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Mississippi River flooding shuts down Tunica County casino

Published 4:55 pm Wednesday, March 6, 2019

With almost 9,000 jobs in the county’s $750 million gaming sector, casinos are the center of attention in Tunica. People come from hours away to visit the “Casino Capital of the South.

— Fitz Casino and Hotel has reopened after temporarily closing due to excess flooding. In a press release, a spokesperson said the casino reopened Thursday at 9 p.m. Qwondra Smith, a Tunica casino worker, discusses the impact of flooding there. Continue reading the main story. Recent episodes in Video. The Spiritual Exercises. The Fitz Tunica Casino reopened Thursday after rising flood waters forced a five-day closure of the property located in Robinsonville, Mississippi. The Fitz Casino on the Mighty Mississippi is back. The 2011 Mississippi River floods damaged casino resort buildings and infrastructure in this community. While the casinos float and escaped most damage, the hotels' towers and surrounding businesses are on land. Some of the hotels had major flooding on the lower floors, including the Harrah's Casino Tunica, which was under nearly six feet of water.

ROBINSONVILLE, Miss. (AP) — A north Mississippi casino is closed because Mississippi River flooding is partially covering its access road.

Local media report the Fitz Casino in Tunica County closed Sunday at the behest of county emergency managers.

The casino says on its Facebook page that there’s no flooding in its parking lot or casino.

The county’s other six casinos remain open.

County Emergency Management Director Leron Weeks says Mississippi River flooding is at its highest since 2011, when most of the county’s casinos were closed. The Mississippi appears to have crested Tuesday at 52.5 feet at Tunica. That’s the second-highest level ever recorded after 2011.

A number of residential camps unprotected by levees are also flooded, with remaining residents traveling to elevated homes by boat.

The Tunica County Riverpark is also closed.

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