House of Blues(R) Atlantic City and Showboat Atlantic City to Host Mississippi Mud Pour and Exclusive Hard Hat Preview Tour

House of Blues(R) Atlantic City and Showboat Atlantic City to Host Mississippi Mud Pour and Exclusive Hard Hat Preview Tour

Hundreds of Construction Workers to Participate in Mississippi Mud Ceremony

WHAT: The new House of Blues(R) Atlantic City will be hosting a
long-standing House of Blues tradition, as company COO Dolf
Berle joins hundreds of construction workers for the
Mississippi Mud Ceremony, a pouring of Mississippi Delta
mud into the concrete that forms House of Blues stages
across the country on Wednesday, May 4, 2005.

The event will include an exclusive hard hat preview tour
led by House of Blues and Harrah's executives and a lunch
to thank construction workers for their around-the-clock
work on the new venue. Details regarding the House of
Blues Atlantic City Grand Opening Sweepstakes will also be
revealed.

House of Blues(R) Atlantic City, slated to open this summer
at Showboat Atlantic City, will be House of Blues' first
location to offer casino gambling under its brand name, and
the only House of Blues-branded venue in the Northeast.
The multi-million-dollar project will include a casino,
poker room, music hall, nightclub, restaurants and a
Foundation Room, the first private membership club of its
kind in Atlantic City.

Attendees will include Senior Vice President of Atlantic
City Operations for Harrah's Entertainment Dave Jonas,
Kevin Morrow, Senior Vice President of Entertainment for
House of Blues, Aidan Scully, Senior Director of
Development for House of Blues and House of Blues Atlantic
City General Manager Ron Deimling. For more information
please visit http://www.hob.com/atlanticcity.

NEWS/PHOTO
OPPORTUNITY: Media welcomed to film and participate in one-on-one
interviews with House of Blues executives.

WHEN: Wednesday, May 4, 2005
Mississippi Mud Pour: 11:30 a.m.
Hard Hat Tour and Lunch: 12:00 p.m.

WHERE: House of Blues Atlantic City
Showboat Atlantic City 2nd Floor
(Take elevators at the end of Bourbon Street hallway)

RSVP: Susan Kotzen
609-343-4565
skotzen@ac.harrahs.com

MEDIA CONTACTS

Susan Kotzen Brent Burkhardt/Jessica Goon
Showboat Atlantic City TBC Public Relations
+1-609-343-4565 +1-410-986-1303 / 1315
skotzen@ac.harrahs.combburkhardt@tbc.us / jgoon@tbc.us

PRNewswire -- May 2

Source: Showboat Atlantic City

Web site: http://www.hob.com/atlanticcity

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