Legends in Concert to Return This Summer to Foxwoods Resort Casino
Lori Potter
Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Enterprises
Public Relations Department
860-312-4010
LPotter@foxwoods.com
Keith Gainsboro
Elevate Communications
617-861-3650
kgainsboro@elevatecom.com
MASHANTUCKET, CT (January 13, 2010) – On the heels of its record-breaking engagement in 2009, “Legends in Concert,” the pioneer of live tribute shows, is set to heat things up at Foxwoods Resort Casino once again this summer, opening on May 28 with eight performances scheduled each week through September 6, and with three stellar lineups of iconic performers. More than 100,000 tickets to the world-class show were purchased by Foxwoods guests during its recently completed 20 week schedule, which included summer and holiday engagements. The exciting new 2010 edition of the award-winning stage show spectacular, which features live recreations of yesterday’s and today’s hottest superstars, promises to be more popular than ever, with tickets available for just $25 and on sale January 19.
Tickets purchases, the weekly line-up and performance schedules are available online at foxwoods.com, by calling the Foxwoods Box Office at 800-200-2882, by calling Ticketmaster, or in person at the Foxwoods Box Office.
With its evolving cast, original choreography, elaborate sets, and spectacular costumes, “Legends” has won international acclaim since its 1983 Las Vegas debut. For its 2010 summer run at Foxwoods, the show’s varied lineups feature many of the most renowned tribute acts in show business. From May 28 through the entire month of June, catch Barbra Streisand, Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra, Diana Ross, and Faith Hill. July’s lineup includes Elvis Presley, Prince, Tim McGraw and soon to be announced, two additional tribute artists will take the Foxwoods stage. And August 7 through September 6, it’s Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Aretha Franklin, Christina Aguilera, Michael Jackson, and Justin Timberlake. All will be backed by an outstanding live band and the Legends singers and dancers.
Foxwoods Resort Casino and MGM Grand at Foxwoods feature first-rate entertainment venues that host a wide array of world-class performers. Many other contemporary superstar events are already on sale for Foxwoods’s 2010 entertainment lineup including Mariah Carey, “America’s Got Talent” and Carrie Underwood; the full list may be found at foxwoods.com.
About Foxwoods and MGM Grand at Foxwoods
North America’s largest casino, Foxwoods Resort Casino® is located in the rolling hills of southeastern Connecticut and is easily accessible from Boston, New York, Hartford, and Providence. Owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, Foxwoods features six casinos with more than 7,200 slots, 380 table games, the only WPT World Poker Room™ in New England, High Stakes Bingo, and Ultimate Race Book. There are 1,416 guest rooms and suites in three hotels, more than 30 restaurants, a luxurious spa, more than 50,000 square feet of premium meeting and event space, 24 retail shops, and five entertainment venues, including the 1,400-seat Fox Theatre. Conveniently located adjacent to Foxwoods is Lake of Isles™, featuring two 18-hole championship golf courses designed by Rees Jones and a state-of-the-art Golf Academy. In May 2008, the MGM Grand at Foxwoods® debuted, adding 825 luxurious guest rooms, 115,000 square feet of meeting space, the 4,000-seat MGM Grand Theater, a 21,000-square-foot spa, and more dining, retail, and gaming facilities, bolstering Foxwoods’ preeminence as the East Coast’s ultimate casino resort destination. Foxwoods supports responsible gaming, and plays a leadership role in the Connecticut Council of Problem Gambling, of which it was a founding entity. For more information, call 1-800-FOXWOODS or visit www.foxwoods.com.
About the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation
The Mashantucket Pequots are a native Algonquin people in southeastern Connecticut, having endured centuries of conflict, survival, and continuity on and around one of America’s oldest Indian reservations, established in 1666. As the first native people within the borders of the continental United States to suffer attempted genocidal massacre by Puritan Colonists in 1637, the Pequots and their repatriation is an unprecedented story of restoration exhibited in detail at the Tribe’s world-class Museum and Research Center (www.pequotmuseum.org). Today the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation owns the largest resort casino in the world, Foxwoods Resort Casino (www.foxwoods.com), along with several other economic ventures including the Lake of Isles Golf Course (www.lakeofisles.com), a joint-venture partnership establishing the MGM Grand at Foxwoods, and Foxwoods Development Company dedicated to world-class resort development throughout the United States and Caribbean. All together, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation remains one of the State of Connecticut’s highest tax payers and largest employers. Likewise, the Tribe provides significant financial contributions to state and local nonprofit organizations that support neighboring communities.