Valley getting ready for New Year’s Eve
December 28, 2008
By Michael Rowe
The Snoqualmie Casino and other Valley businesses are gearing up to usher in 2009.
A variety of New Year’s Eve entertainment options in Snoqualmie Valley are available for visitors and residents. The new Snoqualmie Casino is offering four New Year’s Eve events that they describe as “spectacular,” and two Snoqualmie pubs are also preparing to celebrate the new year with special events.
Snoqualmie Casino’s New Year’s Eve Extravaganza begins at 9 p.m. in the Snoqualmie Ballroom, with gourmet cuisine, chilled champagne, glittering party favors and live entertainment by two of the Seattle area’s favorite party bands, the Afrodisiacs and the Spazmatics. Tickets for the casino ballroom event are $175 per person.
Younger crowds who prefer to rock in the new year can do so with American Idol star Blake Lewis and DJ SupaSam at the casino’s Club SNO. The casino expects Lewis to keep the excitement alive with his unique sound and electrifying stage performance. Doors will open at 8 p.m., and tickets for Blake Lewis’s New Year’s Eve performance are $75.
Tickets for both the New Year’s Eve Extravaganza and the Blake Lewis performance are available through Ticketmaster by calling 206-628-0888, or online at www.ticketmaster.com, or at the Snoqualmie Casino Box Office.
Gourmands might prefer checking out the casino’s Terra Vista Restaurant, which is offering an exquisite five-course menu. The Prix Fixe menu includes a champagne toast and begins at 9 p.m. Tickets for the Prix Fixe are $125. The restaurant will also feature its regular menu offerings from 4 to 8 p.m. Reservations are available through www.opentable.com or by phone at 425-888-1234.
The casino’s fourth and final offering for New Year’s Eve is in the LIT Cigar Lounge. The exclusive event will feature cigars, a champagne toast and hors d’oeuvres. Tickets for the LIT event are $100, and can be purchased at the Snoqualmie Valley Casino box office.
If the casino is not your scene, a couple of other Snoqualmie businesses are offering New Year’s Eve parties. The new Woodman’s Lodge at 38601 SE King Street in Snoqualmie is hosting Swingtime Express with singer Janet West. The band will play swing music from the 30s and 40s from about 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
The full event at the Woodman’s Lodge begins at 8 p.m. and costs $75 a person, which includes a four-course dinner with champagne toasts as guests arrive and at midnight.
Woodman Lodge owner Peter LaHaye said that tickets for the New Year’s Eve celebration are almost sold out, but if there is room in the lodge, people without tickets will be allowed in after 10 p.m. to join the swing dance and ring in the new year.
If you do not want to buy tickets for an event, then Finaghty’s Irish Pub and Restaurant on Snoqualmie Ridge might be the place for you. Finaghty’s will offer live music and fun without a cover charge. The pub plans to host the music of Johnny Smokes.
Reach reporter Michael Rowe at mrowe@snovalleystar.com or 392-6434.
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