That's due in large part to a change in state law, approved just a week after the storm.
The reopening is the latest sign of the coastal casino industry's dramatic turnaround.īiloxi still has years of rebuilding, but its recovery is well ahead of other Gulf Coast communities devastated by Katrina. Today, the Beau Rivage Resort and Casino reopens - it's the seventh casino in Biloxi to do so in recent months.
Along the coast of Mississippi, a booming casino business was destroyed - taking with it an important source of revenue and jobs for the state. David Schaper, NPR / With Hurricane Katrina wiping out the fast food restaurants and other structures, Biloxi's beachfront is primed to be developed into high-rise condominiums, like the one in the distance.Ī year ago this morning, Hurricane Katrina was battering the Gulf Coast - flattening everything in its path.