Nov 27, 2006 this is a shot we got of the grand casino just weeks after hurricane katrina hit. This is a shot we got of the grand casino just weeks after hurricane katrina hit. Skip navigation Sign in. Even as the storm's debris was being cleared, Biloxi's night skies were illuminated with the high-wattage brilliance of the Imperial Palace, then the Isle of Capri, then the Grand Casino. Hurricane Katrina devastated Mississippi's $2.7 billion-a-year casino industry, especially the hard-hit Gulf Coast communities of Biloxi and Gulfport. Gaming observers believe it may be months before the state recovers. Initial reports show casinos operated by Las Vegas-based companies, including.
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Grand Casino Gulfport Before Katrina Bay
Grand Casino Gulfport was the name of a gambling establishment in Gulfport, Mississippi (USA). It was owned and operated by Harrah's Entertainment. Prior to its destruction by Hurricane Katrina, the casino had two hotels with a total of 1,000 rooms, and a 90,000-square-foot (8,400 m2) casino.
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Grand Casino Gulfport Before Katrina Harvey
Prior to 2005, Grand Casino Gulfport was a Caesars Entertainment property. After the ownership change to Harrah's Entertainment, the company announced that this casino would be converted to the Harrah's brand. But before that could take place, the property was largely destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. While most of the hotel facility remained intact, the casino barge was washed ashore during the hurricane and partially blocked Beach Boulevard (U.S. Highway 90), the beach front's main roadway. In an effort to clear the road, the casino was imploded on September 21, 2005.
In December 2005, Harrah's announced that the site and any remaining assets were being sold to Gulfside Casino Partnership, the owners of the adjacent Copa Casino, the Grand's neighboring competitor whose own casino barge was swept into the Grand's parking lot by Katrina. The Copa Casino Gulfport, which had been located in a berth at the Mississippi State Docks, and had no hotel of its own, purchased the Grand site for its own post-Katrina expansion plans. Since the Copa's takeover of The Grand Casino Property, The Grand Casino Hotel still remains gutted. The Skybridge and/or Catwalk redirects to a parking lot and you can get access to the hotel. The casino is now known as the Island View Casino.
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It took a year, but Biloxi, Mississippi is starting to resemble the gambling jewel of the south it was before Hurricane Katrina changed everything and closed all 12 casinos last August.
Half the casinos that were destroyed have been reopened and by the time October comes, nine casinos will be open in the Biloxi area, with several more scheduled to open within the year.
Palace Casino Resort, Imperial Palace, Grand Biloxi, Isle of Capri, Boomtown and Treasure Bay are now open. Harrah's Grand Biloxi was the latest casino to reopen, which it did on Thursday. Some of these casinos were open within four months of the storm.
MGM's Beau Rivage is scheduled to reopen Aug. 29, which is the one-year anniversary that Katrina hit the coast. Casino Magic will become Hollywood Casino and is scheduled to reopen Sept. 1, and Copa Gulfport is scheduled to reopen as Island View Resort sometime in mid-September.
Grand Casino Gulfport Before Katrina Bush
The new casino will eventually sit on the former Harrah's Gulfport Grand Casino's property. A temporary casino will open in the hotel in September.
Other casinos have had a harder time of it. Hard Rock Casino, which celebrated its grand opening only a few days before Katrina came ashore, remains closed. It will reopen sometime next year. The President Casino and Grand Casino Gulfport will not reopen.
The Silver Slipper is scheduled to reopen sometime this fall, and the Bacaran Bay Casino Resort, an all-suite hotel and condominium complex located on the gulf coast in Biloxi will be open sometime in 2008.
People will remember the pictures of casino barges washed ashore in Biloxi. The storm helped the casino industry persuade lawmakers to allow its casinos to be built on solid land.
Before the hurricane, casinos had to float, even though they weren't designed to go anywhere. Now the new and rebuilt casinos can be placed on solid land, but are still restricted to being near the water.
After Las Vegas and Atlantic City, the Mississippi coast has the third-most casinos in the country.
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