Archive for the ‘casinos’ Category
Monday, December 22nd, 2008
BILOXI, Mississippi -- As reported by The Sun Herald: "Revenue was down for the third straight month at Coast casinos, yet the numbers were better than in many areas of the country.
"The Mississippi Tax Commission's Gross Casino Revenue report released Friday shows the 11 Coast casinos won $96 million this ...
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Monday, December 15th, 2008
DIAMONDHEAD, Mississippi -- As reported by The Sun Herald: "The question of whether a company should be allowed to build a casino in this community has mostly been a matter of insider baseball in recent weeks.
"But Thursday night the issue turned into a very open and public debate, as the ...
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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
People who are visiting Biloxi, Mississippi now will have more gaming options after the recent weather scare.. The Grand Biloxi Casino opened today after waiting on their regulatory approvals. The casino opened at 2:00 P.M..
It comes as good news to the casino that the weather has cooperated. For a ...
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
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BILOXI (WLOX) -- Casino Row is about to undergo a makeover. Isle of Capri executives just announced they're ready to move ahead with a $160 million expansion, "which we plan to begin as soon as we determine the timing of the settlement of our Hurricane Katrina insurance claim," ...
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Link to article on stltoday.com
By Beth Jinks
BLOOMBERG NEWS SERVICE
06/25/2008
LAS VEGAS — Ameristar Casinos Inc., the owner and manager of eight U.S. casino properties including one in St. Charles, expects regional gambling venues to weather the U.S. economic slowdown better than Las Vegas as airlines cut seats and rising fuel prices ...
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
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Monday June 23, 1:25 pm ET
LARGO, Fla., June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Diamondhead Casino Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: DHCC - News; the "Company") announced today that it had signed a non-binding Letter of Intent with Casinos Austria International Holding, GMBH, to form a joint venture partnership to develop, build ...
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
14 January 2008
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BILOXI, Mississippi -- As reported by the Biloxi Sun Herald: "It's a good bet that when the final gross gambling numbers for 2007 are released this week they will confirm it was a banner year for Coast casinos.
"'There's no doubt it will be a record,' ...
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Download original article: sun-herald-best-august-ever-for-casinos.pdf
State's take for year hits $1.98...
“We're anxious to see how November is when the bridge opens. We just don't know”
Coast casinos celebrated the 15th anniversary of gambling in Mississippi by posting their best August on record with $108.9 million in gross gaming revenue.
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
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“They're just like any other casino”
In 2008, look for more partnerships between casinos and celebrities, more conventions at Mississippi casinos and more money invested in non-gambling attractions.
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
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BILOXI, Miss. -- The casino floors are full, and construction is on the rise, but there's a dilemma amid the economic revival in this storm-battered Gulf Coast city.
Should casinos and the condominium projects they draw be allowed to sprawl across the ...
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
Mississippi's corporate/franchise hotels/motels had a 61.0 Occupancy Percent throughout Calendar Year (CY) 2007. Their CY 2007 Average Room Rate = $72.15. Source: Smith Travel Research, Hendersonville, Tennessee, January 2008.
Mississippi's state-licensed casino hotels had an 83.4 Occupancy Percent throughout CY 2007. Their CY 2007 Average Room Rate = $68.61. Note: This ...
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Broadwater
Preliminary site plans were approved for a $1 billion project with two casinos, convention space, hotel and condo units, a golf course and retail space. One of the developers, Mark Calvert, said he and his partners are looking for the right joint venture or sale on the 260-acre site.
The Broadwater, ...
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
Link to article: http://sev.prnewswire.com/gambling-casinos/20080319/CLW04819032008-1.html#
LARGO, Fla., March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Diamondhead Casino Corporation OTCBulletinBoard: DHCC (the "Company") provides the following information to update the Company's shareholders regarding the status of the Company as of this date.
The Company remains in active discussions with major investment banking firms and viable entities and/or other ...
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
The Vue Crescente Resort has begun it's application to house a casino within it's new twin 30 floor condo towers that are being built on the Back Bay of Biloxi. They are asking for rezoning.
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Landry's, the operator of the Golden Nugget brand, has purchased land in the Point Cadet area of Biloxi for this resort.
Source: http://www.gulfcoast.org/articles/index.cfm?action=View&ArticleID=714
Also of note is Landry's Restaurants, which, fresh off its acquisition of the Golden Nugget hotel-casino properties in Las Vegas and Laughlin, Nev., is also looking to enter the ...
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
The Pine Hills Resort is a new Bay St. Louis casino resort project underway by Isle of Capri Casinos. It was proposed originally as a barge to the EPA in Oct. 2001 –
Isle of Capri intends to expand to western Harrison County with a $250 million Pine Hills Casino and ...
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Biloxi's neighbor D'Iberville will be home to former MGM exec Peter Simon's newly approved casino The Monarch.
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Las Vegas casino executive Peter Simon received approval for the site and has said he plans a 52,500-square-foot casino with 1,500 slot machines and 50 table games. Site plans are expected to come before the D'Iberville Planning Commission shortly.
The project by West D'Iberville Development LLC will be a $250 million ...
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Royal D'Iberville Casino & Hotel will be a 60,000-square-foot casino with a 400-room hotel and a parking garage. Plans include an open-air market underneath elevated restaurants and shops. This boardwalk district would offer scenic views of an 80-slip marina from the front and have condominium towers in the back. Its ...
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Tivoli Hotel - Biloxi Capital's $1.2 billion casino resort is proposed on the north side of U.S. 90. The Biloxi City Council is expected to vote shortly on rezoning the property to waterfront, which would be necessary before the Mississippi Gaming Commission would rule on whether it is a legal ...
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Margaritaville Casino & Resort – Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. along with Jimmy Buffett broke ground August 2007 on a 46-acer site south of U.S. Highway 90 (Beach Blvd) in Biloxi where Grand Casino and Casino Magic were located before Hurricane Katrina. The property will include a 798 room hotel, a full-service ...
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Approved as of August 2007 - Groundbreaking planned Summer 08
Bayview Ventures LLC is a new resort development on the Biloxi Back Bay area east of Boomtown Casino on 7.9 acres of land. The plans call for 65,000 square feet of gaming space, 1,400 slot machines, 45 table games and seven ...
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
The Mississippi Band of Choctaws has proposed building a casino at Exit 57 of Interstate 10. Both Gov. Haley Barbour and the U.S. Department of the Interior would have to approve the casino. Barbour said he isn't in favor of expanding casinos beyond the counties in which they are already ...
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Thursday, March 6th, 2008
By MARY PEREZ
meperez@sunherald.com
BILOXI --
The Biloxi Planning Commission tonight overwhelming approved RW Development's plans for a development on U.S. 90 and Veterans Avenue that includes a casino north of 90.
Voting for the project were Joe King, Johnnie Smith, David Stanovich, Ronnie Tootle, Jamey Hunt, August Parker, ...
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Source: http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=7959737&nav=menu40_2_3_2
The executives at RW Development say a casino proposal they'll present to Biloxi's Planning Commission on Thursday is nothing like the contentious Tivoli issue.
RW's plan is to build a casino resort at Veterans Avenue and Highway 90. The southern tip of that project would be up against the public ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Source: http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=7900439
Biloxi's next casino project could be at the old Gus Stevens location. RW Development wants to build the Gold Coast Resort at the foot of Highway 90 and Veterans Avenue. There's one problem. That site is not in the city's waterfront zoning district.
RW Development owns an assortment of land ...
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Sunday, January 27th, 2008
From what I've read the Hard Rock is leasing the land between it and Beau atm and using it for parking. I think the owner of the land wanted to build a casino there, but I think the piece of land was too small for a legal casino site without ...
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Sunday, January 27th, 2008
Download : era-gaming-rpt-16662-v4.pdf
Project Memorandum
Biloxi Gaming Market Potential
Biloxi, MS
Prepared fo
Living Cities, Inc
Submitted by Economics Research Associates
May 2006
ERA Project Number. 16662
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Sunday, January 27th, 2008
Download : cascade-capital-gulf-coast-air-services-presentations-041206.pdf
Gulf Coast Air Service Summit
Presented by Cascade Capital Group
April 12, 2006
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
Even after the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina less than three years ago, the Mississippi Gulf Coast finds its casino industry growing at a remarkable rate. Despite having properties utterly destroyed by the storm, casinos have rebuilt and reorganized to the point that 20007 is expected to have been a ...
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
Link to source
What's New in Tourism
The Mississippi Gulf Coast is proud of the progress that has been made by our tourism product since Hurricane Katrina. The following is a list openings and re-openings during the past six months. A complete list with descriptions of casinos, golf courses, charter fishing, attractions, ...
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
Download this report in Word format
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Housing, Hotel and Casino Report
June 28, 2007
Mississippi Gulf Coast Casinos
In April 2007, the Mississippi Gaming Commission listed 27 operating casinos in ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
1 March 2007MISSISSIPPI – As reported by the Orlando Sentinel: "Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc., the casino company founded by real estate developer Donald Trump, dropped plans to build a casino on Mississippi's Gulf Coast.
"Trump Entertainment ended negotiations with Diamondhead Casino Corp., the owner of more than 400 acres in Mississippi, ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
16 August 2006
BILOXI, Mississippi – As reported by the Biloxi Sun: "The Commission on Marine Resources on Tuesday gave a long-delayed casino project near Diamondhead more time to put its plans into action and said the Isle of Capri Biloxi can fill wetlands to expand its gambling space.
"Casino World Inc. ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
6 February 2003
MADEIRA BEACH, Florida – (Press Release) -- Diamondhead Casino Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: DHCC) issued a status report covering recent events.
EXERCISE OF OPTION
Mississippi Gaming Corporation ("MGC"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Diamondhead Casino Corporation, had previously entered into an Option Agreement to purchase approximately 80 acres of land ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
EUROPA CRUISES CORPORATION
MOVES FORWARD WITH HILTON NEGOTIATIONS
Madeira Beach, Florida (March 31, 1997) - Europa Cruises Corporation (NASDAQ:
KRUZ) announced today that negotiations are continuing with Hilton Gaming
Corporation with respect to the development of a destination ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
Off Balance Sheet Arrangements:
Permits
On October 17, 2005, Mississippi passed new legislation which allows casinos in certain statutorily-described-areas to be built on land up to 800 feet from the mean high water mark of certain bodies of water, including Bay St. Louis. Given the fact that the Company intends to take ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
This section should be read together with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Plan of Operation” and the Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes thereto in our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
Item 1A. Risk Factors
The Company’s property in Diamondhead, Mississippi is the only asset of material value held by the Company. The Company is entirely dependent on the successful development of and/or sale or lease of part or all of this property to generate future cash flow. The successful development of ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
ITEM 8.01. OTHER EVENTS -link to filing
On February 26, 2007, Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc., notified the Company that it would not be moving forward with a joint venture or other agreement with respect to the Company’s Diamondhead property. On February 28, 2007, the Company issued ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
Diamondhead Owns 404 Acres on the Bay of St. Louis .
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - June 12, 2006 -- Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRMP) and Diamondhead Casino Corporation (OTCBB: DHCC) announced today that they have signed a letter of intent pursuant to which the parties intend to ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
Current
vice president at diamondhead casino corporation
Education
University ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
Weekend Edition Saturday, September 16, 2006 · Millions of dollars in federal tax breaks are aimed at rebuilding hotel business in hurricane-ravaged Southern Mississippi. But Donald Trump's plan to build the largest casino in the area has rattled many Gulf Coast residents.
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
26-APR-04
DIAMONDHEAD -- CB Richard Ellis Inc., Diamondhead Casino Corporation's (OTCBB: DHCC) exclusive provider of financial services, has recommended that Diamondhead Casino proceed unilaterally and without a joint venture partner on its casino development plans. The company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Casino World Inc., intends to develop a themed, destination casino ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
LARGO, Fla., Dec. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Diamondhead Casino Corporation DHCC (the "Company") issued a year-end status report for its shareholders. The Company owns, through Mississippi Gaming Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, approximately 404 acres of land in Diamondhead, Mississippi. The property is debt-free and ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
link to youtube
speaks at shareholder conference march 22, 2007
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
CONTACT: Gregory Harrison, Vice-President, of Diamondhead Casino
Corporation, +1-301-948-7354, +1-301-775-3602
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
Moderated By: leigh aulper -- (Not Moderated) -- Started: 12/6/2002 3:42:20 PM Revision History
Europa Cruises Corporation, Now Diamondhead Casino Corporation, Announces Name And Stock Symbol Change
PR NEWSWIRE - December 06, 2002 15:34
MADEIRA BEACH, Fla., Dec 6, 2002 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Diamondhead Casino Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: DHCC), f/k/a ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
07/16/2007
Diamondhead Casino Corp., Annual General Meeting, Oct 01, 2007, at 11:00 Eastern Daylight. Location: Hilton Hotel, 1767 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314,United States. Agenda: To elect six Directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified; to ratify ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
09/8/2006
Diamondhead Casino Corp. and Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc. announced that they have extended to October 23, 2006, the terms of a letter of intent signed on June 8, 2006, pursuant to which the parties intend to form a joint venture partnership to develop, build and operate a destination casino resort ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
06/12/2006
Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc. and Diamondhead Casino Corp. announced that they have signed a letter of intent pursuant to which the parties intend to form a joint venture partnership to develop, build and operate a destination casino resort in Diamondhead, Mississippi. The joint venture would cover a minimum of forty ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
Address
150-153rd Avenue East
Suite 202
Madeira Beach, FL 33708
Phone
1 727 393-2885
Website
http://www.europacruises.com
Employees
4
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
Diamondhead Casino has sold its gambling cruise vessels in order to focus on developing a casino resort and hotel on 400 acres of land in Mississippi, which will include a spa, sports and entertainment center, casino, RV park, and a business conference center. The company therefore has no current operations. ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
July 18, 2007
DIAMONDHEAD — Diamondhead Casino Corporation intends to hold an Annual Meeting of Shareholders October 1, 2007. The time and place of the meeting will be announced at a later date. Diamondhead Casino owns, through Mississippi Gaming Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, approximately 404 acres of ...
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Thursday, January 10th, 2008
Opportunities still abound for Choctaws
Now that the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs has placed a seemingly insurmountable obstacle in the path of a Choctaw casino in Jackson County, we hope that the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians will not abandon South Mississippi as a place to do business.
As we have ...
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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
http://www.gulfcoast.org/articles/index.cfm?action=view&articleID=674
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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
Mississippi Development Authority (MDA): 228-523-4034/ www.mississippi.org
Harrison County Development Commission (HCDC): 228-896-5020/ www.mscoast.org
Mississippi Gulf Coast Convention & Visitors Bureau: 228-896-6699/ www.gulfcoast.org
City of Biloxi: 228-435-6254/ www.biloxi.ms.us
City of Gulfport: 228-868-5700/ www.ci.gulfport.ms.us
www.mississippibeyondkatrina.com
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Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
Sun Herald - October 9th, 2007
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
Casino Magic
195 E. Beach Boulevard
Biloxi, Mississippi 39530
(228) 386-4600
(866) 867-7711
Website: www.casinomagic.com
Rooms: 292
Suites: 86
Restaurants: 4
Casino Size: 49,260 Square Feet
Special Features: All suites have jacuzzis.
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
Treasure Bay Casino – Reopened June 21, 2006 - Treasure Bay currently has over 800 slots, 22 table games, and 2 restaurants. Ninety-one hotel rooms are currently open with the rest of the rooms scheduled to open by September 2007.
Treasure Bay Casino Resort
1980 Beach Boulevard
Biloxi, Mississippi 39531
(228) 385-6000
(800) PIRATE-9
Website: www.treasurebay.com
Rooms: ...
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
Silver Slipper – Opened November 9, 2006 - The Silver Slipper Casino is located in Hancock County. The Silver Slipper features 1000+ slots, 26 table games, and 3 restaurants. Call 866-SSLIPPER for reservations.
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
Palace Casino Resort – Reopened December 30, 2005 - The resort provides 234 hotel rooms, 827 slots, 14 table games, and 2 restaurants. For reservations call 800-PALACE-9.
Palace Casino Resort
158 Howard Avenue
Biloxi, Mississippi 39530
(228) 432-8888
(800) PALACE-9
Website: www.palacecasinoresort.com
Rooms: 234
Suites: 2
Restaurants: 3
Casino Size: 58,500 Square Feet
Special Features: Health spa. 20-slip marina.
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
Isle of Capri Casino Resort – Reopened December 29, 2005 - The current resort features 700 hotel rooms including 200 suites, 1,300 slots, 30 table games, and 4 restaurants. The Biloxi property includes a European spa, infinity pool and waterfall which opened to the public last summer. Call 800-843-4752 for ...
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
Island View Casino Resort – Opened September 18, 2006 and completed phase II May 14, 2007 - Island View Casino Resort is the former Grand Casino Oasis in Gulfport. Owned by Gulfside Casino Partnership, The Island View features 562 hotel rooms, 83,000 sq ft of gaming space with 2,100 slots, ...
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
IP Casino Hotel Spa – Reopened December 22, 2005 - The IP Hotel & Casino features1,088 hotel rooms, 1,900 slots, 54 table games, 4 restaurants, shopping and nightclubs. To make a reservation call 800-WIN AT IP.
Imperial Palace Hotel & Casino
850 Bayview Avenue
Biloxi, Mississippi 39530
(228) 436-3000
(800) 436-3000
Website: www.ipbiloxi.com
Rooms: 1,000
Suites: 14
Restaurants: ...
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
Hollywood Casino Bay St. Louis – Reopened August 31, 2006 - Owned by Penn National Gaming, Hollywood Casino Bay St Louis features 291 hotel rooms, 100 bays in its RV Park, 900 slots, 20 table games and 4 restaurants. The Bridges Golf Club recently underwent a multimillion dollar renovation project. ...
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
Hard Rock Casino – Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Biloxi opened June 30, 2007. The property is owned and operated by Premier Entertainment, provides work for over 1,300 employees. The property features 1,500 slot machines and 52 table games, five restaurants including Hard Rock Café and Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse, an ...
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
Grand Casino Biloxi – Reopened August 17, 2006 - Grand Casino Biloxi has 500 hotel rooms, 800 slot machines, 29 table game, 3 restaurants and a full service spa. Their Jack Nicklaus designed Grand Bear Golf Course is open for business. To make a reservation call 800-HARRAHS.
Grand Casino Biloxi
265 Beach ...
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
Boomtown Casino – Reopened June 29, 2006 - Owned by Penn National Gaming, Boomtown Casino is located on the Biloxi Back Bay. Boomtown has 1,400 new slot machines, 22 table games and 2 restaurants.
http://boomtownbiloxi.com
Boomtown Casino, Biloxi
676 Bayview Avenue
Biloxi, MS 39530
1-228-435-7000
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
Beau Rivage Resort & Casino – Reopened August 29, 2006 - A subsidiary of MGM Mirage, the Beau Rivage has made an investment of more than $1.3 billion. The property features 1,740 hotel rooms, 2,100 slots, 93 table games and 7 restaurants. Play golf at its Fallen Oak course. For ...
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
Island View Casino – Currently under construction is Emeril’s Gulf Coast Fish House scheduled to open summer 2007 and a new parking garage scheduled to open June 2007. Phase III includes the renovation of the hotel on the south side of Highway 90 and will feature hotel rooms, meeting space ...
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
IP Casino Hotel Spa - Current plans include adding meeting space, restaurants, boutique shopping and remodeling 78 suites and the Club IP. The IP has announced plans for expanded parking and additional expansions totaling an investment of over $100 million. Further announcements are forthcoming.
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
Las Vegas casino executive Peter Simon received approval for the site and has said he plans a 52,500-square-foot casino with 1,500 slot machines and 50 table games. Site plans are expected to come before the D'Iberville Planning Commission shortly.
The project by West D'Iberville Development LLC will be a $250 million ...
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
Diamondhead Casino Corporation proposal would cover a minimum of 40 acres on the north shore of the Bay of St. Louis near Diamondhead. Diamondhead Casino Corp. owns over 400 acres of land near Diamondhead.
Diamondhead Casino Corporation, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Mississippi Gaming Corporation, owns approximately 404 acres of land in ...
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
Royal D'Iberville Casino & Hotel will be a 60,000-square-foot casino with a 400-room hotel and a parking garage. Plans include an open-air market underneath elevated restaurants and shops. This boardwalk district would offer scenic views of an 80-slip marina from the front and have condominium towers in the back. Its ...
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
The Broadwater, a $1 billion project will consist of 2 casinos, 3,375 condo units, 1,900 hotel rooms, 180 acre 18 hole golf course, 585,000 sq ft retail entertainment space, 125,000 sq ft gaming floor, 104,000 sq ft convention space, and a marina.
Preliminary site plans were approved for a $1 billion ...
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Thursday, September 27th, 2007
Status of Condos in Biloxi as of September 27, 2007
Download: condostatus.pdf
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
By MARY PEREZ
meperez@sunherald.com
D'IBERVILLE -- The city of D'Iberville is about to hit the jackpot with two casinos ready to enter the game.
City Manager Richard Rose said both the Royal D'Iberville Casino and West D'Iberville Group filed applications with the Planning Commission late last week. Peter Simon, the developer of the ...
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Thursday, August 2nd, 2007
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By Kathy Chu and Tali Yahalom, USA Today - 08/02/07
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Monday, July 16th, 2007
July 16, 2007
Casinos Boom in Katrina's Wake as Cash Pours In
By GARY RIVLIN
BILOXI, Miss. - This seaside gambling resort along a stretch of the Gulf Coast, sometimes called the "redneck Riviera," has 40 percent fewer hotel rooms and only two-thirds as many slot machines as it did before ...
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Sunday, May 27th, 2007
Coast's recovery all about casinos
By ALAN SAYRE
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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BILOXI --The highway along the Mississippi Gulf Coast would be forlorn if not for the casinos, which are having their best year ever.
The devastation of Hurricane Katrina has proven to be little more than a temporary setback to the conversion of formerly ...
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Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007
Source: http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=6547226
Ocean Club Condo Claims It's After "Its Own Onsite Casino"
Updated: May 22, 2007 09:41 AM
A May, 2007 news release about Biloxi's Ocean Club condominum says its developer "is in the process of gaining approval for its own onsite casino." But a WLOX News investigation quickly determined that the Ocean ...
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Wednesday, May 16th, 2007
BILOXI, Miss., May 16 -- Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. along with world-renowned singer and songwriter Jimmy Buffett, today unveiled plans for a new Gulf Coast destination; Margaritaville Casino & Resort on the shores of Biloxi. The Margaritaville project is expected to cost more than $700 million, representing the single largest ...
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Tuesday, May 15th, 2007
Previous Press release:
BILOXI, Miss., May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: HET), along with world-renowned singer and songwriter Jimmy Buffett, today unveiled plans for a new Gulf Coast destination; Margaritaville Casino & Resort on the shores of Biloxi. The Margaritaville project is expected to cost more than $700 million, ...
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Tuesday, May 15th, 2007
Casino giant Harrah's Entertainment Inc. said Tuesday it planned to open a Margaritaville Casino & Resort in Biloxi, Miss., with songwriter Jimmy Buffett, which it said would be the largest development in Mississippi since Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in 2005.
Work on the $704 million project is expected to ...
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Sunday, April 1st, 2007
By Michael Nassar, New York Daily News
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Tuesday, December 26th, 2006
Yes, Hardrock has done extremely well, emerging from bankruptcy and paying all debt owed, since their opening. If Hardock expands, it will have to be to the north because I've known that Al Copeland has had this property tied-up since Katrina. He has owned the nearby property that was formerly ...
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Friday, November 10th, 2006
Treasure Bay Casino Resort
Biloxi, MS
Phase one of their reconstruction has been completed and the Casino is open in what used to be the Hotel. Major renovation is still underway.
Press Release from Treasure Bay - Nov 10, 2006
Biloxi, Mississippi "
Treasure
Bay has added over 100 additional slot machines as another phase ...
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Tuesday, September 19th, 2006
The gaming floor that opened September 18 is located inside the old Gulfport Grand Casino Oasis Hotel with 1,033 slot machines and 14 table games. Next spring it planned expansions include up to 2,400 slot machines and 50 table games along with new restaurants, a sand-beach swimming pool and a ...
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Tuesday, September 19th, 2006
Island View Casino Resort, opened on September 18th,2006 with a temporary casino at the former site of the Grand Casino Gulfport.
Island View opens its phase 2 expansion May 14th at 6 pm.
The Island View Casino Resort will offer first-class amenities including over 500 newly designed hotel rooms and an ...
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Monday, June 12th, 2006
June 12, 2006 - Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRMP) and
Diamondhead Casino Corporation (OTCBB: DHCC) announced today that they have signed a letter of ...
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Monday, May 8th, 2006
Attractiveness of Development Opportunity
Although Biloxi was devastated by Hurricane Katrina, the resilience of the market and
subsequent changes in gaming law for the Gulf Coast has created a groundswell of interest
in redeveloping Biloxi as a gaming destination.
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Monday, May 8th, 2006
Jurisdiction Benefits
One of the main drawbacks of the Biloxi market had been the limitation on gaming on the
water. This created contorted developments that straddled waterfront and limited the ability
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Monday, May 8th, 2006
Trip Characteristics of Biloxi Visitors
2nd Quarter 2005
Overnight 83%
Average Number of nights 2.9
Average # of Trips (in past 3 years) 17.4
Day Trips 17%
Repeat Visitor 81%
First-time Visitor 19%
Note: Respondents include adults (21 or older) who are not employed in the Mississippi
Gulf Coast area and do not live within 20 miles of Gulfport ...
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Monday, May 8th, 2006
Resident Markets
Approximately 52,000 people live in Biloxi. Within 45 minutes of Biloxi, the population
increases to 268,000. Over one quarter of the population is 50 years or older and
approximately 45 percent is between the ages of 20 and 49 years of age. Within this
profile, roughly 70 percent of the population is ...
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Monday, May 8th, 2006
Las Vegas, Macau, Tunica, and numerous Native American casinos have illustrated the
ability of casinos to draw visitors despite having little additional natural amenities. Gaming
destinations become an equation of capital investment in resort facilities, offering high
quality gaming experience, but equally important lodging, food & beverage, and
supporting entertainment elements. Access is also ...
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Friday, March 17th, 2006
Mississippi Land-Based Casino Plans Approved
17 March 2006
JACKSON, Mississippi – As reported by the Biloxi Sun Herald: "The Mississippi Gaming Commission on Thursday approved site plans for what will be Gulfport's first land-based casino and granted time extensions to two other casino projects.
"Boomtown Casino and Bacaran Bay Casino, both in Biloxi, ...
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Friday, December 30th, 2005
800 New Slot machines and now 100% coinless ticket in /out and 14 Tables games.
Palace Buffet has Asian, Southern BBQ and Italian cusine.
Mignons fine dining Steak and Seafood open.
February promotions:
FEBRUARY GIFT OF MONTH
Beginning January 28th through February 20th, players visiting the Palace Casino Resort and earning 200 points on their ...
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Monday, August 22nd, 2005
Competition Breeds Added Benefits
22 August 2005
BILOXI, Mississippi – As reported by the Biloxi Sun Herald: "After six years of relative stability, the Coast casino market is entering a new era of expansion and increased competition.
"The soon-to-open Hard Rock Biloxi will lure gamblers from existing properties. Other new casino projects, such ...
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Sunday, July 31st, 2005
Roy Anderson to Build Bacaran Bay Casino
7 July 2005
BILOXI, Mississippi – As reported by the Biloxi Sun Herald: "Roy Anderson Corp. will build the $500 million Bacaran Bay Casino Resort and condominiums on Caillavet Street."Torguson Gaming Group announced the selection of the contractor on Wednesday.
"'We chose Roy Anderson because of ...
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Friday, July 8th, 2005
2nd Quarter 2005
Purpose of Trip
Primary
Purpose
Gamble 33%
Getaway from Routine/Work/Kids/Family 31%
Visit Friends/Relatives 10%
Honeymoon/Anniversary 7%
Business Related 6%
Fine Dining 4%
Shopping 1%
Note: Respondents include adults (21 or older) who are not employed in the Mississippi
Gulf Coast area and do not live within 20 miles of Gulfport or Biloxi.
Source: Mississippi Gulf Coast Visitor Profile prepared ...
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Friday, July 8th, 2005
$600 million project, owned and operated by Torguson Gaming Group, with anticipated completion date in the fall of 2008. 638 room all suite hotel; 432 one and two bedroom condominiums; Arnold Palmer signature 18-hole championship golf course; 40 lane bowling alley; and six movie theaters.
http://www.bacaranbay.com/
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Friday, April 1st, 2005
Mississippi Groups Try to Stop Casino
1 April 2005
BILOXI, Mississippi – As reported by the Biloxi Sun Herald: "Two environmental organizations are asking a judge to set aside an environmental permit issued by the Commission on Marine Resources for the Bacaran Bay Casino project on Keegan Bayou.
"The filing in Harrison County ...
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Saturday, January 8th, 2005
The mid-South and midwestern states, in general, have developed significant gaming
markets since the expansion of gaming jurisdictions beginning in the early 1990s. They
have developed under specific market conditions as well as specific regulations.
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Saturday, January 1st, 2005
Use this page to compare Mississippi Casinos, Hotels, and Resorts. You can click on any underlined item to get more information on the individual casino, entertainment, specials, or weather. If you're trying to reach the casino's own website, you can follow the link after clicking on the hotel casino's name.
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Saturday, January 1st, 2005
Properties of Casino America, Inc.
On the east end of Biloxi at Point Cadet on Highway 90, the Isle of Capri puts a tropical twist on gaming fun, offering an oasis of hot casino action.
The Isle of Capri Casino Resort Biloxi opened the first onshore casino!! The new casino offers over ...
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Saturday, January 1st, 2005
CASINO
Three floors of gaming excitement
More than 1,900 slot and video poker games
100% Ticket In/Ticket Our Coinless Slots
52 live table games
New High Limit Table and Slot Areas
New Poker Room with 16 tables located on the third floor of the casino
Entire third floor of the casino is non-smoking
70,000 square feet of gaming
IP ...
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