by Frank Brown Published: May 17,2013
Tags: BILOXI, Boyd Gaming, casinos, Frank Brown, gaming, Gulf Coast, IP Biloxi, Philadelphia, Sam's Town, Tunica, VICKSBURG
You can be sure the casino industry knows a good bet when it sees one. And perhaps the most valuable tool to help revive a sluggish gaming industry in Mississippi is marketing through social media. “We look at social media, and there are a lot of different ways to approach it,” Brian Best, corporate president [...] [...]
The U.S. commercial casino industry realized its second-largest year in gross gaming revenues ever in 2012, according to a economic impact study released today by the American Gaming Association. The annual State of the States: The AGA Survey of Casino Entertainment shows an industry that has now seen three consecutive years of escalating growth — [...] [...]
When Gov. Phil Bryant signed a bill recently creating the Mississippi Gulf Coast Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau, John Hairston saw the occasion as more than a tourism bill for three coast counties. For the chairman of the Mississippi Gaming Commission, it is both a step in reviving the Tunica County casino and a pre-emptive [...] [...]
GreenTech Automotive has until the end of 2014 to create a minimum of 350 jobs at its Tunica facility, per the terms of a $3-million loan the Mississippi Development Authority made the company. The loan, made in September 2011, is to help the hybrid car company with site preparation and what an MDA spokesperson called [...] [...]
After the massive flooding of the Mississippi River in 2011, Tunica took a big hit in tourism, conventions and meeting activity. Even after the flooding was over and everything reopened, things were still slower than normal. “The national media said Tunica attractions were closed because of the flood,” said Bill Canter, director of marketing and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 5,2012
Tags: 60 minutes, Billy Walters, Biloxi Belle, Casino Magic, Duane Lewis, Falcon Gaming, gambling, gaming, Gold Shore, Hancock County, Jackson County, Lady Luck, McComb, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Oyster Bay Casino, President Casino Broadwater Resort, Silver Slipper Casino, Tunica
D’IBERVILLE — Developers of the proposed Oyster Bay Casino have signed a management agreement and hope to start construction of the $170 million resort by the end of the year. Tom Moore says that he and business partner Duane Lewis, a developer from Birmingham, Ala., hired Falcon Gaming of Gulfport to manage the daily operations [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 4,2012
Tags: Commercial Real Estate, David Carn, financial planners, financial planning, Kemper County, Mississippi Power, redistricting, Stan Purvis, tax managed portfolios, Tunica
>> REAL ESTATE Large stores specifying whom they must have as neighbors— By Ted Carter Also in this week’s paper: >> KEMPER UPDATE Independent monitor: Kemper contingency 91 percent gone— By Clay Chandler >> Q&A David Carn, Baker Donelson— By Clay Chandler >> MARTY WISEMAN Redistricting a consequence of 2012 election >> NANCY ANDERSON Figuring [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: January 18,2011
Tags: Cuba, Cuba's International Trade Fair, Curtis Berry, Delta Research & Extension Center, Havana, Mexico, Mississippi State University, Rice Foundation, Rice Foundation International Leadership Development Program, Stoneville, Tim Walker, Tunica
Tim Walker, an agronomist at Mississippi State University’s Delta Research and Extension Center in Stoneville and Curtis Berry, a rice producer from Tunica, were participants in the Rice Foundation’s International Leadership Development Program, which included traveling to Mexico and Cuba. The Foundation’s five-member leadership team attended Cuba’s International Trade Fair held in Havana. More than [...] [...]
TUNICA — Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. says it will eliminate nearly 200 jobs at its Horseshoe Casino & Hotel in Tunica. That’s about 5 percent of the 4,000 employees at the properties. Harrah’s is citing a decline in the casino industry as the reason for cutting a variety of jobs, from senior management to hotel and [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 8,2010
Tags: Alan Kitchens, Brent Brasher, Caroline Randolph, Chad Winter, Joe Jordan, Keith Williams, Kevin Mitchell, Lydia Allison, Mississippi Biomass & Renewable Energy Council, Pete Weisenberger, Randy Rousseau, Robert Thompson, Tamme Bufkin, Terry Dunlap, Tunica
The Mississippi Biomass & Renewable Energy Council recently elected new members of the board of directors and a new president at its annual conference, held this year in Tunica. New board members are: Brent Brasher, Kengro Corporation, Charleston; Tamme Bufkin, The Bufkin Company, LLC, Hattiesburg; Terry Dunlap, Piney Woods Pellets, Wiggins; Caroline Randolph, Mississippi Green [...] [...]
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