After the deluge

Although it cost casino owners a couple of days’ business, the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee inflicted scarcely any damage compared to Hurricane Katrina. (Safety measures taken in post-Katrina years helped.) Since the Louisiana casino market has been in an upward trend during recent months, a brief interruption of business — while hardly desirable — will be only a hiccup in what’s been a pretty upbeat narrative of late. Lee’s inopportune timing, however, will put a dent in Biloxi‘s drive-in lucre … albeit probably less than expected, judging by the news from Beau Rivage.