LOS ANGELES, April 17 (Reuters) - Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. on Monday said it planned to acquire a casino site in Biloxi, Mississippi, from Pinnacle Entertainment Inc., which in turn would buy its Lake Charles, Louisiana, resort.Las Vegas-based Harrah’s said in a statement that it was focusing Gulf Coast development efforts on Biloxi and New Orleans […]
The price of renting an apartment or home is up 20- to 30-percent since the storm. And with rental houses and apartments in short supply, it appears the problem is only going to get worse before it gets better.
Meanwhile, construction crews are working round-the-clock to repair the hurricane-ravaged Beau Rivage Casino in Biloxi. On Monday, […]
Grand Casino Biloxi opening by Aug. 17 “Harrah’s Entertainment plans to spend $85 million to $90 million to reopen the Grand Casino Biloxi on or before Aug. 17. “That’s the word from Thomas E. O’Donnell, president of the Gulf Coast region for Harrah’s, who appeared before the Biloxi Planning Commission on Thursday.
However, he was tight-lipped […]
By the end of the year more than 10,000 casino jobs will be back on the Gulf Coast.
Six additional casinos shut down by Hurricane Katrina are expected to open, joining the three that are already open.
When Katrina struck Aug. 29, it shut down the 12 casinos operating on the Coast.
When the casinos return, the amenities […]
By TOM WILEMON
BILOXI - The Palace Casino plans to add 6,100 square feet to make room for 300 more slot machines, but longer term the resort will build a much bigger gambling floor.
Keith Crosby, the casino’s general manager, said he hopes to begin construction on the first phase of development as soon as he can […]