its Chinese Americain customers. Following the success of the Asian entertainment area Sunrise Square opened in 2007, the newly revised Chinese website will bring Chinese customers’ Mohegan Sun experience to the next level by allowing guests to obtain the most updated information on a variety of topics such as entertainment, shopping, dining and more.
Mohegan Sun, owned by the Mohegan Tribe, is one of the largest, most distinctive and spectacular entertainment, gaming, shopping and meeting destinations in the United States. Situated on 240 acres along the Thames River in scenic southeastern Connecticut, Mohegan Sun is within easy access of New York, Boston, Hartford and Providence and located 15 minutes from the museums, antique shops and waterfront of Mystic Country. More information is available by calling 1.888.226.7711 or visiting mohegansun.com.
Nov 19, 2009 | Breaking News, Gaming, General News
MOHEGAN SUN AWARDS A $503,808 WHEEL OF FORTUNE® MEGAJACKPOT® TOTALING OVER $2.24 MILLION PAID THIS YEAR ON THESE MACHINES ALONE
Uncasville, CT (November 19, 2009) – Mohegan Sun paid an impressive $503,808 Wheel of Fortune® MegaJackpot® on a one-dollar machine located in Casino of the Sky near Johnny Rockets and Starbucks on Wednesday, November 18th. The winner, who asked to remain anonymous, said he’s a regular visitor to the casino. “[I] always come here. I like everything about Mohegan Sun.”
When asked what drew him to the winning machine, the MegaJackpot® winner reported being familiar with this particular machine, having played it in the past. “I like the spin button” he said. The winner went on to explain that he was very excited to learn he had won the top progressive prize saying enthusiastically, “I won big!” The MegaJackpot® winner said he does plan to continue working at his present job and will use his winnings to “pay off bills.”
Wednesday’s MegaJackpot® is the eleventh to be paid this year and comes on the heels of a run of Wheel of Fortune® payouts. This most recent MegaJackpot® brings the total payout at Mohegan Sun for 2009 to an incredible $2.24 million. Since 1996, Mohegan Sun has had 158 MegaJackpots® totaling nearly $112 million.
Mohegan Sun, owned by the Mohegan Tribe, is one of the largest, most distinctive and spectacular entertainment, gaming, shopping and meeting destinations in the United States. Situated on 240 acres along the Thames River in scenic southeastern Connecticut, Mohegan Sun is within easy access of New York, Boston, Hartford and Providence, located 15 minutes from museums, antique shops and waterfront of Mystic Country.
Nov 19, 2009 | Entertainment
Classic crooner in the Arena on Valentine’s Day
Legendary performer Tony Bennett will be hosting a very special concert live at Mohegan Sun Arena on Sunday, February 14th at 7:30pm.
Tickets are $51.00 and go on sale Monday, November 23rd at 10:00am through Ticketmaster. Ticketmaster customers may log on to ticketmaster.com; call Ticketmaster’s national toll free Charge by Phone number 1.800.745.3000; or visit any Ticketmaster outlet. Tickets may also be purchased at the Mohegan Sun Box Office starting Tuesday, November 24th subject to availability.
Born in New York to Italian immigrant parents, Tony Bennett was discovered in 1949 by the legendary comic Bob Hope, who helped him launch a career that has spanned over fifty years and has provided many accolades. He has sold over 50 million records and has received over thirteen Grammys, an Emmy award and even the Citizen of the World award by the United Nations for his continued worldwide humanitarian efforts. Some of his classic American songs include, “Rags to Riches,” “The Good Life” and his signature song “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.”
Mohegan Sun Arena is ranked the 4th best venue by Billboard Magazine and was the 2008 recipient of a Country Music Award for “Casino of The Year.” For more information on concerts and other great events at Mohegan Sun, visit mohegansun.com. For information on this week’s schedule, call the Entertainment and Special Events hotline at 1.888.226.7711, ext. 27163.
