![]() ![]() “We are fully committed to this state and are excited about the opportunity to design and develop a first-class resort at our Biloxi site that will complement our substantial entertainment offerings in northwest Mississippi. He said Harrah’s will rebuild its Biloxi property from the ground up. Sanfilippo said he recently met with the mayor and he “completely understood” his desire to plan for the future and reassess the city’s strategic plans. On Tuesday, Warr said, “The sales taxes in the city are up and we are not depending upon sales taxes from casinos.”Īnthony Sanfilippo, president of Harrah’s operations in the central United States, said Tuesday that Warr’s opposition was not the reason the company decided to pull out of Gulfport. 90, but Gulfport Mayor Brent Warr is opposed to putting casinos inland. The Mississippi Legislature has approved inland casinos along the Gulf Coast north of U.S. Las Vegas-based Harrah’s, the world’s largest casino company, operates Grand Casino Biloxi, which was destroyed by the hurricane. The sale is expected to close by the end of the first quarter of 2006.
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