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Gaming regulators OK site development for D'Iberville casino
BILOXI, Miss. The Mississippi Gaming Commission has approved site development for a casino in D'Iberville.
And, Peter Simon, a former Las Vegas gambling executive, says he will develop the casino without the two local businessmen who were his partners.
Simon said yesterday (Thursday) that he no longer needs the waterfront property owned by Mark Seymour, Terry Moran and others to build a casino.
The Gaming Commission in July allowed the 800-foot measurement from the mean high tide to begin from an inlet instead of the shore. Simon now plans to build on land he owns on the northern edge of the inlet on the western side of Interstate 1-10.
Simon must still go back to the commission for construction approval. He says his goal is to have the casino open by December 31st, 2008. It would have 18-hundred slot machines, 50 table games, 400 hotel rooms and five restaurants.
Seymour's lawyer, Ron Peresich, told the commission that Moran and Seymour own potential casino sites on each side of Simon's property, and they are now pursuing other developments. |
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