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Magazine sent us some amazing pictures of the flood waters now covering parking lots, and entryways at Harrah's Casino in Tunica. The last three scheduled closings happened Thursday at Gold Strike. Judging the Judges 2019. When the Mississippi River reached near-record flood levels. All 10 casinos in Tunica closed for the first time since gaming began there in 1994, idling about 9,600. Receding Mississippi River floodwaters are allowing casinos in Tunica, Miss., to get back to business. MGM Resorts International said Tuesday it would reopen the Gold Strike at 10 a.m.

Mississippi River flooding shuts down Tunica County casino

Published 4:55 pm Wednesday, March 6, 2019

ROBINSONVILLE, Miss. (AP) — A north Mississippi casino is closed because Mississippi River flooding is partially covering its access road.

Local media report the Fitz Casino in Tunica County closed Sunday at the behest of county emergency managers.

The casino says on its Facebook page that there’s no flooding in its parking lot or casino.

The county’s other six casinos remain open.

County Emergency Management Director Leron Weeks says Mississippi River flooding is at its highest since 2011, when most of the county’s casinos were closed. The Mississippi appears to have crested Tuesday at 52.5 feet at Tunica. That’s the second-highest level ever recorded after 2011.

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A number of residential camps unprotected by levees are also flooded, with remaining residents traveling to elevated homes by boat.

The Tunica County Riverpark is also closed.

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