East end of city could become a gambling mecca
By TOM WILEMON tewilemon@sunherald.com
BILOXI - A casino loop that someday might rival the Atlantic City Boardwalk is already taking shape on the east end of the Biloxi Peninsula.
Biloxi is ahead of the game because it has the roads, the utilities, the market history and a city leadership […]
BILOXI, Miss. - Broadwater Development LLP will present plans for two casinos and a resort project on 261 acres to the Biloxi Planning Commission next week.
The total projected cost is more than $1 billion, officials said.
The plan calls for two casinos: one at the site of the Broadwater Hotel and another south of U.S. 90. […]
BILOXI — Boomtown Casino in Biloxi and Casino Magic in Bay St. Louis should reopen late this year, says Peter M. Carlino, the CEO of Penn National Gaming.
“We are working aggressively on planning the rebirth of both Casino Magic Bay St. Louis and Boomtown Biloxi,” Carlino said today.
Hurricane Katrina damaged or destroyed nearly all the […]
BILOXI, Mississippi – As reported by the Biloxi Sun Herald: “Larry Gregory, the executive director of the Mississippi Gaming Commission, said the three casinos that have reopened in Biloxi since Hurricane Katrina actually made about $62 million during January - $11 million more than the amount reported by the city of Biloxi on its Web […]
Two previous storms poked small holes in Treasure Bay’s floating barge. Katrina’s punch was so powerful, it smashed a large hole in the casino’s superstructure, its employment base and its budget. And in the process, it forever changed the Biloxi skyline.
Bernie Burkholder laughs to keep from crying. His casino floor sustained what he calls, “Total […]