by Associated Press Published: May 15,2013
Tags: auction, bankrupt, bankruptcy, casino, Commercial Real Estate, counrt, demolition, gamble, gambler, gaming, judge, scrap
VICKSBURG — By late August, Vicksburg’s downtown City Front will be without a floating casino for the first time since 1993 if the winning bidder at an auction April 25 for the former Grand Station Casino follows through on a bankruptcy court-ordered sale of the vessel. What happens to the spot beyond late summer is [...] [...]
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 9,2013
Tags: auction, bankrupt, bankruptcy, casino, Commercial Real Estate, gamble, gambler, gaming, sale, sell, trustee
VICKSBURG — The trustee in the bankruptcy liquidation case of a closed Vicksburg casino boat will auction off the vessel and some its inventory on April 25. The Vicksburg Post reports a court hearing for creditors of the former Grand Station Casino will be heard again May 3. In March, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Neil P. [...] [...]
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: 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 MBJ Staff Published: February 8,2013
Tags: casino, cloud, computer, convention, data protection, disaster preparedness, disaster recovery, gamble, gambler, gambling, gaming, hardware, hospitality, hotel, inforamtion technology, lodging, meeting, restaurant, softeware, tourisdt, tourism, visitor
BRANDON and BILOXI — The Solutions TEAM, a Brandon-based IT services outsourcing and cloud-based data protection solutions provider, has been selected by Treasure Bay Casino and Hotel in Biloxi to provide cloud-based data protection and disaster recovery solutions and services. “After a thorough analysis of all available alternatives, including software and online backup solutions, we [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 23,2013
Tags: casino, commission, convention, entertainment, food service, gamble, gambler, gambling, gaming, hotel, leodging, meeting, nightlife, regulation, regulator, requirement, restaurant, state agency, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor
JACKSON — Mississippi regulators want new casinos to be sturdier and gambling space larger with better restaurants and hotels. And the Mississippi Gaming Commission is ready to put the new requirements in writing. The Sun Herald reports the Gaming Commission is accepting written comments on the regulations. Commission executive director Allen Godfrey says depending on [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 23,2013
Tags: bankrupt, bankruptcy, bench, casino, city, commercial real estater, court, downtown, entertainment, gamble, gambler, gambling, gaming, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, municipal, municipality, nightlife, property
VICKSBURG — More than nine months after the Grand Station Casino closed amid bankruptcy, the property near Vicksburg’s City Front is in disrepair as several issues are settled in court. In October, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Neil P. Olack awarded the casino to M Street Inc. after it bid $400,000 for the 36,000-square-foot facility in a [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 18,2013
Tags: casino, convention, entertainment, food, gamble, gambler, gambling, gaming, hospitality, hotel, lodging, management, meeting, night life, restaurant, senior management, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor
NATCHEZ — Isle of Capri Casino Natchez changed its top management with the ouster of vice president and general manager Tony Scudiero. Jill Alexander, senior director of corporate communications for Isle of Capri Casinos based in St. Louis, declined to explain the cause for the management change. The Natchez Democrat reports the management shake-up occurred [...] [...]
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