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Originally Posted by Red UM Rebel
I did not realize that the land was already zoned for casino once. That might make it more possible.
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Athough previously zoned waterfront, it was never zoned for casinos. This specific site once was home to a nightclub that was owned by Mr. Gus Stevens in which many Hollywood celebrity entertainers would visit and perform. The long time vacant building was eventually torn down to make way for Surf Style Souvenir around 2000. This entire area was known as Biloxi's entertainment district with a number of restaurants and strip clubs where illegal gaming took place. This is where the Dixie Mafia ran rampant until the murder of a former council woman and her husband (a sitting judge) in the 1980's in which a former Biloxi mayor is currently serving time with other mafia members in a federal prison in Angola, Louisiana. Biloxi has always had gaming though not legal until 1992.