Biloxi’s Sun Herald newspaper reported that a parking garage at the Palace Casino in Biloxi was flooded, a normal occurrence during large storms. Instead, the path was farther east.Ĭoastal casinos sustained some storm surge damage. Storm-watchers were expecting Sally to hit the Mississippi coast headon, 16 years to the day from when Hurricane Ivan ripped through the area. Sally made landfall Wednesday morning as a Category 2 storm at Orange Beach, Alabama, about 100 miles east of Gulfport and Biloxi, the home of Mississippi’s 12 Gulf Coast casinos. The Mississippi Gaming Commission allowed the state’s casinos to reopen at 1 p.m., Wednesday, after ordering them closed for 45 hours. Mississippi’s commercial casinos, some owned by Las Vegas companies, reopened their doors Wednesday and Thursday after sustaining minimal damage from Hurricane Sally as it blew through the state. The Mississippi Gaming Commission closed all coast casinos Monday in advance of Hurricane Sally making landfall in Mississippi. Highway 90 outside the Beau Rivage Casino in Biloxi, Miss., as Hurricane Sally slowly approaches the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Tuesday, Sept.
