Randy Houser Coming to TJ's Corral, Beef Wars, Cash Party, More

Ladies’ Night - Bonus Giveaways Tonight

Tonight’s Ladies Night is our February finale spiced up with some extra bonus drawings at 8 PM. We’ll be starting at 5:30 p.m. with a ladies-only kiosk game for Potpourri Holders, free play, food comps and drawing entries for the grand prize drawings at 8 p.m. for a TV, cash, and free play. Also on the schedule tonight are Hot Seat drawings for CVI Gift Baskets.

Saddle Up! There are still tickets remaining for this Friday’s Cowboy Mardi Gras in the Valley Ballroom.  This annual fundraiser for Austin’s House includes a Western barbecue buffet, music, dancing, a raffle, live auction and special drawing for a Disneyland vacation package valued at $1,400. Don’t let this one gallop away – get tickets and more information by calling 775-267-6711. Speaking of Cowboys, there are still a few Genoa Cowboy Festival Weekend Packages remaining . . . includes premium section seats for the Friday and Saturday night concerts, a room for Friday and Saturday nights, April 29 and 30 and a $50 Dining Card.

Cash Party Saturday

Our $80,000 All-Cash Love & Luck Giveaway Promotion also features a bonus event this week with our first of two Cash Parties (the other is March 19) from 1 to 8 p.m.  We’ll have drawings every 20 minutes, snacks served randomly throughout the day, hot seats, gifts, and guaranteed $5,000+ in cash giveaways. Be sure to use your INN Club card whenever you play - it's your ticket in to this and other promotions and special offers!

Beef Wars Spills Into the Sea

CV Steak in the CVI and Sharkey’s Casino’s Jackpot Café each have an entry in the final round of the 2016 Beef Wars polling sponsored by CarsonValleyTimes.com.

The CV Steak 9-ounce Filet Mignon features a Certified Angus Beef filet grilled to order and served with tableside-tossed salad, vegetable and your choice of potato – au gratin, baked, or a one-pound, twice-baked potato . . . it's quite the filling feast all for $30.00.
Sharkey's Prime Rib and Lobster Special is served every Friday and Saturday starting at 4 PM. The feast includes an 8 ounce cut of prime rib, a lobster tail, a twice-baked potato and your choice of soup or salad all for $20. Naturally, prime rib is available seven nights a week at Sharkey's.
One or both of these just have to be on your favorites list. . . And if they aren’t, they should be! Give them a try, give them your vote!

TJ’s Corral Concert News:

We're Fired Up as we announce that multi-time country music award nominee Randy Houser will appear in concert in TJ's Corral on Thursday, September 8.  Randy joins Frankie Ballard (Thursday, June 2) and The Oak Ridge Boys (Saturday, June 25) on the schedule for our increasingly popular outdoor concert venue. As soon as we have tickets available for these and other to-be-announced concerts, we’ll post the information on this page on our website.

This week we started some construction activity in TJ's Corral . . . we're building new permanent mens restrooms and converting the existing permanent mens restrooms into additional ladies restrooms.

Free Cabaret Lounge Entertainment:

Jonathon “JB” Barton is here tonight, Just Us entertains Thursday through Saturday and Bill Wharton takes the stage Sunday through Wednesday. Henry Fisher - "Aladdin" - as he is affectionately called - is the leader of Just Us. He has been singing and entertaining fans over 50 years, from California to New York and abroad. Joining Aladdin for an evening of Motown and R&B are Rick Morris on lead guitar, Ya Ya Nigill on drums & percussions and Steve Shaw on bass guitar.

As Always, Interesting, Helpful and Even Useful Tidbits and News

• Race and Sports Book: This week you can watch and bet Horseracing, NBA and College Basketball, NHL Hockey and Sunday’s NASCAR Folds of Honor 500. We’re also taking action on the some of the MMA fights on the card in London this weekend.
• Game Mix Grill Friday, Prime Rib Saturday, King Crab Sunday in CV Steak:  Our Friday special in CV Steak is a Game Mix Grill with marinated Buffalo and Elk medallions, Wild Boar and Alligator Sausage and finished with a Brandy Cherry Demi-Glace for $99. Saturday night’s special in CV Steak is Garlic Studded Prime Rib for $26 and Sunday's special is one pound of King Crab Legs for $32. All three specials are served with fresh vegetable, choice of rice or potato (au gratin, baked, or a one-pound, twice-baked), tableside tossed salad and warm demi-loaf of bread.
• Because We Feel Like Mentioning It
• Thursday is Clam Chowder Day.  Hang on for a day 'cause we serve it up every Friday in Katie's at the CVI, the Jackpot Café over at Sharkey's and the Bodine's Casino Restaurant.
• Saturday is Open That Bottle Night. We hinted at this this last week and we hope you saved your most special bottle of wine to open up this Saturday. Feel free to bring it with you to dinner in CV Steak as we will waive the corkage fee this Saturday as long as your bottle is special for one reason or another.
• Sunday is also No-Brainer Day. Just thought we'd mention it.

Comments? Have questions or comments about the CVI? Use the comments section below, shoot us an email or pick up the phone and call us @ 775-782-9711. Hit “0” when the automated voice comes on and you'll go right to the hotel operator who can get you to the correct person or department.  We have a lot more coming up at the Carson Valley Inn so check our Blog posting every Wednesday morning!

Thunderbirds, Rock & Roll, Genoa Cowboy Festival, More

What Kenny Loggins Song Does This Bring To Your Mind?  The big news in the Carson Valley last Friday was the official announcement by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds that they will be performing at the Aviation Roundup air show at the Minden-Tahoe Airport on Saturday and Sunday, August 22 and 23. You can bet we'll have plenty more in our blog on this show as the dates draw closer, but, for now, back to that Kenny Loggins song: Turn the volume up, wait thru the 15-second commercial and get ready to rock!

It's Only Rock & Roll this Thursday – Saturday! It's Only Rock & Roll presents an intimate glimpse at the lives of rock stars and the rock & roll lifestyle, from back stage to front & center first row seats, through songs that share the theme of rock stardom and "Super Stardom."  From Pink Floyd’s sarcastic look at the record industry’s "machinery" in Have A Cigar to parties "after the show" in We’re An American Band by Grand Funk, or from David Bowie’s look at Fame (with a little vocal support from John Lennon), to The Byrds’ "instruction manual" on how to "make it" in So You Want To Be A Rock & Roll Star, It's Only Rock & Roll brings the thrill of live rock music to the stage by focusing on defining the glare of the spot lights which has been the topic of so many great rock tunes.  Bob Seger laments life on the road in Turn the Page, while Dr. Hook told us of his band’s desire to make it to The Cover of the Rolling Stone. John Lennon offered us a view of too much celebrity popularity in The Ballad of John & Yoko. These songs and many more of like nature make up the repertoire of It's Only Rock & Roll. You can catch it all free in our Cabaret Lounge on Thursday, February 19 from 8 PM to midnight and on Friday and Saturday, February 20 and 21 from 8 PM to 1 AM.

The above video from the Carson Valley Visitors Authority features the Carson Valley Rider, this time at the 2014 Genoa Cowboy Festival.  Good reason to remind you that we have just a few Genoa Cowboy Festival Weekend Special Packages to sell at $279 plus tax for May 1 & 2. Each includes a room for two people for Friday and Saturday nights, two front section tickets for the Friday night concert, two front section tickets for the Saturday night concert and a $50 food credit.

Filet Mignon? Voting closes this Thursday on the Beef Wars poll sponsored by carsonvalleytimes.com. As we mentioned last week, the CV Steak 9-ounce Filet is one of the four finalists. To cast your vote, go to this page, scroll down a little, and you'll see the four finalists listed. They are all good, but – and we admit we are biased – we definitely lean heavily towards the entry from CV Steak!

Sharkey's Opening & TJ's Corral Concerts – the most common questions we hear!

• Sharkey's Opening: Despite what you might've heard around town, we do not know exactly when Sharkey's is going to reopen. As soon as we have a projected date, you can be assured it will be mentioned in this blog.  Also, despite some of the ramblings in various Facebook posts, we've not started hiring for Sharkey's. Applications for Carson Valley Inn openings  are being accepted in our HR office. When someone applies, we will ask at which of our properties the applicant wants to be considered for employment. When there is a more definitive schedule for the opening date of Sharkey's, and that date draws closer, hiring will begin for Sharkey's.
• TJ's Corral 2015 Concerts:  We've received many inquiries regarding the artists and schedule for the 2015 concerts. We can share that we are getting very close to announcing the first couple of concerts and we hope to have this information in next Wednesday's blog. 

As Always, Interesting, Helpful and Even Useful Tidbits and News

• Free Entertainment in the Cabaret: Greg Austin is on stage tonight, It's Only Rock & Roll entertains Thursday – Saturday nights and George Pickard is here Sunday through Wednesday nights. Beatles fans take note: We'll have a full night of The Beatles on Thursday, February 26 when Beatles Flashback is here for a special one night show.
• Wednesday Ladies' Night 5:30 to 8:30 PM: The first 150 ladies to sign up tonight receive the 3^rd in the series of four February Skin-Care products. Also enjoy hot seat drawings for Mrs. Fields gift baskets, ladies-only drink specials, a ladies-only slot tournament and more.
• Ladies-Only Poker Tournament – March 1: Our Poker Room crew is starting a Ladies-Only no limit Texas hold 'em bounty tournament and the first one is 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 1. Watch for more on this next week.
• Not That It's Been Cool Enough to Need One: But just in case, we are still giving away a lot of CVI Logo Jackets this month: one with every slot jackpot of $1,200 or more any day in February . . . and one by earning 200 points on Monday, February 23 – plus you keep the points!
• We Purposely Didn't Mention This Last Week:  And it's most likely too late now, so you are safe from doing anything foolish . . . Today is (was?) Eat Ice Cream For Breakfast Day! Seriously - who comes up with this stuff?!
• Grilled Duck Breast Friday in CV Steak: Maple Leaf Farms 9 oz. duck breast marinated with fresh herbs, grilled to medium rare-medium doneness with natural duck jus. Served with tableside-tossed salad, vegetable and your choice of potato - au gratin, baked, or a one-pound, twice-baked potato . . . all for $28.00.

Comments? Have questions or comments about the CVI? Use the comments section below, shoot us an email or just pick up the phone and call us @ 775-782-9711. Hit "0" when the automated voice comes on and you'll go right to the hotel operator who can get you to the correct person or department.  We have a lot more coming up at the Carson Valley Inn so check our Blog posting every Wednesday morning!