Casino Magic Biloxi Casino & Hotel was a 50000 sq ft (4,645.2 m²)http://web.archive.org/web/20050207001647/www.casinomagic-biloxi.com/gaming/ permanently moored casino barge located on Casino Row, along the Mississippi Gulf Coast

Mississippi Gulf Coast

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 in Biloxi

Biloxi, Mississippi

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, Mississippi

Mississippi

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 with an adjoining 378 room hotel located on 16 acres (64,749.8 m²) of land. The property is now owned by Harrah's Entertainment

Harrah's Entertainment

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History

The 378 room Casino Magic Hotel was added on May 1, 1998.

The casino was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina

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 in 2005. http://www.gulf-coast.com/Casinos/bmagic.html

Following Pinnacle Entertainment

Pinnacle Entertainment

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's acquisition of a Lake Charles

Lake Charles

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 casino from Harrah's Entertainment, which was damaged in 2005, it announced plans on June 20, 2006 to invest $350 million to construct Sugarcane Bay with an anticipated opening date in 2009. Harrah's received the site of the former Casino Magic Biloxi Casino & Hotel in exchange for the Lake Charles property and has announced plans to build the Margaritaville Casino and Resort

Margaritaville Casino and Resort

For information about the defunct Margaritaville casino/hotel project in Atlantic City, New Jersey see Golden Nugget Atlantic CityThe Margaritaville Casino and Restaurant is a planned casino and restaurant in Biloxi, Mississippi in the United States....

on this and an adjoining property that it owned.