Big Blackjack Games at Iowa Memorial Union

February 21, 2013, the night of this year’s big event for the Iowa Memorial Union, The University of Iowa. The organizers promise to provide a much better, bolder and bigger Casino Night activities that will also include Blackjack amongst other popular table games. A much larger budget was created for this year’s event by the Campus Activities Board and the transformation of the IMU lounge will happen tonight at 9pm.

Last year’s event produced an attendance of over one hundred people and it was held at the Old Brick. This year, with a much larger venue, the Board is expecting to have an attendance of at least 400 guests joining in the activities. Katie Brown, the variety and entertainment director of the board said “We want students to feel like they are not at just a school-sponsored event but more of a casino-esque event.”

Brown is anticipating that the crowd will enjoy the live jazz band, photo booth, a DJ from KRUI and $1,000 worth of food. There are the usual tables for blackjack for those casino lovers who enjoy this game. There are also raffle tickets giving everyone a chance to win a $100 worth of Hawkeye gear, an Apple TC, a spa basket full of Aveda products, coffee theme basket and a lot, lot more.

Students and guests can also enjoy other available games like roulette and poker tournaments. An excited Brown said, “My favorite part is to see the final product and see people play, not just to win prizes but because they are excited to be there. The music and prizes are definitely high points of the event.” With all these preparations, there is nothing else to expect but just success.

This blog entry was posted on Thursday, March 7th, 2013 at 4:43 pm and is filed under Blackjack News.