Window cleaners were dangling in front of Beau Rivage’s top floor. They were wiping away the debris that stuck to the resort during and after Hurricane Katrina.
The bosses at Beau Rivage didn’t need window cleaners to see what that storm did to their downtown Biloxi resort.
“The water here actually in some parts of the casino […]
BILOXI, Miss. - Ten hours after the doors to Boomtown Casino opened for the first time since Hurricane Katrina closed them, beads of sweat trickled down James Walker’s smiling face after a long shift dealing cards.
Returning to his old job felt like ‘‘hitting the Lotto’’ to Walker, who worked at a Lowe’s home improvement store […]
According to the project manager for the redevelopment of the Broadwater Hotel site, Foxwoods Development Co. has not pulled out of its deal to build a casino there. Mark Calvert, of investment banking firm Cascade Capital, said Foxwoods’ 60-day exclusive window to conduct due diligence ran out within the last 10 days.
Foxwoods is looking at […]
MASHANTUCKET — The Mashantucket Pequot Tribe’s bid for a Mississippi casino could be in jeopardy, but it hasn’t ended.
Foxwoods Development Co., the economic development arm of the tribe, has allowed an exclusive purchase agreement with Broadwater Development to lapse. The agreement gave Foxwoods Development Co. exclusive rights to negotiate for a 15-acre casino site in […]
BILOXI, Miss. A gaming school has moved its location and reopened in Biloxi.
The Crescent City School of Gaming and Bartending is looking to train workers as the Mississippi Gulf Coast rebuilds its casino industry.
Hurricane Katrina left 17-thousand resort workers without jobs, including card dealers, but the number of employment opportunities could potentially double within the […]