Summerlin: Dairy Delights

Summerlin hosts its 14th annual All-You-Can-Eat Ice Cream Festival today from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Summerlin Centre Community Park. Summerlin Sam, the beloved giant jack rabbit mascot of the master-planned community, will be on hand to celebrate his sixth birthday party.

Visitors can enjoy ice cream cones, sundaes and floats; two ice cream eating contests; carnival games; musical entertainment provided by Kokomo, a beach-party band; ballet performances; and $5 hot-air balloon rides, weather permitting. Sam and his fellow community mascots -- Deputy Drip, Hey Reb and Mojave Max -- will cut a giant birthday cake at 11:45 a.m.

Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors, and $3 for children 5 years and older. Kids under 4 are admitted free. All proceeds benefit Nevada Ballet Theatre, Nevada's only professional ballet company.

Albertson's, located on West Charleston Boulevard in Summerlin, donated more than 800 gallons of ice cream, 4,000 cones, 300-plus liters of root beer, nearly 300 bottles of chocolate and caramel syrup, and scores of cases of whipping cream.

Tony Prey, Albertson's general manager, was delighted to assist.

"Our shoppers are primarily residents of the Summerlin community," Prey said. "The ice cream festival is a great way to help Nevada Ballet Theatre ... and throw a larger-than-life party for the community at the same time. We invite everyone who loves ice cream, regardless of where they live in the Las Vegas Valley, to share the day with us."

The park is located on Town Center Drive between Charleston Boulevard and Sahara Avenue.

Kristi Overgaard, vice president of marketing for The Howard Hughes Corp., developer of Summerlin, said the festival is among the community's most popular events.

"(It) has evolved over the years to a true community event made possible by hundreds of volunteers and a core group of community-minded companies who generously support the event," Overgaard said.

Additional sponsors include Toll Bros., Woodside Homes and Richmond American Homes.

Summerlin is home to eight golf courses, neighborhood and village parks, 16 schools, houses of worship, shopping centers, medical facilities, cultural facilities, business parks and more than 120 model homes.

Single-family homes, townhomes and condominiums are priced from the mid-$100,000s to more than $700,000. Custom-home sites in The Ridges are priced from the high $500,000s to more than $1 million, and predesigned custom homes are priced from $2.1 million. Apartments offer monthly rents starting from the low $800s.

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