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Landry's Pitches $400 Million Casino Resort

BILOXI, Mississippi – As reported by the Biloxi Sun Herald: "The Golden Nugget Casino would be the anchor business for a $400 million Biloxi Boardwalk development that would employ about 3,000 people, according to plans executives with Landry's Restaurants Inc. presented to the Biloxi City Council today.

"It would be an entertainment complex with family attractions including a 150-foot-tall Ferris wheel, multiple thrill rides dancing fountains and an aquarium restaurant with an undersea experience. The Golden Nugget have 60,000 square feet of gambling space, 600 hotel rooms, a marina with more than 100 slips and a parking garage with 750 spots.

"…The development would go between the Palace Casino and the Isle of Capri Casino, which has first rights to an option on the city-owned property needed for the development. Executives with the Isle, who also appeared before the City Council on Tuesday, did not present anything comparable to the Landry's development…"

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