NEW POST! Doing Biz In ... Tunica, Miss.

City Smarts

Tunica, Miss., is located 30 minutes south of Memphis, Tenn., and is known as the South’s “Casino Capital.” With nine, world-class casino resorts, luxurious hotel rooms and spas, three championship golf courses, a sporting clay range/indoor clay tennis courts, outlet and antique shopping, mile-long buffets, fine dining award-winning museums, and casino floor entertainment, it is nearly impossible to not enjoy your stay.

 

The nine casino resorts are located in close proximity to one another, allowing the city’s more than 10 million visitors and 10,000 residents to try their luck in each one. All casino properties are owned by Las Vegas-based casino groups. The top employers are Harrah’s Entertainment, owner of Harrah’s, Horseshoe and Roadhouse casinos; MGM International, owner of the Gold Strike Casino Resort; and Boyd Gaming, owner of Sam’s Town Casino & Hotel Tunica. The city’s newest employer is Schulz Xtruded Products, a pipe manufacturing company that will employ 500 people.

 

 

Jetsetter 


Enterprising Oxford, Miss. native Stanley Taylor owns five businesses in Tunica’s Casino Way Court Shopping Center: Blue Belt BBQ & Deli (southern food and BBQ); Museum de Sankofa (African art museum opening in August 2010); The Lounge (a bar near the casinos); Blues Belt Marketplace (meeting space and retail store); and Lipscomb Financial (investment and tax services).

 

Taylor’s trek began as a former army telecommunications specialist and then as a contract engineer for the first cellular telephone installation in the Ivory Coast, Africa. When the entrepreneurial bug bit, he opened a flourishing African art gallery in Memphis, Tenn., before establishing his businesses in Tunica in 2002. “Because my businesses are located within five minutes of nine casinos that attract millions of tourists annually, I am sitting in the cat bird seat,” boasts Taylor, adding that the casinos have ushered in plenty of income opportunities for Tunica County’s predominantly African-American population. Casino Way Court Shopping Center, 3468 Casino Way.




Getting Around 


There is no public transportation in Tunica. Although several of the casinos are within walking distance of one another, for passengers flying into the Tunica or Memphis Airports, renting a car or using a car service is recommended. 

 

Survival Kit 


The most important thing to pack when planning your trip are elastic pants to try all of Tunica mile-long buffets, fine dining restaurants and diners.   

 

 

Catching ZZZs 


Harrah's Tunica is not only the largest casino resort between Las Vegas and Atlantic City, it also offers the largest world-class convention center in the area. Harrah’s Bellissimo Spa, and The Links at Cottonwoods, a Hale Irwin-designed golf course, add to the allure. www.harrahstunica.com


 

Power Lunch

The 560-seat Paula Deen Buffet at Tunica’s Harrah’s is, bar none, the best power lunch spot in Tunica — no one has the power to resist the Southern fried diet-blowing fixings laid out by America’s Food Network star. www.harrahstunica.com 

 

 

Cultural Chow 


The Hollywood Café, as featured on the Travel Channel’s “Deep Fried Paradise,” is the home of the fried pickle. For the best catfish, fried green tomatoes, burgers, and of course, fried pickles, make this a stop during your Tunica trip.

www.thehollywoodcafe.com 



 

To De-Stress

The Bellissimo Spa at Harrah’s Casino is the largest spa in Tunica offering dozens of pampering choices for men and women. Services include massages, facials,  hair styling, manicures and pedicures — all in a relaxing setting overlooking two pools, Jacuzzis, steam rooms and saunas.www.harrahstunica.com

 

Footloose & Fancy-free
 

Nowhere can you better see and understand America's greatest river and its history than at the stunning new Tunica RiverPark. The 168-acre Tunica RiverPark includes nature trails, outdoor exhibits, a veranda and an observation deck for spectacular views of the Mississippi River. Don’t leave the RiverPark without cruising on the Tunica Queen. www.TunicaRiverPark.com and www.TunicaQueen.com

 

 

Flight Time


AirTran Airways offers daily, non-stop flights to Tunica Airport, and flights to more than 60 major U.S. cities. 1.800.AIR.TRAN, 
www.airtran.com.  

 

Someone Helpful

Tunica Convention & Visitors Bureau, 1.888.4.TUNICA; www.tunicatravel.com AT

 

Comments

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Awesome trip, I'd like to pass the same route.