For Immediate Release
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Thursday, May 17
• 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, May 18
• Party at the Park: Customers can enjoy live racing, live music and $2 Beer with Party at the Park this Friday, May 18. The Project will perform on the Courtyard of Champions stage between the races from 7 to 11 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.
• Preakness Stakes Advance Wagering: Customers may place their wagers a day early on the Preakness Stakes and the rest of Saturday’s Pimlico race card on Friday.
• 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, May 19
• Preakness Stakes Day: Watch, wager and win on the 137th running of the Preakness Stakes simulcast live from Pimlico, featuring Kentucky Derby winner, I’ll Have Another. Bar & Book will open early at 9:30 a.m. First race post time at Pimlico, 9:30 a.m. Grandstand gates open at 11:30 a.m. First live Race at Lone Star Park is 1:35 p.m. Post time of the Preakness Stakes is approximately 5:18 p.m. Drive-thru wagering will also be available at Parking Gate 2 from 8 a.m. until post time of the Preakness Stakes. Customers can also enjoy live music featuring Scott McCurry on our Courtyard of Champions stage from 1 to 5 p.m.
Sunday, May 20
• 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.
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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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