The hotels are built on land, but the casino part of the buildings are on barges. If you look closely the next time you go look down at the floor as your cross from the hotel sections of the buildings to the casino. You will see a metal strip on the floor where the two sections join. This allows the casino to float higher or lower as water levels change and still be attached to the hotel.
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Originally posted by: O2bnVegas
The only one I have stayed overnight in is Horseshoe, and I know that hotel has more than two floors. Gold Strike next to it has a tall tower also. Maybe the hotels can go as high as they want, just not the casinos.
Originally posted by: O2bnVegas
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Originally posted by: malibber2
I like all of those casinos you mentioned, but they feel very small and cramped compared to a land based casino. Those barges they are built on limit the height of the casinos to that of a two story building. Generally speaking other than the Hollywood the ceilings are low in those buildings. The last I heard was that the Resorts and Bally’s were on life support and in receivership. Tunica just can’t draw enough people outside the Memphis area like it used to be able to and then even the core market in Memphis now has other closer options.
The only one I have stayed overnight in is Horseshoe, and I know that hotel has more than two floors. Gold Strike next to it has a tall tower also. Maybe the hotels can go as high as they want, just not the casinos.
