Nov 14, 2025 | Food & Beverage, General News, Travel & Leisure
This Thanksgiving, Mohegan Sun invites guests to skip cooking and indulge in an array of festive dining experiences across its award-winning restaurants. On Thursday, November 27th, guests can savor holiday favorites at Beauty & Essex, The Lansdowne Irish Pub & Music House, Michael Jordan’s Steak House, MJ23 Sports Bar & Grill, TAO Asian Bistro & Lounge, and more. Mohegan Sun FanDuel Sportsbook is also celebrating Thanksgiving with their 1st and 10 beer and wings special. Guests can also take advantage of upcoming Black Friday + Cyber Monday Mohegan deals.
Featured Thanksgiving Specials at Mohegan Sun:
The Farm Italy
Guests can start their meal with Shrimp Cocktail ($17) served with cocktail sauce and lemon, a Gem Salad ($13) featuring romaine, focaccia crisp, herbs, and Grana dressing, or Meatball ($16) baked with mozzarella, pomodoro, and basil.
For entrées, enjoy an 8oz. Filet Mignon ($57) accompanied by spinach, garlic oil, and house steak sauce, or Salmon ($34) prepared with Espelette chili, roasted peppers, artichoke, and spinach.
Finish with a slice of Apple or Pumpkin Pie ($15), topped with whipped cream and caramel.
Dessert options also include Tiramisu, or Gelato/Sorbet for $15.
Michael Jordan’s Steak House
Begin with Squash Soup ($15), garnished with fried squash, sour cream, and Thai basil.
The main course features a Classic Turkey Dinner ($42) with slow-roasted turkey, haricot verts, stuffing, gravy, red bliss mashed potatoes, and cranberry sauce.
Add a side of Lobster Mac & Cheese ($22), topped with a bacon Cheez-It crust and smoked gouda.
For dessert, indulge in Pumpkin Custard Pie ($15) with vanilla bean ganache and marshmallow fluff.
Beauty & Essex
Celebrate Thanksgiving with The Tuscan Table, available from 11:00am to 2:30pm. Guest can enjoy Classic Roasted Free-Range Turkey with cranberry sauce and turkey gravy for $42.
For a sweet start or finish, try Apple Cider Donuts ($16) served with spiced salted caramel and vanilla ice cream.
The Lansdowne Irish Pub & Music House
Warm up with Sweet Potato Casserole ($10), a creamy blend topped with toasted marshmallows. Savor Turkey Sliders ($15) with house-roasted turkey breast, cheddar cheese, and horseradish cranberry sauce on a brioche bun.
The Roast Turkey Dinner ($32) includes mashed potatoes, turkey gravy, cranberry sauce, sautéed peas, green beans, cauliflower, and apple stuffing.
Finish with a Specialty Dessert: Pecan Pie served with ice cream for $12.
MJ23 Sports Bar & Grill
Start with Bacon-Wrapped Apples ($15), paired with Cherrywood smoked bacon, cranberry chili glaze and Boursin dip.
Enjoy a Classic Turkey Dinner ($42) with slow-roasted turkey, haricot verts, stuffing, gravy, red bliss mashed potatoes, and cranberry sauce.
Dessert features a Pecan Pie Brownie topped with salted caramel ice cream for $15.
TAO Asian Bistro & Lounge
Enjoy Roasted Duck Dumplings ($25) served with Szechuan garlic gravy, spiced fig, and plum chutney.
Tom’s Watch Bar
From November 27th through December 1st, guests can enjoy $2 off 22oz draft beers.
Mohegan Sun FanDuel Sportsbook 1st and 10 Special.
Mohegan Sun FanDuel Sportsbook, home to the largest video wall on the East Coast, celebrates Thanksgiving with their 1st and 10 Special, offering guests a 16oz draft beer and 10 wings for just $10. The wings feature Mohegan Sun FanDuel’s exclusive Thanksgiving Cranberry Apple Butter wing sauce! Current draft beers on rotation at the Sportsbook include Samuel Adams, Blue Moon, Two Roads Brewing, Kona, Down East Cider and more. More information is available HERE.
Black Friday & Cyber Monday
With a booking window between November 18th and December 3rd, Mohegan Sun’s Black Friday Hotel Flash Sale will be available for guests, offering 30% off stays. This promotion allows for travel dates between November 18th and December 31st!
For more information on Mohegan Sun’s award-winning hotel experience, visit mohegansun.com/hotel-spa-and-golf.html
12 Days of Hoops & Holly-Deals will also soon arrive on the Connecticut Sun Official Team App. Each day will have something new with deals varying from merch offerings, ticket packages, and enter to win opportunities for the 2026 season! For more information and to download the app, click HERE.
ABOUT MOHEGAN SUN
Owned by Mohegan, 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 two unique casinos, 1,600 deluxe hotel rooms, two world-class spas, two distinct convention centers, an expo center, a golf course, over 70 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 X and Instagram @mohegansun and view us on YouTube.
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Dec 3, 2021 | Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Gaming, Special Events, Travel & Leisure
The Holiday spirit is in full swing as well, with a life-size Gingerbread house, incredible holiday concerts, a Free Winter Wonderland Escape Room and an all-new digital Mohegan Sun gift
Mohegan Sun is
inviting guests to welcome in 2022 in style, as the Uncas Ballroom rolls out the “Party into the New Year,” celebration from 10:30pm – 1:00am, equipped with an open bar, DJ V Tech setting the tone for the dance floor, a Midnight champagne toast and a breakfast buffet! Both the award-winning Mohegan Sun Arena and Wolf Den will also feature can’t-miss NYE performances. Leading up to this spectacular night, Mohegan Sun is also once again in the full holiday spirit, featuring Chef Lynn’s life-size Gingerbread House, the Free Winter Wonderland & Santa’s Workshop Escape Room and an all-new simplified way to send Mohegan Sun gift cards to loved ones.
Tickets for the 21+ Party into the New Year celebration inside Uncas Ballroom on Friday, December 31st are $125.00 in advance and $150.00 for day-of purchases. Advance tickets are available now through December 30th via Ticketmaster and at the Mohegan Sun Box Office. This NYE bash will bring electrifying music and an all-around good time, with music provided by DJ V Tech, based out of Las Vegas. Night-of event tickets will be available and club-style attire is required.
Available through mohegansun.com, launched this holiday season is the first-ever digital Mohegan Sun gift card. Powered by eGIFTIFY, these new online gift-cards can be purchased directly via mohegansun.com/giftcards and used towards shopping, dining, entertainment, Mohegan Sun’s world-class hotel, Mandara Spa, Mohegan Sun Golf Club, Mohegan Sun’s Mobil Gas Station and more. Digital gift cards are able to be sent to recipients by email, SMS, Facebook or by printing off a copy. Traditional gift cards are also available at Mohegan Sun (and online) this holiday season and throughout the year. Gift cards cannot be used towards gaming. More information is available by calling 1.888.MOHEGAN
The Beach Boys: Holiday Harmonies also takes center stage this New Year’s Eve at Mohegan Sun. Fans can close out the year right with Mike Love and The Beach Boys as they celebrate the season with a mix of holiday classics from the band’s Christmas album and more. Join the iconic band for a show to remember at 8:00pm on December 31st at Mohegan Sun Arena. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster and the Mohegan Sun Box Office.
The famous Boogie Wonder Band also returns to the Wolf Den for another NYE performance, taking fans back in time to the 70s & 80s. This 10-piece band will play Funk grooves and Disco-strutting jams in the Wolf Den, for two free shows at 8:00pm and 11:00pm on Friday, December 31st. Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis and guests may line up no sooner than three hours before the show. Guests must be 21 years of age or older to enter the Wolf Den.
Now through January 9th, Mohegan Sun guests can travel through the Free Winter Wonderland & Santa’s Workshop Escape Room, located in The Shops at Mohegan Sun across from Todd English’s Tuscany. To gain entry, a group must have someone 21+ download and sign up for the real money online casino experience through the all-new real money MoheganSunCasino.com apps (Android + iOS), home to hundreds of slots, table games, video poker and more. In the Winter Wonderland Maze, guests will find a Christmas tree farm photo vignette, an ugly holiday sweater vignette, a classic 1950’s living room and a Candy Cane swing scene. Families can save their money on Santa and holiday card photos this year too, as the Free Winter Wonderland at Mohegan Sun offers various holiday vignette photo ops, as well as photos with Santa himself! Hours of operation and more information is available HERE.
Lansdowne Irish Pub & Music House will also be featuring music by DJ Cribb on New Year’s Eve, as well as hosting a champagne toast, party favors and more. The festivities at Lansdowne begin at 9:00pm, and cover starts at $30.00. VIP reservations can be made by emailing [email protected].
For the full lineup of events, including entertainment at Comix Roadhouse, novelle and more, visit mohegansun.com/NYE
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 two unique casinos, 1,600 deluxe hotel rooms, two world-class spas, a golf course, over 80 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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Nov 23, 2021 | Entertainment, Gaming, General News, Special Events
Guests are welcome to enjoy a holiday-themed, family-friendly escape room starting Friday, November 26th
UNCASVILLE, CT (November 23, 2021) – MoheganSunCasino.com recently rolled out a Halloween Escape Room experience in The Shops at Mohegan Sun and now an all-new experience is set to begin just in time for the holiday season! MoheganSunCasino.com’s Winter Wonderland Escape Room opens Friday, November 26th in same location at The Shops at Mohegan Sun, and it brings festive fun for the whole family to enjoy. To take advantage of the free escape room experience, groups must have at least one person that is 21+ and registers an account at MoheganSunCasino.com.
Sunshine Video, a colorful video rental store that was once the home base for guests to escape the Sunshine Slasher, is now decked out for the holiday season, complete with tributes to holiday movie classics, and a gif making station with a winter wonderland maze that boasts seven winter vignettes perfect for Instagrammable moments, family photos and making memories to last for years to come. But the real order of the day is to solve Sunshine Video’s latest escape room dilemma. A disgruntled employee was transported into the movie “Naughty or Nice” and has destroyed Santa’s List. Can the new employees get the Naughty or Nice list back together before Christmas Eve? It’s up to the newest Sunshine Video team members to find out!
MoheganSunCasino.com’s Winter Wonderland Escape Room will be open from Noon – 10:00pm on Friday, November 26th and Saturday, November 27th, and from Noon – 8:00pm on Sunday, November 28th. Starting December 2nd, the escape room will be open Thursdays and Fridays from 3:00pm – 9:00pm, Saturdays from Noon – 10:00pm and Sundays from Noon – 8:00pm. MoheganSunCasino.com‘s Winter Wonderland Escape Room will be closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Guests who download the new, real money MoheganSunCasino.com app on their phone (iOS and Android) will be able to book a trip through the experience for free. MoheganSunCasino.com is filled with hundreds of casino games, including various slots like Wheel of Fortune, Blackjack, Roulette, Video Poker and more. Those who download and register a MoheganSunCasino.com account throughout the winter season will have the opportunity to enter to win a variety of prizes, ranging from $25,000 to $50,000 in cash prizes, and some surprise Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 sweepstakes just in time for the holidays! Guests who have already created an account with MoheganSunCasino.com will also be able to book for free. Guests must be 21 and older to create a MoheganSunCasino.com account.
Media interested in a sneak peek of the Winter Wonderland Escape Room can contact Cody Chapman at [email protected].
If someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call 1.888.789.7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat.
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 two unique casinos, 1,600 deluxe hotel rooms, two world-class spas, a golf course, over 80 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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May 2, 2019 | Entertainment, General News, Special Events
Due to an unforeseen scheduling conflict, Straight No Chaser moved their Friday, December 20th show at Mohegan Sun Arena to Monday, December 23rd. All tickets purchased for the original date will be honored on December 23rd. More information about the show can be found at sncmusic.com.
“The Open Bar Tour” stops by the Arena December 23rd
UNCASVILLE, CT (May 2, 2019) – Beloved a capella group Straight No Chaser returns to Mohegan Sun Arena just in time for the holiday season with “The Open Bar Tour” on Monday, December 23rd at 8:00pm.
Tickets are $30.00 and go on sale Friday, May 10th at 10:00am through Ticketmaster. Ticketmaster customers may log on to ticketmaster.com. Tickets will also be available at the Mohegan Sun Box Office beginning on Saturday, May 11th at 10:00am, subject to availability.
Straight No Chaser’s latest studio album, ONE SHOT sees SNC doing what they do best with distinctive takes on classic Pop and Soul favorites, including Ricky Martin’s “Livin La Vida Loca,” Fleetwood Mac’s “Go Your Own Way,” James Brown’s “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag,” and the LP’s first single, an energetic mash-up of Boyz II Men and Montell Jordan entitled “Motownphilly/This Is How We Do It.” The track is joined by an official lyric video, streaming now at the official SNC YouTube channel.
ONE SHOT is further highlighted by a richly harmonized version of Simon & Garfunkel’s “Homeward Bound” in which the hard-touring group expresses their deep yearning for the comforts of family life. In addition, the LP features alongside seven entertaining conversational interludes wherein the nine members of Straight No Chaser trace their unlikely rise from an undergraduate singing group at Indiana University to a beloved Atlantic Records act with a devoted international fanbase.
Last year saw the release of a very special 10th Anniversary Edition of HOLIDAY SPIRITS featuring two brand new bonus tracks, “That’s Why We Celebrate” and “The 12 Days Of Christmas: 2018 Remix (Live)”. HOLIDAY SPIRITS: 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION is available all music retailers and streaming services.
Mohegan Sun Arena is now ranked consistently among the top venues in the world according to Billboard Magazine, Pollstar and Venues Now. Mohegan Sun Arena is consistently ranked among the top three “Arenas in the World for its Size” and top 15 in the “World for All Size Venues.” The award – winning venue is the “#1 Casino Venue in the World,” “#1 Social Media Venue in the World” and a seven – time national award – winner for “Arena of the Year.” 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.
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Nov 9, 2018 | General News
Starring Backstreet Boys with special guests Gavin DeGraw and AJR at Mohegan Sun Arena on Friday, December 14th
UNCASVILLE, CT (November 9, 2018) – 96.5 TIC rings in the holidays with their All – Star Christmas show starring Backstreet Boys with special guests Gavin DeGraw and AJR at Mohegan Sun Arena on Friday, December 14th at 8:00pm. That’s right – Backstreet Boys had such a great time at last year’s sold out All – Star Christmas, they’re coming back this year!
Tickets are $75.00, $60.00 and $50.00 and go on sale Monday, November 12th 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 Tuesday, November 13th, subject to availability.
Backstreet Boys are thrilled to announce the release of their new album DNA, coming out January 25th. Earlier today, to get fans excited, BSB released their new single, a Ryan Tedder, Shawn Mendes penned track “Chances.”
“When this group started 26 years ago – and through all the highs and lows of our career – we’ve had to learn it wasn’t about us as individuals but about what’s best for the group,” says Howie D.
“That’s what I love about this album,” adds Kevin Richardson. “We were able to bring all of our influences and styles into one coherent piece of work. These songs are a great representation of who we are as individuals and who we are as a group. It’s our DNA. We’re really proud of that.”
“The journey is ongoing with us and there is so much left to do,” says Brian Littrell. “We’re living the next chapter that hasn’t been told yet, and that’s exciting.”
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.
