Soul Mine at Vernon Downs

Saturday, January 2

Visit The Stage at Ring Eyed Pete’s Bar and enjoy live entertainment at Vernon Downs! Soul Mine is a talented party and dance band and will perform from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.! Visit http://www.soulmineband.com to learn more about Soul Mine!

The Billionaires at Vernon Downs

Friday, January 1

Visit The Stage at Ring Eyed Pete’s Bar and enjoy live entertainment at Vernon Downs! The Billionaires is a talented party and variety band and will perform from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.! Visit http://www.billionairesband.com to learn more about The Billionaires!

Join Us New Year's Eve!!!!

Ring in 2010 at Vernon Downs Casino. The party starts at 1 p.m. and goes all night!!
Featuring our 2nd annual ball drop and a complimentary champagne toast at Ring Eyed Pete’s Bar at midnight!!!

Other event details:
HOURS:
Casino open regular hours (10a.m. -2a.m.) on New Years Eve and New Year’s Day

ENTERTAINMENT:
Custom Taylor Band 1 p.m .- 5 p.m.
Soul Injection 9p.m. – 1 a.m.

DINING:
Lucky’s open 7:30 – 10pm reservations recommended
o Can make reservations by calling Abbey (ext. 3777)
Champions Buffet
o $10.99 Lunch 11:30am-3pm
o $17.99 Dinner 4-11pm
o $7.95 Breakfast 11pm -2:30a.m.

Big D and the Tasty Cafe

Saturday, December 26

Visit The Stage at Ring Eyed Pete’s Bar and enjoy live entertainment at Vernon Downs! Big D and the Tasty Cafe is a talented blues and oldies band and will perform from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.!

Christmas Buffet

Friday, December 25
Enjoy a special Champions holiday buffet from 2pm to 9 p.m. featuring Turkey, Carved Ham, Clams, Baked Winter Squash and much, much more!

Special Holiday Hours

Thursday, December 24: Christmas Eve
Casino open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Friday, December 25: Christmas Day
Casino open 2p.m. to 2 a.m.
Due to the holiday, there will be no live entertainment on Ring Eyed Pete's Stage.

$500 Free Play Every 30 minutes

Friday, December 18

Join us Fridays when we’ll be giving away $500 in Free Play every half hour in hot seat drawings! Just be playing on a machine with a Your Club Card between the hours of 6 and 10:30 p.m. for your chance to win! We’ll draw a winner every half hour to win $500 in Free Play! Promotion runs Fridays in December but will not run December 25.

Gary Dunes Band

December 19, 2009

Visit The Stage at Ring Eyed Pete’s Bar and enjoy live entertainment at Vernon Downs! The Gary Dunes Band is a talented 60's, 70's & 80's band and will perform from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.! Visit http://www.garydunesband.com/to learn more about the Gary Dunes Band!

Dave Hanlon's Cookbook Band

December 18, 2009

Visit The Stage at Ring Eyed Pete’s Bar and enjoy live entertainment at Vernon Downs! Dave Hanlon’s Cookbook is a talented jazz and oldies band and will perform from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.! Visit http://www.davehanlonscookbook.com/ to learn more about the Cookbook band!

New! $5 Buffet on Mondays

Mondays

Enjoy Champions Buffet for lunch or dinner for just $5! Must be a Your Club member.

The Billionaires at Vernon Downs

Saturday, December 12

Visit The Stage at Ring Eyed Pete’s Bar and enjoy live entertainment at Vernon Downs! The Billionaires is a talented party and variety band and will perform from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.! Visit http://www.billionairesband.com to learn more about The Billionaires!

Over the Top

Friday, December 11

Visit The Stage at Ring Eyed Pete’s Bar and enjoy live entertainment at Vernon Downs! Over the Top is a talented oldies band and will perform from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.!

$500 Free Play Every 30 minutes

Friday, December 11

Join us Fridays when we’ll be giving away $500 in Free Play every half hour in hot seat drawings! Just be playing on a machine with a Your Club Card between the hours of 6 and 10:30 p.m. for your chance to win! We’ll draw a winner every half hour to win $500 in Free Play! Promotion runs Fridays in December but will not run December 25.

Timeline Band

Saturday, December 5

Visit The Stage at Ring Eyed Pete’s Bar and enjoy live entertainment at Vernon Downs! Timeline is a talented party and variety band and will perform from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.! Visit http://www.timelineband.com to learn more about Timeline!

First Friday Polka Party

Friday, December 4

Vernon Downs Casino is pleased to announce our First Friday Polka Party at Ring Eyed Pete’s Bar. On the first Friday of each month enjoy drinks, dancing and the sounds of great Polka music from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.! This month, we’ll be featuring Salt City Brass for the First Friday Polka Party. Salt City Brass will be on stage at 9 p.m. Friday, December 4. Then join us each and every month for the First Friday Polka Party at Vernon Downs Casino!

$500 Free Play Every 30 minutes

Friday, December 4

Join us Fridays when we’ll be giving away $500 in Free Play every half hour in hot seat drawings! Just be playing on a machine with a Your Club Card between the hours of 6 and 10:30 p.m. for your chance to win! We’ll draw a winner every half hour to win $500 in Free Play! Promotion runs Fridays in December but will not run December 25.

Free Spin for Jackpot members

Nov. 30 through Dec. 3

Take a free spin on us in December by showing your card at players club! Every spin is a winner! Jackpot Card Members get a free spin in the first week, Progressive card members get a free spin in the second week, and Classic card members get a free spin in the third week. And, in the fourth week, everybody wins! Participate in the free spin during your week and receive a coupon to purchase a $10 Speilo Free play for just $5 in points from December 21 to December 24 while supplies last!

Ultimate Altima Giveaway

Saturday, November 28, 2009
You've earned entries all month long to be entered into our Ultimate Altima Giveaway! Drawing is at 12 midnight. You must be present to win the 2009 Nissan Altima so join us on the Casino Stage while we announce the winner of the car.

Must activate entries by 10 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 28 to be eligible for the drawing. Guests may activate entries by inserting Your Club Card into any gaming machine before 10 p.m..

Billionaires

Saturday, November 28, 2009
Visit The Stage at Ring Eyed Pete’s Bar and enjoy live entertainment at Vernon Downs! The Billionaires is a talented oldies and variety band and will perform from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.! Visit www.billionairesband.com to learn more about the Billionaires!

The Band Charlie

Friday, November 27, 2009
Visit The Stage at Ring Eyed Pete’s Bar and enjoy live entertainment at Vernon Downs! The Band Charlie is a talented oldies and disco band and will perform from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.! Visit www.thebandcharlie.com to learn more about The Band Charlie!

Thanksgiving Buffet

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Enjoy Thanksgiving Dinner at Champions Buffet including all your traditional Thanksgiving favorites. 11:30 a.m. - 9 p.m. As always, kids under 5 eat free!!

Big D and the Tasty Cafe

Saturday, November 21

Visit The Stage at Ring Eyed Pete’s Bar and enjoy live entertainment at Vernon Downs! Big D and The Tasty Cafe is a talented oldies and blues band and will perform from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.!

Soul Injection

Friday, November 21

Visit The Stage at Ring Eyed Pete’s Bar and enjoy live entertainment at Vernon Downs! Soul Injection is a talented Soul and funk brass band and will perform from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.! Visit www.soulinjection.org to learn more about Soul Injection!

Gary Dunes Band

(image courtesy of: www.garydunesband.com)

Saturday, November 14

Gary Dunes Band
Visit The Stage at Ring Eyed Pete’s Bar and enjoy live entertainment at Vernon Downs! The Gary Dunes Band is a talented oldies band and will perform from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.! Visit www.garydunesband.com to learn more about the Gary Dunes Band

Disco Party With Soul Mine

Friday, November 13

Attention ladies and gentleman, Vernon Downs Casino is pleased bring you our first Disco Dance Party! Let Soul Mine take you back to Disco Days! Groove to the music of Soul Mine at Ring Eyed Pete’s Bar November 13 at 9 p.m.! Let’s Play!

$10K Cash Bash

Saturday, October 31

$500 Cash prizes every hour from 3 p.m. to midnight in hot seat drawings! Then, at 1 a.m. a drawing for $5,000 cash! Must be present to win.

Soul Mine

(image courtesy of http://www.soulmineband.com)

Saturday, October 31

Visit The Stage at Ring Eyed Pete’s Bar and enjoy live entertainment at Vernon Downs! Soul Mine is a high energy Dance, Funk, and R&B band and will perform from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Visit http://www.soulmineband.com to learn more about the Soul Mine band!

The Billionaires

Friday, October 30

Visit The Stage at Ring Eyed Pete’s Bar and enjoy live entertainment at Vernon Downs! The Billionaires are a talented party band playing a variety of music from R&B and Soul to Oldies and Rock & Roll. They will perform from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Visit their site to learn more about The Billionaires!

The Diamonds

Saturday, October 24

Vernon Downs is pleased to announce that the Diamonds will perform TWO FREE SHOWS right here on our casino stage Saturday, October 24th at 5 p.m. and 9 p.m.!

Fun! That was the way one fan described the Diamonds. Songs such as "Little Darlin", "The Stroll", and "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" were only three of the Diamonds' 16 hits that made it on the Billboard Charts. They had 21 appearances on America Bandstand and countless TV shows and concerts. Don’t miss the free shows at 5 and 9 p.m. at Ring Eyed Pete’s Stage!

Band Charlie

(image courtesy of http://www.thebandcharlie.com/)

Friday, October 23

Visit The Stage at Ring Eyed Pete’s Bar and enjoy live entertainment at Vernon Downs! The Band Charlie is a high energy disco and rock band and will perform from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Visit the band's website to learn more about The Band Charlie!

Alter Ego

(image courtesy of http://alteregosyracuse.com/)

Saturday, October 17

Visit The Stage at Ring Eyed Pete’s Bar and enjoy live entertainment at Vernon Downs! Alter Ego plays a variety of styles of Music with everything from the 50's up through today, with a special place in their hearts for the Disco, Funk, and R and B of the 70's, as well as the Aqua-Net Inspired 80's! They will perform from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Visit http://alteregosyracuse.com/ to learn more about Alter Ego!

Soul Mine

(image courtesy of http://www.soulmineband.com)

Friday, October 16

Visit The Stage at Ring Eyed Pete’s Bar and enjoy live entertainment at Vernon Downs! Soul Mine is a high energy Dance, Funk, and R&B band and will perform from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Visit http://www.soulmineband.com to learn more about the Soul Mine band!

Custom Taylor Band

Saturday, October 10

Visit The Stage at Ring Eyed Pete’s Bar and enjoy live entertainment at Vernon Downs! Chris Taylor and the Custom Taylor Band is a talented and popular country band and will perform from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Visit http://www.customtaylorband.com/ to learn more about the Custom Taylor Band!

Soul Injection

(image courtesy of http://www.soulinjection.org)

Friday, October 9

Visit The Stage at Ring Eyed Pete’s Bar and enjoy live entertainment at Vernon Downs! Soul Injection is a high energy power brass and soul rhythm band and will perform from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Visit http://www.soulinjection.org/ to learn more about Soul Injection!

Monster Cash

Friday, October 9

Earn entries all week long for a chance to win $500 in Free play! Then be present at the midnight drawing to turn that $500 Free Play into $5,000 cash!! If the winner isn’t present $2,500 will roll over to the next week!

Vernon Downs Post Change

Monday, September 28

Vernon Downs will be moving post time for this week’s races on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday to 1:15 pm post time pending regulatory approval. The change in post time is due to the transformers that caught fire on Saturday, September 26th. Management is working on fixing the transformers, but don’t know the exact amount of time necessary for repair therefore the change in post was necessary. Qualifiers at Vernon Downs on Friday, October 1st will be held at 10:00 am instead of 11:00 am and entries should still be called into the Vernon Downs Race Office on Thursday at 315. 829.6816 For more information please visit our website.

Bet The Ranch tops at Vernon

Friday, September 11

Vernon, NY -- Bet The Ranch was on top of her game in winning Friday night’s (Sept. 11) $10,000 feature for female pacers in 1:53.3 at Vernon Downs.



Fresh from a 1:55 victory at Batavia Downs on Sept. 2, Bet The Ranch ($4.90) went right to the front at the start and then repelled all challenges en route to a head triumph over Newberry Winner in Friday’s 10th race, the week’s open contest.

Ruel (Dude) Goodblood, Jr. did the teaming for trainer Jessica Okusko as the 4-year-old mare made it five local tallies, nine season’s scores and 18 lifetime wins, while bumping her career earnings to $148,882. Edwin Gold and Conrad Zurich own the steady-striding daughter of Bettor’s Delight-Silksanddiamonds, who owns a 1:52.4 record.

The win was one of three during the rainy evening for Okusko, the meet’s top trainer, who sports 50 first-place finishes after 66 local programs. Her other scores came from the Purple Haze Stable’s trotter Designed To Dazzle (2:01.3) and the Morrisville College Foundation’s trotter Electronic Chip (1:58.4).

Chris Lems, who won with Designed To Dazzle and Electronic Chip, also finished first with the trotter L’argent Hall (1:59.2), who is owned by trainer Joe Sansone and Laurie Roberts. It marked the seventh triple at the meet for the 22-year-old reinsman, who trails only Jimmy Whittemore, 90-76, on Vernon’s dash-winning chart.

L’argent Hall, this season’s winningest trotter at the Downs, collected his second straight score and eighth local tally of 2009.

--Jim Moran

Sport Game

Sunday, September 20

Win your share of ONE MILLION DOLLARS in our Sport Game Football Picks now - Jan 3rd at Ring Eyed Pete's Bar.

The Band Charlie

Saturday, September 19

The Band Charlie is a popular seven piece disco rock funk band and will perform 9PM - 1AM. Visit www.thebandcharlie.com to learn more about the band!

4-Wheeler Giveaway

Saturday, September 19

Earn entries all month long for your chance to win a utility 4-wheeler! Drawings every Saturday in September at Midnight. Must be present to win.

Jambones

Friday, September 18

Visit the Stage at Ring Eyed Pete's Bar and enjoy live entertainment at Vernon Downs. Jambones is a popular band and will perform a variety of music 9PM - 1AM

Sport Game

Sunday, September 13

Win your share of ONE MILLION DOLLARS in our Sport Game Football Picks now - Jan 3rd at Ring Eyed Pete's Bar.

Big D and the Tasty Cafe

Saturday, September 12

Enjoy live music at Vernon Downs! Big D and the Tasty Cafe peform 9PM-1AM on the Stage at Ring Eyed Pete's bar.

4-Wheeler Giveaway

Saturday, September 12

Earn entries all month long for your chance to win a utility 4-wheeler! Drawings every Saturday in September at Midnight. Must be present to win.

Fritz Polka Band

Friday, September 11

Visit The Stage at Ring Eyed Pete's Bar and enjoy live entertainment at Vernon Downs! Fritz Polka Band is a high energy Polka band and will perform 9PM to 1AM. Come celebrate a preview of Oktoberfest!

Neverly Brothers

Saturday, September 5

Visit The Stage at Ring Eyed Pete’s Bar and enjoy live entertainment at Vernon Downs! The Neverly Brothers play a variety of music from oldies to classic rock and will perform from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

4-Wheeler Giveaway

Saturday, September 5

Earn entries all month long for your chance to win a utility 4-wheeler! Drawings every Saturday in September at Midnight. Must be present to win.

Motif

Friday, September 4

Visit The Stage at Ring Eyed Pete’s Bar and enjoy live entertainment at Vernon Downs! Motif is an entertaining and talented band who will perform a variety of your favorites from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Twisted Tuesdays

Tuesday, September 1

Joins us at Ring Eyed Pete’s Bar every Tuesday!

• Two for one drinks


• 25 cent wings


• Trivia contest


• We spin the drink wheel every hour!

The Billionaires

Saturday, August 29

Visit The Stage at Ring Eyed Pete’s Bar and enjoy live entertainment at Vernon Downs! The Billionaires are a talented party band playing a variety of music from R&B and Soul to Oldies and Rock & Roll. They will perform from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Visit their site to learn more about The Billionaires!

Dave Hanlon’s Cookbook Band

Friday, August 28

Visit The Stage at Ring Eyed Pete’s Bar and enjoy live entertainment at Vernon Downs! The Cookbook Band is a talented group playing a variety of music from R&B and Soul to Oldies and Rock & Roll. They will perform from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Visit their site to learn more about Dave Hanlon’s Cookbook Band.

Racing Only Twisted Tour

Saturday, August 22 - Sunday, August 23

Stop by Vernon Downs Casino to see a NASCAR stock car up close, courtesy of Watkins Glenn International! Racing simulators and Watkins Glenn ticket giveaways. Friday-Saturday August 22-23 in front of the Casino!

Gary Dunes Band

Saturday, August 22

Visit The Stage at Ring Eyed Pete’s Bar and enjoy live entertainment at Vernon Downs! The Gary Dunes Band performs high energy classic hits, Pop, and R&B music from the 60's, 70's and 80's. They will play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Visit www.garydunesband.com/ to learn more about the band!

Elvis Tribute

Saturday, August 22

Vernon Downs is pleased to announce a tribute to Elvis Presley will be performed live on our casino stage Saturday, August 22 at 9pm. Elvis tribute artist Joe Angerosa will bring his act “Memories of Elvis” to Vernon Downs including all of the legendary hits! Don’t miss the opportunity to see Joe Angerosa, a Memories of Elvis in this FREE show at Vernon Downs August 22. And remember, we have live entertainment every Friday and Saturday evening.