MASHANTUCKET, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Foxwoods® Resort Casino today reported slot revenue of $39.7 million for the month of October 2014. This figure is down 5.6 percent compared to $42.1 million in October of 2013. Handle for the month was $477.2 million, down .7 percent from the $480.7 million wagered in the same month in 2013.
Foxwoods’ contribution to the Connecticut Special Revenue Fund this month is $10.2 million bringing the cumulative contribution to the state since Foxwoods opened in 1992 to nearly $3.7 billion.
October was an exciting month for guests of Foxwoods Resort Casino with the biggest and brightest acts coming through the property’s legendary Fox Theater, spectacular Grand Theater, and intimate Comix Comedy Club, including the Rock n’ Roll Fantasy Camp featuring The Who’s Roger Daltrey, Weezer, Stone Temple Pilots and Steven Wright.
The excitement continues in November when The Temptations Revue takes over the Fox Theater on November 19, followed by A Special Evening with Patti LaBelle on November 21 in the Grand Theater and comedian Sean O’Connor in Comix at Foxwoods on November 28-29. November also begins Foxwoods’ Stuff The Bus holiday giving campaign to benefit the United Way of Southeastern Connecticut and its Tommy Toy Fund.
In addition, Foxwoods ramps up the festive holiday season with a special holiday engagement of Legends in Concert, the pioneer of live tribute shows, from November 28 through January 3, 2015. This unique holiday show features an all-star lineup of the ‘best of the best’ of tribute artists including Elvis, Michael Jackson, The Blues Brothers™, Madonna and Whitney Houston all performing their signature hits and holiday favorites. Known for the hot live band, outstanding choreography, dazzling singers and dancers and of course bright and beautiful sets, the holiday celebration promises to be captivating.
About Foxwoods ® Resort Casino
Foxwoods
Resort Casino is one of the premier entertainment destinations in the
Northeast. As the largest resort casino in North America, Foxwoods
offers a vast array of gaming in six casinos; AAA Four-Diamond hotels,
restaurants from gourmet to express, world-renowned spas,
awarding-winning golf, state-of-the-art theaters, and exclusive
retailers. Perfect for both recreation and business, Foxwoods provides
modern and versatile convention and meeting space to infuse new life
into any meeting or event. Foxwoods Resort Casino is owned and operated
by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation. For a comprehensive look at
Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation visit
Foxwoods.com.
About the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation
The Mashantucket
Pequots are a native Algonquin people in southeastern Connecticut who
endured centuries of conflict and survive today on the oldest
continuously occupied reservation in the U.S., dating to its
establishment 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).