Casino Workers Help Rebuild CasinoMississippi's tax coffers suffered the lingering effects of Hurricane Katrina as the state's tax revenue from gaming fell almost $10 million during September.
"The casino's parent company, Pinnacle Entertainment, is offering construction jobs to the employees through its contractor, Manhattan Construction Co. This is the same company that built Pinnacle's newest property, the $365 million L'Auberge du Lac Hotel and Casino in Lake Charles. "Casino Magic Biloxi's gambling barge was destroyed when the storm surge from Hurricane Katrina picked it up and flung it over U.S. 90. The hotel also sustained heavy damage. "Charlie Myers, the Manhattan representative teaching the safety class, said the rebuilding would be a slower process than constructing something from the ground up…"
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