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Isle of Capri to re-open Monday
Published Saturday, May 10, 2008
NATCHEZ — The Isle of Capri casino boat, closed for nearly a month, is slated to reopen on Monday, according to a press release.
The casino boat closed its doors April 13 when floodwaters reached 55.5 feet.
On Monday, City Engineer David Gardner projected it would be a week before the Isle could re-open. Time was needed to allow the water to recede a bit more and for clean up of debris, he said.
Tana Ferrington, marketing director for the Isle of Capri said the clean up of the area started Tuesday.
“As the water receded they’ve been able to do more things and then when the water receded past the sandbags they were able to remove all of that and pressure washing (began),” she said.
The Isle worked with the city in making the decision to reopen, Ferrington said.
“There were several meetings between our interim general manager and our executive staff and our city,” she said. “There was constant communication between the (two groups).”
She said the city conducted a walkthrough and everyone was in agreement that the casino boat could reopen.
“Everybody’s quite excited,” Ferrington said.
The Isle employees never stopped getting pay checks.
According to the corporate Isle of Capri Web site, in 2006, the Isle of Capri grossed $43.3 million in its annual revenue. Using those numbers, the casino’s closure likely cost approximately $3 million.
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Posted by Hardcorps (anonymous) on May 10, 2008 at 9:21 a.m.
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Posted by oldschool (anonymous) on May 10, 2008 at 9:28 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I hope you CLEANED the Boat real GOOD while the People were off of their. He really stinks in their. I went to eat one day and gamble, Could not handle the smell so we left and drove to Vicksburg. This has been two years ago and I still hear people talk about the smell. I would rather spend my money in a better well kept place.
Posted by destiny (anonymous) on May 10, 2008 at 11:05 a.m. (Suggest removal)
3 million loss will quickly be made back and probably more.
Posted by Marc_Robson (anonymous) on May 10, 2008 at 6:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I made a 34 on my ACT test. You bunch of ya-hoos have no idea what you are talking about. Go get a job. Goobers. Also it wouldn't hurt to take a remedial english course.
Posted by fire39212 (anonymous) on May 10, 2008 at 6:48 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Your point is what Marc_Robson?
Posted by freedom42 (anonymous) on May 10, 2008 at 7:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Too bad you didn't learn more in manners class. Can't you understand saracism and/or colloquial wit when you see it?
Posted by Teach4Peace (anonymous) on May 10, 2008 at 9:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)
It's amazing how we can hide behind our usernames.
Posted by rushinghjr (anonymous) on May 10, 2008 at 10:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)
That subject just made my day! He reminds me of someone that just lost the Mayor's race with that Spirit. Just a bad Attitude Problem! He's just needs to grow up mentally!
Posted by fire39212 (anonymous) on May 10, 2008 at 10:51 p.m. (Suggest removal)
lol@freedom42 and teach4peace
Posted by ProNatchez (anonymous) on May 11, 2008 at 9:26 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I am humbled in the presence of Marc_Robson. How can we ever live up to his standards? He is obviously so much better than the rest of us. HAHAHAHAHA
Grow up you little jerk. With a name like Marc_Robson, I don't think you are hidden very well.
I will just be glad to see the boat re-opened and everything back to normal. Big props to the staff for all the hard work bagging sand before the closure. More big thanks for all the hard work they did cleaning up the mess made by old man river.
Posted by Hardcorps (anonymous) on May 11, 2008 at 10:02 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Oh my lord and god marc robson. Notice no caps. Crawl back in your hole tard. Ya momma needs to change yo panties. You dun threw up in the comment section too.
Posted by Marc_Robson (anonymous) on May 11, 2008 at 8:41 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Hey, don't get mad at me because I pay more in taxes than you make in a year. Upkeep of the United States of America is primarily on the shoulders of the people in my tax bracket. Truth be told, I AM obviously that much better than the rest of you. You are all a bunch of clabberheads that probably still live with their parents.
Hardcorps, you don't have to capitalize my name. Just as long as you spell Marc with a "C" instead of a "K", I am happy.
P.S. - I am not "hiding". Marc's my name, and I look kind of like Peter Colbert. Except smarter and with more money.
Posted by sammohon (anonymous) on May 11, 2008 at 9:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Who the h&%# is this arrogant Marc "Antony" Robson anyway? If he was somebody wouldn't we recognize his name? He obviously isn't.
Markie Marc, surely you don't think that you are smarter, wiser, richer, more beautiful, etc. than everyone else in the world...if so you obviously haven't studied history well enough to know that those who do think that way usually meet serious and disastrous fates.
If you're still young enough to think this way, or perhaps, psychotic enough, please get some help...you need it.
Posted by sammohon (anonymous) on May 11, 2008 at 9:13 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Teach4Peace...we don't have to hide behind our usernames...I don't!
Posted by free_radical (anonymous) on May 12, 2008 at 12:33 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Marc is a jerk! lol
Posted by Hardcorps (anonymous) on May 12, 2008 at 9:22 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Yea marK I checked you out. You gotta lot of thugs up in your section of town. I figure you're just another one. No one on here really cares about you. You are truly insignificant and a waste of oxygen. You don't matter. You don't know how wealthy anyone here is.
With your attitude you are a very poor individual.
Posted by obamayamama (anonymous) on May 12, 2008 at 10:26 a.m. (Suggest removal)
This Marc character... you all shouldn't let him get under your skin. Although I do envy his arrogance.
Posted by Marc_Robson (anonymous) on May 12, 2008 at 2:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Sammohon: I don't think those things. I know those things, son. I believe that I have studied my history enough. As a matter of fact, I have a history degree from LSU, and I graduated Magna Cum Laude. I will outdo you in any scholastic or financial contest, any day of the week. So shut your yap, you goober.
Hardcorps, my thugs aren't just in my section of town. They run Natchez. Basically, things don't happen unless I say so. It doesn't matter how wealthy anyone on this board is. I know that I make more money than them anyway. Seven figures isn't exactly easy to be humble about, bud.
Posted by obamayamama (anonymous) on May 12, 2008 at 2:48 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Hey Mr. Robson, if you make so much money, why not just buy the Pile of Debris and make it into your own steamboat. Oh wait, there is no motor, the smokestacks are fake!
Posted by Marc_Robson (anonymous) on May 12, 2008 at 3:31 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I'd wait until the first of the month when it fills up with goobers, ya-hoos, and clabberheads that burn their welfare checks in that stinky, greasy dungheap. Then I'd hitch a tug to it and tow it down to NOLA and let it sink. That way, all of the human garbage on this message board would be where it belongs.
Posted by Marc_Robson (anonymous) on May 12, 2008 at 9:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Oh, and I'd send a special invitation to those two idiotic kids that waded into the river the other day. They must have had very low ACT scores, if they even took the test at all.
Posted by Marc_Robson (anonymous) on May 13, 2008 at 4:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Ahhhh, I love getting the last word.
Posted by freedom42 (anonymous) on May 14, 2008 at 9:37 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Marc, are you related to Conner or Emmett?
Posted by Marc_Robson (anonymous) on May 14, 2008 at 11:45 a.m. (Suggest removal)
No, sorry. Did you ask me that just so that I couldn't have the last word?
Posted by freedom42 (anonymous) on May 14, 2008 at 12:10 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Not at all, I just happen to be related to them in that round about Natchez way. You know 3rd cousin twice removed by marriage.
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