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Cirque Dreams Illumination VIP Ticket Giveaway

Posted in Community, contest, Events, General Barona Info with tags , , , , on March 22, 2010 by thebaronacasino

By Tonya Gallegos, Special Events

Here at Barona our player’s club members (Club Barona) earn all kinds of cool perks.  We feel it is important to reward our players as much as we can to say thanks for coming to Barona and we use Club Barona to do that.  There are lots of choices out there for players and at Barona we want to provide a great experience with the best value around.  Club Barona allows us to reward our players with all sorts of great stuff like free hotel rooms, food, golf, myFREEPLAY (which is another way of saying FREE CASH) and tickets to exclusive events!  In fact, players get great discounts for food and more just for joining, and it just gets better the more you use your card. 

As part of these Club Barona rewards we have invite-only VIP special events and give out tickets to reward our players.  Every year we do a variety of music and special events including a great fireworks display for Independence Day.  Right now you have the chance to WIN FREE VIP-ONLY Cirque Dreams Illumination tickets for April 9 and 10 and experience the perks for yourself!

Win FREE Tickets!
Simply comment on this post and include the phrase “CLUB BARONA VIP TICKETS” and every weekday from 3/22 through 4/2, 2010 at 4pm, two people will win a pair of tickets to the event!  Winners will be contacted via email.

So what is Cirque Dreams Illumination?  If I were to choose one word to describe it…REMARKABLE!  Cirque Dreams Illumination is a story of passion and fortitude set in an imaginary metropolis.  City dwellers populate the streets wearing dazzling costumes resembling cars, hydrants, barricades, phone booths, shoppers, pedestrians and more.  Marvel as world-class artist reinvent everyday objects, balance on wires, leap structures and redefine flight with entertaining variety and extraordinary occurrences.  Urban acrobatics, musical mayhem, dynamic dancing and bright illusions are ignited by special effects and a trendy original score of jazz, ballroom, pop and beats from the street…something for everyone!

Not a Club Barona member yet?  Sign up for free today to start enjoying all of the amazing benefits.


Ticket Giveaway Rules

  1. To enter to win, participants must comment on the Cirque Dreams blog post at http://blog.barona.com and include the phrase “Club Barona VIP tickets” in their comment.
  2. Each weekday two (2) winners will be randomly chosen from the list of qualifying submitted comments on the Cirque Dreams article in the blog to win a pair of tickets.
  3. Participant must have a valid email address to be considered.
  4. Winners will be picked at 4pm each weekday and notified via the email address they used to submit their comment entry on the blog article.
  5. Comments left after 4pm will be considered for the following days drawing.
  6. Comments will not automatically show in the comments list and will be moderated for appropriate language and content.  All comments will be eligible as an entry regardless of their showing in the comments list.
  7. One entry per person per day.
  8. Individual winners may only win one time during the duration of the contest.
  9. Promotion entry time frame will end on April 2, 2010.  Entries submitted after 3:59pm, April 2, 2010 will not be eligible.
  10. Offer is subject to all Federal and Tribal laws and regulations and is void wherever prohibited by law.
  11. Barona staff, vendors, and entertainers, as well as guests who are currently expelled from Barona Resort & Casino are not eligible to participate in this contest.
  12. Barona Resort & Casino management reserves the right to modify or terminate this contest at any time at their sole discretion with or without notice. All rulings made by management during the contest are final.

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Barona’s Billboard Contest

Posted in Casino Management, Community, General Barona Info with tags , , , , on March 17, 2010 by thebaronacasino

By Linda Devine, Senior V.P. Marketing

Barona Billboard When we launched our Vanity Plate Contest a few weeks ago, we never anticipated the amazing response we would have from our guests, staff and fellow San Diegans who had seen our Barona Casino billboards on Interstate 8. It seems there are thousands of aspiring copywriters driving the freeways of San Diego. Who knew?

Literally within 24 hours of launching the contest we had more than 2,500 creative entries. As of this blog post, we have more than 15,000! And, there are still two weeks until the contest deadline.

The contest was actually born out of a cool concept developed by Barona’s marketing team.  We knew that thousands of our guests drive the I-8 every day to and from work and on their way to Barona to play slots, poker or blackjack… So, we wanted a fun way to capture their attention with billboards that stand out from the pack.

We began with a series of billboards my team brainstormed internally with a number of other staff members here at Barona Casino. We found that the more we talked about the billboards the more input we received. Everyone was really getting into it:  BARONA. MORWNNRS. CHA CHING.  Barona Billboard Contest

It turns out you can say a lot about a business and convey a strong message with words on a license plate…and in only 8 letters!  These simple letters, abbreviations and plays on words were more powerful and engaging for our guest than we could have imagined.

This first series of billboards generated such an enthusiastic response from guests and passersby we thought we’d put it out there and see what was on the minds of other locals.

Last year about this time, we launched another creative contest – The Barona Video Contest. That contest also generated hundreds of submissions and shed a lot of light on how our customers feel about Barona. Who needs focus groups when you can go straight to the people? The insight, creativity and enthusiasm have been invaluable and inspiring. I think it’s safe to say that guests have become an important part of Barona’s creative process.  Barona Billboard Contest

We love that you are telling us what you want to see and expect from Barona. And, we are really listening. Soon you’ll see what your friends and neighbors want to see on our future billboards.

If you have ideas for our billboard, go to www.barona.com/billboard and submit your idea. Winners receive up to $1000 and their own billboard! You have until March 31st.

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Welcome to the Barona Resort & Casino Blog!

Posted in Blackjack, Casino Management, Community, General Barona Info, Poker, Restaurants, Slots with tags , , , , on March 5, 2010 by thebaronacasino

By Rick Salinas, General Manager

As one of California’s leading resort casinos, we are very excited to offer our guests an opportunity to explore beyond the casino floor.  Find out how we create the Barona Moments that we have become known for and that have helped us build a strong bond with our loyal guests and the greater San Diego community.

Barona Casino - San DiegoWhy are we blogging? Based on feedback from our guests, we’ve discovered that there are many people interested in knowing what goes into operating an entire casino, resort and golf course.  So, here we’ll take you beyond what you see in our advertising, in the headlines and on our web site.

Here you’ll get to know some of the key staff that develop our exciting games, create the food in our restaurants, manage our environmental programs, deliver our renowned customer service and help us raise awareness for the charities we contribute to.

What’s the story behind the wave you get when you drive up to Barona Casino?  What goes into the development of our slot machines and table games?  How does our culinary team create the mouthwatering dishes served in our restaurants?  Who are some of the key staff members that deliver amazing customer service? What are some of the innovative programs Barona has implemented to protect and preserve our environment?  Most importantly, what actually goes in to operating one of the most successful casinos in the United States?

That last question is really the first chapter in our story.

The reality is these Barona  Moments don’t just happen.  They are the result of the vision and strategy of our owners, the Barona Band of Mission Indians, and hundreds of creative and talented staff members.  At Barona, we are always generating ideas from far above the 30,000 foot level.

Barona Casino iTable Chipless GamingOur plan to deliver the ultimate gaming experience is comprehensive, detailed and continually evolving.  That’s why we believe that everything you see, touch, smell, hear and taste at Barona is superior to any other casino out there.  And, our customers think so too as demonstrated in our hundreds of awards, including our second   J.D. Power & Associates award.  For two consecutive years, the prestigious organization has ranked us “Highest in Satisfaction in the Southern California Indian Casino Gaming Experience” based on feedback from casino customers from across Southern California.  We are humbled by this honor and encouraged to raise the bar even higher.

And, most of the strategy and operations are happening behind the scenes. The reality is there are many more behind the scenes stories at Barona that are never told but our guests want to know more about.  This blog provides a forum for us to share them!

This is just a starting point.  If there’s something you really want to know more about at Barona, please let us know.  We invite your comments and ideas.

We appreciate your feedback as it makes us a better business and a better partner.

For everyone at Barona, our blog is an exciting new way for us to get to know each other better.

Let’s get started!

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