Thanksgiving Dining, Holiday With A Hero, Minden Food Drive TV Crew Announced, More from the CVI

Thanksgiving Dinner at Our Four Casinos

• Here at the Carson Valley Inn: Katie's is open all day with regular menu service plus a Roasted Tom Turkey special from 11 AM. to 10 PM.  CV Steak is open for dinner on Thanksgiving Day from 2 PM serving the regular menu plus two featured Thanksgiving dinner specials: Wood-Roasted Diestel Tom Turkey and Garlic Studded Prime Rib of Beef. Click here for details on the Thanksgiving Day specials in both restaurants.
• Sharkey’s Casino in Gardnerville: The Jackpot Cafe is offering two Thanksgiving Specials from 11 AM: Roast Turkey & Giblet Gravy with mashed potatoes, stuffing, sweet potatoes, & green beans almandine; and Brown Sugar Glazed Ham with garlic mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes & green beans almandine. Both specials include choice of soup or salad for $14.99 ($7.99 kids 10 and under).
• Bodines Casino and SlotWorld Casino in Carson City: Enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving Feast including turkey, mashed potatoes, yams, stuffing, vegetables, choice of soup or salad and pumpkin pie all for $12.99. Served from 11 AM. 

Free Pumpkin Pie Today

You can’t have too many pumpkin pies. At least that’s what we’ve been told so we’re making it easy for you to pick up a spare today. Simply earn 50 points using your Inn Club card and then swing by the Guest Services counter and pick up your free pumpkin pie certificate. Drop by Job‘s Perk before you leave and take home a frozen pumpkin pie on us! Defrost it for Thanksgiving,  keep it in your freezer and use it for Christmas . . . or just pull it out the next time you have a pumpkin pie craving!

Food Drive Minden TV Crew Announced!

The KTVN Share Your Christmas Community Food Drive to benefit the Carson Valley Food Closet is coming up on Friday, December 13 from 6 Am to 6 PM. Watch the video above to meet this year’s KTVN all-day crew!

The "Elf" Behind the CVI's Christmas Spirit!

In The Christmas Spirit!

Get a smile on your face and the holiday spirit in your heart here at the CVI as you enjoy the scenery of our Christmas Trees and other holiday decorations! Pictured above is Eileen Knox (Executive Office Manager the rest of the year) who is the Elf behind all the planning, buying, installation and other preparation that goes into bringing the holidays to the CVI! Over the next few weeks we’ll have the story behind some of the themed trees and some great adventure gift ideas for out-of-town folks!

Kandy Kane Craft Fair Friday – Sunday

The 20th Annual Kandy Kane Craft Fair fills our Valley Ballroom this Friday through Sunday - A great opportunity to stock up on gifts and seasonal decorations in one convenient location!  You’ll have the opportunity to purchase items such as ornaments, lamps, holiday décor and treats, jewelry, scarves, purses, sports items, wood toys, quilts and much more.   Admission is free and hours are 9 AM to 6 PM Friday and Saturday and 10 AM to 4 PM Sunday. For more information contact Kandy at 775-721-7154. 

Holiday With A Hero Saturday

The focus of Carson City’s Holiday With A Hero will be at SlotWorld Casino this Saturday when the First Responders of Carson City will be “staffing” Betsy’s Big Kitchen, but that’s just the beginning of the story. All restaurant receipts for this Saturday from both SlotWorld and Bodines will be donated to the Holiday With A Hero program. These funds will be used to help the program and its 300 volunteers insure that over 250 kids in Carson are provided with a $100 Gift Card - and the story gets even better. In December each recipient is accompanied by a First Responder as his or her personal shopping aide as the full group descends on the Carson City Walmart to pick out one item of need and, in many cases, gifts for other family members. 

For the full story on this community-wide Christmas support program, stop by SlotWorld this Saturday and get the scoop directly from one of the folks on hand from Nevada Highway Patrol, Carson Fire Department, Nevada Department of Corrections, Carson City Sheriff’s Office and others who donate their time to make this program a success!

Small Business Saturday

This Saturday is Small Business Saturday and we encourage everyone, on your way to or from the Carson Valley Inn or Sharkey’s, to stop by one of the three dozen participating small local businesses in Minden and/or Gardnerville and give them some of your support! Could be a gift item at Heartstrings or Fresh Ideas. Could be a bottle of wine at Battle Born Wine & Whiskey.  Perhaps a collectible from Tumblewinds or Cheshire Antiques. Or, an incredible sweet from The Chocolate Shoppe. These and the other local participating Carson Valley businesses would welcome your visit!

This Week’s Promotions Lineup

• Free Pumpkin Pie Today: Earn 50 points today and pick up a free pumpkin pie on us. Ladies’ Night fun returns next Wednesday,
• Point Multiplier Friday: Earn 5X Points on Video Reel slots and 3X Points on Video Pokers all day this Friday. 
• Turkey Trot Drawings and Board Game Friday and Saturday: The drawings start at 6 PM this Friday and Saturday for the 6:45 PM game. Around 7:30 PM we start more drawings for the 8 PM game. Three people each time qualify for our giant board game with prizes and fun along the way!
• Point Party Sunday: You’ll be earning anywhere from 2X to 10X Points from noon to 7PM with the point multiplier changing every half hour. We guarantee the 10X Points will run for 30 minutes at least twice every Sunday in December.
• 24 Days of Christmas Starts Sunday and continues through December 24 with daily drawings for Cash, FreePlay, Gifts and more - watch for more details next week.

From the Sports & Race Book

• Sports Book Mike’s Musings:
• NFL favorites went 6-7 against the spread last week.  Only two of the dogs won.
• So much for the nay-sayers discounting the Niners for not beating a decent team.  The Monday Night graphic said that the Niners will be the first team in the Super Bowl era to play three consecutive games against opponents with at least an .800 winning percentage: Packers, Ravens and Saints. After the Ravens performance Monday night, Niners fans gotta still be leary.
• Did you know: the Detroit Lions are playing their 80th Thanksgiving Day game?  The Cowboys are up to 52.  Apparently, the University of Michigan started up the tradition of Thanksgiving Day football back in 1885. 
• We at the Sports Book wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving.
• Our Pro Pick’em Progressive Jackpot is at $4,105 this week. Pick all 15 NFL winners on our weekly $5 Parlay Card and it’s yours. Each week it is not “hit,” the jackpot climbs based on the collective contest play at the CVI, Sharkey’s, Bodines and SlotWorld.
• Seasonal Wagers on board this week include NFL and NCAA Football, NBA and NCAA Basketball, NHL Hockey and Horse Racing.
• Futures Bets on the board include: 2020 NCAA Football Championship, 2020 Super Bowl, 2020 NCAA College Basketball, 2020 NBA Championship and 2020 Stanley Cup.
• Football Extras:
• $2 Coors Light draft at the Casino Bar or in the Cabaret Lounge during all televised NFL and College Games.
• A couple of Free NFL Hats given away for each of the teams playing every Monday Night Football Game.
• Bar Snacks Delivered to Your Seat while you watch or play. Get the full menu and pricing at this link!
• Three Yeti 45 Coolers will be given away on Monday, December 23 during the Packers/Vikings MNF Game. Ask the bartender for more information when ordering a Coors at our Casino Bar during any NFL game!
• Poker Room Squares Pool: Earn squares as you play in live poker games during the week. Each week we kick in $160 and the payout is on the Monday Night Football Game – $40 to the winners of the first three quarters and the final score. Any unclaimed prizes each Monday roll to the next week. Last week no one claimed any of the prizes (very unusual) so it’s up to $120 a quarter for the December 2 Vikings/Seahawks game!

This Week in Our Restaurants

Katie’s Specials:

• Wednesday: Spaghetti with a Giant Meatball, mozzarella cheese, fresh basil, parsley and toasted garlic bread served from 11 AM to 10 PM for $7.99.
• Friday: Slow Roasted Brisket with vegetable medley, garlic mashed potatoes & natural au ju for $10.99 from 11 AM to 10 PM.
• Saturday Dinner: Roasted Prime Rib and Fried Shrimp Dinner served with baked potato, vegetable and soup or salad from 4 to 10 PM for $14.99.
• Saturday & Sunday for Brunch from 7 AM to 2 PM: Brunch Skillet – a combination of home fried potatoes tossed with peppers, onions, bacon & sausage, scrambled eggs & tomato, topped with melted cheese all for $7.99.
• Sunday Dinner:  "The Chandler" Chicken Dinner is served from 2 to 10 PM for $7.99.If you haven’t had it lately, we recently enhanced the seasoning and ingredients to achieve improved crispiness and juiciness of this very popular special and encourage you to check out this hearty dinner of southern fried chicken with mashed potatoes and coleslaw.
• Monday: Katie’s Shepherd’s Pie is a one-dish serving of sautéed ground beef with grandma’s brown gravy, peas and carrots for $5.99 from 11 AM to 10 PM.
• Tuesday: Pork Chili Verde served with Spanish rice and black beans for $7.99 from 11 AM to 10 PM.

CV Steak Specials:
This Wednesday’s special the CV Steak Mix Grill, a combination of our Filet Mignon, a Dijon and molasses marinated Pork Tenderloin Medallion and herb marinated Lamb Chop Steak.  This Friday’s special will be a Chef's Choice surprise and we guarantee it won't be leftover turkey!. On Saturday night CV Steak features Garlic Studded Prime Rib. Sunday’s special is “Oscar Style” Fillet of Salmon with crab and Béarnaise sauce. CV Steak 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 sourdough baguette.

Free Entertainment in the Cabaret Lounge

• Tyler Stafford tonight: Named “Reno’s Best Songwriter 2013” Tyler Stafford is a homegrown talent. His songs often draw comparisons to songwriters such as John Mayer and Paul Simon delivered with a candor and immediacy reminiscent of John Lennon.
• Roem Baur Band Thursday thru Saturday: Multiple award-winning touring songwriter and San Francisco resident Roem Baur has been featured on the main stage at Super Bowl 50, NBC’s The Voice, and at CES & SXSW conferences. A classically trained opera singer, he answered the call of rock n’ roll shortly after college. After winning Bob Weir’s (The Grateful Dead) national “Road to TRI” contest, Baur and his band were invited to record a live EP in Weir’s personal studio, the product of which can be found on Roem’s YouTube page and has since propelled him to a whole new era of rock fans.
• NFL Football Sunday and Monday Nights: We suspend live entertainment on Sunday and Monday nights during the fall so the featured night NFL games can be enjoyed on the big screen.
• Steve Lord Tuesday and Wednesday: A guitarist with dynamic vocals, Steve is a main stage West Coast performer. A man of a thousand songs, Steve presents an evening of oldies, country, pop, blues, jazz, soul and rock ‘n’ roll. 

Planning a Stay at the CVI? You will always get the best rate by booking directly with the Carson Valley Inn either online or by calling our Reservation Department directly at 775-783-6629 or 800-321-6983.

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!

A Gift Idea, A Thank You, Holiday with a Hero, More in CVI Blog

Part of the CVI Family's Christmas Look

The Christmas trees, fireplace and other decorations in our hotel lobby make a great backdrop for a family holiday picture.  Since “a picture is worth 1000 words,” we’ve shown pictures of part of our family to demonstrate how it’s done. We hope to see you and your family here over the holidays and feel free to take as many pictures as you’d like in front of this setting or any of our Christmas decorations!

A Practical, Flexible & Versatile Gift Idea

Have local family or friends who might enjoy a nice dinner in CV Steak? Or how about out-of-town family or friends you’d like to have visit but just don’t have room for them in your home? Those are just two of the many situations that make CVI Gift Cards so useful and versatile! 

Let’s go over the full list starting with the dining options: Katie's Country Kitchen, CV Steak and Job's Perk at the Carson Valley Inn; the restaurant at Bodines Casino; the Jackpot Cafe at Sharkey's Casino and Betsy's Big Kitchen in SlotWorld.  Gift cards are usable at all of the bars at all four of our properties and for accommodations in the Carson Valley Inn Hotel, Motor Lodge or RV Resort. Cards can also be used to purchase merchandise in Jobs Perk or gas/merchandise at the Carson Valley Market (redeem inside).  And when the summer season comes around, they can also be used towards tickets for concerts in TJ’s Corral. 

Gift cards may be purchased at the Hotel Front Desk at the Carson Valley Inn or at the Guest Services counter at Bodines Casino, Sharkey's Casino and SlotWorld Casino. To buy them by phone, please call the CVI Hotel Desk at 775-783-6606 – we’ll even arrange to mail them if you wish.  Our Gift Cards do not expire, they may be used in increments and they are easily reloaded.  Sound good? Then solve your Christmas gift dilemma with a CVI gift card available in increments up to $500!

Share Your Christmas Food A Success!

What an incredible outpouring of support from the community last Friday at the 26^th Annual KTVN Share Your Christmas Community Food Drive! Hundreds of cars and trucks brought most of the donations. Others came by helicopter, emergency vehicle, horseback and even by foot from those living close by. Thanks to the all generous donations of food and cash, many in our community will have meals when they otherwise might’ve gone hungry during the coming year!

Holiday With a Hero

Our sister properties SlotWorld Casino and Bodines Casinos are teaming up with the Holiday With A Hero organization this Saturday by donating all restaurant sales on December 15 to this very worthy cause.  Between 8 AM and 8 PM various members of the Sheriff's Office, Fire Department and Air National Guard will be on hand to "assist" our servers at both properties as they deliver your meals. Sponsored by the Carson City School District, the Carson City Sheriff’s Office and the Carson City Fire Department, the Holiday With A Hero program ensures underprivileged children in Carson City have a proper Christmas. The money raised this Saturday will be dispersed to designated and pre-qualified students as Walmart gift cards . . . and each recipient is escorted throughout the store on December 19 with a local Hero from the Carson City School District, Sheriff’s Office or Fire Department. According to Sheriff’s Sgt. Daniel Gonzales, “SlotWorld made a huge impact last year and with the addition of Bodines this year Christmas 2018 will be even bigger”.  Sgt. Gonzales also indicated, “This event helps break down any barriers that come with our job. Sometimes these kids see us in a difficult situation in their homes or neighborhoods. Holiday With A Hero allows us to let our hair down and interact with the kids on a different more personal level."

Santa Crawl

The 10th Annual Gardnerville Santa Crawl is Saturday, December 22 from 7 to 10 PM and wristbands are available now for $10.00 at Battle Born Wine or DST Coffee. We suggest getting yours in advance so you can jump right in and enjoy the drink specials at the participating businesses during the “Crawl.” All donations will be split between Austin’s House & Carson Valley Community Food Closet. Watch for all the details in next week’s blog.

Gingerbread & Cookies

Another Gingerbread Cookie (?)
Gets Decorated!

• Today is Gingerbread House Day.  Bet you thought we were going to tell you we have Gingerbread for sale at the Katie’s Bakery Counter and that   should come in and buy some? Nope - we don’t do gingerbread. You can blame the character in the green suit in the above Christmas picture taken in front of our lobby fireplace! However, we did find this young lady decorating a what looks like a gingerbread cookie at one of the recent Christmas parties here at the Carson Valley Inn. And since we can’t go without trying to “sell” something, now is the time to be thinking about booking your 2019 Christmas Party for your company, association or family. Just give Carrie a call at 775-783-6673.
• Tuesday is Bake Cookies Day. Nothing fills the home with a more inviting aroma then hot, fresh cookies baking in the oven. On the other hand, it sounds like a lot of work to us. So if you’d like to skip the fuss and mess of baking cookies at home just stop by the Katie’s Bakery Counter (there, we worked it in!) We bake Chocolate Chip, Peanut Butter and  Oatmeal Raisin cookies here daily as we do cakes, pies, pastries and many other desserts and sweets available in Job’s Perk, Katie’s and CV Steak! As for that aroma of fresh baked cookies? We deal with it daily – some days better than others and that’s why most of us would be well served by losing a few pounds!?

Football and Other Sports at the Inn

• Rodeo Headquarters Through Saturday: Make the CVI your NFR Viewing Headquarters as the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo continues through Saturday. We’re showing the live rodeo telecasts starting at 7 PM in the Cabaret Lounge and you can enjoy $2 Coors, $2 Coors Light and $2 shots of Jack Daniels while the action continues until 10 PM.  Hungry? We’ll bring you any of our Bar Snacks right to your seat in the Cabaret Lounge or at the Casino Bar while you enjoy the rodeo action.
• Our Guys Picks!  Humility reigns strong with Our Guys not wanting to get on a hot streak to end the season.  A 3 & 5 week ensures things must change with two weeks left of prognostication.   Mike looks to turn his luck around with the Arizona Cardinals +8 ½ at the Falcons and the over 54 in the Eagles – Rams game.  Steve is taking the Panthers +6½ versus the Saints and loves Middle Tennessee St. +7 against Appalachian St. in the New Orleans Bowl.  Alan is looks to remain the best picker among The Guys with Utah St. -8 vs. North Texas in the New Mexico Bowl and the Eagles +9 at the Rams.  Greg is going with the all Bay Area Play; 49ers +6 and the Raiders +3.   
• The Progressive Pro PK'EM jackpot climbed to $4,180 for whoever picks this week’s 15 winners or props straight up on a $5 Card. Play as many as you wish and any ties will be split.
• Monday Night Football Poker Room Grid: $282 is available for this coming Monday’s Saints/Panthers game: That’s $70 and change for the first three quarters and the final score. You must be present to win and any unclaimed winnings roll to the following week. Check the details on this page. 
• The NCAA Bowl Games Start Saturday.  The New Mexico Bowl is first and a total of 39 bowl games will have taken place by the time the Sugar Bowl wraps up on Tuesday night, January 1, 2019. The Bowl Games Sheet in our sports book lists all the bowl games by date with information on the times, location, teams, television coverage and odds.
• Enjoy $2 Domestic Draft Beer during all NFL games at the CVI.
• On The Board This Week: NCAA Bowl Games, NFL Football, NBA and NCAA Basketball, NHL Hockey and Horseracing. Futures include winners of the NFL Conference Championships, the 2019 Super Bowl, the 2019 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, the 2019 Stanley Cup and the 2019 NBA Championship.

This Week in the Casino

Special Ladies' Night Christmas Ornaments This Week and Next

• Ladies’ Night Wednesday: join us tonight from 5:30 to 8:30 PM and we'll be giving away two more Free CVI Ornaments to the first 150 ladies and Holiday Gift Baskets as hot seat prizes. You’ll also enjoy the usual games, raffles, a weekly drink special and free bingo for ladies playing in the pit or at slots. If you have an ugly Christmas sweater, hang onto it for one more week and wear it for the Ugly Sweater Contest that will be part of ladies night next Wednesday, December 19!
• 4X Points Daytime This Wednesday:  Use your INN Club card while playing and you’ll be racking up 4X Points today from 4 AM to 4 PM.
• $75,000 Holiday Giveaways Promotion Friday & Saturday:  Join us at 5, 7 and 9 PM for drawings for cash and FreePlay!
• Point Multipliers Saturday: 4X Points on Reel Slots and Video Poker Slots all day every Saturday in December. Use your rapidly accumulating points for FreePlay, dining, Katie’s Bakery products, hotel stays and more!
• Guaranteed FreePlay Monday: Use your card while playing and you are the guaranteed winner of $7 - $10 in FreePlay for each 250 points you earn Monday up to 1,250 points! The FreePlay downloads automatically to your account with accompanying graphics and sounds!

In Our Restaurants

• Wednesday is Italian Day in Katie’s – three specials served from 11 AM to 10 PM and remember we kicked in some new Italian Day Specials for December so be sure to check them out by Clicking Here!  The new Thursday special in Katie’s is Pork Vera Cruz for $6.99. Fridays and Saturdays, Katie's offers a Roasted Prime Rib and Fried Shrimp Dinner special served with baked potato, vegetable and soup or salad for $14.99 and Katie’s Sunday special is "The Chandler" Chicken Dinner including southern fried chicken with mashed potatoes and cole slaw for $5.99. Click here to check hours and specials for all seven days in Katie’s.
• Thursday’s special in CV Steak is the CV Steak Mix Grill, a combination of our Filet Mignon, a Dijon and molasses Marinated Pork Tenderloin Medallion and Herb Marinated Lamb Chop for $26. This Friday it’s Beer Braised Wild Boar Shanks slow cooked in beer, tomato, mustard and fresh herbs for $28. Saturday night’s special is Garlic Studded Prime Rib for $26 and Sunday's special is King Crab Legs for $28. These 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.

John Dawson Band in Cabaret Lounge

Free Entertainment in the Cabaret Lounge

Tyler Stafford tonight and Thursday, the John Dawson Band Friday and Saturday, NFL Football Sunday and Monday nights and Adam Bergoch next Tuesday and Wednesday.  Tyler Stafford’s songs often draw comparisons to songwriters such as John Mayer and Paul Simon delivered with a candor and immediacy reminiscent of John Lennon. The John Dawson Band is a Reno based group of five fun-lovin' guys who just like to entertain with a variety of modern country and classic rock. Adam Bergoch plays an acoustic guitar whilst mixing in effects from his abundance of digital pedals and singing along to some of the most popular songs, including Alternate Rock, Indie, Oldies, Dance, & even Rap.

Planning a Stay at the CVI? You will always get the best rate by booking directly with the Carson Valley Inn either online or by calling our Reservation Department directly at 775-783-6629 or 800-321-6983.

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!