MISSISSIPPI AND LOUISIANA — Mississippi’s Gulf Coast casino industry saw its reported gaming revenues for August decline for the 12th straight month as the area recovers from the impact of Hurricane Katrina. But analysts said Tuesday that help has arrived.
Eight Gulf Coast casinos in Biloxi and Bay St. Louis generated $68.2 million in gaming revenues [...]
GULFPORT, Miss. Gambling returned to Gulfport, Mississippi, last night (Monday) with the opening of the Island View Casino.
Gulfport Mayor Brent Warr thanked owners Rick Carter and Terry Green for putting their money and heart back into Gulfport to create a premium resort.
Leland Speed, executive director of the Mississippi Development Authority, says the two men could [...]
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Beau Rivage Resort & Casino: Please see our story, Staying at the Beau Rivage. Biloxi. 888-567-6667; www.beaurivage.com
Grand Casino Biloxi: 500 rooms. Restaurants. Spa. Pool. 800 slot machines. 29 table games. Jack Nicklaus-designed Grand Bear Golf Course. 228-436-2946
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Hollywood Casino: Bay St. Louis. 291 rooms. RV park. Restaurants. 1,200 slot machines. 26 table games. Arnold [...]
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 [...]
Tony Bennett, who grew up in Queens, New York, is arguably one of the most popular recording artists of all time. He performs a sold-out show at 8 p.m. tonight in the Beau Rivage’s Magnolia Ballroom. A perennial favorite, as a young boy Bennett performed before New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia at the opening [...]