The beautiful new Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino near Phoenix is a perfect spot for a holiday getaway.

“A Star Spangled Shoot Out!” is this year’s theme for the popular Fourth of July celebration hosted by Rawhide Western Town and Steakhouse near Wild Horse Pass Casino and Resort in Chandler.  An evening of fun activities and performances, live music and steakhouse dining will culminate in a big holiday fireworks show.  Events begin at 5:30 p.m. with admission of $10 per person (ages 6 & up.)  Kids 5 years old and under are free.  Admission cost includes Rawhide attractions, entertainment and fireworks display.

After the show, head over to Wild Horse Pass Casino and enjoy your favorite slot and table games.  Make a night out of it — and miss all those crowds on the I-10 Freeway! — by staying overnight at either Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino or the nearby Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa.  Rates from hotels.com at press time were just $112 for the casino resort and $125 per night for the Sheraton.  Both are beautiful properties with plenty of dining options and resort amenities.  So stay, play and catch some fabulous Fourth of July fun!

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A glimpse of the gaming floor at the new Wild Horse Pass Casino in Arizona.

More than 1,000 slot and video poker machines, 46 table games and 25 poker tables will greet guests as the Gila River Indian Community unveils its striking new Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino to the public on Friday, October 30 at 9 p.m. Called an “overall entertainment package” by CEO Harold Baugus, the new casino resort offers much more than just gaming with its wide assortment of dining venues, five bars and lounges, a Vegas-style nightclub (opening in November) plus the new Ovations LIVE! 1400-seat entertainment venue.

Amid the bustle of last-minute construction touches, casino staffers and management were on hand this week to give members of the media a first-hand look at the stunning new property. Punctuated by soaring ceilings in the main gaming area, the casino design features the use of gorgeous natural materials plus striking design elements such as sparkling hand-blown glass lighting sculptures.

Players will no doubt enjoy the wide array of gaming machines including 600 of the newest slots such as the smokin’ hot “Wizard of Oz” and interactive “Star Trek” (both from WMS Gaming) plus 400 popular games brought over from the former location. Card players will be pleased as well with the new poker room’s spacious design and posh décor. High-limit gaming is available in a separate section of the casino with $5-and-up slot machines plus table games currently offering $25 – $500 limits. (Look for possible higher limits in the future.)

Shula's American Steakhouse at Wild Horse Pass features photos of the '74 Super Bowl champs.

Guests hungering for more than gaming will have their needs satisfied in style with the resort’s new restaurants including the first Arizona outlet of “Shula’s American Steak House.” With its dark wood floors and tables elegantly outfitted in white linens, this tribute to the famous coach’s ’74 Super Bowl champs features a high-end menu of corn-fed beef, seafood entrees and traditional sides such as creamed spinach and a variety of spud preparations. For a more casual meal, the downstairs “Ling & Louie’s Asian Bar & Grill” will offer the chain’s menu of oriental specialties with a contemporary bent. (We’ve been to the restaurant’s Shea Boulevard location and are big fans of the Asian Pear Martini, the Lemon Chicken and the Buddha’s Feast with Chicken!) Other dining spots include a food court with a Fatburger, a Boar’s Head Deli and more plus the casino’s own Café 24/7 with its delectable selection of baked goods.

Adjoining the casino is the resort’s 242-room hotel which features 39 suites along with a spa and pool. The hotel also offers 12,000 square-feet of meeting space.

We’ll be posting more info here in coming days so check back for updates.  Also, visit the Wild Horse Pass Casino website for opening details.

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Stay at the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort for just $101 per night and enjoy Fourth of July festivities at nearby Rawhide Western Town. (Click the pic to check on rooms/rates.)

Fireworks, food and fun are on the agenda at a couple of Phoenix area casinos for the big Fourth of July 2009 weekend.  Check out these special holiday events coming up at casinos in and around Phoenix this weekend-

Head out to Fort McDowell Casino on Friday, July 3 and start your holiday weekend with a bang — and maybe a big hit on slots or poker? — when the casino hosts its annual Independence Day bash. The Fort McDowell fireworks show will begin at 9:30 pm but there will be plenty to do before the aerial display including gaming in the casino or perhaps dinner at one of the several restaurants available.

One of our favorites is the Ahnala Restaurant and Lounge at the adjacent Radisson Fort McDowell Resort where specialties such as thick steaks, juicy burgers and Native American-inspired dishes  are cooked over a mesquite fire.  Many of the house specialties showcase citrus, pecans and herbs grown locally at the Fort McDowell Yavapai Farm. The comfortable lounge features an extensive list of specialty cocktails including the signature “Deep Blue Sea Martini” with a festive azure tint highlighted by a bright red maraschino cherry that is perfect for toasting the start of the holiday weekend!

The next night, Fourth of July fireworks will light up the sky at Rawhide Western Town on the Gila River reservation. Located near Chandler and the community’s popular Wild Horse Pass Casino, this replica of an Old West town circa the 1880’s will host “A Star Spangled Shoot Out” from 5:30pm – 10pm.  The whole family will be entertained by cowboys, gunfights and more while lots of cowboy grub will be for sale plus a big fireworks show caps off the day’s events. Gate admission of $10 per person includes Rawhide attractions and the fireworks display. Parking and kids under 5 years old are free.

Holiday Hint: Skip the traffic hassles and book a night or two at the nearby Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort with its extensive pool complex, luxury spa, adjacent golf courses, gourmet dining and more.  The Wild Horse Pass Casino can be accessed via BOAT from the resort’s creek-side location!  Rooms — starting at just $101 per night for Friday and Saturday — were still available at press time.  Check here for reservations on this great Fourth of July hotel deal:  Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa .

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Also happening this month, the casino is bringing back their FREE buffet promotion, “Wind Dance Wednesdays.” All players club members are eligible and the promo is simple: Buy one lunch or dinner buffet on Wednesday and get one FREE!  That’s a savings of $9.99 on lunch or $13.99 for dinner. Only one free buffet per day is given. Again, check with the casino for additional details. Lunch is served from 11 AM – 4 PM with dinner offered from 4 PM – 10 PM.

Guests who are 55 or older will enjoy the casino’s special Thursday promotions including a discount lunch buffet price of only $6.99 with a valid Players Club membership. Or, get a FREE BUFFET LUNCH when you earn 20 points on your Players Club card on Thursdays between Midnight and 3 PM. There’s also $800 in cash up for grabs in drawings plus lots of great live music live specifically for the “Club 55+” crowd hosted by KOY radio’s Danny Davis on the main casino floor all happening from 11 AM – 3 PM.

Visit the Wild Horse Pass website here at WINGILARIVER.com.

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The new Wild Horse Pass Casino is under construction at the I-10 freeway near Phoenix.

UPDATED POST HERE:  New Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino opens October 30, 2009.

The Gila River Indian Community, owners of the newly-opened Lone Butte Casino, will add another state-of-the-art casino to the Valley’s gaming scene when it’s new Wild Horse Pass venue opens this fall. Just off the I-10 near Chandler, the new casino will feature more than 100,000 square feet of gaming, six new dining outlets including Don Shula’s American Steakhouse plus a 10-story, 241-room resort. Plans call for an October opening of the new Phoenix area casino complex.

The new Wild Horse Pass will replace the current casino of the same name that is located farther off the I-10 freeway. The new facility increases its gaming opportunities by offering visitors 1,002 slot machines (up from 875,) 44 black jack tables and 25 poker tables. Among the many hotel amenities will be a 1,500-seat entertainment venue, conference facilities, pool, health club, retail shops, lounge, and covered-deck parking. The existing Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort will continue to operate with a focus on convention and business travelers.

Artist renderings of the new casino show a sophisticated interior design with lots of earth tones and natural materials. Check out Gila River’s website to see more photos of the new Wild Horse Pass casino.

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Arizona is currently home to  23 casinos so you’ll have no problem finding a fun and exciting place to play!  Click on the name to access the casino’s website.

Phoenix/Scottsdale Area:

Casino Arizona at Salt River
524 N. 92nd Street, Scottsdale
Loop 101 at the McKellips Road exit

Casino Arizona at Talking Stick
9700 E. Indian Bend Road, Scottsdale
Loop 101 at the Indian Bend Road exit

Lone Butte Casino – Gila River
1077 S. Kyrene Road, Chandler
Loop 202 at the Kyrene Road exit

Wild Horse Pass Casino – Gila River
5550 W. Wild Horse Pass, Chandler
I-10 Freeway at the Wild Horse Pass Blvd. exit

Vee Quiva Casino – Gila River
6443 N. Komatke Lane, Laveen
I-10 Freeway at the 51st Avenue exit

Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino
15406 Maricopa Road, Maricopa
1-10 Freeway, Queen Creek Road exit

Fort McDowell Casino
10424 North Fort McDowell Road, Fort McDowell
Shea Boulevard to Highway 87 (the Beeline Highway), North

Central Arizona:

Hon-Dah Casino
777 Highway 260, Pinetop
Highway 260 & 73, 3 miles South of Pinetop

Mazatzal Casino
Highway 87, Payson
South of Payson at Mile Marker 251 on Highway 87

Cliff Castle Casino
555 Middle Verde Road, Camp Verde
I-17 Freeway at Exit 289, Camp Verde

Bucky’s Yavapai Casino
Highway 69, adjacent to the Prescott Conference Resort, Prescott
I-17 Freeway to Exit 262, Highway 69 west to Prescott

Yavapai Casino
1500 E. Highway 69, Prescott
I-17 Freeway to Exit 262, Highway 69 west to Prescott (across the highway from Bucky’s)

Apache Gold Casino
Highway 70, San Carlos
Highway 70, 5 miles east of Globe

Tucson & Southern Arizona:

Casino del Sol
5655 W. Valencia Road, Tucson
From the I-10 Freesway, take the I-19 Freeway towards Nogales. (The I-19 Exit is about 3 miles south of Downtown Tucson). Exit Valencia Road and go West.

Casino of the Sun
7474 S. Camino De Oeste, Tucson
From the I-10 Freesway, take the I-19 Freeway towards Nogales. (The I-19 Exit is about 3 miles south of Downtown Tucson). Exit Valencia Road and go West. Continue past the Casino del Sol and drive an additional mile to this casino.

Desert Diamond Casino
1100 W. Pima Mine Road, Sahuarita
I-19 South of Tucson at Exit 80

Desert Diamond at Nogales Highway
7350 S Nogales Highway, Tucson
I-19 South of Tucson to Valencia Road, South to Nogales Highway

Golden Ha:san Casino
Highway 86, Milepost 55 — Why, AZ (Yes, that is the name of the town!)
Off I-8, Exit 118 at Gila Bend. 1.5 miles east of Why, Arizona on Highway 86.

Western Arizona:

Cocopah Casino
15268 South Avenue B, Somerton
I-8, Exit 2, US-95/16th Street, South of Yuma

Quechan Paradise Casinos
540 Quechan Drive, Fort Yuma
North of I-8 across the Colorado River

Quechan Casino Resort ~~ NEW ~~ Opened 2/13/2009
525 Algodones Road, Winterhaven, CA (considered an AZ tribe & casino operation)
Interstate 8 at the Algodones exit, six miles west of Yuma

Spirit Mountain Casino
8555 South Highway 95, Mohave Valley
I-40, Exit Hwy 95 to Bullhead City

Blue Water Casino
11300 Resort Drive, Parker
I-10 to AZ 95-N, along the Colorado River

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