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It still would require site approval from the Mississippi Gaming Commission. In 2007, a $1 billion Tivoli Casino was proposed in East Biloxi but never built.īiloxi Council later rezoned the property as waterfront, which is necessary if a casino is to be built there. The structure was demolished in May 2006.

However, the Tivoli was badly flooded and a large casino barge slammed into the southeast corner of the structure, killing 8 people.įollowing the storm, any plans to restore the Tivoli to its original state disappeared. Several people living in the nearby Little Tivoli Motel attempted to take refuge in the old Tivoli Hotel during the storm. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina would deliver a fatal blow, with its winds of 120 mph and 27-foot tidal surge. A small glimmer of optimism emerged when Gulf Coast Investment Developers expressed interest in utilizing the original Tivoli as part of a larger residential complex. In 2003, the Mississippi Heritage Trust identified the Tivoli Hotel as one of the ten most endangered historical landmarks in Mississippi.

Developers are proposing a $700 million casino and a convention center of the site of the hotel that was destroyed during Hurricane Katrina. Biloxi’s Tivoli Hotel joined other large hotels opening in in 1927.

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