Sam's Town Hotel And Gambling Hall, Tunica
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Tunica Resorts, Mississippi Tunica Resorts,riverboat casino A riverboat casino is a type of casino on a riverboat found in several states in the United States with frontage on the Mississippi River and its tributaries, or along the Gulf Coast. Several states authorized this type of casino in order to en ...
because the gaming area is situated on a building built on barges that float in a pool of water linked to the nearby
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as required by state law, the resort in all other aspects resembles its Nevada sibling, except for the atrium. It includes a 1,600 seat showroom, a 1,070-room hotel, and an
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.


History

The facility was opened on May 25, 1994, by
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as the third casino branded as Sam's Town and the first casino opened by Boyd outside of Nevada. It was built to replicate a
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town; at the time it opened it was in size with a 200-room hotel. In 2002, Boyd bought an adjacent hotel and theater owned by
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for $7.5 million. Sam's Town expanded into the property, adding an additional hotel tower and parking garage. , Sam's Town has over 700 hotel rooms in Tunica. From 1999 to 2007, Boyd sponsored the
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, a
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race at nearby
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. During the
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in 2020, the hotel and casino were closed from March until May, along with multiple other hotels and casinos in the area.


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