New Year's Eve at Skagit Valley Casino Resort (The Skagit) Features Free Entertainment and Drawings Totaling More Than $26,000

Media Contacts:
Deb Bundy, The Skagit
360.724.0207
dbundy@theskagit.com

Barry Bartlett or Tara Leiser
The Bartlett Group
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barry@bartlettgrouppr.com

BOW, Wash.- Skagit Valley Casino Resort (The Skagit) will feature an assortment of New Year's Eve festivities to ring in 2006.

Winners Lounge will showcase free entertainment throughout the evening and early morning, including a performance by popular Puget Sound band Rock Candy-featuring dance hits from the 80s to today--from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. DJ dance selections pick up the action at 1 a.m. and continue through 4:30 a.m. The festivities include party favors and a midnight countdown in the lounge.

Adding to the festivities will be a series of 13 drawings that The Skagit will hold on New Year's Eve-each for $2,006. The drawings start at noon and run every 30 minutes until 6 p.m.

Dining options include Moon Beach fine dining (reservations recommended), as well as more casual restaurant meals in the casino's Market Buffet and Northern Lights Deli.

Skagit Valley Casino Resort is conveniently located off Interstate 5 at Exit 236 (Bow Hill Road), just five minutes north of Mount Vernon. For more information, call The Skagit at 1.877.2Skagit (1.877.275.2448) or visit the Web site at www.theskagit.com.

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