Archive for August, 2006

Gambling on Recovery

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

Costs to reopen casinos are sky high - and are willingly paid.
BILOXI, Miss. - For casino operators and investors who envision converting the Mississippi Gulf Coast into a gambling-resort destination that will rival Las Vegas and Atlantic City, the effort won’t come cheap.
The costs of doing business here have gone from reasonable to sky high […]

Hancock County goes Hollywood

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

Former Casino Magic opens under new owners today
David Moynan expects his business to benefit from today’s opening of Hollywood Casino in Bay St. Louis, the first Coast casino outside Harrison County to reopen since Hurricane Katrina made landfall a year ago.
“It will be a big help to all of us in downtown Bay St. Louis; […]

Beau Rivage Reopens on Storm Anniversary

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

Mississippi casino reopens for business on 1-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s landfall
Beau Rivage Resort and Casino, once the crown jewel of Mississippi’s Gulf Coast gaming industry, reopened for business Tuesday on the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s landfall.
Under sunny skies and a light gulf breeze, hundreds of the casino’s 3,800 employees _ 400 more than […]

Beau Rivage reopens with pomp and ceremony

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

BILOXI — Employees from bellmen to chefs stretched across the driveway of Beau Rivage Resort & Casino as it reopened today on the first anniversary of the killer storm that shuttered the Coast’s gaming mecca.
Bryan Teates of Ocean Springs was among 12 bellman who opened the doors for the employees who streamed inside.
Teates began at […]

Beau Rivage is back

Monday, August 28th, 2006

Tommorrow is the Grand Opening of the Beau Rivage Resort Hotel and Casino in Biloxi Mississippi!
The 32-story Beau Rivage will include 1,740 newly remodeled rooms, a redesigned casino with 2,100 slots, 93 table games and a high-stakes poker room, seven restaurants, four lounges, six shops, a spa and salon, in addition to meeting and convention […]