Gaming Commission Will Not Only Consider Large Projects
The Mississippi Gaming Commission approved the locations for two proposed multi-million-dollar casino resorts on Thursday and also gave the go-ahead for a small operator to reopen next week. Treasure Bay Biloxi will reopen with only 81 slot machines, a much smaller operation than the other three casinos back in business.
The commission also declared the locations for a Foxwoods Casino in Biloxi and an Isle of Capri Casino in DeLisle as legal gambling sites. Foxwoods Development Co. is a commercial casino venture owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, who operate the world's largest casino resort in Connecticut.
The company plans to spend $400 million on the Biloxi casino, which will be part of a $1 billion to $1.3 billion planned development on the more than 260-acre Biloxi Broadwater property. Gary Armentrout, chief development officer for Foxwoods, said the tribal nation will operate the casino as a private commercial enterprise abiding by "all the laws and regulations of the state of Mississippi as well as all the taxes of Mississippi."
June 16, 2006
Posted By Terry Goodwin
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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