Casino
Workers Help Rebuild Casino
Mississippi's tax coffers suffered
the lingering effects of Hurricane Katrina as
the state's tax revenue from gaming fell almost
$10 million during September.
"The casino's
parent company, Pinnacle Entertainment, is offering
construction jobs to the employees through its
contractor, Manhattan Construction Co. This
is the same company that built Pinnacle's newest
property, the $365 million L'Auberge du Lac
Hotel and Casino in Lake Charles.
"Casino
Magic Biloxi's gambling barge was destroyed
when the storm surge from Hurricane Katrina
picked it up and flung it over U.S. 90. The
hotel also sustained heavy damage.
"Charlie
Myers, the Manhattan representative teaching
the safety class, said the rebuilding would
be a slower process than constructing something
from the ground up…"
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