Biloxi Implosion

From the Biloxi city web site:

Mayor A.J. Holloway will press two buttons simultaneously Sunday morning to bring down the Grand Casino Island View Hotel, south of U.S. 90 on Casino Row in Biloxi.

Cherry Demolition, a firm hired by Harrah’s Entertainment, is imploding the 12-story structure, which housed 500 hotel rooms, banquet rooms, retail shops and a restaurant, to prepare the site for what Harrah’s executives have told Holloway will be part of a $1 billion resort.

Biloxi Police will close to the public a four-block stretch of U.S. 90 – from Oak to Cedar streets and north to First Street