Rí Rá Las Vegas Celebrates Arthur’s Day Sept. 27
Pub offers guests free Guinness to toast to brand’s founder at 5:59 p.m.
Rí Rá Las Vegas, located inside The Shoppes at Mandalay Place, celebrates ARTHUR’S DAY®, a worldwide toast on Thursday, Sept. 27 in honor of Arthur Guinness, creator of the Guinness® brand.
Starting at 5:30 p.m., the authentic Irish pub will offer a free pint of Guinness® to the first 100 guests who can join Rí Rá in the worldwide toast at 5:59 p.m. In addition, Rí Rá will offer Guinness® drafts, Guinness® black lager and Guinness® foreign extra stout for $5 all day.
The festivities continue at 8 p.m. as Rí Rá will give away engraved, commemorative ARTHUR’S DAY® Guinness® glasses to the first 50 guests who order a beer from the pub’s Victorian bar. Guinness® girls will give away various items during the celebration as well.
To cap off ARTHUR’S DAY®, Stephen Leeson & The Shenanigans will take the stage at 8:45 p.m. Leeson, a multi-talented Irish folk singer, songwriter and musician, is best known for his unique voice, impeccable stage presence and versatility as a musician.
To celebrate the brand’s founder, the Guinness® Store Las Vegas, located next to Rí Rá, will offer customers 20 percent off all 2012 limited edition collectibles, including Guinness® glassware and key rings. The official Guinness® book, celebrating the brand’s 250 years, will also be 20 percent off all day.
About the Guinness Store Las Vegas
With the largest selection of Guinness® merchandise located in one venue outside of Ireland, the Guinness® Store Las Vegas is a “must see” destination filled with true Irish hospitality. Visitors to the store not only have the opportunity to purchase quality Guinness ® products, they can learn about the brewing process and the depth of richness of the Guinness ® brand through visual exhibitions showcasing its legacy and the strength of its advertising.
The Guinness ® Store is open from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily inside the Shoppes at Mandalay Place.
About Rí Rá Las Vegas
Crafted in the warm pub style of 19th century Ireland, Rí Rá Las Vegas is located inside The Shoppes at Mandalay Place. The authentic Irish pub features a multitude of artifacts that were carefully restored in Wicklow, Ireland and shipped to their new home in Las Vegas. Rí Rá Las Vegas contains an authentic Victorian Shop bar that began its life in Ireland in the 1880s, a whiskey bar adorned with an original glazed jewelry cabinet from 1900, an oak floor from a whiskey distillery and an 8-foot-tall, 500-pound carved plaster statue of St. Patrick dating back to 1850. The pub hosts live entertainment seven nights a week in a music room constructed with artifacts dating back to 1890 from the Olympia Theater in Dublin, Ireland. On the weekends, guests can kick back at Rí Rá Live, where every Friday and Saturday at 11:30 p.m. the best bands in town take the pub’s stage. Born and raised in Dublin, Rí Rá Las Vegas owners David Kelly and Ciaran Sheehan have been close friends since they were 14-years-old. Kelly and Sheehan later partnered with Jay Luther, whom Kelly met while working for Guinness. Rí Rá Las Vegas is the 12th pub the trio has opened in the U.S.
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