News Releases

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. (May 18, 2012) – NASA is offering visitors rare access to several key areas of Kennedy Space Center during its 50th anniversary year to enhance a popular destination that already features an array of authentic attractions showcasing the space program and opportunities for up-close viewing of ongoing rocket launches.

ARLINGTON, Texas (May 16, 2012) – Delaware North Companies Sportservice – food, beverage and retail partner of the Texas Rangers – this week introduced the “Boomstick Combo,” and unveiled plans for the next big thing: “The Great Bratbino.”

BUFFALO, NY (May 15, 2012) – Delaware North Companies, a global leader in hospitality and food service, announced it has become an Allied Member with the American Society of Travel Agents, the world's largest association of travel professionals, at the International Pow Wow in Los Angeles this past April.

WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. (April 26, 2012) – Yellowstone National Park has been ranked as the best adventure vacation in the United States by U.S. News and World Report. The magazine also ranked Yellowstone as the best cheap summer vacation in the country, second best affordable U.S. destination, second best family summer vacation and third best relaxing U.S. getaway.

GREEN BAY, Wis., and BUFFALO, N.Y. (April 18, 2012) – The Green Bay Packers announced today that Delaware North Companies Sportservice has been selected as the new exclusive provider of food and beverage services at Lambeau Field.

BUFFALO, NY and LOUISVILLE, KY (March 1, 2012) – Delaware North Companies Gaming & Entertainment, one of the most innovative gaming and racing operators in the country, and Churchill Downs Incorporated (“CDI”), a premier racing, gaming and entertainment company, today announced their joint venture to purchase Lebanon Raceway in Lebanon, Ohio, and develop a new video lottery terminal (VLT) facility with up to 2,500 VLTs and a harness racetrack.

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (March 1, 2012) – Jumer’s Casino and Hotel in Rock Island, Ill., is set to open a new restaurant at 4 p.m. today that celebrates the long history and achievements in food service of Delaware North Companies, which purchased and began operating the casino in 2011.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (Feb. 13, 2012) – Delaware North Companies Travel Hospitality Services at the Syracuse Hancock International Airport announced today the installation of a brand new Best Buy Express ZoomShop, located in the north concourse of the airport.

50 years ago, Project Mercury astronaut John Glenn made history by becoming the first American to orbit the Earth. This stunning achievement relied upon the strength of a powerful Atlas rocket to successfully carry Glenn’s spacecraft, Friendship 7, into space. Nearly 50 years to the day of Glenn’s 1962 flight, an advanced United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 rocket will lift-off from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex recognizes the historic ties between these events, and is offering visitors the opportunity to watch the Feb. 16 launch of the Atlas V, currently scheduled to occur between 5:46 and 6:30 p.m.

In 1962, NASA’s Project Mercury made history by sending an American into orbit for the first time. To mark the 50th anniversary of this historic achievement, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is inviting the public to a celebration that will be headlined by Mercury astronauts John Glenn and Scott Carpenter, the first two Americans to orbit Earth.