KISS On line casino in Biloxi Nonetheless a Go, Developer Says Regardless of Property Sale
A $200 million on line casino venture tied to American rock legends KISS stays on observe. That’s regardless of improvement impediments brought on by COVID-19 and the land the place it’s to be constructed just lately being listed on the market.
The Margaritaville On line casino (pictured) has sat shuttered since 2014 in Biloxi, Mississippi. Efforts to carry a KISS-inspired on line casino to the property stay scheduled, so claims the developer behind the venture. (Picture: WLOX/On line casino.org)
In 2020, native developer Tom Moore reached a take care of the “Rock and Roll All Nite” icons to make use of their likeness and model for a $200 million on line casino resort. The event, pitched as Rock & Brews On line casino, is to interchange the previous Margaritaville On line casino on the Biloxi Again Bay.
Hypothesis arose this week that the KISS on line casino was no extra, after the ten.1-acre property was listed on the market for $15.9 million.
The event continues to be transferring ahead and town is working with us. The proprietor of the property has at all times had somebody that’s had the property listed, so I nonetheless really feel like we’re in place,” Moore advised ABC/CBS affiliate WLOX.
The Margaritaville On line casino closed in 2014 amid a dispute between the on line casino operator and then-landlord relating to a deliberate resort. The quarrel led to a resort by no means being erected. Mississippi’s on line casino legal guidelines require that gaming services be accompanied by lodging.
The disagreement was solely a part of the issue that led to Margaritaville’s demise. The placement of the Again Bay on line casino stays remoted and disconnected from Rt. 90/Seashore Boulevard — the primary drag the place Beau Rivage, Onerous Rock, Harrah’s, and Golden Nugget casinos are situated in east Biloxi.
Margaritaville subsequently moved to the Biloxi shore and opened a family-friendly non-gaming resort in June of 2016. The resort is the previous On line casino Magic.
Guarded Settlement
The Margaritaville property was ultimately bought in early 2019 to Arizona-based actual property agency RAM Group. Moore says he has an understanding in place with RAM to proceed pursuing his $200 million on line casino endeavor regardless of no progress being made on the website for greater than two years.
Moore has a most comprehensible excuse for improvement setbacks within the pandemic. He maintains that his firm has a primary proper of refusal on any sale RAM seeks.
Moore’s 2020 blueprint for Rock & Brews On line casino referred to as for a 300-room resort with balconies overlooking Biloxi Bay. The on line casino plan included greater than 1,000 slot machines, 36 gaming tables, and a sportsbook.
KISS Involvement Unknown
KISS members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley co-founded the Rock & Brews restaurant chain in 2012. Right this moment, the corporate has 17 areas, most of that are in California and Florida.
Moore has been quiet on KISS’ precise involvement along with his on line casino venture. However the band’s affect can be fairly obvious.
Together with the on line casino and resort, the unique Rock & Brews On line casino plan featured a 3,000-seat live performance corridor. That will nearly double the seating capability of Onerous Rock Reside!, which is at the moment Biloxi’s largest on line casino theater.
KISS just lately wrapped up its newest Las Vegas Strip residency at Caesars Leisure’s Planet Hollywood. The band is now on its “Finish of the Street World Tour.”
