Island View Casino Resort
Island View Casino Resort, expected to open on September 18th,2006  with a temporary casino at the former site of the Grand Casino Gulfport.
The Island View Casino Resort will offer first-class amenities including over 500 newly designed hotel rooms and an impressive, 83,000 square foot gaming floor. With a diverse range of restaurant choices, including an 8,200 sq ft, 350 seat buffet with live action food stations, coupled with the coast’s most innovative new dessert bar, Island View will have something to suit almost anyone’s tastes.
Upon completion of Phase I, Island View Casino Resort will employ approximately 800 staff members and will provide an additional 500 positions at the grand opening. “The support we have received in Gulfport enabled us to operate a successful casino in the past, and because of it, we will continue to give our support back to this community,” says Rick Carter. Island View Casino Resort is a property deeply rooted in the community and its landscape and will provide much needed employment for area residents, along with a commitment to local businesses for goods and services.
From the SunHerald
Located on 40 acres of waterfront property in Gulfport, the new Island View Casino Resort opens for business 7 p.m. Monday. Featuring 30,000 square feet of gaming space, the casino/resort employs about 800 people, 90 percent of whom are hired locally. The Island View boasts 1,035 slots, a 350-seat buffet, 14-table games and 562 hotel rooms (including 24 suites).