All the Tunica casinos are located on the river side of the levees. They can rise with floodwaters because of how they are built (basically on barges on canals). I believe they are closing because the parking areas are likely to be underwater.
Here's the staggered closing schedule (subject to change):
Thursday, April 28, 2011 Resorts Casino
Friday, April 29, 2011 Bally's Casino
Sunday, May 1, 2011 Fitz, Hollywood, Sam's Town, Harrah's
Monday, May 2, 2011 Gold Strike, Horseshoe, Roadhouse Casino
You can read what the local TV station, WREG, says if you click here.
Image taken from the www.mississippicasinos.com web site.
Only Harrah's rises with the river level. All of the others are in their own "ponds".
ReplyDeleteI've not heard of casinos rising and falling ... very interesting. And the days ahead look a bit dicey!
ReplyDelete@anon: thanks for straightening that out.
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