by Associated Press Published: May 6,2013
Tags: city, city government, coutry music, municipal, municipality, Museum, music, musician, singer, song, state government, tourism, tourist, visitor
TREMONT — Officials in northeast Mississippi are hoping for some money from the state to help to finance construction of the Tammy Wynette Museum in Tremont. Wynette, a country music legend who died in 1998, is a native of the Tremont area in Itawamba County. She was married for six years to George Jones, who [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 2,2013
Tags: accident, crude oil, disaster, disaster recovery, ecosystem, energy, environment, explosion, fatality, fuel, gasoline, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, restaurant, seafood, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, wildlife
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — BP PLC is paying $69 million for interactive exhibits at a Hancock County science center, a concrete pathway on the beach at Pascagoula, up to six miles of shoreline and improvements at a park as part of Mississippi Gulf Coast restoration from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Gov. Phil Bryant said. [...] [...]
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 [...] [...]
The Mississippi Business Journal over the years has chronicled the exodus of Mississippi corporations, trade associations and non-profit groups to Alabama’s Orange Beach and Gulf Shores and Florida’s Panhandle for their conventions and trade shows. While we lamented the loss of hospitality dollars to our state, we conceded the lure of the sparkling sand beaches [...] [...]
The Mississippi’s Legislature’s need to make up for capital projects that languished without a state bond bill in 2012 kept a new entry from making the 2013 bill – a proposed $48 million revamp of the half-century-old Mississippi Coliseum on the State Fairgrounds in Jackson. Having waited its turn behind new construction for the state’s [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 26,2013
Tags: art, construction, culture, expand, expansion, history, Museum, renovation, retrofit, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor
LAUREL — It’s the home stretch for the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, with officials poised to unveil exciting new additions for next week’s 90th anniversary celebration. Last week, Jeannette Walker peered eagerly through the glass top of the doors leading from the museum’s American Gallery to the Stairwell Gallery. Fixed in her gaze was [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 23,2013
Tags: board of supervisors, county, county government, crude oil, ecosystem, energy, environment, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, supervisor, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — Harrison County supervisors approved a resolution that reiterates their opposition to oil and gas drilling in the Mississippi Sound and within 12 miles south of the barrier islands. The Sun Herald reports the board has passed similar resolutions over the years, and yesterday voted to again oppose the idea. Supervisor Marlin [...] [...]
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 22,2013
Tags: contaminate, contamination, court, crude oil, death, disaster, ecosystem, energy, environment, explosion, fatality, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oilrig, pil spill, pollutant, pollution, restaurant, seafood, state agency, state government, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, wildlife
JACKSON — Mississippi has become the third state to sue BP PLC over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Attorney General Jim Hood announced the state had filed lawsuits in federal and state court. The move comes one day before the three-year statute of limitations expires for claims related to the April 20, 2010, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 19,2013
Tags: anniversary, bed and breakfast, celebration, city, city government, consultant, history, hospitality, hotel, inn, motel, municipal, municipality, restaurant, rtetail, shop, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor
NATCHEZ — Tourism consultants will evaluate Natchez in coming months as the city gears up for 300th anniversary celebrations in 2016. Leaders hope the anniversary will boost the city’s tourism industry over a yearlong period, in part by creating new festivals or extending existing ones, reports The Natchez Democrat. Consultant Berkeley Young will examine the [...] [...]
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