Today, the Beau Rivage Resort and Casino reopens - it's the seventh casino in Biloxi to do so in recent months. Along the coast of Mississippi, a booming casino business was destroyed - taking with it an important source of revenue and jobs for the state. David Schaper, NPR / With Hurricane Katrina wiping out the fast food restaurants and other structures, Biloxi's beachfront is primed to be developed into high-rise condominiums, like the one in the distance.Ī year ago this morning, Hurricane Katrina was battering the Gulf Coast - flattening everything in its path.
