THIS WEEK AT LONE STAR PARK (Thursday, October 18 through Sunday, October 21)

For Immediate Release
Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Thursday, October 18

• Live American Quarter Horse Racing: Gates open at 5:30 p.m. – First of nine live races is 6:35 p.m. (CDT).

• 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. It’s good for One (1) Free General Admission and One (1) Free Large Pepsi. This offer is only available in the Grandstand for live racing.

Bar & Book Happy Hour: Join us at Bar & Book for happy hour! Happy hour is available from 4 - 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and includes $3 well drinks and $2 select domestic drafts! Plus, don't miss our $5 drink menu that is always available with signature drinks unique to Bar & Book.

Poker at Bar & Book: Join us at Bar & Book each Thursday night to play in the World Poker Tour Amateur Poker League! Two sessions will be available each Thursday, 5 p.m. and 8 p.m., and it is completely free to play. Compete for a $50 mutuel voucher weekly, a $250 mutuel voucher monthly and more than $150,000 in cash and prizes awarded annually by the WPT Amateur Poker League!

 

Friday, October 19

• Live American Quarter Horse Racing: Gates open at 5:30 p.m. – First of nine live races is 6:35 p.m. (CDT).

Texas Classic Derby Trials Featured Tonight: Friday night features five trials for the Grade 1, $400,000 estimated, Texas Classic Derby. A total of 46 horses have drawn in to five races. The 10 with the fastest times qualify for the final to be run on Saturday, November 10. The trials are scheduled races four through eight on the nine race card.

Bar & Book Happy Hour: Join us at Bar & Book for happy hour! Happy hour is available from 4 - 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and includes $3 well drinks and $2 select domestic drafts! Plus, don't miss our $5 drink menu that is always available with signature drinks unique to Bar & Book.

 

Saturday, October 20

• Live American Quarter Horse Racing: Gates open at 5:30 p.m. – First of 14 live races is 6:35 p.m. (CDT).

• Texas Classic Futurity Trials Featured Tonight: Fourteen Trials are scheduled tonight with a total of 139 two-year-olds competing to qualify for the Grade 1, $1,000,000 estimated, Texas Classic Futurity. Top 10 horses with the fastest times advance to the final on Saturday, November 10, 2012.

• Free $5 Wager: Star Player Rewards members will receive a Free $5 Wager on Saturday, October 20! Simply visit any Star Player Rewards kiosk that day to print your voucher.*

*Voucher will print immediately after swiping card.

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Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie, a Class I racetrack operated by Global Gaming Solutions LLC, offers a 26-day 2012 Fall Meeting of Champions for American Quarter Horses which opens Friday, September 14 and concludeson Saturday, November 10.  Live racing will be held three days a week, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 6:35 p.m. 

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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