The Four-Diamond IP Casino Resort Spa in Biloxi, Mississippi is an extraordinary post-Katrina success story. The waterfront Biloxi Bay high-rise casino property, named the Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino before the storm, was severely battered by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. In January 2007 the property re-branded as IP Casino Resort Spa after a total [...]
It was a record-breaking year for the Coast casinos, when Hard Rock Casino opened two years later than expected, Jimmy Buffett brought Margaritaville to Biloxi, Emeril kicked it up a notch in Gulfport and new projects were measured “with a B.”
Billions have been invested in Coast casinos since the storm. The goal for this year’s [...]
BILOXI — The World Poker Tour will bring its televised high-limits poker tournament to the Beau Rivage in Biloxi on Aug. 29 to Sept. 9.
The event, the first televised poker tournament on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, is one of 19 stops in Season VI of the World Poker Tournament.
“The timing is just perfect” with the [...]
Harrah’s profits jump on Coast, in Las Vegas
By MARY PEREZ
BILOXI - Margaritaville Casino sails into Biloxi on a wave of good news, with this month’s groundbreaking coming soon after Harrah’s Entertainment announced Tuesday its second-quarter profits jumped 85 percent.
Singer Jimmy Buffett came to Biloxi in May to announce his partnership with Harrah’s, the largest casino [...]
Thanks to Biloxi Entertainment
DAUGHTRY
Chart-topping Daughtry performs a SOLD OUT show 8 p.m. Saturday at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino’s Hard Rock Live (777 Beach Blvd., Biloxi). As Justin Hook’s reports in his page 27 column, the band’s debut single, “It’s Not Over,” topped all digital, mobile, radio and video platforms in the industry, and [...]