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Changes planned for Mississippi casino24 May 2007MISSISSIPPI -- As reported by the Vicksburg Post: "Changes will be requested at the site of Vicksburg's smallest but most active planned casino, modifications termed "minor" by its officials. "Riverwalk Casino and Hotel will appear before the Vicksburg Board of Zoning Appeals June 5 to amend the special exception it won from the panel in 2005 dealing with parking. "The configuration of its lots was an issue when the project, originally named Magnolia Hills and Pot of Gold Casino, was first presented to city authorities for zoning approval. Developers John R. Barrett Jr. and Lee Seippel agreed to a redesign that moved patron parking casino and hotel and away from homes on Warrenton Road. "...The project started out smallest in scope of Vicksburg's other three proposed casinos, but officials have said construction costs have placed the casino's overall cost at $100 million. "...Riverwalk will feature 80 rooms and 800 slot machines, smaller than both the 232-room, 1,500-slot Mississippi Bluffs development, planned barely a mile north on Warrenton Road, and the similarly sized casino and resort Lakes Entertainment Inc. plans to build a few miles south, between U.S. 61 South and the river..." |