Mohegan Sun’s Wombi Rock

The Welcoming Reception will be held in Leffingwell's inside Wombi Rock on Tuesday evening, September 25, 2007, from 5:30-7:30 pm.

More about Wombi Rock

Excerpted from Mohegan Sun’s Fact Sheet

Standing at the center of the Mohegan Sun's Casino of the Sky is Wombi Rock, an amazing three-story crystal mountain built inside the casino and crafted from more than 12,000 individual plates of hand-selected onyx from quarries in Iran, Pakistan and Mexico. The slabs were then transported to Carrera, Italy where they were fused to glass.

“Wombi” comes from the Mohegan word “wambiyo” meaning “white.” White rocks made of milky quartz hold a central place in Mohegan tradition and have long been used by the tribe in ceremonies to solicit good spirits. In Mohegan tradition, rocks are not merely inanimate objects. They may carry the spirit of those who have shaped them, the power of a specific event, the ability to transform, protective or destructive energies, and the life force of beings. Mohegan Tribal Council meetings of long ago took place at Cochegun Rock, the largest freestanding boulder in New England. The old Mohegan expression “Ne mowe sunsmo?” literally means “Are you coming to the rock?”
Found directly underneath the planetarium dome, Wombi Rock is a meeting place, night club and bar, pulsating with lighting effects to complement the planetarium show.

High above the 115,000-square-foot Casino of the Sky and measuring 150 feet across, Mohegan Sun’s planetarium dome, the world’s largest, incorporates cutting-edge fiber optic technology to project displays of constellations, sun cycles and stirring clouds. Visitors can view the nighttime sky and constellations as they would appear on a late summer night, including Capricorn the goat, Vygnus the swan, Orion the hunter and the Big Dipper.

In Mohegan tradition, stars are considered living beings that represent tales of long ago. Their movements guide traditional Mohegan ways of life, signaling when to gather herbs, when to plant crops and when to hunt and fish.
Be sure to join us on Wednesday evening to experience this unique venue for our Welcoming Reception at the 2007 HRPyramid User Conference!

Questions about the conference? Please contact us at 508-747-7261
or e-mail dcollins@fwdco.com.