Promotions heat up cold January nights
By Suzanne Paulman
Canyon Casino, located in the heart of Black Hawk’s gaming district, is living up to its slogan of “Black Hawk’s Best Bet” in offering an outstanding variety of promotions and specials during the month of January.
Every Tuesday and Thursday, Connoisseur’s Club card members can earn 2X points while playing and a 50 percent discount at the Canyon Grille.
On Fridays, Canyon offers its Canyon Club card members point appreciation by awarding 3X points while playing slots on a card. Other levels of membership receive point appreciation too. VIP members are awarded 4X points and Platinum members receive 5X points. The easiest part of playing is that the points will automatically multiply during play.
Alex, Canyon Grille restaurant host, offers superb dining service.
Canyon recently renovated its table games pit to now feature Colorado home sports themes of basketball, football and hockey. Lively neon signs and authentic autographed sports jerseys decorate the walls. Each of the three blackjack tables reflects one of the sports teams jersey colors – Broncos football colors of bright orange and blue energize play on one of the tables.
On Friday and Saturday nights, the table games pit takes good care of its guests by serving free appetizers throughout the blackjack, craps and roulette playing. Jalapeño poppers and cheese sticks with marinara sauce are a sumptuous sample of what kinds of appetizers are served.
For all blackjack fans, Canyon will be holding a super special event on the last Friday of the month, Jan.27. It’s a $1,500 Blackjack Tournament with no entry fee required. The table games pit invites all its regular players to the tournament. If you are not a regular player, qualify for the event by playing any of the table games for three hours. The last seven tournament players are guaranteed a cash payout. Stop by the pit and ask one of the dealers in their colorful referee-styled uniforms to sign up for this fabulous event.
Each Saturday in January, Canyon will offer chances to win big money in its fantastic Cash Blizzard progressive promotion. On Saturday nights from 6-10 p.m., lucky guests playing with their member’s card will be selected every 15 minutes for a total of 17 random winners. Each winner will have a chance to spin the Winner’s Wheel, winning the prize amount of cash from $50 to $1,000 that the wheel lands on. If no one wins the $1,000, the cash will be added to the next Saturday night spin. Jan. 28 is the special date when the giveaway will take place from 10:30 p.m. – midnight. All of the cash will be given away to four lucky winners, who could win up to $1,000 each.
Canyon continues to offer the best bet in town by extending point appreciation to Sundays, as well. All Canyon Club members using their cards on both slots and video poker will receive 3X points all day.
Canyon Casino’s restaurant on the third floor, the cozy Canyon Grille, continues to offer outstanding service and freshly prepared food. A delicious prime rib dinner is available for $5.99 with a member’s club card every day. For an extra touch of culinary pleasure, specials can be added to the prime rib dinner of a lobster tail for $12, snow crab legs for $12, and grilled shrimp for $7.
Gabe, table games manager, stands by one John Elway’s autographed football jerseys that hangs on the walls of Canyon Casino.
In addition to their regular menu, Canyon Grille features two delectable specials this month for only $6.99 with a club member’s card. One special is a grilled Southwest pepper steak topped with sautéed mushrooms and other veggies, served with homemade potatoes au gratin. The other special is bacon wrapped chicken breast stuffed with real crabmeat, mushrooms, onions and spinach.
The Canyon Grille opens daily at 8:30 a.m. and serves breakfast until 11 a.m. A full menu is offered Sunday through Thursday, 11 a.m. – 9 p.m., and on Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. – midnight. The Canyon’s Sure Bet Snack Shop on the first floor in the Grand Plateau gaming section offers personal pizzas, nachos and other light food selections.
Canyon Casino is located at 131 Main St. in Black Hawk and is open Monday – Thursday, 8 a.m. – 2:30 a.m.; Friday – Saturday, 24 hours; and on Sunday, 8 a.m. – 2:30 a.m. Canyon offers plenty of free valet parking and a number of free self-parking lot spaces for its guests. Come early in the day to Canyon this month as its wonderful promos and specials guarantee that its parking spaces will fill up fast. Contact the casino for more information at 303-777-1111, www.canyoncasino.com, www.facebook.com/canyoncasino or twitter.com/CanyonBlackHawk.
