

90 in Biloxi and went before the Gaming Commission several times for site approval. The sites are just west of Buccaneer State Park.Īnother South Beach Casino was proposed in 2008 at Veterans Avenue and U.S. (Image: World Casino Directory) Authorities say the man stopped. An unnamed man died after he was wrestled to the floor by security staff.

that got site approval but hasn’t yet been built. The Seven Mile Casino in Chula Vista, Calif. The 3.93 acre property is east of Silver Slipper Casino and adjacent to a 98.5-acre site owned by Cure Land Co. This is the third casino site in about two miles of the beach in western Hancock County. Once approval to proceed is granted, the developers have three years from that date to build the casino. The deadline clock starts ticking once the developers take the next step and apply for and get approval to proceed, a rigorous process that would require them to show they have the funding to complete the casino and get all the required amenities on the compact site. There is no deadline for developers to move forward from site approval to building a casino, he said. Site approval is just the first step toward building a casino at the site, McDaniel said. “This is the first time that the commission actually considered and approved it,” said Jay McDaniel, executive director of the Mississippi Gaming Commission.

Ladner said at Thursday’s meeting they proposed the nearly 4-acre site shortly before Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005 and then put the plans on hold.
