It’s unclear what else from Biloxi casino is missing
By TOM WILEMON
Knight Ridder Tribune News
BILOXI, MISS. - Tabatha Murray, a waitress at the Waffle House in downtown Biloxi, walked a line to the restaurant after Hurricane Katrina passed to see if it survived.
The restaurant was gone, but she found what is thought to be a rock [...]
OCEAN SPRINGS, Mississippi – As reported by the Biloxi Sun Herald: “People who normally make their living dealing cards, serving cocktails or cooking food are being trained in construction safety so they can help rebuild their place of work, Casino Magic Biloxi.
“The casino’s parent company, Pinnacle Entertainment, is offering construction jobs to the employees through [...]
Corchis third at helm since August
By TOM WILEMON
tewilemon@sunherald.com
BILOXI - George P. Corchis Jr., the brother of the man who temporarily took the helm at Beau Rivage after the August departure of Jeff Dahl, is the casino resort’s new president.
Corchis comes to Biloxi from Tunica, where he worked for Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. as general manager of [...]
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — C.J. “Mac” McClendon spent years installing slot machines on the Gulf Coast. These days, he is exhuming them.
When Hurricane Katrina leveled the Gulfport and Biloxi area, it silenced about 18,000 slot machines at Mississippi’s floating casinos. Some of the one-armed bandits were washed into the sea. Looters ran off with others. [...]
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — When Hurricane Katrina finished pounding this seaside city, it appeared the Beau Rivage hotel-casino had escaped serious damage.
It was built to withstand a Category 5 hurricane, and initial reports suggested the $800 million crown jewel of Gulf Coast casinos might recover quickly, a bright spot in an economy desperate for some [...]