Hurricane Katrina Casino Damage
The Tivoli Hotel — also known as the Trade Winds Hotel and was once a luxury hotel which became a landmark — was so severely damaged when a casino barge ran aground into it during Hurricane Katrina that it could not be saved. Photograph ©2005 by Brian Cohen. It was demolished in May of 2006. Hurricane Katrina was a destructive Category 5 storm that made landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast in August 2006. The storm triggered catastrophic flooding, particularly in the city of New Orleans. Katrina Casino damage a gallery curated by Gamingfloor A series of images showing damage to casinos in Louisiana and Mississippi caused by Hurricane Katrina in late August 2005. The storm destroyed the barge on which the casino floor was located; the storm surge swept the barge from the shoreline all the way across Beach Boulevard, nearly 500 feet (150 m) inward. On May 21, 2006, demolition crews imploded the beach-side hotel structure, leaving Harrah's with a clean slate for rebuilding. Before Hurricane Katrina, the Gulf Coast was the nation’s third-largest casino market, producing almost $1.23 billion in gaming revenue in 2004, trailing only Las Vegas and Atlantic City.
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Hurricane Katrina Casino Damage Pictures
Beau Rivage shortly after Katrina | Treasure Bay shipwrecked |
Treasure Bay Casino barge | Six months after Katrina, work to demolish the Treasure Bay's Casino barge is underway. |
Treasure Bay Casino Main Building | Gaping hole in the Grand's Barge shows slots ready to play |
The Grand's Casino Barge Crushed Ohr Museum Building | The Grand's casino barge looking east on U.S.90 |
Biloxi Grand's main site is still closed six months after Katrina but the property is being maintained. | Grand's Biloxi Casino Barge six months after Katrina. Demolition is nearly complete. This photo is taken on March 5, 2006. |
Biloxi Casino Magic silhouetted looking west on U.S.90 photographed several weeks after Katrina. | Casino Magic six months after Katrina remains closed. No work is underway. No word on when the casino will reopen. |
Hard Rock suffered extensive damages. Photo shortly after Katrina. | Six months later, there is no work underway on the Hard Rock as the money for its repair is tied up in a legal issue. However, developers are maintaining the property. It's casino barge suffered catastrophic damages. |
President Casino Barge shortly after Katrina. | President Casino Barge five months after Katrina. |
Repairs are underway on the Palace Casino. Photo taken several weeks after Katrina. | Six months later, the Palace Casino is open with a new land-based casino inside its hotel. But repairs are still being made. |
Boomtown survived the storm on Back Bay, but damaged | Imperial Palace survived with only modest damages. |
Boomtown Casino six months after Katrina. Boomtown's casino barge has been taken to a Pascagoula Shipyard for repairs. It normally would be seen on the left side of the photo. The casino is set to reopen late in 2006. But look for a different configuration. Boomtown is plans to move its casino barge to a new mooring location. The fill dirt seen in this photo is just south of the new mooring location. | Imperial Palace is open. Photo six months after Katrina. |
Gulfport Grand suffered major damages. Harrah's, which owned the Gulfport Grand, has sold the property to the Copa's owners, who will open a new casino in the former Grand Oasis Hotel. | Gulfport Grand Entrance |
Copa Casino was destroyed | Gulfport Grand's Hotel |
Casino Row looking east. Harrah's recently demolished the Grand's Island View Hotel in the foreground right. The entire Grand Casino property will be redesigned.
| Biloxi Casino Row by Satellite Click on image for larger version - Sat Photo by NOAA
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