WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Gamblers Line Up For Hard Rock's Grand Opening

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Gamblers Line Up For Hard Rock's Grand Opening: "People stood in line long before the Hard Rock opened its doors Saturday morning ready to rock. Once the doors opened, the die hard, hard rockers kept coming, and coming and coming."

Margaritaville To Become A Neighbor Of Grand Biloxi
Jimmy Buffett and Harrah's Entertainment announced a new partnership that opens in 2010. The $700 million expansion at Harrah's Grand Biloxi property will include a Margaritaville Casino and Resort. As Brad Kessie reports, Harrah's announcement reinforces a post Katrina promise it made to reinvest in Biloxi. And it brings some additional star power to the Biloxi casino market.

Isle of Capri lays off 200

By TOM WILEMON

tewilemon@sunherald.com

BILOXI - About 200 Isle of Capri employees lost their jobs in a layoff that the casino's general manager said was necessary because of seasonal slowing compounded by the U.S. 90 bridge being out.

"We still have more employees that we had prior to the storm," said Bill Kilduff, the general manager. "But we have less employees that we had utilized during the summer."

The casino now employees about 1,100.

About a third of those laid off were contract employees, he said. Others were full-time and part-time workers.

For more on the story, read Tuesday's Sun Herald and check out sunherald.com

Harrah's Sale Could Impact Biloxi Casino Market
Media reports indicate Harrah's Entertainment is about to be sold. The board of directors of the world's largest casino company reportedly approved a $16 billion buyout offer from two equity partners. Brad Kessie looks at what the deal could mean for Harrah's casino in Biloxi.