Feb 18, 2010 | Gaming
From February 28th through April 30th, Mohegan Sun is giving away $250,000 in Cash, Free Slot Play and Player’s Club Points
With spring on the horizon, Mohegan Sun is welcoming the warmer weather with a $250,000 Spring Into Fortune Giveaway. The action gets underway at 6:00am on February 28th and continues through 5:00am on April 30th.
Guests can swipe their Player’s Club card once a day in Earth or Sky Promotions for a chance to win their share of $250,000 in Cash, Free Slot Play Bonus and Player’s Club Points. More than 14,000 guests will win and one grand prize winner will walk away with $10,000 cash!
The $250,000 Spring Into Fortune Giveaway will be the first swipe and win promotion to incorporate a new touch screen feature. Guests who are instant winners will be prompted to select either a horseshoe, pot o’ gold or shamrock symbol to reveal the prize they have won.
Must be 21 years of age or older to participate. Must be a valid Player’s Club member. Membership is free. Simply stop by any Player’s Club booth to sign up. All guests joining the Player’s Club will receive a free gift.
Visit any Player’s Club booth for official rules.
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.
Feb 17, 2010 | Entertainment
Country artist will perform live in the Arena on Friday, May 14th
Alan Jackson will be hitting the road this spring in support of his forthcoming March studio release Freight Train, the veteran country artist’s 16th full-length effort. Jackson will be performing live at Mohegan Sun Arena on Friday, May 14th at 7:00pm with special guests Josh Turner and Chris Young.
Tickets are $75.00 and $55.00 and go on sale Friday, February 19th at 10:00am through Ticketmaster. Ticketmaster customers may log onto 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, February 20th, subject to availability.
Freight Train, produced by longtime Jackson collaborator Keith Stegall, is due in stores March 30th. The set features the lead single “It’s Just That Way,” which debuted at #50 on the Billboard Country charts in January.
The singer’s previous album, 2008’s Good Time, produced several hit singles including “Small Town Southern Man,” “Country Boy,” “Sissy’s Song” and the title track. The album marked Jackson’s fourth release to simultaneously debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 and the Top Country Albums chart.
Josh Turner released his latest studio effort, Haywire, earlier this month. The lead-off single, “Why Don’t We Just Dance,” which was released in August, debuted at #57 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The song went on to reached #1 in February.
Chris Young released his second album, The Man I Want to Be, last September. The set includes the singles “Voices” and “Gettin’ You Home (The Black Dress Song),” the latter of which has reached #1 on the Country charts.
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.
Feb 17, 2010 | Entertainment
Stand-up comedy live in The Cabaret Theatre on Saturday nights, presented by Treehouse Comedy Productions
Mohegan Sun’s Cabaret Theatre will host some of the biggest names in stand-up this March, beginning on Saturday, March 6th at 9:00pm with Rich Vos, known for his hilarious work on the Opie & Anthony Show.
Tickets for March 6th & 13th are $22.00 and tickets for March 20th & 27th are $20.00. Tickets are on sale now at the Mohegan Sun Box Office and 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.
Rich Vos has done it all in the comedy world. He was a finalist on NBC’s Last Comic Standing, he has starred in two Comedy Central stand-up specials and is a regular guest on such shows as The View, HBO’s Def Comedy Jam and BET’s Comic View. Vos will be joined by special guests Dom Fig and Nore Davis.
On Saturday, March 13th, The Cabaret Theatre will host Jim Florentine and special guests Perry Gardner and Larry DeFelice. Jim Florentine is an Emmy Award-winning comic who is best known as the host of VH1’s That Metal Show. He has also been seen on Comedy Central’s Crank Yankers and Jimmy Kimmel Live.
On Saturday, March 20th, The Cabaret Theatre will host stand-up sensation Richie Byrne and special guests Tina Giorgi and Bob DiBuono. Richie Byrne is a long-time veteran of stage, screen and stand-up. Aside from working comedy venues around the world, Richie has also had television appearances on Comedy Central, VH1, The RosieO’Donnell Show and The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet.
On Saturday, March 27th, The Cabaret Theatre will host headliner Mitchell Walters with special guests Jay Black and RC Smith. Mitchell Walters is one of America’s funniest comedians. He is a regular at all the best comedy clubs in New York and Los Angeles including The Comic Strip and The World Famous Improv. He has been seen on NBC’s The Tonight Show, A&E’s Comedy On The Road, Showtime Comedy Club Network, Rascal’s Comedy Hour and Comedy Central and was one of Sam Kinison’s original “Outlaws of Comedy.”
Treehouse Comedy Productions was born out of the Treehouse Comedy Club, Connecticut’s first and original full-time comedy showcase that began in Westport in 1983. The original club featured then up-and-comers Rosie O’Donnell, Denis Leary and Jon Stewart. With the opening of various satellite venues throughout the state, Treehouse Comedy Productions hosted and helped launch the careers of such noteworthy comics such as Jim Gaffigan and Lisa Lampanelli. Treehouse Comedy Productions have staged more than 10,000 shows in the last twenty-five years, presenting the very best in live stand-up comedy in Connecticut.
For more information on The Cabaret Theatre Presents a Treehouse Comedy Production 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.
Feb 16, 2010 | General News
Mohegan Sun’s popular Bets & Bites package now includes the newest gourmet restaurant addition to the property, Bar Americain by Chef Bobby Flay. Guests can now enjoy a gourmet meal at Todd English’s Tuscany or Bar Americain, a complimentary cookbook and even a free bet.
The package includes:
– A one-night stay at Mohegan Sun’s luxurious hotel
– A reservation at Bar Americain or Todd English’s Tuscany with a $100.00 food and beverage credit applied to your room
– A visit to your table by the restaurant’s chef
– A complimentary cookbook by either Bobby Flay or Todd English (depending on your restaurant choice).
– One $10.00 free bet per person
For two people starting at $139.00 per person.
To book the Bets & Bites package, call 1.888.777.7922 and mention code PTFBV.
Restrictions may apply to all packages. Pricing is based on a one-night stay and double occupancy. Taxes and gratuity are not included. Packages are based on availability. Guests must be 21 years of age or older to use free bet coupons.
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.
Feb 15, 2010 | Gaming, General News
Wins $1.2 million on a Wheel of Fortune® MegaJackpot®
UNCASVILLE, CT – A Massachusetts woman struck it big at Mohegan Sun over the weekend, winning just under $1.3 million on a five-dollar Wheel of Fortune® progressive MegaJackpot® in Casino of the Sky near Wombi Rock.
Kerri Murray of Revere, Massachusetts said, “I always play this game and this particular machine.” After investing around $300.00 into the winning machine, Murray reported being surprised to find she had won the top progressive prize. “Oh my God! Complete shock! I thought it was $10,000, then realized it was over a million!” she reported. Immediate plans for the new millionaire will include buying a new truck and “taking my boyfriend to Aruba.”
Saturday’s MegaJackpot® is the third and largest to be paid this year at Mohegan Sun. On January 11th, an impressive $677,912 Jeopardy!® MegaJackpot® prize was awarded. Just one week ago, on February 6th, a lucky customer walked away with $704,939 from a Wheel of Fortune® progressive jackpot on a one-dollar machine. Since 1996, 166 MegaJackpots® have been paid at the casino totaling nearly $117 million.
The five-dollar Wheel of Fortune® progressive system has a starting jackpot of one million dollars. In order to win the MegaJackpot®, a player bets ten dollars at a time while attempting to line up the Wheel of Fortune® symbols on the machine’s payline. Each time a coin is played in a linked machine, anywhere in the network, the cumulative jackpot grows and continues to build until it is won.
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. For more information, please visit mohegansun.com.
Feb 9, 2010 | Entertainment
Due to overwhelming demand, a third and final show has been added on Sunday, July 4th
Due to overwhelming demand, Grammy award-winning singer Michael Bublé has added a third and final show at
Mohegan Sun Arena on Sunday, July 4th at 8:00pm. His first two shows, which went on sale this past weekend, sold-out in less than 15 minutes.
Tickets are $100.00 and $85.00 and go on sale Friday, February 12th at 10:00am through Ticketmaster. Ticketmaster customers may log onto 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, February 13th, subject to availability.
Bublé’s platinum plus CD Crazy Love debuted on the Billboard Top 200 charts at #1 in October and has been the #1 album on Billboard’s Traditional Jazz charts for the last sixteen weeks with no signs of slowing down. In addition, he won his second Grammy award this year for “Best Traditional Pop Album” for Michael Bublé Meets Madison Square Garden.
On the international front, Crazy Love reached #1 in the UK, Canada, Australia, Italy, Holland, Ireland and South Africa. The album is already four-times platinum in the UK, Canada and Australia with international sales over three million copies.
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.
Feb 8, 2010 | Gaming, General News
UNCASVILLE, CT – Mohegan Sun awarded a $704,939 Wheel of Fortune® MegaJackpot® on a one-dollar machine in Casino of the Sky on Saturday, February 6th. The winner, who asked to remain anonymous, said he was visiting the casino with a friend and “always plays the same bank of six machines, and only Wheel of Fortune®.” When asked how he felt upon realizing his MegaJackpot® win, the winner replied, “I saw the first two drop and then I saw the third drop in slow motion. Then I screamed ‘I hit the progressive!’” The excited winner went on to say he will share his news with only a few close friends and plans to use his winnings to pay bills and as a down payment on a house.
Saturday’s MegaJackpot® is the second to be paid already this year and the second to be awarded in less than one month at Mohegan Sun. On January 11th, Mohegan Sun paid an impressive $677,912 Jeopardy! ® MegaJackpot® prize. In 2009, Mohegan Sun paid fourteen MegaJackpots® totaling an amazing $3.48 million and since opening in 1996, 165 MegaJackpots® have been paid totaling over $115 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. For more information, please visit mohegansun.com.
Feb 5, 2010 | Entertainment
Singer/songwriter celebrates his 36th performance at Mohegan Sun by adding his star to the Walk of Fame
Mohegan Sun is pleased to announce that one of Rock music’s most prolific performers, Aaron Lewis, 
has joined the elite list entertainers who have become a part of Mohegan Sun’s Walk of Fame. His induction took place Friday, February 5th in the forecourt of the Mohegan Sun Box Office. Accepting his honor before a very large crowd of excited fans, a grinning Lewis said, “Thank you all so much for coming out here today! I really am honored to join the list of great performers on Mohegan Sun’s Walk of Fame”
As the co-founder and lead singer of Massachusetts-based Alternative Rock band Staind, Lewis is the innovator behind some of the most memorable songs of the past decade, including the #1 single “It’s Been a While,” which spent sixteen weeks on Billboard’s Modern Rock chart.
About Mohegan Sun
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 by visiting mohegansun.com.
Feb 5, 2010 | General News, Special Events, Sports
One of the most storied franchises in sports history will display its record 27th World Series trophy on February 13th
Mohegan Sun welcomes the New York Yankees’ Tour of Champions 2009 World Series Trophy Tour. On Saturday, February 13th from 11:00am to 3:00pm, fans can visit and take photographs of the 2009 trophy on display in the Spring Gateway located in The Shops at Mohegan Sun.
The 2009 World Series Champion New York Yankees opened Yankee Stadium at the start of the 2009 season and wrapped it up with a major league best, 103 wins and 57 of those wins coming at home and a World Championship.
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.
Feb 5, 2010 | Community Relations, Entertainment, Special Events
Mohegan Sun celebrates the Year of the Tiger on February 21st (Click here for Chinese)
Get ready to ring in the Year of the Tiger as Mohegan Sun gears up for the Chinese New Year on Sunday, February 21st. To commemorate the longest and most significant Chinese holiday, Mohegan Sun will host a variety of events including renowned Mandarin Pop band SuperBand at Mohegan Sun Arena, a traditional Lion Dance, the Money God, an appearance by Miss New York Chinese 2009, special menus at Sunrise Square and extraordinary bus giveaways.
The celebration begins with two performances from Taiwanese Mandarin Pop sensations, SuperBand formed by four veteran singers; Lo Ta-yu, Jonathan Lee, Wakin Chau and Chang Chen-yue at Mohegan Sun Arena on Sunday, February 21st. 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 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. The Money God and Miss NY Chinese 2009 will be present in The Shops at Mohegan Sun concourse from noon to 1:00pm, handing out red envelopes symbolizing good luck as well as Money God posters which attracts wealth and prosperity. Photo opportunities will also be available.
Special dishes will be served at a number of the restaurants at Mohegan Sun. Bamboo Forest will be open from February 13th through February 21st for dinner, excluding February 17th and 18th; 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 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. Sunrise Square will be serving a special event menu during the holiday with varieties of Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese cuisines and special festive dishes including Golden Shrimp and Sauteed Crabmeat with Pea Leaves.
Getting to Mohegan Sun just got easier and more convenient as several bus companies from New York and Massachusetts have teamed up with Mohegan Sun to offer an exceptional package to the bus travelers. In addition to the $65.00 bus package from Manhattan or Flushing, New York and $75.00 bus package from Brooklyn, New York and Massachusetts; starting February 14th and running through February 25th, bus travelers will receive a lucky red envelope containing cash anywhere from $5.00 to $1,000 or a $10.00 match play coupon upon arrival, excluding from 4:00pm, February 20th to 4:00pm, February 21st.
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 the Asian Marketing hotline1.877.999.9977 or visiting mohegansun.com/888.
