Hurricane in Gulf Coast destroys area casinos

August 31

While many of the details from the destruction caused to area casinos from the massive Hurricane Katrina are still coming to light, it almost seems that gambling is the last thing on the minds of the hundreds of thousands of people affected directly from the disaster.

On the other hand, casino revenue from all the Louisiana and Mississippi Coast casinos that will be lost is staggering. Harrah's in New Orleans alone stands to lose up to a million dollars a day until the casino is opened again. The other closest casino to it is a riverboat casino that docks just outside New Orleans on the Mississippi River. There is still no word on the damage that casino boat has undertaken. The Harrah's casino has reportedly taken on moderate damage including roof damage that caused some water to come in through it. Apparently the structure is mostly sound and on a higher piece of land. 80% of New Orleans is completely flooded at this time.

In Mississippi, all of the casinos that dotted the shoreline to cities like Gulfport and Biloxi are reportedly just about completely destroyed. In fact, one film crew witnessed the Palace Casino Resort sink into the Gulf from flooding and storm surge.

It is obviously not known at this time just how long it will take to get the area back up and running. One thing many online casino players out there need to consider ids that these Mississippi casinos were a major part of the local economy. Without them, millions and millions of dollars will be sorely missed.

We are very saddened to see such devastation to such a wonderful part of the US landscape. Many people loved flying into Biloxi to play at the casinos, we only hope that the great people of the stricken area will become stronger than ever before.