Jun 18, 2014 | Breaking News, Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Gaming, General News, Hot Summer Fun, Special Events, Travel & Leisure
Over one million dollars in prizes to be awarded as well as car giveaways, celebrity sightings, pool parties and the hottest names in entertainment
UNCASVILLE, CT – Things are heating up this summer at Mohegan Sun with the launch of Hot Summer Fun. Now entering its 17th year, the celebrations, which kick off June 23rd and run through August 31st, will feature over one million dollars in prizes, car giveaways, fireworks displays, as well as the hottest entertainment and nightlife.
Special Events
Mohegan Sun is making a bang this summer with Hot Summer Nights with their biggest rooftop events of the summer. Open to all ages, the fun kicks off at 6:00pm and includes games for kids of all ages and carnival food favorites, as well as an area for guests 21+. These special parties will be hosted on Saturday, July 26th and Saturday, August 30th. NOTE: Guests under 18 years of age must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
Other various events will be taking place throughout the summer including Mohegan Sun’s Signature Events series. Confirmed events to date include Winning Authors with Sherrilynn Kenyon, author of Born of Fury, on Tuesday, July 1st and Brad Thor, author of Act of War, on Thursday, July 17th.
Mohegan Sun will also be home to the 2014 Connecticut Reebok Spartan Race on Saturday, June 28th. This is the first time the Spartan Race has come to Connecticut. Over 5,000 participants have already registered. Spots are still available; to sign up, visit spartanrace.com.
On The Ball Mondays
Starting June 23rd, guests can test their luck on the Skee-Ball® PowerPlay Bonusing game by simply playing their favorite slot machine. From 10:00am to 8:00pm, each time a guest earns three Status Points, they will receive a Skee-Ball® game. Winners are guaranteed to win up to $1,000 in Free Slot Play instantly. Guests must have their Momentum card properly inserted while playing any slot machine in order to be eligible.
Take Two Tuesdays
Mohegan Sun will have you seeing double every Tuesday throughout the summer. Beginning Tuesday, June 24th, Momentum card holders playing their favorite slot machines will earn double points from 6:00am to Midnight. Not a gamer? Not a problem. A number of restaurants and retailers will be offering various discounts including, but not limited to, Seasons Buffet, Todd English’s Tuscany, BALLo Italian Restaurant, The Lansdowne Irish Pub, Bluwire, Sunglasses USA and more. A complete list of discounts and participating outlets can be found here.
Ca$h Dash Wednesdays
Cure the midweek blues with Ca$h Dash Wednesdays at Mohegan Sun. Each Wednesday beginning June 25th, 10 lucky Momentum members will have the chance to walk away with their share of $50,000 weekly. Every half hour from Noon to 2:00pm and 6:00pm to 8:00pm, one lucky Momentum card holder playing their favorite slot machine will have a chance to enter the Cash Cube containing $5,000 cash! Throughout the summer, Mohegan Sun will be giving away up to $500,000 with Ca$h Dash Wednesdays!
Guests can also enjoy Wine Wednesdays. Held on the terrace of Todd English’s Tuscany each Wednesday at 5:00pm, guests can enjoy Wine Pairing Dinners, or at 7:00pm, Tasting & Tapas for just $20.00. Plus, every Wednesday, Bobby Flay’s Bar Americain will be offering special discounts on certain wines.
Free Ride Thursdays
What’s better than a car giveaway? How about 10! Throughout Hot Summer Fun, Mohegan Sun is giving away a car each Thursday beginning June 26th. Each week, one lucky Momentum member playing their favorite table or slot machine from Noon to 8:00pm will randomly be selected to receive a new Fiat 500C valued at $25,000! In addition, guests playing at the same slot machine bank or table will receive a $50.00 Mobil Gas Gift Card.
On Thursday nights, things heat up with the return of GLO. Dance the night away underneath the stars to the hottest DJs, enjoy the outdoor poker tables, warm up by the fire pit or rent out one of the VIP cabanas complete with bottle service. Cover for Thursdays is $10.00. More information is available on mohegansun.com/nightlife.
Festive Fridays
Each Friday morning throughout Hot Summer Fun, Mohegan Sun will also be giving away free t-shirts for the first 3,000 Momentum members. Shirts will be distributed at the Summer and Riverview Coat Checks starting at 9:00am. A different color shirt will be given each week. Collect all 10 during Hot Summer Fun! Then start the weekend early with the Party on the Rooftop. This 21 and over event allows guests to live music and food trucks. Party on the Rooftop kicks off on Friday, June 27th with live music by Separate Ways, a tribute to Journey. For a complete list of participating bands, click here.
Sultry Saturdays
Add a little spice to your life with Sultry Saturdays starting June 28th at Mohegan Sun, where the premier party spots in the region are all under one roof. Dance under the stars at GLO – the only nighttime pool party in New England, enjoy a drink under the world’s largest indoor planetarium dome at VISTA Lounge at Wombi Rock or party the night away at MIST, a steamy, contemporary venue that sits beneath the water wall in Casino of the Wind.
Livin’ Large Sundays
Starting Sunday, June 29th, you could Win For Life® at Mohegan Sun! Each Sunday at 9:00am, Mohegan Sun will be giving away CT Lottery $3.00 Win for Life® scratch tickets for the first 2,000 Momentum members who stop by the Summer Coat Check. Take a chance at winning $5,000 a month for life!
Additionally guests can enjoy various retail and dining BALLO Italian Restaurant, Michael Jordan’s 23.sportcafe, Godiva Chocolatier, Kids Quest, Yankee Candle and more.
Let the Music Play
This summer, Mohegan Sun has your concert hookup with over 183 events in 123 days! The top-ranked Mohegan Sun Arena will be home to hot tours like Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake, John Mellencamp, Queen + Adam Lambert, Kevin James, Jake Owen and so much more.
The Wolf Den, which is open seven days a week, free and for guests 21 and over, will see such acts as Ambrosia with John Ford Coley, Austin Webb, Hoobastank, Warrant, The Bacon Brothers, among others. Treehouse Comedy brings some of the funniest touring stand-up out there to The Cabaret Theatre every Saturday evening and don’t miss the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun with multiple home games inside Mohegan Sun Arena throughout June, July and August!
About Mohegan Sun: Mohegan Sun, owned by the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, is one of the largest, most spectacular travel destinations in the United States. Situated on 185 acres along the Thames River in southeastern Connecticut, Mohegan Sun is home to a 34-story, 1,200 room luxury hotel, a world-class golf course and spa, over 75 shops, restaurants, nightclubs and bars, three award-winning entertainment venues including the 10,000-seat Mohegan Sun Arena, and three stunning casinos all under one roof. Mohegan Sun is within easy access of New York, Boston, Hartford, New Haven and Providence, and located 15 minutes from the museums, antique shops and ocean waterfront of Mystic Country. More information is available by calling 1.888.226.7711 or visiting our website. Connect with us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, find us on Pinterest and view us on YouTube.
Jun 10, 2014 | Breaking News, General News
Interactive golf-themed advertising campaign debuts in financial district
Uncasville, CT (June 9, 2014) – Mohegan Sun is playing its hand on Wall Street with a golf-themed, interactive advertising campaign. The multi-media campaign encourages New York’s most competitive industry, suits in finance, to tee-up and take a swing at its creative storescape. The move is designed to showcase the destination as the perfect escape from the city, and more specifically to enlighten this group to the fact that Mohegan Sun owns a world class golf course in addition to its other amenities including a spa, arena, restaurants, shops, nightclubs and more.
The Mohegan Sun storescape will be live at 40 Wall Street throughout the month of June. On June 11th, 18th, and 25th, Mohegan Sun brand ambassadors will be on site to help passersby transform their smartphones into a virtual golf club. Players can then use their smartphones to drive their virtual ball through the fairway displayed on an 8’ x 10′ linked LCD wall. Participants get three swings per turn to compete in a longest drive competition. The player with the longest drive each week will win a trip for two to Mohegan Sun including overnight accommodations, dinner for two and a round of golf at The Mohegan Sun Golf Club.
Mohegan Sun has partnered with Media Storm, Monster Media, Taxi NYC and Primal NY all leaders in the interactive, creative advertising space to create, design and install this entertaining and visually informative display. With the goal of driving New York’s affluent, financial target audience to Mohegan Sun’s flagship property in Connecticut, while at the same time highlighting the property’s amenities.
“Our New York-based customers have told us they want much more than the limited, local gaming options,” said George Galinsky, Sr. Vice President of Marketing Communications. “This campaign is designed to be fun and educational, showing financial district consumers our exciting amenities. We know that once they take the short trip to Mohegan Sun, our high level of personalized guest service and exciting nightlife and leisure activities will fit them to a tee.”
Supporting the streetside fun, Mohegan Sun’s Drive Competition is showcased via the Captivate Network throughout 88 buildings on Wall Street that feature custom videos showcasing Mohegan Sun’s amenities. A LinkedIn promotion supports the effort as well. This push follows Mohegan Sun’s sponsorship of the ESPN Sports Film Festival at the TriBeCa Film Festival in April, and last year’s subway station domination and street furniture advertising execution which was widespread around Wall Street.
For more information on The Mohegan Sun Drive Competition and all of the property’s events, visit mohegansun.com or follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/mohegansun, Twitter @MoheganSun and Instagram @mohegansun.
Jun 4, 2014 | Breaking News, Employment, General News
UNCASVILLE, CT – Mohegan Sun is very pleased to announce the 
appointment of George Galinsky to Senior Vice President of Marketing Communications for the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (MTGA). In this new position, Galinsky will assist with property collaboration on all communications and cross property promotion, and help with synergy for brand, budget, media and production efficiencies.
Galinsky has been a large contributor to MTGA for the past 15 years. His main focus began at the flagship property in Connecticut, but his work has expanded to include all current and future MTGA owned and managed properties.
“George has overseen award winning marketing both locally and nationally which has contributed greatly to the reputation of our operations,” said Mitchell Etess, Chief Executive Officer for MTGA.
In addition to his new role, Galinsky will continue his responsibility of overseeing marketing strategy and execution for all consumer and casino communications for Mohegan Sun, Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs and Resorts Casino Hotel.
May 30, 2014 | Breaking News, Entertainment
Singer set for a Friday, October 17th concert at Mohegan Sun Arena; Christina Perri and MKTO join
tour as special guests
Multi-talented, platinum-selling recording artist Demi Lovato announced yesterday the North American dates for her all-new World Tour that kicks off on September 6th and make its way to Mohegan Sun Arena on October 17th for a 7:30pm show. Produced and promoted by Live Nation and sponsored by the Tampax and Always Radiant Collection, the tour will make stops in 25 cities across the United States and Canada with additional cities to be announced soon. Christina Perri and MKTO will join Demi’s World Tour as special guests. Tickets go on sale starting Friday, June 6th through the Live Nation mobile app and at www.livenation.com.
Tickets are $49.50 and go on sale Friday, June 6th through Ticketmaster at 10:00am. 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 will also be available at the Mohegan Sun Box Office starting Saturday, June 7th subject to availability.
Citi® cardmembers will have access to pre-sale tickets beginning Tuesday, June 3rd at 10:00am local time through Citi’s Private Pass® Program. For complete pre-sale details, visit www.citiprivatepass.com.
Earlier this month, in celebration of the one-year anniversary of the release of her album Demi, Lovato launched a social media storm with her #DEMIVERSARY campaign. After a temporary black out of all her social networking sites, Demi’s fans (the self-titled
“Lovatics”) quickly decoded the message of the #DEMIVERSARY and caused numerous worldwide social media trends. The Demi album has yielded the hit singles “Heart Attack” and “Neon Lights” and sold over 5 million tracks globally.
The #DEMIVERSARY celebration has featured a host of new content. VEVO debuted video footage from Demi’s Neon Lights Tour. Spotify offered a worldwide stream of five songs recorded in London last year and a video previously available only on Demi’s iBook for her poignant ballad “In Case,” which went live on VEVO. VEVO also debuted the lyric video for Demi’s sassy, up-tempo new single, “Really Don’t Care,” that has already amassed nearly 4 million views.
In support of the #DEMIVERSARY and her new single, “Really Don’t Care,” Demi will be performing on Good Morning America on June 6th and appearing on Late Night with Seth Meyers on June 4th.
Please visit www.demilovato.com, www.livenation.com and www.ticketmaster.com for additional ticket and tour information.
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. Also in 2013, Mohegan Sun won “Casino of The Year” in 2 categories at the Academy of Country Music Awards. 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.
May 7, 2014 | Breaking News, Employment, General News
Uncasville, CT – The Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority is pleased to welcome Thomas P. Burke as President of Mohegan Gaming Advisors (MGA). In this role, Burke will be responsible for overseeing all management contracts, seeking various business opportunities and supporting the planning efforts relative to future operations being developed for MGA.
“We are thrilled to have such an experienced gaming operator and know that Tom’s vast experience will lend heavily to our expansion efforts, operational efficiencies and, importantly, employee and guest satisfaction strategy,” said Mitchell Etess, President of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority.
Burke has over 35 years of experience within the gaming industry. He started his career at Resorts International Casino Hotel, before taking on multiple promotions and opportunities with such organizations as Tropicana, Trump and Majestic Star, among others. In 1996, Burke was named General Manager of Ameristar Casinos where he managed their Kansas City property.
Most recently, Burke served as Senior Vice President of Regional Operations for Penn National Gaming where he oversaw operations for eight properties in Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Kansas.
About Mohegan Gaming Advisors
Mohegan Gaming Advisors was formed in 2011 to pursue management contracts and consulting agreements for casino and entertainment properties in the United States. Mohegan Gaming Advisors is staffed with an experienced team of casino executives with a proven track record of accomplishments as operators and successful marketers and has a team dedicated solely to servicing the clients of the Gaming Advisory group. For more information, visit: mohegangamingadvisors.com.
The Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority
The Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority is an instrumentality of the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut and the owner and operator of a gaming and entertainment complex located in Uncasville, Connecticut, known as Mohegan Sun, and a gaming and entertainment facility located in Plains Township, Pennsylvania, known as Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. For more information, visit: www.mtga.com.
Apr 7, 2014 | Breaking News, Entertainment, General News
Award-winning artist’s first headlining tour in six years has been selling out venues around the world and has just announced a return to North America this fall
Mohegan Sun Arena adds second show for December 13th; Tickets go on-sale Monday, April 14th At 10:0am
Photo credit: Ralph Larmann
“In a show running to close to two and half hours, he keeps it all up faultlessly. There’s no drop off in his live vocals, no exhausted retirement from the dance routines, no moment when his charm offensive isn’t fully weaponised.” – Manchester Evening News
“The 33-year-old gave a…masterclass in the art of arena performance: all soaring vocals, choreography, stagecraft and immaculate pacing.” – The Telegraph, UK
Thanks to overwhelming demand, Justin Timberlake announced today the, globally celebrated, 20/20 Experience World Tour will return to North America this fall. The newly announced North American shows will include stops in Los Angeles, Oklahoma City, Dallas, Toronto, Philadelphia and Uncasville, CT. The 20/20 Experience World Tour is promoted worldwide by Live Nation Global Touring.
Mohegan Sun Arena is set for a Saturday, December 13th show beginning at 7:30pm.
Tickets are $195.00, $125.00 and $75.00 and go on sale Monday, April 14th 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 will also be available at the Mohegan Sun Box Office starting Tuesday, April 15th subject to availability.
“Not A Bad Thing” is the latest single off of The 20/20 Experience – The Complete Experience which has sold over 6 million albums worldwide to date. The video/mini doc for “Not A Bad Thing” can currently be viewed here: http://smarturl.it/nabt” http://smarturl.it/nabt .
Justin Timberlake’s all-new fan club, The Tennessee Kids (#TNKids), will have access to a pre-sale starting on April 8th. Fans should visit Tennessee Kids to register for the fan club and receive a special code to access the pre-sale. A pre-sale for MasterCard cardholders will begin on April 9th.
For the latest information regarding pre-sale and on-sale dates, please visit Justin Timberlake Hashtag: #JT2020TOUR
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. Also in 2013, Mohegan Sun won “Casino of The Year” in 2 categories at the Academy of Country Music Awards. 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.
