Mohegan Sun regrets to announce that Sip and Slice Connecticut at Sun BrewFest has been cancelled. The event was to take place from 6:00pm to 9:00pm on Saturday, October 6th. Refunds are available at point of purchase. The Grand Tasting will still occur from 1:00pm to 4:00pm that evening and tickets for this event are available for purchase.
Tune-in and watch Mohegan Sun’s award-winning digital TV series on September 26th
Watch Back of House Season Two When It Airs This Week!
UNCASVILLE, CT (September 24, 2018) – After reaching over 1.1 million views on YouTube alone, and receiving two top industry awards, Mohegan Sun announces the launch of season two of its original digital TV series, “Back of House,” featuring eight new episodes exclusively on BackofHouse.TV and YouTube. Continuing 
the excitement of Back of House season one, the new episodes will be available online beginning September 26th at 10:00am EST, giving viewers an in-depth look into what it takes to operate one of the largest integrated entertainment resort destinations in the United States.
“After the successful debut of our employees’ first digital TV series last fall, we kept the cameras rolling to continue showcasing Mohegan Sun, our amazing operation, and the leadership role we strive for in the hospitality and entertainment business,” said George Galinsky, Senior Vice President of Marketing Communications of Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment. “The documentary-style series is the perfect way for viewers, guests and fans worldwide to get a behind-the-scenes look into the vital role employees play in delivering great hospitality,” Galinsky said.
“Viewers will see how these savvy hospitality employees manage celebrity appearances, VIP events, hotel reservations, culinary art and more – all while being entertained in a cinematic, documentary style format of storytelling,” said Robert Conticelli, President of Primal-NY.
Back of House season two introduces five new faces and follows the professional lives of a total of eight Mohegan Sun employees including three returning cast members. The show gives viewers an intimate glimpse into all areas of the integrated resort destination, including prep kitchens, entertainment stages, back hallways, a convention center that can host events of 15,000+ guests daily, and much more.
Production studio Primal-NY co-created the first Back of House series with Mohegan Sun and Fact & Fiction, and the combined partnership was recently honored with two Telly Awards for outstanding “Travel and Tourism” branded content and cinematography. The show has reached 2.5 million people across all of Mohegan Sun’s social networks to-date.
Don’t miss a minute of Mohegan Sun’s employees in action when Back of House season two airs on September 26th at 10:00 a.m. EST. To tune-in and meet the new cast, visit BackofHouse.TV.
ABOUT BACK OF HOUSE: “Back of House” is your all-access pass to the action behind the action at Mohegan Sun, one of the world’s largest integrated casino resort destinations. Enjoy following this family of fun, dedicated employees as they navigate backstage chaos and occasional calamities in their quest to make each guest’s stay a perfect getaway experience.
ABOUT PRIMAL NY: Primal NY is a full-service production studio specializing in brand discovery, digital strategy, content creation and distribution. Primal positions clients in ideal Digital, TV and Film scenarios. Based in New York City, the award-winning team of diverse filmmakers has experience across many industries including fashion, sport, music, hospitality, and motion pictures. Primal seeks relationships where opportunities exist to develop original content that enhances client brand identity by finding unique ways to tell their stories. For more information, visit primal-ny.com.
ABOUT FACT & FRICTION: With offices in New York, Toronto and Manchester, and the credentials of: Undercover Boss & Next Top Model as well as working with the likes of Sharon Osbourne, Tyra Banks, Jay-Z and Rihanna, Fact & Friction is a TV development consulting firm, led by showrunner, Ron Carroll. Their work extends throughout the US, Canada and U.K. and were recognized with the “Best Reality Series” Screen Award from the Academy of Cinema & Television, for launching Canada’s Next Top Model and are MipCom 2017 winners of the Diversity Award for Unscripted programming for the follow-doc series “Employable Me.”
ABOUT MOHEGAN SUN: Owned by Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment, Mohegan Sun is one of the largest, most spectacular gaming, dining, shopping integrated entertainment resort destinations in the United States. Situated on 185 acres along the Thames River in scenic southeastern Connecticut, Mohegan Sun is home to three unique casinos, 1,600 deluxe hotel rooms, 2 world-class spas, a golf course, over 90 shops, restaurants and bars as well as three award-winning entertainment venues including a 10,000-seat Arena. 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. Connect with us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @mohegansun, view us on YouTube and find us on Snapchat at username MoheganSun.
Charity concert with Top Country Female Artist Maren Morris set for Friday, October 26th in the Wolf Den
WHAT: MADD About Maren Morris – a Mother’s Against Drunk Driving 10th Annual Charity Concert returns to Mohegan Sun. MADD is teaming up with Mohegan Sun, WCTY, The Day, Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder PC, Buckley Wynne & Parese and Faxon Law Group. This year’s MADD concert in the Wolf Den is a free event!
WHEN/ WHERE: Friday, October 26th at 8:00pm;
Wolf Den at Mohegan Sun
IN DETAIL: Taking over the Wolf Den, MADD About Maren Morris with special guest Nick Wayne will be the featured entertainment for the 10th annual MADD benefit. Longtime supporter and radio host, Shelly Martinez of WCTY – FM, will also be on – hand to give a special message before the concert. Festivities will include a silent auction at The Shops at Mohegan Sun starting at 5:00pm and throughout the night.
Donations to MADD will be accepted at the auction table throughout the night. All proceeds benefit MADD.
Wolf Den performances are free and open to the public. Must be 21 years of age to enter the Wolf Den. Lines form early and seats are given on a first – come, first – serve basis until we are at full capacity. Limited seating available.
For more information, visit MoheganSun.com.
ABOUT MAREN MORRIS:
Twenty – seven year old Columbia Nashville singer/songwriter Maren Morris has quickly established herself with vocal stylings that reflect her Country, Folk and Pop influences. Armed with sheer talent, honest lyrics and a completely magnetic presence, Morris’ label – debut album, the Gold – certified HERO, released on June 3, 2016. One week after it was available, HERO entered the Billboard Country Albums chart at No. 1 and No. 5 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart, which spans across all genres. Morris’ debut single from HERO, “My Church,” set a record at Country radio by having the most chart reporting stations to play a debut single by a Country artist with 107 stations the week it hit the airwaves in addition to being certified Platinum by the RIAA.
Later in 2016 Morris tied for the most nominations with five at the 50th Annual CMA Awards, including “New Artist of the Year” which she won, marking her first CMA Award. She received the Billboard “Breakthrough Artist’ Award” at the 11th Annual Billboard Women in Music Gala as well as being awarded the “Breakthrough Artist Award” by the Music Business Association.
Kicking off 2017, Morris took home the Grammy for “Best Country Solo Performance” for “My Church” in addition to having the most nominations for a Country music artist with four to her credit. She received six nominations for the 52nd Academy of Country Music Awards including “Female Vocalist of the Year,” “New Female Vocalist of the Year” which she took home the trophy for, “Album of the Year” (as artist and producer) for HERO, and “Single Record of the Year” (as artist and producer) for “My Church.”
In the fall of 2017, Morris received three nominations for the 51st Annual CMA Awards including nominations for “Female Vocalist of the Year,” as well as “Music Video of the Year” and “Musical Event of the Year,” both for the No. 1 hit song “Craving You” by Thomas Rhett featuring Morris. In addition, she received her fifth career Grammy award – nomination for “Best Country Solo Performance” – “I Could Use A Love Song.” In addition “I Could Use A Love Song” is Morris’ first No. 1 country radio single, as both the performer and songwriter, reaching the top of both Billboard Country Airplay and Mediabase Country charts in January 2018. Morris’ current single for Country radio is the fun fan favorite song “Rich.”
ABOUT MADD:
The mission of Mothers Against Drunk Driving is to stop drunk driving, to support the victims of this violent crime and to prevent underage drinking. MADD Connecticut is committed to clearly and powerfully advocating for victims of alcohol – related crashes. MADD delivers quality services to hundreds of families each year at no cost to them, as well as help victims/survivors through the multitude of emotions and criminal proceedings that take place through court accompaniment and by providing grief counseling and support groups. MADD’s goal is to eliminate drunk driving and educate Connecticut youth about underage drinking. MADD introduces and follows legislation concerning bills to strengthen drunk driving laws.
ABOUT WCTY:
WCTY based in Norwich, Connecticut, is the home of continuous Country favorites for listeners in southeastern Connecticut. Owned by Hall Communications, a family-owned company that owns and operates 21 radio stations on the East Coast including six stations in Connecticut, Hall Communications has been in operation in Eastern Connecticut since 1964.
ABOUT THE NEW LONDON DAY:
The Day Publishing Company, established in 1881 by John A. Tibbits, publishes The Day, a daily newspaper covering a 20 – town region in eastern Connecticut with a daily and Sunday readership of nearly 100,000, and theday.com, a website generating more than 3 million page views a month.
The Day Publishing Company also publishes a variety of print and online feature and tourism magazines; including Connecticut Coast & Country, the definitive annual visitors guide for the region, with a distribution of 250,000 copies at 400 locations in four states; Go Westerly, an annual tourism magazine with a circulation of 60,000; Sound & Country, an in – market tourism glossy magazine published three times a year; Aspire, a quarterly high – end lifestyle magazine; and Connecticut Family, a quarterly publication devoted to the happiness and well – being of parents and children statewide. The company also runs Day Printing, a division specializing in commercial printing, graphics and bindery services.
ABOUT KOSKOFF KOSKOFF & BIEDER, PC:
Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder, PC, is a nationally known Connecticut law firm described by The Hartford Courant as “reputedly the best plaintiff’s law firm in the state.” Serving the public for more than 75 years, Koskoff handles cases throughout Connecticut. On some occasions, we work in association with cooperating attorneys on cases in New England and throughout the nation from our offices in Bridgeport, Danbury and New Haven.
ABOUT BUCKLEY WYNNE & PARESE:
Back in 1881, a young lawyer named John Wynne opened a law office in Connecticut, starting a family tradition of striving to provide excellent legal service. In 1986, fourth – generation lawyer John Wynne, Jr. joined with John Buckley in a legal practice that concentrates all the firm’s experience, energy, and resources on helping personal injury victims and the families of wrongful death victims. John Parese joined the firm in 2007. The Buckley Wynne & Parese practice areas include personal injury, wrongful death, and professional malpractice.
ABOUT FAXON LAW GROUP:
Faxon Law Group has handled virtually every type of civil legal case where a person has been wronged financially and/or physically and is seeking recovery from the wrongdoer – whether it’s a botched medical procedure, a negligent municipality, a highway defect, a defrauded investor, a defective drug or product, a wrongful denial of insurance benefits, poor legal advice, a drunk driver, a brain injury, a spinal cord injury, a wrongful death, a burn injury, a truck, train, car or plane accident, a power plant explosion, an industrial accident, a bridge collapse, a catastrophic fire, or sexual abuse to a minor. It is the creative and intelligent way that we approach each case that adds value. We take pride in our ability to select a small number of the most deserving cases for our attention, and then tenaciously fighting the forces that would deny a just result.
ABOUT MOHEGAN SUN:
Owned by Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment, Mohegan Sun is one of the largest, most spectacular entertainment, gaming, dining and shopping destinations in the United States. Situated on 185 acres along the Thames River in scenic southeastern Connecticut, Mohegan Sun is home to three unique casinos, 1,600 deluxe hotel rooms, 2 world-class spas, a golf course, over 90 shops, restaurants and bars as well as three award-winning entertainment venues including a 10,000-seat Arena. 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. Connect with us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @mohegansun, view us on YouTube and find us on Snapchat at username MoheganSun.
The Ghosts of Christmas Eve Comes to Mohegan Sun Arena on Sunday November 25th
UNCASVILLE, CT (September 7, 2018) – Marking the band’s 20th consecutive year of touring, Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO) announced its highly – anticipated Winter Tour 2018. TSO’s annual multi – sensory extravaganza, which sells out venues year after year, has cemented the group’s status as a must – attend, multi – generational, holiday tradition. This year’s 20th anniversary tour, a presentation of TSO’s unforgettable The Ghosts of Christmas Eve, featuring founder/composer/lyricist Paul O’Neill’s timeless story of a runaway who finds her way into a mysterious abandoned theater, will visit 65 cities across North America, returning to Mohegan Sun Arena for two shows on Sunday, November 25th at 3:00pm and 8:00pm. TSO’s Winter Tour 2018 is presented by Hallmark Channel.
Tickets are $72.50, $62.50 and $43.50 and go on sale Friday, September 14th at 10:00am through Ticketmaster. Ticketmaster customers may log on to Ticketmaster.com or call Ticketmaster’s national toll free Charge By Phone number 1.800.745.3000. Tickets will also be available at the Mohegan Sun Box Office beginning on Saturday, September 15th, subject to availability.
This year’s tour will include new awe – inspiring effects, as well as amazing staging with an all new design from the dedicated team handpicked by the group’s late creator, Paul O’Neill. The rock opera also features such enduring fan – favorites as “Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24,” “O’ Come All Ye Faithful,” “Good King Joy,” “Christmas Canon,” “Music Box Blues,” “Promises To Keep,” and “This Christmas Day.” Additionally, the tour will enjoy a new second set containing some of TSO’s greatest hits and fan – pleasers.
As in all previous years, a portion of every ticket sold benefits select local charities. To date, more than $15 million has been distributed from TSO to worthy charities all across North America.
On September 28th, Rhino Entertainment will release a 20th Anniversary Edition of The Christmas Attic on CD and digitally. A vinyl version of the release will be available November 23rd. The second installment in The Christmas Trilogy tells the story of a little girl who spends the night in an attic filled with yuletide reveries, while guitar solos and choral vocals soar over a rock orchestral backing across 16 tracks, including a previously unreleased on CD and vinyl version of “Christmas Jam (Live).”
Mohegan Sun Arena is now ranked consistently among the top venues in the world according to Billboard Magazine, Pollstar and Venues Today. It has won “Casino of The Year” at the Country Music Awards in 2008 & 2010 and in 2013, was voted “Arena Of The Year” at the G2E Global Gaming Conference in Las Vegas. Mohegan Sun Arena was also ranked among the top 10 arena venues in the nation for 2014, regardless of size. In 2015, Mohegan Sun took home the IEBA award for “Casino of the Year.” Mohegan Sun also won “Casino of the Year” in 2 categories at the 2013 & 2016 Academy of Country Music Awards. For more information on concerts and other great events, visit Mohegan Sun. For information on this week’s schedule, call the Entertainment and Special Events hotline at 1.888.226.7711, ext. 27163.
UNCASVILLE, CT (September 6, 2018) – Mohegan Sun Arena regrets to announce that Blink – 182 has cancelled their fall mini tour, which was stopping in Uncasville, CT on Thursday, September 20th. Medical issues have sidelined drummer Travis Barker per doctors’ orders. Barker’s medical team anticipated that he would be well enough by fall to tour but after recent checkups they were not able to clear him in time for the scheduled run of dates. Refunds can be received at point of purchase. All credit card and point transactions will be automatically refunded.
Barker says “The past few months have just sucked as I have been sidelined just waiting for my doctors to clear me so I could get back on the road and perform with my band. Unfortunately, the risks associated with drumming are still too great. I am doing everything I need to do so I can get back on the road as soon as possible. I want to thank my fans, family, friends and bandmates for all the love and support.”
Visit blink182.com for updates.
About blink-182: Since their humble beginnings twenty – four years ago, when they started playing in a San Diego garage, ‘blink – 182’ has sold over fifty million albums worldwide and rocked audiences from Adelaide to Zurich having become one of the defining rock bands of their generation. They combine high – energy dynamics with an artistic ambition that transcends any genre. Now with Matt Skiba (of Alkaline Trio) joining ‘blink – 182’ as singer/guitarist, the group starts a new chapter. Skiba debuted with ‘blink – 182’ in March 2015 with a live performance at the MusInk Tattoo and Music Festival: “It was the best they’ve sounded in over a decade,” the OC Weekly raved about the band’s set.
Mohegan Sun Arena is now ranked consistently among the top venues in the world according to Billboard Magazine, Pollstar and Venues Today. It has won “Casino of The Year” at the Country Music Awards in 2008 & 2010 and in 2013, was voted “Arena Of The Year” at the G2E Global Gaming Conference in Las Vegas. Mohegan Sun Arena was also ranked among the top 10 arena venues in the nation for 2014, regardless of size. In 2015, Mohegan Sun took home the IEBA award for “Casino of the Year.” Mohegan Sun also won “Casino of the Year” in 2 categories at the 2013 & 2016 Academy of Country Music Awards. For more information on concerts and other great events, visit Mohegan Sun. For information on this week’s schedule, call the Entertainment and Special Events hotline at 1.888.226.7711, ext. 27163.
UNCASVILLE, CT (August 30, 2018) – Mohegan Sun has signed on with four new Momentum based partnerships. They include discounts, complimentary tours and more from the popular Boston brewery, Samuel Adams, professional hockey team, Boston Bruins, the unique shopping, living and entertainment destination, Blue Back Square and Hartford Stage, the award-winning theatre in Hartford, CT! These partnerships will be in place for Mohegan Sun Momentum rewards members beginning September 2018, and come on the heels of various other regional & international Momentum partnerships recently announced, including Six Flags, The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, Baha Mar Casino, MSC Cruises and many more: mohegansun.com/momentumpartnerships
Momentum is Mohegan Sun’s popular free-to-sign-up player rewards programthat allows for guests to earn Momentum Dollars across 350,000 square feet of gaming space. Now with the additions of more great regional perks, members can expect:
Boston Bruins
Samuel Adams Boston Brewery
Blue Back Square
Hartford Stage
with vouchers to be redeemed at the bar!)About Mohegan Sun: Owned by Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment, Mohegan Sun is one of the largest, most spectacular entertainment, gaming, dining and shopping destinations in the United States. Situated on 185 acres along the Thames River in scenic southeastern Connecticut, Mohegan Sun is home to three unique casinos, 1,600 deluxe hotel rooms, 2 world-class spas, a golf course, over 90 shops, restaurants and bars as well as three award-winning entertainment venues including a 10,000-seat Arena. 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. Connect with us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @mohegansun, view us on YouTube and find us on Snapchat at username MoheganSun.
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