By TOM WILEMON
tewilemon@sunherald.com
BILOXI - Las Vegas casino executive Peter Simon has filed a notice of intent with the Mississippi Gaming Commission, a first step toward putting a casino in D’Iberville.
The plans call for a 52,500-square-foot casino with 1,500 slot machines and 50 table games. The 30-acre site is on the west side of Interstate 110. […]
(CBS4 News) BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI The skyline of Biloxi changed early Sunday with the demolition of the 12-story Grand Casino Island View Hotel.
Mayor A.J. Holloway pushed the button which set off the series of explosions that brought down the building, which was damaged by Hurricane Katrina last year.
The enormous cloud of dust that the building created […]
PHILADELPHIA, Miss. - The owners of the Beau Rivage hope to reopen on Aug. 29, the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
The owners gave the Mississippi Gaming Commission a preview of the new refurbished casinos and hotel design on Thursday. The commission met at the location of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians casinos near Philadelphia.
George […]
By Roger Yu, USA TODAY
Mississippi’s post-Hurricane Katrina decision to allow casinos to rebuild on beachfront is bringing back the gambling business stronger than expected.
The August hurricane destroyed all 12 floating casinos on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Wagering at the three casinos that have reopened was running about $20 million a month on average at the […]
The head of the Mississippi Gaming Commission expects gaming tax revenue for the Gulf Coast to be at pre-Hurricane Katrina levels by the end of the year.
Larry Gregory, executive director of the commission, disagreed with Carlton L. Greer, senior vice president of Las Vegas-based Global Gaming, who told an audience at the 13th annual Southern […]