Another Company Seeks Vicksburg License

As reported by the Vicksburg Post: "The number of companies seeking a license to operate a casino in Vicksburg will grow by one today as the development group involved in cleaning up the former Vicksburg Chemical site appears before the Mississippi Gaming Commission.

"Mississippi Bluffs Development LLC, headed in part by Denver-based developer Paul Bunge of Silver Tip of Mississippi LLC, has announced its intention to apply for a gaming license.

"In the application, the company estimates having 1,500 slot machines and 35 table games in a 50,000-square-foot casino on one of four parcels of land formerly occupied by the now-defunct chemical company.

"The parcel on the west side of Warrenton Road, like three of the four existing casinos in Vicksburg, borders the Mississippi River…"

2006-06-16