Vicksburg Ms Casinos Flooding
Mississippi Indian Casinos Updates 2021. Mississippi has 30 state-regulated casinos along the Mississippi River and on the Gulf Coast. In addition, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians own and operate three Class III Indian casinos and a plan a fourth casino in Jones County. #1 Casino Choice of U.S. Feb 14, 2020 Vicksburg. Along the Mississippi River in Vicksburg, part of the parking lot at WaterView Casino and Hotel was covered with soil and grass after a soggy hillside collapsed, but no one was hurt. Ameristar Casino Hotel in Vicksburg, Mississippi has an expanded 70,000 square foot casino floor with 1,571 gaming machines, 27 table games, 10 live action poker tables, a 149 room hotel with four Executive suites and 14 Jacuzzi suites, three restaurants, including a 350-seat buffet with a special room which can be reserved for private events and banquets, a blues bar, and cabaret lounge and a full service RV park. In Tunica County, nine casinos located on stationary river barges were closed most of May. The hotel portion of the casinos are located on adjacent, low-lying land, and began to flood with the rising waters, some up to 6 feet. Near Vicksburg, Highway 465 in Warren and Issaquena counties was closed on May 3 due to high flood waters.
Mississippi River flooding might force areas to close
Published 2:30 pm Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Due to anticipated, flooding of the Mississippi River, areas along the Mississippi River will come to a close when gauges become high enough.
In a statement released by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks the following gauges, river stages and areas closed at the following levels:
-Vicksburg, MS gauge at 43 feet. Areas closed: Issaquena, Sharkey and Warren counties South of Highway 14, West of Highway 61 and North of the Big Black.
-Greenville, MS gauge at 48 feet. Areas closed: Washington and Issaquena Counties South of Highway 82, West of Highway 1 and North of Highway 14.
-Memphis gauge at 34 feet. Areas closed: Desoto, Tunica and Coahoma counties West fo Highway 61 and North of Highway 49
-Helena, AR gauge at 41 feet. Areas closed; Coahoma, Bolivar and Washington counties South of Highway 49, West of Highway 61 to the intersection of Highway 61 and Higway 444, West of Highway 1 and North of Highway 82.
The MDWFP said that as water rises, many deer and other wildlife might be displaced from their normal habitat, which will place additional pressure on food sources.
“Supplemental feeding is not recommended in areas that will be inundated with floodwater,” the press release stated. “Private landowners adjacent to areas inundated with flood waters may utilize supplemental feeding as permitted by law, rule or regulation. Remember it is illegal to pour pile or place any supplemental feed directly on the ground.”
The MDWFP also said it will increase its law enforcement presence in the affected areas to promote public safety for residents affected by the rising water and to enforce the wildlife laws that protect game animals affected by flooding.
For more information regarding hunting in Mississippi, visit www.mdwfp.com or call 601-432-2400.
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Vicksburg Ms Casinos Flooding Today
Casinos hit hard by flood
Published 11:44 am Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Tax revenue from Vicksburg’s five casinos plummeted in May as the Mississippi River rose to record heights, but Mayor Paul Winfield said the city is not sweating it.
“The city’s going to be fine,” Winfield said. “We’ve been pretty conservative with our revenue estimates.”
Taxes paid to the city totaled $401,398 for the month, down nearly 27 percent, compared with April, and more than 21 percent from a year ago. Amounts distributed to Warren County and the Vicksburg Warren School District were down about 18 percent for the month and about 5.5 percent for the year.
The county’s take for May was $189,015. The school district’s take was $51,340.
High water caused lengthy closures for most of the 19 riverfront casinos, mostly in Tunica County. In Vicksburg, two closed when parts of buildings took on water — DiamondJacks for 36 days and Rainbow for 14.
Flooding also took a chunk out of Mississippi’s state-licensed casino winnings in May. Casinos on the river won only $41 million last month, compared with $107.8 million in May 2010 and $101.8 million in April 2011, the Mississippi Department of Revenue said Monday.
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The 11 Gulf Coast casinos, which weren’t affected by flooding, won $96.2 million last month for a statewide May total of $137.2 million — down 32.4 percent from $203.1 million in May 2010. The coastal casinos won $95.3 million in May 2010 and $87.4 million in April 2011.
The statewide tally for April 2011 was $189.3 million.
The shutdowns, which averaged three to four weeks for each riverfront casino, resulted in the loss of $7.9 million in casino taxes, when compared with May 2010, said Allen Godfrey, deputy director of the Mississippi Gaming Commission. Of those lost taxes, about $2.6 million was taken from local governments, he said.
In addition, an undetermined amount of sales taxes were lost after casino hotels and restaurants were shuttered during high water, Godfrey said.
“That was a pretty serious hit,” Godfrey said.
Although about 12,500 people work in the river casinos, including about 2,000 in Vicksburg, most employees were paid through the shutdowns.
“Most people don’t know that. The casino industry really stepped up to the plate, but they took it on the chin,” Godfrey said.
The shutdowns hit as the casino industry continues trying to rebound from the Great Recession. Money for discretionary spending and travel has been tight for individuals, while businesses have been carefully watching dollars spent on conventions, a lucrative target of casinos.
Analysts also have said that recent high gasoline prices have been a drag on business.
The figures do not include Indian reservation casinos, which are not required to report their winnings to the public.