In November 2006, the resort opened a new Tom Fazio-designed championship golf course named Fallen Oak. Instead of having to be on barges on the water, casinos may now be built on land as long as they are within 800 feet (240 m) of the shore. In the weeks following Hurricane Katrina and in the wake of the catastrophic damage to the coast's casinos in the hurricane, the Mississippi state legislature changed its laws regarding the placement of casinos. Beau Rivage was one of the few still recognizable buildings remaining on Biloxi's coast. Although the hotel tower survived relatively unscathed, the casino barge was significantly damaged. Beau Rivage Resort & Casino re-opened its entire resort Augthe one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Yates & Sons Construction (the contractor that originally built it) and more than 50 subcontractors. The height of the 29-floor hotel-casino is 346 ft (105 m).īeau Rivage was seriously damaged by the 30 ft (9.1 m) storm surge caused by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005, and was rebuilt by W.G. The hotel, restaurants, parking garage, and associated facilities were constructed on land. The casino was located on a series of floating barges as required by local law confining all casinos to mobile marine vessels at the time of the resort's construction. At that time of its opening, it was the largest hotel/casino in the United States outside of Nevada. The Beau Rivage, with 1,740 rooms, opened in March 1999.

The name of Beau Rivage was originally meant for the Bellagio casino resort on the Las Vegas Strip, however, developer Steve Wynn of Mirage Resorts changed Beau Rivage into Bellagio, and reserved this name for his new waterfront casino in Biloxi. History The land entrance side of the Beau Rivage, as seen pre-Katrina in 2002 The term 'Beau Rivage' is French for 'beautiful shore' the original, well-known hotels of that name are the Beau-Rivage Geneva and Beau-Rivage Palace, both in Francophone Switzerland. The Beau Rivage hotel is the tallest building in Mississippi. It is owned by Vici Properties and operated by MGM Resorts International. Beau Rivageīeau Rivage is a waterfront casino resort in Biloxi, Mississippi, USA.

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