Larry Gregory
Larry Gregory
casino facing future serious situation
We have a very serious situation facing the future of our casino industry,
added area casinos ghost hotels region scholars-and-scholarship twelve
This region twelve years ago was a ghost town, ... The casinos and hotels have revitalized the area and added 14,000 jobs.
associated casinos employees
We've got about 4,500 employees associated with those casinos right now.
approval august begin casino open understanding
It's my understanding that construction will begin after we make the approval tomorrow, and the casino should open in August or September.
casino ceos factors five including magic major mgm rebuild reluctant
I've had conversations with five CEOs of major casino companies, including Harrah's and MGM and Casino Magic. They tell me they're reluctant to rebuild if the other factors still exist,
casinos due interest move
We've always had our casinos on barges. They've always had to be over water. Due to the hurricane, there was a lot of interest to move our casinos on land.
approval casino coming feet north within
They're coming north within 800 feet of the shore. It will be the first casino to get approval to move.
casino coming large phases planning side south
That's a large casino development, and that's only the first phase. They're planning on coming back in with different phases on the south side of the property.
beyond coast coming gotten gross gulf month numbers progress wildest
Progress on the Gulf Coast has been very positive. We've gotten our first month of our gross revenues (and) the numbers coming in are beyond anyone's wildest expectations.
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We're witnessing the rebirth of the gaming industry on the Gulf Coast. I think these numbers are excellent. They seem to be consistent. I think they're sending out a great message to anyone wanting to invest on the Coast.
address biggest coming issue policy speeding
That will be the biggest policy issue the Legislature has had to address in a long time, ... and it's coming like a speeding bullet. Legislators are going to have to make that determination.
legislator minds next
will be on the minds of every legislator when they come in for the next session.
meetings taking
Having these meetings was more important than taking part on that panel,
commit eye sit
We just kind of want to sit down eye to eye and look at them and see if they are gong to commit to rebuilding. They have told us verbally, all of them, that they are going to rebuild.