Island View Casino Resort in Gulfport, Mississippi, is pleased to announce they have completed their latest expansion, which triple's the size of their previous establishment and gives them bragging rights as one of the largest casino resorts in the Mississippi Gulf region. With the second phase now unveiled (doors were opened to the public yesterday), Island View now offers over 2,100 slot machines and forty-seven table games on their expansive 80,000 square feet casino floor.

Also comprising the expansion is a new 24-hour restaurant - the C&G Grille, as well as two bars featuring local bands and other live entertainment. Island View Casino, which also happens to be a resort destination, covers a total of 520,000 square feet and offers 562 hotel room accommodations and a 350-seat buffet-style restaurant - all apart of Island Resort's first phase of expansion finished in mid-September of last year.

2006 was when things really started taking off for Island View Casino Resort. The property's current owners, Terry Green and Rick Carter (both Gulfport natives) bought the Hurricane Katrina damaged resort in March of 2006. Making a commitment to revamp the casino and resort to help rebuild the Mississippi Gulf Coast, the two entrepreneurs were enthusiastically joined by city, local and state officials, not to mention a supporting community. Over 1,000 employees later, Terry and Rick's plan for Island View Casino Resort is becoming a reality.

To commemorate the finished expansion, Gulfport Mayor, Brent Warr, gave a speech at the opening celebration. Governor Warr said the high quality of the casino has exceeded all expectations, not to mention the fact that the expansion seamlessly blends in with original structure. Roy Anderson Corp. of Gulfport  and Friedmutter Group of Las Vegas deserve much of the credit, for they each respectively helped design and construct the expansion.