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The jewel of Mississippi, Beau Rivage originally opened its doors in March, 1999. But owing to an unfortunate display of Mother Nature’s fury, Hurricane Katrina wrought havoc and destruction on the entire Gulf Coast area—and Beau Rivage was not spared. Undaunted by the devastation, Beau Rivage regrouped and was reborn in 2006, perhaps an even better incarnation than its $800 million predecessor.
Rising 32 stories and measuring an impressive 3.2 million square feet, the new Beau Rivage is the tallest building in Mississippi, boasting 1,740 guest rooms and suites, a completely redesigned casino floor, 11 tempting restaurants, four lounges and bars, 12 retails stores, a spa, saloon, pool and convention center. The property’s enhanced architecture and interior design offers a contemporary ambiance infused with the resort’s signature Southern elegance. Visitors are greeted by nature’s beauty and refinement as they walk through the enhanced open atrium and lobby that features thousands of plants and flowers.
The guest rooms—which include 95 luxury suites—afford patrons everything one would expect from an AAA Four Diamond resort award winner. In keeping with the resort’s southern-contemporary attitude, rooms offer a modern interior design scheme warmly dressed in cherry-wood furniture, original artwork, and bathrooms with Grecian marble flooring and surfaces. Other amenities include 32-inch LCD flat-screen TVs, double pillow-top mattresses and triple sheeting, lighted closets with full-length mirrored doors, a writing desk, and high-speed Internet access. This is all topped-off by stunning views of the Mississippi Gulf or Back Bay.
What about the gaming? The resort’s 85,000-square-foot casino offers 93 table games, 2,100 slot machines, 230 video poker games, and a 16-table poker room. The resort also offers a luxurious high-roller salon that includes 10 blackjack tables and an interchangeable table for roulette or baccarat; a high-limit slot room with 100 slot machines; an exclusive buffet and bar lounge; dedicated cashier services; private restrooms and round-the-clock concierge service.
Day two of a trip to the South included LOTS of drinks, an amazing dinner, and the first jackpot of the trip! And did it seriously hit.
SIDEBAR: March Mania $100,000 Slot Tournaments
Score a slum dunk at the $100,000 March Mania Slot Tournament each Wednesday at Beau Rivage. Forty winners per day mean increased chances of winning big! Earn 250 slot base points on tournament days to enter then register to play. Participants play one five minute session for a chance to be one of 40 winners that will share the $25,000 Freeplay prize pool that day.
The energy and excitement of slots is irresistible. Boasting over 1800 of the hottest, newest and most in-demand slot games available, the Beau Rivage Slot floor is a thrilling sight to behold. You will find machines ranging in denominations from 1¢ to $100, including more than 500 progressives. Darth Jules Pokerstars, los angeles casino blackjack, vee quiva casino az bingo, free online video slots play fun. The 2020 American Casino Guide book contains the following coupon offer for the Beau Rivage: Get a complimentary well drink or domestic beer at EIGHT75. Valid 4 p.m.-8 p.m. May not be used in conjunction with any other offers. Must be 21 Years old. The Beau is not aging well. I doubt Co-Vid-19 is the reason. The interior of the hotel and casino looks tired. I saw a lot of the old original slot machines that I played several years ago. The casino was not as nice as I remember. It was dirty and the cigarette smoke was excessive. Every slot machine I played was terribly tight.
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At Beau Rivage’s newly designed smoke-free poker room, match wits against beginners and professionals who share a common love for the thrill of the game. With high ceilings and an open floor plan it is one of the most spacious and comfortable in the South. The room offers 16 tables dealing a variety of popular games such as Texas Hold’em, Seven Card Stud and Omaha High Low Split. For bigger action, pull up a chair in the High Stakes area where No-Limit Texas Hold’em and Pot-Limit Omaha let you really go all in.
SIDEBAR: Spring Break Poker Classic
Poker action returns to MGM Resorts International’s Beau Rivage in Biloxi with the Spring Break Poker Classic March 21 – March 31. The tournament features 14 events with buy-ins ranging from $100 to $1,000. There will also be nightly No-Limit Hold’em tournaments with $80 + $20 entry and daily single table satellites with buy-ins from $80 to $360. Event #1, $300 + $40 No Limit Hold’em, kicks things off with a $100,000 guaranteed prize pool March 22-24.
“The Spring Break Poker Classic is the first tournament in our series of six major poker events we host at our MGM Resort International’s Mississippi resorts each year. The series begins at Beau Rivage and tournaments alternate with Gold Strike Casino Resort in Tunica with three tournaments being held at each property,” said George P. Corchis, Jr., President and Chief Operating Officer of MGM Resorts International’s Regional Operations.
Spring Break Poker Classic registration begins at 6 p.m. on March 21 and will be open from 9 AM to 9 PM daily. “MGM Resorts Mississippi’s six high-stake poker tournaments provide an opportunity for poker enthusiasts of all levels to compete in a variety of events at both Beau Rivage in Biloxi and Gold Strike in Tunica,” said Johnny Grooms, Beau Rivage Poker Room Manager. “The tournaments grow in buy-ins and the series will culminate with the third annual Million Dollar Heater main event held at Beau Rivage in January 2014.”
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Dining, Bars, and Nightlife
Not only does Beau Rivage offer southern charm, unsurpassed creature comforts and exceptional gaming, they’re certainly no slouch when it comes to dining, dancing, and partying the night away. In fact, they offer some of the best eateries and nightlife in the entire region.
- BR Prime: Beau Rivage’s signature steak and seafood restaurant features prime grade steaks, fresh seafood and an extensive 3,500-bottle wine collection.
- Jia: Contemporary Asian cuisine including a variety of soups, salads, noodles and regional specialties from Thailand, Japan, China, Vietnam and Hong Kong.
- Memphis Q Smokehouse & Barbeque: Hot barbeque, house-smoked chicken, fried delta catfish and deliciously tempting Southern desserts.
- The Buffet: A wide variety of cuisines, specialty foods and Southern favorites.
- Breeze Bar: Exotic cocktails and specialty drinks at the heart of the casino.
- Coast: Energetic mix of cool people and some of the best live entertainment in town.
- EIGHT75: Ranked one of Nightclub & Bar Magazine’s top 100 establishments in the country, EIGHT75 features classic cocktails and signature martinis in a contemporary, plush environment.
SIDEBAR: March at Coast
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Sham-ROCK Jameson party at Coast – Saturday, March 17th
Spend St. Patrick’s Day partying at Coast Nightclub. Sham-ROCK $5 specialty drink menu from 10:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m. includes Guinness on draft, Jameson, Irish Car Bombs and Luck Bombs.
Basketball Madness – Tuesday, March 19, 2013 – Monday, April 8, 2013
Prepare your bracket and watch how it all unfolds during Basketball Madness at Coast. $8.50 Bacardi Buckets, $12.50 buckets of five domestic beers (Bud, Bud Light, Miller Lite and Coors Light) and $15 tailgate appetizer sampler including hot wings, fried mushrooms, cheese sticks, potato skins, chili cheese fries and nachos.
Ladies Always Free at Coast Nightclub
Ladies receive complimentary admission on Fridays and Saturdays. Ladies night continues Wednesday and Thursday nights from 10:00 p.m. -1:00 a.m. with ladies receiving complimentary admission and free well cocktails, domestic beer and house wine between 10:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m.
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If you’re in the mood for a bit of pampering, pay a visit to the 20,000-square-foot Beau Rivage Spa and Salon, where guests enjoy personalized treatments ranging from wraps and therapeutic massages to facials or even eyelash extensions. They offer an expanded treatment menu with innovative options such as the Caviar & Pearl Facial, Youthful Recovery Epidermabrasion and Xtreme Eyelashes.
Meanwhile, the Spa’s solarium, which is designed in a living room setting, delivers the comforts of home while inspiring the feelings of serenity and calm. All told, the spa boasts some 70 trained professionals including massage therapists, aestheticians, cosmetologists and hair stylists all on hand to cater to nearly every whim.
SIDEBAR: Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic at Fallen Oak
The Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic returns to Fallen Oak for the fourth straight year, March 18-24, 2013. The event is expected to attract 81 professional golfers who will compete for a $1.6 million prize purse, with $240,000 and 240 Charles Schwab Cup points going to the winner. Last year’s winner Fred Couples will be back to defend his title as will the 2011 MGRC champion Tom Lehman.
Designed by legendary course architect Tom Fazio and exclusively for guests of Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, Fallen Oak raises the bar for luxury resort golf in this region. The 18-hole, par-72 championship layout unfolds in a majestic, almost cinematic, invitation to all who love the game. Hailed by Golf Magazine as No. 26 of the “Top 100 Courses You Can Play,” Fallen Oak has taken its place among the nation’s finest courses.
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Holly Gagnon is one of the few female CEOs in the gaming industry, but the third at Seneca Gaming Corporation. June marks her second anniversary leading four entertainment facilities in Western New York, which boast some 15 million guests per year served by more than 3,600 employees. June also is expected to reveal the completion of a $40 million renovation project that Gagnon said will 'change the entire gateway' to Niagara Falls. WBFO's Marian Hetherly sat down with her to talk games of chance.
Established in 2002 by the Seneca Nation of Indians to operate tribal entertainment facilities in Western New York, Seneca Gaming operates Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino in Niagara Falls, Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino in downtown Buffalo, Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino in Salamanca and Seneca Hickory Stick Golf in Lewiston.
How did you get started in gaming?
I'm very, very happy to be back in the Northeast and part of this organization. It feels like home. I think most of the time, people who meet me don't expect that I was an Accounting major. I've been in gaming now 27 years.
I actually participated in the re-opening of the Beau Rivage (in Biloxi, MS) post-Katrina. Katrina was horrible. I was working at the time for Harrah's in their corporate offices in Memphis and that was a really devastating event for us.
We had three casinos active. We had people trapped in our New Orleans property. We had to do a lot of triage at the time, fly down in corporate jets and look at the devastation.
Some of the stories that people told - the survival stories, people whose houses were just slabs at the end of the waves - it's something you'll never forget. When I see hurricanes now and people talk about devastation, I can actually visualize the personal impact.
But I have to tell you, it's pretty amazing to go back to the Billoxi area and to see the resiliency of those communities and even New Orleans. I was just there in January speaking at a conference and you would never know anything happened. I think that's just a testament to us as America. You know, we hit these things, but we bounce back.
What kind of leader are you?
To be a leader, to inspire and to have passion and win the hearts of people is much different than just managing. I've talked to my HR and Marketing teams about the passion to make work the best eight hours of everyone's day. That means there's a responsibility for our leaders to make sure they're listening to their team, that they're providing the right motivation, that they're giving them the tools and that they have a relationship with their team members that becomes the glue to the organization - no different than we have with our guests.
Was there any pushback when you first arrived in the position, perhaps as a woman, as someone from outside the region, who isn't Native American?
It's not new to have a woman CEO here at Seneca. I'm the third and I don't think it would dissuade me from taking over a position that was traditionally men. I don't look at things that way, maybe because of all the years I've spent in this industry. If I thought that way, I probably wouldn't have gotten where I got.
Certainly having a history shows the support of the Board and the Nation that they are okay with gender diversity, which is a great thing. I have to tell you that the team was amazingly accepting. I did not feel any pushback. People have bought in and have readily supported some of the vision initiatives.
When new leaders come in, a 100-day plan of action can be crucial. What was yours?
I got some really great advice years ago, which was listen. Observe and listen. It's not one-size-fits-all for organizations, but you learn a lot more in a conversation if you're not the one talking. And not just the people who report directly to you, but find opportunities to talk to the entire organization, to really understand its culture, understand what's really important to your boss.
I think a great philosophy of leadership is, what interests my boss should fascinate me. I think that's a great way to formulate an approach and understand how to prioritize initiatives. There is a certain talent that comes from understanding the root cause of certain situations, versus putting band-aids and being tactical. I really do believe in trying to be as strategic as possible.
Where do you think you've made your greatest impact so far?
Well, there's our renovation project, which will be complete in June. We have engaged new architects. They're out of Las Vegas. They've created a really impactful arrival experience and the actual rollout is even better than the renderings. If I can measure success, it's to overdeliver on a commitment.
We've just created a department called Continuous Improvement, which I'm very excited about. We're creating a continuous improvement culture here, where we're doing Six Sigma and Kaizan and the inclusion of frontline team members giving input on how their jobs are designed and what they do and certain functions. I think it'll be a hallmark change to how we look at our business and include people in decision making.
What drives me is making a sustainable impact wherever I go and that means an impact on people and an impact on the core organization. I think you can judge my success more fairly five years after I leave.
What differences have you seen between tribal-run casinos and others?
Commercial operators are stock based, right? And you have a Board of Directors that's appointed through proxy and everything else. This is a family-owned business, for all intensive purposes. It's a Nation. There is a level of satisfaction I get, or the leadership team gets, knowing that when we perform well, that it provides the funding for really important things for this Nation, which include health care, government operations, education. So I think there's a difference working as far as a sense of responsibility. To be successful and meet our goals is more intensified because you see the impact more directly.
There might be different priorities when you're family-owned or Nation-owned, so I think that there are some nuances. But as far as day to day and what we do as far as strategies, I think we really try to run it competitively, because we compete against operators that are not Native American-owned and from our discipline and what we do, I would compete with the best of them.
How would you characterize the health of the gaming industry here in WNY and overall?
Certainly you see a lot of chatter that these casinos are not doing well. Owners decide what to build. They do market studies and that's on them what they build to their market studies. So it's interesting to see that play out.
If you look at the numbers globally, they continue to grow, right? There's more gaming, entertainment, food and beverage and everything else. Now if you talk about how many slices of pie there are, there are more slices. So individually, as more entrants join the market, some pieces of pie get smaller - and that's just competition. The American Gaming Association does this really great map that shows how many places you can legally game in the United States 20 years ago - and if you compare that to what the map looks like today, it's unbelievable the expansion in gaming.
Online gaming is not readily available in the United States, not legalized. Certainly online will be another evolution if it comes to fruition. Every industry goes through these changes, in delivery systems, in customer bases. The onus is on us, as operators, to make it an engaging and interesting place to be and come.
Are there plans to expand into online segments of the growing market?
I will be candid. Our biggest opportunity is with our three casinos in front of us and making sure that they are the most engaging experience. You can go to Las Vegas and everywhere else: those things are futuristic. They're at the planning stages and on a timeline that are way further than we would anticipate. You know, there's all sorts of legislation that would have to happen.
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So our team's energies are on what's right in front of us. We do roadmaps for the next five years and I don't even see that as something we'll have to consider. We have lots of redevelopment, big investments in slot product, making sure we're relevant in that respect, honing in on customer service - and that is our core business right now.
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How would you characterize the relationship between gaming in WNY and the state?
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All of the interaction happens at the Nation level, right? So it would be the Nation with the state. I focus on the operations at this entity.
It's a great amount of money that has been provided to the state and the local economy over the years. That's measurable. In addition, our head of Marketing actually sits on the tourism group for Niagara to collaborate and coordinate.
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I think the advent of all these hotels that have sprung up around us are by virtue of the fact that there's been this initial great investment here by the Senecas in Niagara Falls. Also, this arrival experience is going to change the entire gateway to the Falls and the experience they have coming in. And so I think the Senecas have really been the catalyst for much of the positive change here.
We believe in the gaming industry. We think it's great for the economy. We employ a lot of people. We have a robust benefits package. We have an onsite health clinic for you and your spouse. If you're not feeling well, you can come right in and see a nurse practitioner. It's not for everyone, being out there interacting with the public. If it doesn't make you excited to make someone smile or if it doesn't make you excited to dazzle a guest, you have to soul search: Is customer service the business for me?
FACTS & FIGURES:
- New York's budget (FY2019) provides $246 million in aid to localities from four Tribal-State Gaming Compacts with more than a dozen Indian casinos across the state.
- The American Gaming Association reports that nearly 30 Indian and commercial casinos across New York State had a $6.5 billion economic impact (2018).
- The National Indian Gaming Commission reports that consumers spend $32.4 billion at some 460 Indian casinos across the United States (2017). That represents about 40 percent of the $89.4 billion spent in all U.S. locations.
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