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Welcome to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. On August 29, 2005, the Mississippi Gulf Coast changed forever. That is the day Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Coast with Category 4 winds and a storm surge that exceeded 35 feet - a virtual Tsunami that inundated the coastline from Pascagoula west to Waveland and overran all of the Coast's casinos inflicting catastrophic damages to beachfront and inland businesses and homes. Since then, a truly historic recovery effort is underway to rebuild lives, homes, businesses, and yes, the casinos that have made the Mississippi Coast one of the premiere places to vacation in the United States. Help from around the nation has made a difference, and continues to be appreciated and needed.
The Mississippi Coast will be back. Bigger and better than ever. A new Mississippi Coast with all the fun and wonderful hospitality that marks the Coast as a warm and friendly place to visit. But it will take some time.
Visitors
coming here now can see the work that is ahead of us, and still enjoy
the casino experience that makes the Mississippi Coast unique. Look for
many of the other special features, such as Cruisin' the Coast, the
Mississippi Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo, the Crawfish Festival and many more Our main highway, U.S. 90 that runs along the beach has been reopened, but the Biloxi-Ocean Springs and Bay St. Louis bridges are out of service until they can be rebuilt. Those bridges will not be ready until late 2007 or early 2008. The best routes into Biloxi are through Gulfport, or the I-110 and Cedar Lake Road exits from Interstate 10. With the passage of land-based casino legislation, you can expect to see Mississippi's coastal casinos become spectacular resorts. There will be more of them too as plans are underway that may bring the total number of resorts to nearly 20 within the next ten years. But that is not all, there is coming more shopping, more restaurants and motels and things to do and see. That is the future of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. A place families can enjoy, with the adventure no place else can match. The Coast's 26 miles of white sand beach remains and while cleaning up the debris from the hurricane will take months, it should be ready for use by late Spring or early Summer. As so many of the beachfront motels were damaged too, it will take some time for them to recover and rebuild. So if you plan to visit the Mississippi Coast overnight, it will be more difficult to get a reservation as the demand for space currently exceeds the limited supply of rooms - for a while at least. Your best choice here is to use the Expedia reservations links on the main page of MississippiCasinos.com. Out of the disaster of Katrina and the dreams of the people of the Mississippi Coast, a bright future is certain. Come see it happen.
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Tremendous
work has been done since Hurricane Katrina, but rebuilding the
Mississippi Coast remains a monumental task. The area's casinos will
remain and even become more fantastic in the near future. Three casinos,
the Imperial Palace, the Isle of Capri, and the Palace Casinos have
managed to repair their properties and are open. Others will join them
in the future, including the Beau Rivage, which will be reopening on the
Anniversary of the Hurricane on August 29, 2006.
events to return for 2006.
