{"id":50517,"date":"2016-05-04T23:47:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T23:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/owegopennysaver.com\/?p=50517"},"modified":"2016-05-05T22:30:40","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T22:30:40","slug":"tioga-downs-announces-2016-harness-racing-summer-concerts-and-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2016\/05\/04\/tioga-downs-announces-2016-harness-racing-summer-concerts-and-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Tioga Downs announces 2016 harness racing, summer concerts and events"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Tioga<\/a>

Ongoing construction can be visibly seen on the Tioga Downs property and is progressing quickly, however a date or timeline for the casino expansion has not yet been finalized. Gaming license paperwork has been completed and is in final review stage. (Photos by JoAnn R. Walter)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Tioga<\/a>

Tioga Downs in Nichols, N.Y. kicks off their eleventh season of live harness racing on Saturday, May 7 with a southern-style Kentucky Derby celebration and\u00a0with summer just around the corner star-studded musical entertainment and several exciting events are planned. For a complete racing, events and entertainment schedule, visit www.tiogadowns.com\u00a0or find them on Facebook.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Tioga<\/a>

New President and General Manager of Tioga Downs and Vernon Downs Casino, Scott Freeman, gave an overview of the 2016 events and entertainment season at a preview night held May 3.<\/p><\/div>\n

Tioga Downs in Nichols, N.Y. kicks off their eleventh season of live harness racing on Saturday, May 7 with a southern-style Kentucky Derby celebration, and with summer just around the corner, star-studded musical entertainment and several exciting events are planned.<\/p>\n

At a media preview night on May 3, new President and General Manager of Tioga Downs and Vernon Downs, Scott Freeman, gave an overview of the events and entertainment, and Justin Horowitz, regional racing marketing manager,\u00a0offered exciting details on the racing season ahead.<\/p>\n

Tioga Downs\u2019 \u201cDerby Fest 9\u201d begins at 9 a.m. and celebrates the Kentucky Derby and the 142nd \u201cRun for the Roses.\u201d Guests will enjoy watching \u201cthe most exciting two minutes in sports,\u201d as well as the first live race of the Tioga Downs season.\u00a0Post time is 5 p.m., with a live simulcast and post time for the Kentucky Derby at 6:34 p.m.\u00a0Guests can dress in derby-style-fashion and participate in a full day of contests and promotions, including the Derby Hat Contest, which starts at 2 p.m. Live musical entertainment is planned trackside, and concluding the evening will be a spectacular fireworks show.<\/p>\n

Racing is also planned on Mother\u2019s Day, May 8 and subsequent Sunday afternoon race dates will allow families to experience live racing together. All season long, guests can participate in the annual \u201cHorseplay Car Giveaway,\u201d whereby money raised throughout the season is matched by Tioga Downs and donated to local charities. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Father\u2019s Day, June 19, features the \u201cRoll with Joe\u201d race with many of the sport\u2019s top older pacers, and in August, sharing the spotlight with the Empire Breeders Classic is the Artiscape, just a sample of multiple races scheduled throughout the season.<\/p>\n

The always amusing camel and ostrich races will return in June, and slated for July is the Miss Tioga Downs competition, and again in August, the Spiedie Eating Championship.<\/p>\n

The outdoor summer concert series brings live to the stage KC and the Sunshine Band on July 9, American rock band, Grand Funk Railroad, on Aug. 13, and legendary artist and Grammy award winner, Kenny Rogers, on Sept. 4.<\/p>\n

In an effort to participate in a farm-to-table initiative, Freeman announced, \u201cIn about two weeks we will start to clear land for a farm- to-table growing area. We will grow all of our own vegetables and herbs and utilize them in our kitchens.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also in the spotlight, the ongoing construction at Tioga Downs\u2019 can be visibly seen on the property. The current phase of the construction process was originally expected to be completed by July.<\/p>\n

In a response to a question regarding the casino expansion timeline, Freeman replied, \u201cAs everyone can see, our construction is progressing very quickly.\u00a0Our license paperwork has been completed and is in final review stage.\u00a0We certainly must give the Gaming Commission time to digest the volumes submitted.\u00a0As for a particular timeline, I don\u2019t think we can speculate a certain date but I am sure the longest wait is behind us.\u201d<\/p>\n

A moment of silence was held at the May 3 preview night in remembrance of former New York State Senator Tom Libous who passed away from prostate cancer that same day. Libous was a strong advocate for area businesses during his 30 years of service, including Tioga Downs Casino, where he shared his strong voice in Albany and supported the facility from the ground up.<\/p>\n

Tioga Downs Regional Director of Business Development and Governmental Relations, Jay Dinga, shared this sentiment regarding Libous\u2019 support of the facility, \u201cHe carried the dream and all of us in the Tioga Downs family know that without him, we wouldn\u2019t be where we are today.\u201d<\/p>\n

For additional information about Tioga Downs\u2019 opening day and live harness racing schedule and a complete list of entertainment and events, visit\u00a0www.tiogadowns.com<\/a>\u00a0or find them on Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tioga Downs in Nichols, N.Y. kicks off their eleventh season of live harness racing on Saturday, May 7 with a southern-style Kentucky Derby celebration, and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":50519,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nTioga Downs announces 2016 harness racing, summer concerts and events - Owego Pennysaver Press<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2016\/05\/04\/tioga-downs-announces-2016-harness-racing-summer-concerts-and-events\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tioga Downs announces 2016 harness racing, summer concerts and events - Owego Pennysaver Press\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tioga Downs in Nichols, N.Y. kicks off their eleventh season of live harness racing on Saturday, May 7 with a southern-style Kentucky Derby celebration, and...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2016\/05\/04\/tioga-downs-announces-2016-harness-racing-summer-concerts-and-events\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Owego Pennysaver Press\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/The-Owego-Pennysaver-49179420591\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-05-04T23:47:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-05-05T22:30:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2016\/05\/WGOPTD2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"823\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"584\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"opennysaver\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"opennysaver\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2016\/05\/04\/tioga-downs-announces-2016-harness-racing-summer-concerts-and-events\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2016\/05\/04\/tioga-downs-announces-2016-harness-racing-summer-concerts-and-events\/\",\"name\":\"Tioga Downs announces 2016 harness racing, summer concerts and events - Owego Pennysaver Press\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2016\/05\/04\/tioga-downs-announces-2016-harness-racing-summer-concerts-and-events\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2016\/05\/04\/tioga-downs-announces-2016-harness-racing-summer-concerts-and-events\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2016\/05\/WGOPTD2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-05-04T23:47:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-05-05T22:30:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/e90b97e3c9fe75a643c31b3439ed7b15\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2016\/05\/04\/tioga-downs-announces-2016-harness-racing-summer-concerts-and-events\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2016\/05\/04\/tioga-downs-announces-2016-harness-racing-summer-concerts-and-events\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2016\/05\/04\/tioga-downs-announces-2016-harness-racing-summer-concerts-and-events\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2016\/05\/WGOPTD2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2016\/05\/WGOPTD2.jpg\",\"width\":823,\"height\":584,\"caption\":\"Tioga Downs in Nichols, N.Y. kicks off their eleventh season of live harness racing on Saturday, May 7 with a southern-style Kentucky Derby celebration and\u00a0with summer just around the corner star-studded musical entertainment and several exciting events are planned. For a complete racing, events and entertainment schedule, visit www.tiogadowns.com\u00a0or find them on Facebook.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2016\/05\/04\/tioga-downs-announces-2016-harness-racing-summer-concerts-and-events\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tioga Downs announces 2016 harness racing, summer concerts and events\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/\",\"name\":\"Owego Pennysaver Press\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/e90b97e3c9fe75a643c31b3439ed7b15\",\"name\":\"opennysaver\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9bec4be7017247fe88bfa55f4162d3e4f733b538d1e5778a56aec357ba2765b7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9bec4be7017247fe88bfa55f4162d3e4f733b538d1e5778a56aec357ba2765b7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"opennysaver\"},\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/author\/opennysaver\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tioga Downs announces 2016 harness racing, summer concerts and events - Owego Pennysaver Press","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2016\/05\/04\/tioga-downs-announces-2016-harness-racing-summer-concerts-and-events\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Tioga Downs announces 2016 harness racing, summer concerts and events - Owego Pennysaver Press","og_description":"Tioga Downs in Nichols, N.Y. kicks off their eleventh season of live harness racing on Saturday, May 7 with a southern-style Kentucky Derby celebration, and...","og_url":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2016\/05\/04\/tioga-downs-announces-2016-harness-racing-summer-concerts-and-events\/","og_site_name":"Owego Pennysaver Press","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/The-Owego-Pennysaver-49179420591\/","article_published_time":"2016-05-04T23:47:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-05-05T22:30:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":823,"height":584,"url":"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2016\/05\/WGOPTD2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"opennysaver","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"opennysaver","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2016\/05\/04\/tioga-downs-announces-2016-harness-racing-summer-concerts-and-events\/","url":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2016\/05\/04\/tioga-downs-announces-2016-harness-racing-summer-concerts-and-events\/","name":"Tioga Downs announces 2016 harness racing, summer concerts and events - Owego Pennysaver Press","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2016\/05\/04\/tioga-downs-announces-2016-harness-racing-summer-concerts-and-events\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2016\/05\/04\/tioga-downs-announces-2016-harness-racing-summer-concerts-and-events\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2016\/05\/WGOPTD2.jpg","datePublished":"2016-05-04T23:47:00+00:00","dateModified":"2016-05-05T22:30:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/e90b97e3c9fe75a643c31b3439ed7b15"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2016\/05\/04\/tioga-downs-announces-2016-harness-racing-summer-concerts-and-events\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2016\/05\/04\/tioga-downs-announces-2016-harness-racing-summer-concerts-and-events\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2016\/05\/04\/tioga-downs-announces-2016-harness-racing-summer-concerts-and-events\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2016\/05\/WGOPTD2.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2016\/05\/WGOPTD2.jpg","width":823,"height":584,"caption":"Tioga Downs in Nichols, N.Y. kicks off their eleventh season of live harness racing on Saturday, May 7 with a southern-style Kentucky Derby celebration and\u00a0with summer just around the corner star-studded musical entertainment and several exciting events are planned. For a complete racing, events and entertainment schedule, visit www.tiogadowns.com\u00a0or find them on Facebook."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2016\/05\/04\/tioga-downs-announces-2016-harness-racing-summer-concerts-and-events\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tioga Downs announces 2016 harness racing, summer concerts and events"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#website","url":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/","name":"Owego Pennysaver Press","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/e90b97e3c9fe75a643c31b3439ed7b15","name":"opennysaver","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9bec4be7017247fe88bfa55f4162d3e4f733b538d1e5778a56aec357ba2765b7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9bec4be7017247fe88bfa55f4162d3e4f733b538d1e5778a56aec357ba2765b7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"opennysaver"},"url":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/author\/opennysaver\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}