By Suzette Parmley
INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. said today it has agreed to sell the assets of its Grand Casino Gulfport to Gulfside Casino Partnership, which owns the Copa Casino site next to it. The price was not disclosed.
The Grand Casino in Gulfport, Miss., was heavily damaged during Hurricane Katrina in August, with parts of [...]
Casinos planning comeback
By Chris Joyner
chris.joyner@jackson.gannett.com
BILOXI — Hurricane Katrina delivered a crippling injury to Biloxi’s economy, but 120 days after crashing into this tourist city, the famous casinos are getting back in the game.
Imperial Palace Casino on Biloxi’s Back Bay will be the first of the city’s nine casinos to reopen.
John Lucas, general manager of the [...]
Trio of Biloxi establishments poised to reopen after Katrina devastation
Carlton Proctor
@PensacolaNewsJournal.com
Three of Biloxi’s eight casinos, all damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Katrina more than 100 days ago, are springing back to life just in time for the holidays.
The Imperial Palace Hotel & Casino will open on Thursday, followed by the Isle of Capri the [...]
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — The Asian-themed look of the Imperial Palace has been replaced by the swanky style of the IP.
So much has changed at the towering property on Biloxi’s Back Bay, which reopens Thursday, that it is marketing itself under a new and abbreviated name.
“We’re using IP to represent us in the future,” said [...]
JACKSON, Miss. - Gaming regulators have approved plans for work to begin on the Silver Slipper Casino in Hancock County and for the Palace Casino to reopen in Biloxi on Dec. 30.
Construction on the $43 million Silver Slipper should begin “almost immediately” and be finished by the last quarter of next year, Scott Andress, the [...]