Biloxi Blog

Here is a recent picture of the Treasure Bay Casino Pirate Ship in Biloxi Mississippi.

This is a sad picture, I was scheduled to be at the Treasure on Sept. 8th – 11th.
Source: AP Image

Interesting article about Harrahs..

By Michael Cox/ Townsman Staff
Thursday, September 29, 2005
Between taking phone calls from distressed employees and Gulf Coast legislators and working on plans to secure his Lake Charles Casino in anticipation of Hurricane Rita, Gary Loveman had a chance to take in a few minutes of his daughters’ Wellesley High School soccer games [...]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The city of Biloxi, home to a dozen floating casinos smashed by Hurricane Katrina, took a gamble that paid off.
Two months before the storm struck August 29, the coastal town of 50,000 secured an insurance policy against a catastrophic event like a hurricane disrupting its stream of gambling revenue.
At Mayor A.J. [...]

By DAVID DISHNEAU
The Associated Press
GULFPORT – The Grand Casino Gulfport, one of the glitzy gambling barges that helped turn Mississippi’s Gulf Coast into a tourist magnet, went bust Wednesday – literally.
Three controlled explosions in rapid succession brought down a 50-foot-tall section of the casino that was heaved onto U.S. 90 when Hurricane Katrina roared ashore [...]

It seems as I find more and more articles, that the new Hard Rock Casino in Biloxi will have to be basically rebuilt. It seemed after the initial damage assestment, that is mostly comestic damage and structural damage to the casino barge. Now it looks like it might be more than that.
Here is in [...]