I’m pleased to report that the Tunica destination is alive, well and OPEN for business! Everyone is aware that we lived through a very difficult month of May due to the rising floodwaters of the Mighty Mississippi. Due to the great exposure of this event by both local and national news sources, we thought we would update you on the true story of the great flood of 2011.
All nine casinos shut down in May for about two weeks in an effort to protect casino patrons and staff. The reason for this is because all of the casinos are located on the unprotected side of the Mississippi River Levee system making entrance to the properties’ parking lots impossible.
We were all anticipating the rising waters and the casinos were readily prepared to keep the water out of the casinos and did so effectively. Because all of the casino floors were built on floating barges, they rose with the river keeping the water out. Plus, the adjacent casino hotels were built at an elevation sufficient to withstand the water heights. We are confident that the casinos and their hotels are back to what they were prior to the flooding.
Please see the images below of the flood progression. You can click on an individual property to zoom in on the photo. We’ve also included photos for the Tunica RiverPark, which has sustained some damage, but we’re working on reopening soon. Click here for details about the RiverPark damage. Even though the facility is closed, the Tunica Queen riverboat is open and sailing a regular schedule.
If you have any concerns or questions, please feel free to comment to us on this blog, via Facebook, Twitter or call us at 888.488.6422. We welcome you to come experience Tunica again for yourself! Click here to book your hotel room now.
Of all the weeks it had to flood there. We had made reservations at Sam’s Town for our honeymoon week, from May 9-13, but of course the reservations were cancelled. We haven’t made it down there yet, but hopefully we can next spring. We were really looking forward to spending a relaxing time in Tunica, but it just wasn’t meant to be I guess. We were very sad.
WILL RIVERBEND LINKS EVER RE-OPEN IF SO WHEN
I would like to hear from Gold Strike hotel casino and others to plan a group trip in October 2011
Steve – We’re still unsure about River Bend Links reopening. We’ll be sure to let everyone know as soon as we know something.
Dorothy – Have you made contact with Gold Strike yet? How many are in your group?
Thanks!
Chrissy from Tunica Convention & Visitors Bureau
Can not wait for some special offers to come and see Tunica
Seeing we live only 120 miles from Tunica we visit often and the end of June we stayed at Sams Town for a few nights of fun and were so pleased to see how good everything looked. It was amazing how they all recovered from this record flood. Inside each of the casinos we visited: Sams Town, Hollywood and Horseshoe you could not tell what they went through. EVERYTHING was spotless and no odors. Outdoors there were some final touches being done in the landscaping but that too looked good. Farm fields were also trying to recover.
http://downtheroad.tunicatravel.com/
I didn’t know you had thee columns at this link above. they’re good reading.
Keep up the good work.