Oct 21, 2013 | Entertainment, General News
Live on December 31st
Mohegan Sun rings in the New Year with Cirque Celebration, an original and exclusive stage production from Neil Goldberg and the famed Cirque Dreams entertainment brand. This unique celebration will be performed in the Mohegan Sun Arena and presented in-the-round offering guests a 360 degree view of the action. The performance is scheduled for Tuesday, December 31st at 7:00pm.
Tickets are $25.00 and go on sale Friday, October 25th 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 Saturday, October 26th, subject to availability.
Cirque Celebration is a 75-minute heart-pounding, non-stop colorful explosion of athleticism, acrobatic audacity and festive imagination. Sparkling aerialists take flight while glistening transformations reveal superhuman displays of power and strength. With spectacular costumes and an original score, audiences will marvel at an array of awe-inspiring characters and feats that will leave you breathless. Over 20 performers from 10 countries showcase world-class skills in this Cirque Celebration of the New Year. You’ll see performers as penguins, snowmen and in other cool costumes, twirling, spinning and soaring through the air while gravity-defying acrobats bounce, jump and balance in disbelief. This Cirque Celebration has something in it for everyone…it’s a cirque show, Broadway musical and New Year’s spectacular for the entire family.
ABOUT CIRQUE DREAMS & NEIL GOLDBERG– Cirque Dreams shows have entertained over 50 million people since 1993 across thousands of cities worldwide in theatres, casinos, theme parks, cruise lines, and on Broadway. In 20 years, Cirque Productions has evolved into an enterprise of accomplished producers, directors and innovators, hand-picked by founder and Broadway director Neil Goldberg, that have transformed Cirque Dreams into a global entertainment brand and business empire widely respected by critics, industry leaders and fans alike. In this groundbreaking 20th Anniversary year, the company will open 7 shows, employ over 150 artists from over 15 countries and design, rehearse and produce every show component from within the company’s 30,000 square foot Dream Studios production complex in Pompano Beach, FL. Throughout 2013, the company continues expanding its current entertainment franchise with 4 new Cirque Dreams shows including Cirque Dreams & Dinner – Jungle Fantasy onboard Norwegian Breakaway, Cirque Dreams Splashtastic at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Cirque Dreams Rocks at Moon Palace Golf Resort & Spa in Cancun and Cirque Dreams Revealed at Revel-Casino Hotel, Atlantic City. Cirque Dreams Holidaze continues its 5th season of performing 2 simultaneous tours in the U.S. and Mexico.
Mohegan Sun Arena is ranked 3rd in the U.S. and 5th in the world by Billboard Magazine and was the 2008 and 2010 recipient of a Country Music Award for “Casino of The Year.” Venues Today also ranked Mohegan Sun Arena #3 in 2012 and ranked it in the top six of “Top Stops of The Decade” in 2012. Venues Today also named Mohegan Sun Arena #4 in mid-year Top Stops for 2013. 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.
Oct 7, 2013 | Entertainment, General News, Special Events
Live in concert on March 1st; Tickets on sale Friday, October 11th
Platinum-selling Rock band, Imagine Dragons announced their Into The Night Tour today with a date set for Mohegan Sun. Produced by Live Nation, the Into The Night Tour will take the band to over 20 cities across North America. Alternative rockers The Naked And Famous will join the Into The Night Tour as special guests. It all goes down on Saturday, March 1st beginning at 7:30pm at Mohegan Sun Arena.
Tickets are $49.50 and go on sale Friday, October 11th at 10:00am through Ticketmaster. Ticketmaster customers may log on to ticketmaster; call any Ticketmaster 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 Saturday, October 12th subject to availability.
Fans can also visit bit.ly/ImagineDragonsRSVP to RSVP for early access to presale tickets available at 10:00am local time on Thursday, October 10th. Citi® cardmembers will have access to presale tickets starting Tuesday, October 8th at 10:00am local time through Citi’s Private Pass® Program. For complete presale details, visit www.citiprivatepass.com. Live Nation mobile app users will have access to presale tickets beginning Thursday, October 10th at 10:00am local time. Mobile users can text “LNAPP” OR 404040 to download the Live Nation mobile app (available for iOS and Android.). A fan club presale will begin today on October 7th at 10:00am PST. For information on the fan club presale, please visit www.imaginedragonsmusic.com. All presales end at 10:00pm local time on Thursday, October 10th.
“It’s been just over a year since we released our debut album Night Visions and the show of support for the music on and off the road has been unbelievable and humbling,” says lead singer Dan Reynolds. “This is our last North American tour before returning to the studio, so we plan to make it a very special experience for those who come out to share it with us.”
Imagine Dragons’ debut album Night Visions on KIDinaKORNER/Interscope has been certified platinum by the RIAA. The album arrived on the Billboard Top 200 at #2 with the best first-week sales for a full-length debut by a new Rock band in over six years. The album has been propelled by the amazing success of the 2x platinum selling single, “It’s Time” and the 6x platinum follow-up “Radioactive.” The current single, “Demons” has sold over 1.3 million copies. On October 22nd, a bundle will be available with “Demons” remixes, a live acoustic performance of the song, and the music video. Check out the Imagine Dragons Remix of “Demons” here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEsGcO-2GJQ&feature=youtu.be
Rolling Stone proclaimed Imagine Dragons “the biggest breakout of the year” and Entertainment Weekly called 2013 the “Year of the Dragons” while Billboard noted, “Imagine Dragons are Rock’s 2013 live breakout.” The band also just released via iTunes their new film, The Making Of Night Visions, a live documentary that chronicles the recording of the platinum-certified album.
Mohegan Sun Arena is ranked 3rd in the U.S. and 5th in the world by Billboard Magazine and was the 2008 and 2010 recipient of a Country Music Award for “Casino of The Year.” Venues Today also ranked Mohegan Sun Arena #3 in 2012 and ranked it in the top six of “Top Stops of The Decade” in 2012. Venues Today also named Mohegan Sun Arena #4 in mid-year “Top Stops for 2013”. 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.
Oct 7, 2013 | Entertainment, General News
Kenny Rogers with special guest Linda Davis bring holiday tour to Mohegan Sun on Friday, December 6th
With an astonishing recording career that now spans over seven decades, Mohegan Sun is excited to announce that music legend Kenny Rogers with special guest Linda Davis are bringing their Christmas & Hits Through The Years Tour to the Arena on Friday, December 6th at 8:00pm.
Tickets are $35.00 and go on sale Friday, October 11th at 10:00am through Ticketmaster. Ticketmaster customers may log on to ticketmaster.com; call any Ticketmaster 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 Saturday, October 12th subject to availability.
A trailblazing recording artist, vocalist, and entertainer, Kenny Rogers has sold more than 120 million records worldwide and recorded more than 65 albums during his illustrious 56 years in show business. Rogers has charted a record within each of the last seven decades and scored a hit single in the past six. He was the first Country artist to consistently sell out arenas and quickly became a Pop superstar as well – his 28 Billboard Adult Contemporary Top 10’s is fourth-best all time among men, trailing only Elton John, Neil Diamond and Elvis Presley. Rogers has recorded 12 No. 1 albums and 24 No. 1 hits – “The Gambler,” “Lady,” “Lucille,” “Coward Of The County,” “She Believes in Me,” “Islands in the Stream” (with Dolly Parton) and “Every Time Two Fools Collide” (with Dottie West) among them. His Greatest Hits album has sold over 24 million copies worldwide to date. He is the RIAA’s 8th best-selling male artist of all time with one Diamond album, 19 Platinum albums and 31 Gold albums.
Rogers also has a new album entitled You Can’t Make Old Friends releasing tomorrow via Warner Bros. Records. The album reunites Rogers with long-time friend and collaborator, Dolly Parton, for a brand new duet on the title track, “You Can’t Make Old Friends.”
The digital download of You Can’t Make Old Friends is available currently on iTunes here: http://smarturl.it/kennyrogers. Customers who pre-order the new album on iTunes will also receive an instant download of the “You Can’t Make Old Friends” duet. Special pre-sale bundles, including a physical copy of the CD, are being offered at www.kennyrogers.com.
Mohegan Sun Arena is ranked 3rd in the U.S. and 5th in the world by Billboard Magazine and was the 2008 and 2010 recipient of a Country Music Award for “Casino of The Year.” Venues Today also ranked Mohegan Sun Arena #3 in 2012 and ranked it in the top six of “Top Stops of The Decade” in 2012. Venues Today also named Mohegan Sun Arena #4 in mid-year Top Stops for 2013. 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.
Sep 26, 2013 | Breaking News, Entertainment, General News
Mohegan Sun Arena awarded Best Arena of the Year & Tom Cantone wins Entertainment Executive of the Year
Mohegan Sun took home two awards at the G2E Global Gaming Conference’s inaugural Casino Entertainment Awards in Las Vegas last night. Mohegan Sun won Best Arena of the Year, topping MGM Garden Arena in Las Vegas and Thunder Valley Casino Resort Amphitheater in Lincoln, California and Senior Vice President of Sports & Entertainment, Tom Cantone, took home the prize for Entertainment Executive of the Year. Mohegan Sun’s Wolf Den was also nominated for the Best Theater of the Year.
This was the first ever entertainment awards ceremony at the G2E with votes tabulated nationwide.
“Accepting this award is the pinnacle of recognizing the best entertainment team in the nation, who all have ownership of building our entertainment product into one of the elite programs and venues in the world” said Tom Cantone, Senior VP of Sports & Entertainment.
Cantone was recently named to Senior Vice President of Sports and Entertainment for Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (MTGA), operators of Mohegan Sun in Connecticut and Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs in Pennsylvania and Mohegan Gaming Advisors, managers of Resorts Hotel Casino in Atlantic City.
G2E – is world’s largest gaming event from 32 countries, including Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Japan, Korea, Mexico, South Africa, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States. G2E is the premier trade show and conference event for the international gaming entertainment industry held Sept. 23-26, 2013 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas.
Mohegan Sun Arena is ranked 3rd in the U.S. and 5th in the world by Billboard Magazine and was the 2008 and 2010 recipient of a Country Music Award for “Casino of The Year.” Venues Today also ranked Mohegan Sun Arena #3 in 2012 and ranked it in the top six of “Top Stops of The Decade” in 2012. Venues Today also named Mohegan Sun Arena #4 in mid-year Top Stops for 2013. 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.
Sep 23, 2013 | Entertainment, General News
49 city North American tour celebrates the legend’s new Closer To The Truth CD 
It’s now official, the one and only Cher herself revealed that she will kick off her “Dressed To Kill” 49 city North American Tour beginning in Phoenix on March 22nd with a stop in Uncasville, CT on Saturday, April 5th for an 8:00pm show inside Mohegan Sun Arena. Cher shared the happy news with her fans following her performance on the Today Show this morning.
Tickets are $154.75 and $124.75 and go on sale Friday, October 11th at Noon through Ticketmaster. Ticketmaster customers may log on to ticketmaster.com; call any Ticketmaster 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 Saturday, October 12th subject to availability.
For further ticket information and to sign up for tour updates please go to Cher.com or Mohegan Sun.
Cher’s previous tour “The Farewell Tour” later dubbed “The Never Can Say Goodbye Tour” was one of the most successful tours ever by a solo artist and played for a record-breaking 325 dates and seen by over 5.5 million people.
American Express® Cardmembers can purchase their tickets before the general public beginning Monday September 30th, 10:00am through Thursday, October 3rd, 10:00pm.
For all online tickets purchased (presale and general public), ticketholders will receive a free copy of Cher’s new album Closer To The Truth, out September 24th on Warner Bros Records.
Cher is in New York this week celebrating the album’s release with upcoming appearances on David Letterman September 24th and Live! with Kelly & Michael (October 1st). Cher will also be appearing as a mentor with Blake Shelton on NBC’s The Voice airing in October.
Mohegan Sun Arena is ranked 3rd in the U.S. and 5th in the world by Billboard Magazine and was the 2008 and 2010 recipient of a Country Music Award for “Casino of The Year.” Venues Today also ranked Mohegan Sun Arena #3 in 2012 and ranked it in the top six of “Top Stops of The Decade” in 2012. Venues Today also named Mohegan Sun Arena #4 in mid-year Top Stops for 2013.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.
