Grab your salsa shoes and get ready to celebrate a night of fun, excitement and great value. Tropicana Casino & Resort announces the Second Annual Festival Carnivale de Tropicana on Friday, February 26, 2010 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Since no festival is complete without amazing food, the dining destinations of The Quarter will line the walkways with an array of tempting specials. Festival goers looking to indulge need only stop by the IMAX Box Office or the New Member Center in The Quarter to purchase Carnivale tickets for $5 each on the day of the event. Each $5 Carnivale ticket is exchangeable for one of the following food items:

• A sandwich from A Dam Good Deli
• A taco platter from A Dam Good Sports Bar
• Eggplant Parmesan from Carmine’s
• A pork slider from Corky’s
• A hot fudge sundae from Create A Cone
• Empanadas de Pollo from Cuba Libre
• A 10 wing platter from Hooters
• Cavatelli Alla PolPa Di Granchio from Il Verdi
• A Chicken Parmesan slider from The Palm
• A spring roll and almond cashew Chicken over rice from PF Changs
• Beef Stroganoff from Red Square
• Guinness BBQ Meatball Sandwich with coleslaw from Rí-Rá
• Grilled Alaskan King Salmon & cold water Shrimp with a Cilantro scented Mango Chili Butter Sauce at Wellington’s
• A hot coffee and fresh pastry from Zeytinia

Festival goers can also take advantage of the following cash purchase specials:

• $10 bottles of wine and $5 cigars at A Time For Wine
• $5 glasses of E Minor Shiraz or E Minor Chardonnay at Alto Vino
• $5 Giant Martinis at Firewaters
• A $35 multi-course prix fixe menu at Il Verdi
• $5 “Planet Rose” cocktails at Planet Rose
• $5 “Carnivale” cocktails at Rumba and Tango’s
• A $35 multi-course prix fixe menu at Wellington’s

The festival will really heat up following the event at Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar’s Noche de Carnivale with costumed Brazilian dancers, a master percussionist and DJ Javiar playing tropical beats. Cuba Libre will give out carnivale beads and offer half priced Leblon Brazilian mojitios and Leblon caipirinhas from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m.

During Festival Carnivale de Tropicana, all new Diamond Club and IN Card members will receive $25 EZ Slot Dollars! This free, property-wide celebration is your chance to eat, drink, dance and be outrageous. Catch the spirit of Carnivale in Cuba with Festival Carnivale de Tropicana.

Must be 21. Certain restrictions may apply. Tropicana reserves the right to modify or change the offers without notice. Bet with your head, not over it. Gambling Problem? Call 1.800.GAMBLER.