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Thank you for attending Southern Gaming Summit!
The 15th annual Southern Gaming Summit was held at the Mississippi
Coast Coliseum & Convention Center in Biloxi.
Keynote Speaker
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour
Exciting New Conference Addition on Supplier Diversity!
Southern Gaming Summit is pleased to announce a special new conference session, presented by the Mississippi Minority Business Enterprise Center, a Federally-funded program by the Minority Business Development Agency, U.S. Department of Commerce, operated by the Arkansas-Mississippi Minority Business Council.
PowerConnect Plus: Leveraging Supplier Diversity for Global “Smart Growth” is scheduled for Thursday, May 8, at 12:30, immediately following Gov. Barbour’s keynote presentation. You won’t want to miss this one!
Focus on Destination Building
Highlighting the first day of Southern Gaming Summit is an exciting general session entitled Building a Destination. The destruction from Hurricane Katrina provided an unforeseen chance to start with a clean slate and make a unique unified approach to tourism, casino hotel development and building the convention business, unlike any other major market in the United States. Be sure to join local leaders who will provide insight into the region’s overall outlook, goals and relationship with the gaming industry. Speakers include:
The Gulf Coast region
continues its remarkable recovery post-Katrina. For recent
stories about the area published in Casino Journal
and IGWB, please click on the following links:
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Gaming in Mississippi and Louisiana has rebounded from the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, generating nearly $5 billion in total gaming revenue during the 12 months ending June 30, 2007, or about 16% of the total gaming revenue in commercial US casino jurisdictions. 
