By TOM WILEMON
tewilemon@sunherald.com
LAS VEGAS - Corporate mergers have made the casino world smaller.
A decade ago, ownership connections between casinos on the Mississippi Coast and Las Vegas were scarce. Today, almost half the casinos here report to corporate parents there. The largest of the corporations, Harrah’s Entertainment and MGM Mirage, operate the Coast’s biggest casinos.
Their gamblers [...]
Harrahs buys the Imperial Palace Las Vegas hotel/casino.
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http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Aug-23-Tue-2005/news/27091901.html
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The purchase agreement also does not include the Imperial Palace Mississippi in Biloxi.
It is sad to see the IP sold to Harrahs, I will miss the cheap room rates and perfect location. Hopefully they won’t make too many drastic changes, but [...]
BILOXI - After six years of relative stability, the Coast casino market is entering a new era of expansion and increased competition.
The soon-to-open Hard Rock Biloxi will lure gamblers from existing properties. Other new casino projects, such as Bacaran Bay and Silver Slipper, are moving forward. The world’s three largest casino companies, formed through corporate [...]
Hotel rooms
Number of hotel rooms at casinos on the Mississippi Gulf Coast
Beau Rivage — 1,740
Boomtown — No hotel
Casino Magic, Bay St. Louis — 492
Casino Magic, Biloxi — 378
Copa — No hotel
Grand Casino, Biloxi — 1,000
Grand Casino, Gulfport — 1,000
Hard Rock — 318
Imperial Palace — 1,088
Isle of Capri — 767
President — 175
New Palace — 236
Treasure Bay [...]
By Nell Luter Floyd
nlfloyd@clarionledger.com
Book a room at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Biloxi and you’ll find rock ‘n’ roll blaring, large plasma screen TVs in all the hotel rooms and lavish colors.
The $235 million resort, set to open later this month, has begun accepting reservations for the 294 guest rooms and 24 suites at [...]