by Associated Press Published: May 5,2013
Tags: auction, bankrupt, bankruptcy, convention, hospitality, hotel, lodging, meeting, sale, sell
JACKSON — A May 22 online auction will determine the future of a downtown Jackson landmark. Auctioneer Benny Taylor tells the Mississippi Business Journal (http://bit.ly/113wahW) that several prospective bidders toured the eight-story Edison Walthall Hotel this past week. The hotel has been closed since early 2010 after burst water pipes extensively damaged the lower floors. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 2,2013
Tags: acquire, acquisitioon, buy, casino, convention, entertasinment, gamble, gambler, gambling, gaming, hospitality, hotel, lodging, meeting, nightlife, restaurant, sale, sell, tourism, tourist, visitor
VICKSBURG — The sale of Ameristar Casino will mark the second gambling house buyout in Vicksburg in less than a year. The stockholders of Las Vegas-based Ameristar Casinos Inc. last week approved the company’s planned acquisition by Pinnacle Entertainment. The all-cash transaction is estimated to be valued at $869 million. No change to Ameristar’s brand [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 23,2013
Tags: casino, commission, convention, entertainment, gamble, gambler, gambling, gaming, hospital, hotel, ity, lodging, meeting, nightlife, restaurant, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor
GULFPORT — A development company that had wanted to build a $112 million casino at the Gulfport Harbor but has been unable to obtain financing will have to return to the Mississippi Gaming Commission for new approval if it wants to go ahead with the project. The Sun Herald reports a time limit on permission [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 19,2013
Tags: air, air travel, airline, airport, aviastion, convention, flight, meeting, tourism, tourist, transportastion, travel, vacation, visitor
JACKSON — Southwest Airlines is dropping one of its three daily Jackson-to-Houston flights as well as its direct Jackson-to-Baltimore flight. The Clarion-Ledger reports the airline, effective June 1, will no longer offer a 2:10 p.m. departure from Jackson to Houston’s Hobby Airport. It will still have morning and evening departures. And, effective Aug. 1, the [...] [...]
NATCHEZ — The city of Natchez has spent three times what it has budgeted for maintenance at the City Auditorium for the fiscal year, and Mayor Butch Brown says more will have to be spent before the end of the year. Brown told the city’s board of aldermen the air conditioning units have for several [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 8,2013
Tags: banquet, casino, convention, entertainment, gamble, gambler, gambling, gaming, hospitality, meeting, night life, restaurant, revenue, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor
NATCHEZ — Three months after Natchez’s second casino began play, gaming revenue is up in the city, but insiders warn it’s too early to bet on the increase holding or folding. Natchez gaming revenues for December, January and February increased over the same months last year. The Natchez Democrat reports figures from the Natchez City [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 3,2013
Tags: beach, casino, convention, entertainment, fish, fishing, gaming, highway, hospitality, infrastructure, lodging, meeting, nightlife, outdoors, restaurant, sand, Sun, swim, swimmer, swmimming, tourism, tourist, transportation, travel, vacation, visitor
BILOXI — City officials want to complete the long-awaited loop around East Biloxi that would link the casinos and the beach with Back Bay. The Sun Herald reports the City Council voted to support an initiative to connect Back Bay Boulevard with U.S. Highway 90. David Nichols, the city’s chief administrative officer, says he’s looking [...] [...]
NATCHEZ — Natchez Convention Center managers say a multi-million-dollar expansion of the center will be needed in two years. The Natchez Democrat reports New Orleans Hotel Consultants president Warren Reuther told Mayor Butch Brown and aldermen at a meeting last week that the center is rapidly approaching 70-percent capacity. Convention center manager Walter Tipton said [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 4,2013
Tags: banner, casino, city government, convention, entertainment, gamble, gambler, gaming, hotel, lodging, meeting, municipal, municipality, nightlife, ordinance, restaurant, sign, signage, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor
NATCHEZ — The president of a casino in Natchez said he plans to meet with Mayor Butch Brown about banners advertising the casino. The Natchez Democrat reports the city took down banners directing customers to the Magnolia Bluffs Casino at the bottom of Roth Hill in Natchez last Friday. But the casino soon replaced them. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 25,2013
Tags: air travel, airport, appropriation, aviation, budget, budget cut, control tower, convention, federal government, meeting, tourism, tourist, transportation, travel, visitor
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Automatic federal budget cuts could shut down control towers at as many as seven Mississippi airports. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood warned of the closing of 100 airport towers at airports that have 150,000 flights or fewer each year if automatic federal spending cuts take effect March 1. The Federal Aviation Administration [...] [...]
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