For Immediate Release
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
This Week at Lone Star Park
(Thursday, April 26 through Sunday, April 29)
Thursday, April 26
• Double Date Discount: For only $64 (a $127 value), two couples will receive four general admissions, four box seats, four Lone Star Today racing programs and four Value Baskets that include a cheeseburger, fries and large Pepsi.
• Bar & Book Happy Hour: Customers can check out the new Bar & Book, Lone Star Park’s newly-renovated simulcast facility, while enjoying happy hour, Monday through Friday 4 – 7 p.m. Happy hour specials include $3 well drinks and $2 select domestic drafts. Admission and parking to Bar & Book is free.
Friday, April 27
• Party at the Park: Customers can enjoy live racing, live music and $2 Beer with Party at the Park this Friday, April 27. Signed Sealed Delivered will perform on the Courtyard of Champions stage between the races from 7 to 10 p.m. Then after the races, the party continues indoors in Bar & Book for more music and drink specials. Party at the Park occurs every Friday night during the Spring Thoroughbred Season excluding concert nights. Visit LoneStarPark.com for complete band schedule.
• Bar & Book Happy Hour: Customers can check out the new Bar & Book, Lone Star Park’s newly-renovated simulcast facility, while enjoying happy hour, Monday through Friday 4 – 7 p.m. Happy hour specials include $3 well drinks and $2 select domestic drafts. Admission and parking to Bar & Book is free.
Saturday, April 28
• Live Racing featuring the Texas Mile: One of Lone Star Park’s premiere stakes races, the Grade 3, $200,000 Texas Mile, occurs on Saturday, April 28. Grandstand Gates open at 11:30 a.m., and the first live race begins at 1:35 p.m. Identity Theft will perform on the Courtyard of Champions stage between the races. The Texas Mile is scheduled for the 8th race on Saturday’s 9-race card at approximately 4:51 p.m.
• Star Player Rewards Texas Mile Handicapping Contest: A free handicapping contest will be available to all Star Player Rewards customers on Saturday, April 28 in which they can pick the winners of each of the races on Saturday’s Lone Star Park 9-race card. The member with the most correct selections will earn 500,000 Bonus Points and those that correctly select the winner of the Grade 3, $200,000 Texas Mile will earn 5,000 Bonus Points. To participate, members must swipe their Star Player Rewards cards at a Star Player Rewards kiosk, located at various locations in Bar & Book and the Grandstand. They will then be prompted to make their selections using the touch-screen. The Star Player Rewards program is free to join and rewards customers for wagering, food & beverage purchases and Gift Shop purchases with points redeemable for various items.
Sunday, April 29
• Senior Citizens’ Day and Military Discount Day: All senior citizens’, age 62 or older with a valid I.D., or members of any branch of the military, with a valid military I.D., receive free general admission.
• Pepsi Can Offer: Bring any Pepsi can to Lone Star Park and receive a Pepsi track pack, good for One (1) Free General Admission and One (1) Free Large Pepsi. This offer is only available in the Grandstand for live racing.
• Jazz Brunch in Silks: A live Jazz Trio will perform in Silks dining room from noon – 3 p.m. Enjoy an all-you-can-eat omelet station for $8.95.
Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie, a Class I racetrack operated by Global Gaming Solutions LLC, offers a53-day 2012 Spring Thoroughbred Season which opens Thursday, April 12 and concludes on Sunday, July 8. Live racing will be held four days a week, Thursday and Friday at 6:35 p.m. (except Thursday, May 31 and Thursday, July 5 when there will be no live racing), and Saturday and Sunday at 1:35 p.m. The racing program on Memorial Day, May 28, will start at 1:35 p.m. Special twilight programs will be held at 5 p.m. on both Tuesday, July 3 (with post-race concert by award-winning country artist Pat Green) and Wednesday, July 4 (with the Lone Stars & Stripes Fireworks Celebration).
The track’s 26-day, 2012 Fall Meeting of Champions for American Quarter Horses will be held from Sept. 14 to Nov. 10.
Lone Star Park is also home to the multi-million dollar simulcast racebook, sports bar and event venue, Bar & Book. The 36,000 square foot venue is open to the public 363 days a year.
For more information on Lone Star Park visit LoneStarPark.com
Global Gaming Solutions, LLC (GGS), is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Chickasaw Nation with a primary business focus of pursuing entertainment, gaming and racing related opportunities in emerging jurisdictions in the United States and overseas as well as acquisition of regional gaming and entertainment assets. GGS LLC is the parent company of GG RP, which owns Remington Park in Oklahoma City, OK and GG LSP. Global Gaming Solutions, LLC, is the track operator who owns the license to operate Lone Star Park and leases the property from the Grand Prairie Sports Facilities Development Corporation.
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