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Imperial Palace is First Casino to
Reopen on the Mississippi Gulf
Coast
BILOXI, Miss., Dec. 21 /PRNewswire/
-12/22/05- When the Imperial Palace reopens as an upgraded,
refurbished casino resort on December 22, the optimistic fresh start
for the Mississippi Gulf Coast will begin with
it.
Before New Year's, the Imperial
Palace, the Isle of Capri, and the Palace will all reopen, giving
the heavily hurricane-impacted Coast a reason to greet 2006 with
hope and a brighter outlook. Between them, the three resorts
have approximately 2,000 rooms, all of which will be in high
demand.
"Having these three resorts back
in business will attract thousands of day trip customers, some of
our meetings business, and many tour groups," said Stephen Richer,
Executive Director of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Convention &
Visitors Bureau. "Although we still will be far short of our
previous room inventory and meeting space, we know that the demand
to visit our destination is high and that business will take off
with the reopening of the Imperial Palace, the Isle of Capri, and
the Palace."
Another highlight of renewed
tourism industry activity occurred on December 16, when American
Eagle introduced two daily roundtrip flights from Gulfport/Biloxi
Regional Airport to Dallas/Fort Worth International. American
Airlines had been out of the Mississippi Gulf Coast market for over
a decade. The new service will help bring air seats back to 92% of
pre-Katrina levels in January, when Continental adds additional
seats.
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