Hart & Huntington Teams Up With Dew Tour for FMX Best Whip Contest at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino‏

 

       

Las Vegas – October 4, 2010 – Hart and
Huntington and the Dew Tour are teaming up to hold the greatest
freestyle motocross Best Whip competition the desert has ever seen at
the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on Saturday, October 16^th
at 5:00pm. Legendary moto rider and entrepreneur, Carey Hart, will
invite of the world’s best FMX and motocross riders to the Hard Rock
Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas for an evening of moto madness
including Jeremy ‘Twitch’ Stenberg, Josh Hansen, Ronnie Faisst,
Myles Richmond, Jarryd McNeil and Lance Coury.

 

“Las Vegas is where I call home, so I couldn’t be
more excited to host an FMX Best Whip competition at the Dew Tour
Championships in my hometown,” said Hart. “Fans will have the
opportunity to see the top guys in motocross and FMX put on
a high-energy, competitive contest.”

 

The competition is part of the Dew Tour
Championships, a four-day event culminating the 2010 Dew Tour season
and featuring competitions with the best skateboard, BMX and freestyle
motocross athletes in the world, including Shaun White, Ryan
Sheckler, Paul Rodriguez, Dave Mirra and many more. Tickets are now on
sale starting at just $15.

 

Tickets for the Dew Tour Championships are now on sale at Ticketmaster, Ticketmaster.com, select Ticketmaster retail outlets, by phone at (800) 745-3000 or at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino box office.

 

Tickets for the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino’s legendary concert venue, The Joint by Rogue, on Friday, October 15^th range from $34 - $63, including a concert with N.E.R.D. Tickets
for the Plaza at the Hard Rock on Saturday, October 16^th are just $15. Tickets for competitions at the HRH Beach Club Pool on Sunday, October 17^th are $25. Tickets for the Dew Cup Awards Ceremony
and the Wavves concert at The Joint by Rogue on Sunday, October 17^th range from $15 - $20.

 

The complete 2010 Dew Tour schedule is as follows:

 

Skate Open,                     June 25-26      Boston, Mass. – TD Garden

ISF Skateboarding World Championships          

Nike 6.0 BMX Open                July 23-24      Chicago, Ill. – Soldier Field South Festival Lot

Wendy’s Invitational            Aug. 12-15      Portland, Ore. – Rose Quarter          

Toyota Challenge                Sept. 16-19     Salt Lake City, Utah – EnergySolutions Arena

 

In its sixth year, the top athletes in the world
will take part in the 2010 Dew Tour, all competing for the highly
coveted Dew Cup that will be awarded at season’s end to champions in
each of the five disciplines, culminating at the Dew
Tour Championships at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
The 2009 Dew Cup champions include Chris Cole (skateboard park), Bucky
Lasek (skate vert), Garrett Reynolds (BMX park), Jamie Bestwick (BMX
vert) and Ryan Nyquist (BMX dirt).

 

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The Dew Tour consists of five major, multi-sport
events spanning across the country, with a cumulative points system, a
$2.5 million competitive purse a bonus pool at year-end based on
overall tour standings. The Tour features skateboarding
(park and vert), BMX (park, vert and dirt) and freestyle motocross. At
season’s end, the overall points leaders in the five disciplines will
be crowned year-end champions and awarded the prestigious Dew Cup. As
part of an Alli property, key lifestyle elements
complement the competitions at each Tour event including the Festival
Village, specialty competitions, and live, cutting-edge music. The Dew
Tour is broadcast live on NBC Sports with additional competition and
lifestyle broadcasts on MTV, MTV2 and USA. The
Dew Tour is also distributed on Fuel TV, Universal HD, and
internationally on Eurosport 2, Fox Australia, Extreme Channel and
Allarco Superchannel. The Dew Tour partners include Mountain Dew (tour
title sponsor) and Nike 6.0, Wendy's and Toyota (event title
sponsors). Associate partners include Ball Park, JCPenney, MATADOR by
Jack Link’s, Paul Mitchell, PlayStation®, PowerBar, Sony and Verizon.
More information can be found at www.Allisports.com.

 

Alli, the Alliance of Action Sports, is a global
business that encompasses national and international action sports
tours and events, multimedia production, and a consumer-facing
lifestyle brand. The Alliance includes: the Dew Tour, Winter
Dew Tour, Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship, King of Wake
series, and the Gatorade Free Flow Tour. Alli Productions, which
creates original content, produces and presents content with partners
and distributes Alli content through a variety of channels.
Alli is owned by NBC Sports and MTV Networks. More information can be
found at www.Allisports.com.

 

NBC Universal is one of the world’s leading media
and entertainment companies in the development, production, and
marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience.
Formed in May 2004 through the combining of NBC and
Vivendi Universal Entertainment, NBC Universal owns and operates the
No. 1 television network, the fastest-growing Spanish-language network,
a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment networks, a premier
motion picture company, significant television production
operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned
theme parks. NBC Universal is 80%-owned by General Electric, with 20%
controlled by Vivendi Universal.

 

MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B),
is one of the world's leading creators of programming and content
across all media platforms. MTV Networks, with more than 150 channels
worldwide, owns and operates the following television
programming services - MTV: MUSIC TELEVISION, MTV2, VH1, mtvU,
NICKELODEON, NICK at NITE, LOGO, COMEDY CENTRAL, TV LAND, SPIKE TV,
CMT, NOGGIN, THE N, VH1 CLASSIC, MTVN INTERNATIONAL and THE DIGITAL
SUITE FROM MTV NETWORKS, a package of 13 digital services,
all of these networks trademarks of MTV Networks. MTV Networks connects
with its audiences through its robust consumer products businesses and
its more than 300 interactive properties worldwide, including online,
broadband, wireless and interactive television
services and also has licensing agreements, joint

 

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, owned and operated by Morgans
Hotel Group Co. (NASDAQ: MHGC)
and
equity partner DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, is a premier destination
entertainment resort situated on 26 acres in Las Vegas. Built in 1995,
the property recently completed its $750 million expansion in early
2010. Hard Rock Hotel & Casino offers an energetic
entertainment and gaming experience with the services and amenities
associated with a boutique luxury resort hotel. The property is known
for its innovative nightlife and music scene where such acts as The
Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi, Paul McCartney, Incubus,
Nine Inch Nails and The Killers have all performed.  Features of the
property include an 11-story Hard Rock Hotel tower with 640 guest
rooms, 17-story Paradise Tower with 490 rooms and suites and the
all-suite HRH Tower with 359 suites, eight spa villas and
seven penthouse suites; 72,000 square feet of casino space; 80,000
square feet of flexible meeting and convention space; the luxurious
Vanity nightclub; Reliquary Water Sanctuary & Spa; BrannonHair
salon; 4.8 acres of tropical pool paradise; Rehab, the trendsetting
Sunday afternoon pool party; The Joint
by Rogue concert venue, home to Supernatural Santana:
A Trip Through the Hits; rock club Wasted Space; a 7,000 square feet
Poker Lounge; restaurants including Rare 120 steakhouse, the
Tuscan-style Italian eatery AGO, world-renowned Nobu, Johnny Smalls,
Pink Taco and Mr. Lucky’s 24/7 diner; numerous cocktail lounges;
several retail stores; and the Rock Spa/Health Club, a state-of-the-art
fitness center.  For room availability and additional information call
800.HRD.ROCK (800.473.7625) or visit www.hardrockhotel.com.