Fitz Tunica Casino<\/a> reopened after Mississippi River flooding forced a temporary closure for five days. The gaming property is in Robinsonville, Mississippi.<\/p>\nLocal officials closed the access road to the casino because of flood waters from the nearby Mississippi River. There was no flooding in the casino\u2019s parking lot or water reaching the hotel or casino buildings, according to local news reports.<\/p>\n
But in April 2001, casinos in Illinois chose to stay open despite rising Mississippi River waters. Waters in nearby Iowa crested at more than 22 feet, as sandbags and levees were holding back the floodwaters, the Chicago Tribune<\/em> reported.<\/p>\nTwo riverboat casinos in Quad Cities, Illinois were \u201cbooming, packed with curiosity seekers who come to look at the floods and stay to shoot craps,\u201d the newspaper reported. \u201cA third boat, based in Davenport [Iowa], had to close because the riverfront was flooded.\u201d<\/p>\n
The casinos that stayed open back then saw business increase as much as 30 percent, the Tribune<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Illinois venue Harrah\u2019s Metropolis Casino and Hotel will reopen Tuesday morning after rising waters from the Ohio River forced the Metropolis gaming property to close on Sunday. The riverfront southern Illinois gaming complex is scheduled to resume operations at 8 a.m., according to online sources. It initially closed Sunday night, with the decision made that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":127995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33810,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Illinois\u2019 Harrah\u2019s Metropolis Casino Scheduled to Reopen 8 am Tuesday<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n