The experience of working through lean economic times will make the Mississippi gaming industry better and stronger in the future, says Tunica-based R. Scott Barber, regional president of Caesars Entertainment Mid-South Region. “Our biggest challenge is the economy. Akin to most other markets, the gaming market is down and has been for some time,” he [...] [...]
“Destination Resort” casinos could be dotting the Florida peninsula in a few years, providing new competition for gambling palaces on the Mississippi Coast and elsewhere in the state. On the other hand, a Seminole uprising or angry Mickey Mouse could slow down the push for bringing casinos to the state through a system of “destination [...] [...]
You don’t have to be a gambler to visit Mississippi casinos. With the state’s increasing emphasis on the tourism and hospitality industry, Mississippi’s gaming properties want non-gamblers and families to know they’re welcome to visit. Since the state’s legal gambling halls began opening in the early 1990s, the casinos have proclaimed they have something for [...] [...]
The Palace Casino Resort in Biloxi is bravely going where no casino in Mississippi has gone. With the opening of the property’s expansion and renovation project June 14, the casino, hotel, restaurants and lounge/sports bar became smoke free. In recent years, statistics from the American Heart Association and other health organizations have increasingly supported the [...] [...]
Jimmy Buffett was born in Pascagoula, the son of parents who worked at a shipyard. He attended Pearl River Community College and later the University of Southern Mississippi, where he received a degree in history. He got his start as a musician playing in bars in Hattiesburg and on the Gulf Coast. Now Buffett is [...] [...]
Few young reporters have paved a career path as remarkable as that of Jerry St. Pe. He came to Pascagoula in 1958 to work at the Pascagoula Chronicle Star, which is now the Mississippi Press. In 1961 St. Pe went to work in the public relations department at Ingalls Shipbuilding, where he rose in the [...] [...]
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