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.

Tickets are $128.00 (VIP tickets), $75.00 & $50.00 and can be purchased through Miss NY Chinese Beauty Pageant, Inc. based out of New York by calling 212.219.3892 ext. 12 or through www.misschinese.us. 

To mark this special evening, the organizer has invited popular leading man of TVB, Mr. Bowie Lam from Hong Kong to host the show with special guest Jessie Liu. Lam starred in numerous popular TV dramas and made his singing debut in 1989. 

Jessie Liu, winner of Miss NY Chinese 2002, started her career in entertainment production in 2007 and she was a host for the Telly award-winning national Chinese American TV program “Better Living in USA.”   Liu is now becoming a full-time producer, director and host for Chinese American TV programs.  These two stars will witness the crowning of a beautiful and talented contestant at Mohegan Sun.   

The event is produced by the Miss NY Chinese Beauty Pageant Committee, co-produced by TVB (USA) Inc., with Mohegan Sun as the special sponsor.  This year marks the eighth anniversary of the Miss NY Chinese Beauty Pageant and thirteen young ladies will make it to the finale.  The winner will receive a grand prize of cash and gifts and will represent New York in the Miss Chinese International Pageant held in Hong Kong.   This may also lead to stardom as all finalists will have the chance to be selected for Hairun Media Company’s acting roles in a TV drama series.   Besides the winner and two runners-up, the pageant committee will also award titles such as “Miss Talent,” “Miss Photogenic,” “ Miss Internet Popularity,” “Best Dressed” and “Miss Congeniality.”  During the final competition, audiences may also vote to select the “Most Popular Contestant,” which will bring more excitement to the evening. 

For more information on the Miss NY Chinese Beauty Pageant and other great events at Mohegan Sun, visit mohegansun.com.  For information on this week’s schedule, call the Asian Marketing Hotline: 1.877.999.9977. 

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.

The celebration begins with two performances from Taiwanese Pop singer and “Dancing Diva,” Jolin Tsai with special guest Energy at Mohegan Sun Arena on Sunday, February 8th. The first show will be at 2:00am, with a follow-up performance at 2:00pm.  Tickets are $168.00, $128.00, $88.00 and $58.00 and can be purchased starting January 4th through International Entertainment Marketing based out of New York at 718.888.3113 or through www.iemshowplace.com.  

In addition, guests throughout Mohegan Sun will be mesmerized with a traditional Lion Dance which symbolizes exorcising evil spirits and summoning luck and fortune.  The Lion Dance will start at 1:00pm, heading from Sunrise Square to The Shops at Mohegan Sun, throughout Casino of the Sky and to Casino of the Wind.  Money God will be present in The Shop’s concourse from Noon to 1:00pm, handing out lucky red envelopes symbolizing good luck; photo opportunities will also be available.  

Special dishes will be served at a number of the restaurants at Mohegan Sun. In Bamboo Forest, the not-so-secret ingredient is seafood as it is incorporated into over half the dishes including Good Fortune, an eight-piece dish of dried oysters, two pieces of Shiitake mushrooms and dehydrated vegetables over a bed of lettuce in light brown sauce.  Other dishes include Steamed Whole Fish which symbolizes a wish for surpluses and bountiful harvests every year. 

Guests can also enjoy an array of festive meals at The Cove’s Noodle Bar. There guests will have their choice of a number of soups including Shrimp & Pork Wonton Soup, Beef Noodle Soup and three varieties of Congee. Some of the specialties and dim sum meals for the evening include Steamed Clams, Roasted Duck and Lau Mai Gai, a mixture of rice, chicken and sausage wrapped in a bamboo leaf.   

Getting to Mohegan Sun just got easier and a little cheaper as several bus companies from New York and Massachusetts have teamed up with Mohegan Sun to offer an exceptional bus package to their travelers.  In addition to the $45.00 bus package, starting January 26th and running through February 5th, bus travelers will receive a lucky red envelope containing anywhere from $5.00 to $100.00 upon arrival.

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.

Since 2002, the cook-offs have raised more than $260,000 for charities including, the Uniformed Firefighters Association for Widow’s and Children’s Fund of Greater New York, American Red Cross Armed Forces Emergency Services Fund, Habitat for Humanity and the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund.

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.