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The crowd erupted into a roar as Chinook Winds’ New Year’s Eve Vintage Circus began!  The night started off with a special VIP dinner that included fantastic performances by acrobats, jugglers, stilt walkers and dancers. At 9pm the main event kicked off with live music from Portland’s Big Night Out! Guests danced the night away in our convention center as we got closer to midnight.  Throughout the evening, attendees were encouraged to step right up to our photo booth and receive a memento New Year’s Eve photo.  10pm came and one lucky winner picked the lucky card to win our $100,000 Aviator drawing! Right as our winner was announced, DJ Metal kicked off another party in our Showroom! Our Chinook’s Seafood Grill rang in the New Year with performances by Flexor T and Shades of Huey.  Time Machine played throughout our celebration at Aces Sports Bar and Grill.  Before we knew it, Midnight was here and special ball drops kicked off the new decade! We hope this next year brings joy to all of you. Happy 2020 from all of us at Chinook Winds!

It takes a lot to prepare a traditional thanksgiving dinner. Instead of spending hours away from family and friends, why not let us do the preparing for you? Join us at our Siletz Bay Buffet, Rogue River Steakhouse or Chinook’s Seafood Grill on Thanksgiving Day to sit back, relax and enjoy a wonderful meal by the sea.

Our Rogue River Steakhouse has a special for $25 that includes: roasted butternut squash bisque with honey crema and toasted pumpkin seeds. Bacon tomato and romaine Caesar salad with house croutons. An entry of smoked white and dark turkey topped with peppered bacon gravy, basil and parmesan whipped potatoes, chorizo and apple stuffing and sautéed garlic green beans. For dessert? Silky pumpkin grand marnier mousse with honey, graham and pistachio.

The Chinook’s Seafood Grill will have a $27 special from 2pm to 9pm. To start is a roasted butternut squash bisque with crème fraiche. Next up the entrée course consists of oven roasted turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, stuffing and cranberry sauce. Top off your meal with a slice of traditional pumpkin pie with vanilla whipped cream!

Enjoy a traditional thanksgiving harvest at our Siletz Bay Buffet for $21.95. from the carving station you’ll find roast prime rib of beef and Virginia ham. Entrees include oven roasted turkey, sage stuffing, mashed potatoes and turkey gravy and a huge assortment of sides including candied yams with marshmallows and maple syrup kissed acorn squash. At our sauté station try our traditional fry bread and your choice of pasta’s cooked to order. Don’t forget to check out our desserts table including assorted holiday pies (pumpkin included), tarts and sugar free options.

Continue to get into the Holiday Spirit the first weekend of December as Lonestar and Phil Vassar join forces to perform holiday favorites and hit songs.  Tickets are on sale now! the performers will unite for their original song “Not So Silent Night” an original song which was released last year. Come make seasons bright at the Chinook Winds Showroom on December 6^th and 7^th.

When you think of fall, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Football season, baby! At Chinook Winds Casino Resort, we decided to kick off with plenty of ways to cheer on your favorite team!

$40,000 Season Kick Off Promotion:

“You’re only as good as your last pass.” – Brett Favre

Check out our Season Kick off Promotion in the Casino on Sundays at 4pm and Thursdays at 7pm, 8pm and 9pm. Enter your drawing tickets into the virtual bin for an opportunity to be drawn and go head to head in our Season Kick off Game. Three contestants will start at the 25-yard line and will choose envelopes based on the order they were drawn. Each envelope has a run or pass play and you move forward the amount of yardage gained on the card. Be wary of penalty cards as they send you backwards! The first contestant to cross the goal line for a touch down wins! First place wins $1,000 on Thursday and $5,000 on Sunday! Consolation prizes for the other two contestants are $250 cash with $250 $andollars on Thursday and $500 cash with $500 $andollars on Sundays!

2019 Pigskin Challenge:

“Success isn’t owned. It’s leased and rent is due every day.” J.J. Watt

Starting September 3, 2019 and ending on December 29, 2019 enter weekly for your chance to win up to $350 + potential bonus!!  Beginning Tuesdays at 5pm and ending one minute before kick-off of the first Sunday game, head over to one of the kiosks on the casino floor and make your best picks of which team will win the following Sunday and Monday. In the event of a tie during Weekly Contests, the participant who entered their pick set first, will win the tie. If any of the NFL regular season games officially ends in a tie, either team selected will count as an unsuccessful prediction.

Weekly prizes include the following:

• 1^st place- 350 $and Dollars
• 2^nd place- 250 $and Dollars
• 3^rd place- 150 $and Dollars

A $250 cash bonus will be paid weekly to the 1^st place finisher if they have a perfect card (a pick set where all winners are chosen correctly).  If no perfect card is entered in a specific week, the $250 cash bonus rolls over into subsequent weeks until a perfect card is submitted.  In the event of a tie in Season Long competition, the participant who entered their pick set in week 17 first, will win the tie. Season long prizes will be awarded to guests with most correct picks throughout the entire season. If there are no perfect cards are entered in week 16, that week’s bonus and any bonus money that has rolled over will not be awarded.

Potential Season prizes include the following:

• 1^st place- $5,000 Cash
• 2^nd place- $2,500 Cash
• 3^rd place- $1,500 Cash
• 4^th place- $750 Cash or $and Dollars
• 5^th place- $250 Cash or $and Dollars

Monday Night Football at Aces:

“We didn’t lose the game; we just ran out of time.” – Vince Lombardi

Monday nights you can find us hanging out at Aces Sports Bar and Grill vying for coveted NFL themed prizes while watching the weekly game! Simply show up to get an initial drawing ticket. Additional tickets are given out per order of food items. The more appetizers, the more tickets!  Those drawn will get the opportunity to play a random game in order to get NFL merch, gift certificates and more!

2019 Monday Night Football Schedule:

September 9, 4:10pm – Texans at Saints

September 9, 7:20pm – Broncos at Raiders

September 16, 5:15pm – Browns at Jets

September 23, 5:15pm – Bears at Redskins

September 30, 5:15pm – Bengals at Steelers

October 7, 5:15pm – Browns at 49ers

October 14, 5:15pm – Lions at Packers

October 21, 5:15pm — Patriots at Jets

October 28, 5:15pm — Dolphins at Steelers

November 4, 5:15pm — Cowboys at Giants

November 11, 5:15pm — Seahawks at 49ers

November 18, 5:15pm — Chiefs at Chargers

November 25, 5:15pm — Ravens at Rams

December 2, 5:15pm — Vikings at Seahawks

December 9, 5:15pm — Giants at Eagles

December 16, 5:15pm — Colts at Saints

December 23, 5:15pm — Packers at Vikings

Come in and enjoy the season at Chinook Winds.  Where Football is Better at the Beach!

According to the Red Cross website, approximately 36,000 units of red blood cells are needed EVERY day in the U.S.  One donation can potentially save up to three lives! Every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood.  Currently there is an emergency blood shortage and the Red Cross is issuing an urgent call for blood donors.

This year, Chinook Winds Casino Resort is hosting a drive on September 11^th which has become a day of National Service and Remembrance throughout the U.S.  From 11:30 am to 4:30 pm the American Red Cross will be here to collect extremely needed blood upstairs in our convention center.

We are also offering Red Power Donation capability! What is a power red donation?  During a Power Red donation, you give a concentrated dose of red cells, the part of your blood used every day for those needing transfusions as part of their care. This type of donation uses an automated process that separates your red blood cells from the other blood components, and safely and comfortably returns your plasma and platelets back to you.  These cells are typically given to trauma patients, newborns and those suffering from blood loss. This takes a bit more time and we are offering Power Red time slots at the top of every hour.  Ideal blood types are O positive, O negative, A negative, and B negative.

Please join Chinook Winds Casino Resort staff members and donate blood on September 11^th, 2019. We ask that if you plan to donate, please register below and set up an appointment time.  If you download the Blood Donor App- you can track your blood to see which hospital it ends up at!

Visit RedCrossBlood.org sponsor code: ChinookWinds, download the Blood Donor App or call 1-800 RED Cross to set up your appointment at Chinook Winds. Where Giving is Better at the Beach!

You know that feeling you get when you go to a concert? The excitement that builds as you enter the venue. The tunes stuck in your head, and the lyrics you know by heart ready to come out during that one unforgettable night. At Chinook Winds Casino Resort, those are our favorite feelings, and we get to re-live them each month with our top-notch headline entertainment. We strive to make your trip to the beach the best getaway ever. In doing so, we have put a focus on entertainment for everyone! Everything from classic rock bands, and exciting hip-hop artists, to great country music and laugh out loud comedians, Chinook Winds has it all.

We recognize that our guests appreciate good music, and we are well aware of all the excitement that comes with planning to see each and every concert in the Chinook Winds Showroom. With that said, we have decided to add more anticipation about the experience of a concert by the sea. Chinook Winds is now publishing free Spotify playlists for concert goers to jam out to in preparation for each big show! Celebrate buying that front row 90’s House Party ticket by dancing it out to a collection of iconic 90’s tracks. Maybe rock is more your speed? Get ready for Daughtry by streaming all their greatest hits on repeat before catching Chris Daughtry live on stage in September. If you are looking for a laugh, Chinook Winds brings the best comedy to the coast with names like Rodney Carrington and Bill Engvall. Hit play and split your sides as you listen to the best of Blue-Collar Comedy before Bill Engvall cracks you up in person.

No matter what type of show, Chinook Winds has your music streaming covered. Re-live the good ol’ days from classic artists, keep the good vibes going with today’s top hits, or add a little laughter to your day. We craft playlists for you to keep the good times rolling before and long after your concert by the sea. Follow the link below to see what’s playing now on the Chinook Winds Casino Resort Spotify profile!

Chinook Winds Playlists

     

According to Google the average American eats nearly 18 pounds of bacon each year. You know what this means…… Our fifth annual Beach, Bacon and Brews Festival is coming up in a few weeks! $25 entry fee gets you access to live music, free beer tasting from local Pacific Northwest microbreweries. The entry fee also includes 5 free bacon bits to start your tasting journey of delicious bacon recipes. Bacon bits are $1 per taste and all proceeds from them go to the charities you choose to spend them trying samples from. This year ten charities are competing for the title of best bacon recipe!

Chinook Winds and Sunnyvalley Smoked Meats partnered together the first year to supply the bacon to the competitors. By the second year of Beach, Bacon and Brews They became the full bacon sponsor. Bigfoot Beverages has been the beverage sponsor from the beginning and breweries from all over Oregon come to bring samples of their best brews. Charity recipes change every year and there are three types of judging: Top two professional chef recipes, top two amateur recipes, one people’s Choice for bacon and one people’s choice of best brew.
Breweries from all over Oregon are serving up their specialty tastes of beer and cider. Take advantage of an opportunity to sample craft beer from local breweries. Current breweries scheduled to take part this year are: Ace Cider, Arch Rock, Avid Cider, Bauman’s Cider, Breakside Brewery, Fort George Brewery, Goodlife Brewing, Groundbreaker Brewing, McKenzie Brewing, Nectar Creek Mead, Ninkasi Brewing, Oakshire Brewing, Pelican Brewery and Three Creeks brewing.

Live music is a huge part of Beach, Bacon and Brews. This year Rock ‘N’ Roll Cowboys, Short Notice and Fun with Jo will be performing live from our stage next to the tent. Sip brews; eat bacon and enjoy live entertainment that adds fantastic atmosphere every year! Rock ‘N’ Roll Cowboys hit the stage from 12pm to 1:30pm. Fun with Jo comes on stage from 2pm to 3:30pm with Short Notice performing from 4pm to 5:30pm. Awards will be announced shortly after. Tickets are available now online, by phone or in person at our box office at Winners Circle. Come join us July 13th from noon until 6pm and support our wonderful local charities while having a blast!

A little history about Beach, Bacon and Brews. It all started with James Myers from the Newport Food Pantry, he pitched the idea for a north Lincoln County event and had previously participated in a Tuna BBQ elsewhere. He thought a bacon event in Lincoln City would be fun! James Myers graciously coordinates the charity teams every year and has built a wonderful working relationship throughout the years. “For the non-profits this gives them needed funds to help support their programs and allows them to share their missions with the attendees From support for a battered women’s shelter to a summer youth baseball program the money raised these ten groups put the funds earned towards activities that benefit our entire county,” James Myers. The 2019 participating charities are: Lincoln City Chamber of Commerce, Depoe Bay Food Pantry, Family Promise of Lincoln County, American Legion Post #116, My Sister’s Place, Taft Tiger Boosters, Bay City Cruisers, RSVP and Mouse Factory Cooperative Preschool.

Here is a recipe for a fantastic 7-Layer Salad that is sure to be a hit at your next gathering.
Ingredients:
1 medium size lettuce, shredded
½ cup thinly sliced green onion
1 cup thinly sliced celery
1 cup (8 oz) water chestnuts
1 package of frozen peas
2 cups mayonnaise
2 teaspoons sugar
½ cup grated cheddar cheese
1 teaspoon garlic powder
¾ pound bacon, crisply cooked
3 hardboiled eggs, chopped
2 medium tomatoes cut into wedges.

Assemble the night before in a 3 to 4-quart glass dish. Make a layer of shredded lettuce, top with layer each of onion, celery, water chestnuts, peas. Spread mayonnaise. Sprinkle sugar, cheese and garlic powder. Cover and refrigerate until the next day. Crumble bacon into salad, sprinkle on chopped eggs and arrange tomato wedges around the salad. Enjoy!

Summer is coming upon us! Who is ready for a good excuse to visit the beach? Here are some of our upcoming events that give back to our veterans and local charities!

Kicking off the summer events is our 24th Anniversary, with Clay Walker performing on June 20th and 21st at 8pm and the big fireworks show on June 22nd at approximately 10pm. We have the Brewers Classic Golf Tournament, benefiting Lincoln City scholarships, on June 29th. That same weekend we have the first annual Bigfoot Fest! Complete with escape room adventures Jun 28th and 30th as well as our Bigfoot Hunt Giveaway Finale on June 30th.

Did you know that bacon dates back 3,500 years?  On July 13th we host our fifth annual Beach, Bacon and Brew Fest! $25 entry fee gets you beer tastings from over 20 brews, $5 in free slot play, as well as access to great food vendors, and live music! Purchase bacon bits at $1 per bit to enjoy original bacon recipes made by local charities. Each charity competes to win the title of who has the best bacon dish. All money earned from those bacon bits goes to the charity it’s dropped at. The Brewfest will go from 12pm-6pm with live music throughout the day to enjoy. Designated driver tickets are available at a reduced price.

Surf City Classic Car show and SoundOff competition are coming back on August 24th and 25th.  There will be everything from hot rods to custom cars, vintage corvettes, bikes and trucks at this show!  Car registration Is just $10 and includes a t-shirt and $5 in Free Slot Play! This timeless show takes place in the main parking area in front of the casino and all registration proceeds go to Angels Anonymous, a local non-profit created to assist our community with immediate needs. Surf City also brings in great car-related vendors as well as food, live bands and a beer garden. Soundoff is heading into its eighth year and is sure to be bigger and louder than ever! Awarding competitors with best sound quality and loudest car audio. Most competitors enter contests all over the country to earn points towards national level competition. Our Surf City SoundOff winners get triple points towards an invitation to the prestigious dB Drag Racing Worlds Finals! We also hold raffles to benefit Angels Anonymous.

The 15th annual Celebration of Honor returns September 18th- 22nd and will feature medal ceremonies, a special glass float drop, The Field of Honor, plus a free buffet, and a buy-one-get-one-free deal on a comedy show are available for veterans, active military personnel and their families.  Veteran’s services and Military displays are found in the large tent at our parking lot. This year, the Traveling Memorial Wall will be available for viewing throughout the week. Please join Chinook Winds Casino Resort in honoring those who have served and continue to serve in all branches of the military.

Mark your calendars and make plans with friends and family to attend these fantastic summer events! We hope to see you soon.  Check back soon for more updates on what’s coming up at Chinook Winds!

The Surf City Car Show and the Surf City Sound Off is just around the corner, and this year we have something special for our neighbors nearby! That’s right. It’s time again for our celebration of classic cars, trucks and bikes as well as the loudest and best sounding vehicles in the West (country?)! Cars are better at the beach and on August 25th and 26th, Chinook Winds will have some exciting, friendly competitions to see whose rides look the best and sound the best. This year we’ve added a fun giveaway  to let all of our neighbors in on the Surf City Sound Off fun!

If you live in the greater Lincoln City area and hear the Sound Off every year, we have an exciting opportunity for you. Last year Chinook Winds helped raise more than $8,000 for Angels Anonymous during Surf City Sound Off! Angels Anonymous is a nonprofit that strives, “to provide immediate and basic services to those in need in the greater Lincoln City area, while complimenting existing services. The desire of Angels Anonymous is to provide a service that is immediate and to help those we serve to find solutions for long-term problems”. This year Chinook Winds would like to invite our neighbors to join us in bringing awareness to this great charity!

We know the Surf City Sound Off is a flashy event that brings new sounds to the coast. So, this year we would like to know what our neighbors will be doing during the Sound Off. Chinook Winds will be giving two lucky winners who share their stories with us a weekend away to stunning Central Oregon for next year’s event, or any other time of year you may choose! First, you’ll need to like Chinook Winds Casino Resort on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. Then, when you hear the Sound Off on August 25th and 26th, post a photo or video of what you were doing when you heard the sounds. We want to see everyone’s posts, so to make sure your post is seen and eligible, it must be public, with a caption, and tagged with our hashtag #AngelsSoundOff.  The winners of the Angel Sound Off Giveaway will be selected at random and announced on social media the following Monday, August 27th, 2018.

Chinooks Winds will be giving away a grand prize and a runner-up prize. The Grand prize includes a weekend getaway to beautiful Central Oregon, with a stay at the Sunriver Vacation Rentals by Meredith Lodging, four High Desert Museum admission tickets, and a one-hour family photo session with Kassia Nicole Photography. The Runner-up will receive a two-night stay at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in the heart of downtown Bend, and a $200 gift card for sunglasses at A to Z Eyeglass Repair.

Chinook Winds is calling all angels to stand up and sound off this August. Whether you have the loudest, best sounding vehicle in the West, or spend the day out on Devils Lake kayaking, we want to hear from you. Send us your photo and video stories for your chance to make a difference. Help us support Angels Anonymous, the group that supports all of us in the greater Lincoln City area so well!    #AngelsSoundOff

Welcome to our first Blog post. We hope to do some fun spotlights of guests and staff, behind the scene stories and include interesting thing to do when you visit the beach. If you have ideas of what you would like to see featured send us a note to heatherh@cwcresort.com.

Who is Eric Simpson?

At first glimpse, Eric Simpson is an adventurous and fun guy who enjoys his Keno and has a keen wit and sharp sense of humor. As you start listening to him, you discover that his joy of playing Keno is genuine.  At Chinook Winds Casino Resort we encounter so many interesting people as they come and go, but some leave a lasting impression. Eric is a guest who leaves a positive mark on staff and guests every time he is here.

Eric was born in England and moved to the states shortly after his birth. They lived in Florida and then in Canada for about three years before making their permanent home in Salem, Oregon in 1973. Since then Eric has grown up enjoying his garden. He started growing Sweetpeas because “that was the flower my mother is holding in her wedding picture”, and soon expanded to tomatoes and a few other garden variety (pun intended) vegetables. His passion for his garden is evident in how he lights up when talking about it. “I like to give some of my plants to local elementary schools to inspire our youth to get excited about organic gardens”, said Eric.

How does he win so many times?

For years Eric has visited our Resort and played his favorite 6 or 8 spot progressive Keno game. He might enjoy a random Keno Game King machine, but his favorite is good old fashioned Keno. “I enjoy visiting with the friendly staff here. For years I would bring my companion (his beautiful dog) Freddie and enjoy the beach and play a little”. In August 2017 Freddie passed away, and since then Eric has come back numerous times walking the beach where he and Freddie walked. When asked how he chooses his numbers his answer was simple, “I will try many combinations, but mostly I pay attention to the staff and use special dates such as Freddie’s dog tag number and numbers I have used with my dad until he passed away in 1997”.

Many would say Eric is one of the luckiest Keno players we have here at the Resort. Since July of 2017 Eric has won a Keno Progressive seven times. You read that correctly, seven times a Keno Progressive winner! As we talked, Eric was very humble and simple about how he chooses his numbers, but he was methodical in his approach as well. He doesn’t do anything by chance, in fact he has solid plans of play every time. He will sometimes visit Reno and if numbers worked at Keno in Reno then he will try them here. If numbers are in a slump he will take a look at everything he has tried and go back to numbers that used to work and give them a try.

When asked what his secret is, he looks you square in the eyes and says, “I’m a time traveler. Your present is my past. I cannon expand on this due to the rupture of the space-time continuum”.

Guests are like family:

Eric isn’t just a dedicated Keno player to us here at Chinook Winds, he has become a guest who is part of the family and is happily referred to as the “salsa king”. He grows tomatoes at his home in Salem and graciously makes salsa for his friends – which includes many here at Chinook Winds. Last year Eric made more than 20 gallons of salsa for his neighbors, friends and a number of folks at Chinook Winds. When asked why he visits us, his answer was simple – “You have the nicest people here”.

Thank you Eric, for visiting us and choosing us as your place to relax, have some fun, win a little, but as you said, “leave the place better than when you came and do a good deed every day”.

This is the first of many Blog posts to come for Chinook Winds Casino Resort. We hope you enjoy our conversations with our guests, information about the area and fun topics of interest. If you have ideas on topics feel free to email heatherh@cwcresort.com and make sure to subscribe to our posts so you don’t miss out on any information.