Hollywood opened in Tunica on August 8, 1994, becoming the ninth casino in Tunica and joining Sam's Town, Southern Belle, and Harrah's at the Commerce Landing section of Tunica.

owned the Sands Atlantic City and had opened a riverboat casino in Aurora, Illinois, the Hollywood Casino Aurora, the year before. bought the casino project from Summit Casinos International for $15 million. While under construction, Hollywood Casino Corp. The Hollywood Casino began under the name Summit Casino, originally one of four planned for the Commerce Landing area of Tunica. The casinos in general brought in a host of jobs and revenue to the area, and had risen to become one of the larger gaming markets in the country at one time. At one point, Tunica County held the distinction of being the poorest county in the United States. Hollywood Casino Tunica is a casino and hotel located in Tunica Resorts, Mississippi.Ĭasinos were brought to Tunica County, Mississippi in the early 1990s as a revenue stream to improve the conditions at the time. Not a museum but interesting enough to spend ten minutes looking around.Īn ok place to stay at a reasonable price (unless you factor in what you leave at the casino!) if you're just on the way to some other place.Casino and hotel in Tunica Resorts, Mississippi Hollywood Casino Tunicaģ4☄8′45″N 90☂5′03″W / 34.81250°N 90.41750°W / 34.81250 -90.41750

A Batmobile, the car from Elvis Presley's movie 'Spinout' and a few other odds and ends. They did have a few 'Hollywood' displays. It seemed to me the building was easily 20 or 30 years old, not run down but showing signs of age. The room was clean and sheets/towels decent. We could hear people talking in the next room and we had to leave the TV on to go to sleep to drown out the random noises. You're not going to get the Taj Mahal for $80/night ($40 weeknights), but the sound control was terrible. We ate our fill on food that wasn't that bad. But we did manage to spend 3 or 4 hours playing the slots (I don't do table games any more when they have automatic shufflers) before we ran through our spending money.ĭinner at the buffet was a little pricey (Saturday night, $29.95) but they did offer lobster, prime rib, and shrimp. The casino was what you'd expect - they don't build those places by giving all their money away. Deciding to take it easy going there we took two days and spent the night at a casino in Tunica.

We drove from Tulsa to Birmingham this last weekend to go to the races at Talladega.

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