Archive for June, 2008

Casino developers testing onshore gaming changes

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Biloxi — Developers of the Gold Coast casino in Biloxi are asking the Mississippi Gaming Commission to approve a definition of the mean high tide water line that will make their inland casino site legal.
Mississippi has allowed casinos since the early 1990s, but the original law limited the state-regulated gambling houses to the [...]

South Beach Casino delayed

Monday, June 16th, 2008

It looks like the application for the casino portion of the South Beach Biloxi Resort and Spa will be delayed. The good thing is construction on the first tower continues as normal with a completion date set for Labor Day.
The Sun Herald Reported:
The answer to whether a casino will be allowed north of U.S. 90 [...]

Another Margaritaville?

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

It looks like Biloxi won’t have the first Margaritaville casino afterall…
Donald Trump last week said he is selling the Marina, one his three Atlantic City resorts, to Coastal Marina LLC, which will become Margaritaville Casino & Resort.
That means Parrotheads, the devoted fans of Buffett and the laid-back beach lifestyle made famous by “Margaritaville,” won’t see [...]