JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A company is closing a second casino in Mississippi’s
Tunica County, citing decreasing revenues.
Caesars Entertainment of Las Vegas announced Tuesday it will close the Tunica Roadhouse Casino at January’s end.
Caesars will keep open the 135-room hotel attached to Tunica Roadhouse,
operating it with its neighboring Horseshoe Tunica hotel and casino.
The Mississippi Gaming Commission reported in October Tunica Roadhouse had 377 casino employees and 36 hotel employees. Caesars says it could hire some workers at Horseshoe.
Caesars closed the massive Harrah’s Tunica Hotel & Casino in 2014.
Revenues have declined for years at Tunica County’s eight casinos, partly
because of increased gambling competition in Arkansas and other states. Arkansas
voters earlier this month approved a referendum allowing four full-fledged
casinos, including one in nearby West Memphis.
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