Silver Moon Casino Mississippi
Golden Moon Casino and Hotel Golden Moon Philadelphia, Mississippi. The Golden Moon Casino and Hotel is connected via skywalk to the Silver Star Casino and together they make up the Pearl River Resort. The Golden Moon includes a 28 story hotel with 571 rooms and an 80,000 square foot casino. Inside the casino you will find over 1700 slot. Golden Moon Hotel & Casino in Neshoba County will open a week later, on Aug. Reopening has not been set for Silver Star Casino, which is across a highway from Golden Moon and is connected by a. All reviews silver star room service buffet slots casino moon bakery gambling choctaw soap pics king ms terryinal wrote a review Jan 2020 Gardendale, Alabama 68 contributions 24 helpful votes. Silver Star features 503 gorgeously appointed guest rooms, including 84 opulent suites and a variety of dining experiences. With over 1,200 slot machines including reel and video slots, video poker and video Keno in addition to a high-denomination slot area, Silver.
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Pearl River Resort | |
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Address | Highway 16 West Choctaw, Mississippi 39350 |
No. of rooms | 1,074 |
Signature attractions | Dancing Rabbit Golf Club Geyser Falls Water Theme Park Clearwater Key |
Casino type | Land |
Owner | Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians |
Pearl River Resort is a gaming resort located in Choctaw, Neshoba County, Mississippi. It is owned and operated by the federally recognized Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. The resort includes two casinos, Silver Star Hotel & Casino and Golden Moon Hotel & Casino; a Dancing Rabbit Inn near the casinos; Dancing Rabbit Golf Club, an award-winning golf course designed by Jerry Pate; Geyser Falls Water Theme Park; and a spa.[1]
These casinos are the only Native American gaming facilities in the state of Mississippi, as the Mississippi Choctaw are the only federally recognized tribe in the state. When approved for opening in 2000, these were the only casinos in the state approved for land-based structures. At the time, by state law other gaming activity was limited to riverboats or floating structures on the rivers or Gulf Coast. In the aftermath of extensive damage to waterfront gaming on the Gulf Coast from Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the state legislature changed some of its rules related to private gaming facilities.
Golden Moon Casino Mississippi
History[edit]
The first casino, Silver Star, opened in 1994 on tribal lands near Philadelphia, Mississippi. The tribe had the Golden Moon constructed directly across the road in 2002. Golden Moon features a curving hotel structure that rises to a globe-shaped top. The Mississippi Choctaw are the only federally recognized tribe in the state and thus the only tribe authorized to operate a gaming facility on its reservation lands.
In reaction to a downturn in the economy, in January 2009 Tribal Chief Beasley Denson announced that the Golden Moon would reduce its hours, to operate on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays only. The tribe laid off 570 workers, none of whom was a tribal member.[2] In addition to the recession affecting its business, the facility had to compete with a new gaming facility in Alabama developed by the federally recognized Poarch Band of Creek Indians.
The Mississippi Choctaw invested some $71 million in renovations to the casino and hotel to increase its appeal. After reopening the Golden Moon in January 2015, the tribe said that it employed some 2400 to 3000 workers in total at its facilities, the majority of whom are tribal members. Their hiring increases to satisfy seasonal demand in the busy summer months. The number of visitors increases with people drawn to the resort water park and to play golf.[3]
References[edit]
- ^Pearl River Resort official web site
- ^Brown, Timothy (2009-01-05). 'Choctaws cut 570 jobs, partial shutdown of casino'. Associated Press (via the Sun Herald, Biloxi, Mississippi.[dead link]
- ^'Choctaws reopen second casino'. Clarion Ledger. Associated Press. 2015-01-31.
Golden Moon Casino Mississippi Choctaw
External links[edit]
Golden Moon Philadelphia Ms
Coordinates: 32°46′20″N89°12′23″W / 32.772337°N 89.206409°W