Biloxi Removes Some Red Tape to Speed Up Casino Opening
The Biloxi City Council has removed some red tape to allow Treasure Bay Casino to speed up its reopening. The council yesterday rezoned the property and dropped a required lag time for a new land use to become effective.
The action allows Treasure Bay to go before the Mississippi Gaming Commission with its plans next month instead of in July. Under a best-case scenario, the casino could reopen some time next month.
Treasure Bay would reopen with the smallest gambling operation on the coast: 100 slot machines and no table games. This autumn, it would expand to 550 slots and 22 table games. There will be about 250 hotel rooms. Treasure Bay will initially employ about 200. The casino will reopen with a new identity and logo and is dropping its pirate motif. Company officials say the casino has acquired the property it formerly leased from the Mladinich Family Partnership and is negotiating to buy other parcels for a longer-term expansion that will be linked to condominium developments.
May 27, 2006
Posted By Larry Rutherford
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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