DOT COM OR DOWNLOAD THE 16 WAPT MOBILE APP TO STAY IN THE KNOW. IT'S THE END OF AN ERA IN TUNICA. A LONGTIME CASINO IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED. SAM'S TOWN HOTEL AND GAMBLING HALL POSTED THE ANNOUNCEMENT ...

After more than three decades in operation, Sam’s Town Hotel and Casino in Tunica is set to close its doors for good.Owner Boyd Gaming announced the closure will take effect on Nov. 9, citing a ...

The story of Tunica, Mississippi, reads like a modern fable of ambition and decline. Once among the poorest counties in America, it rose almost overnight in the 1990s to become a glittering gaming ...

TUNICA — Horseshoe Casino and Hotel and Tunica Roadhouse Casino and Hotel have reopened after being temporarily closed for almost three weeks due to the Mississippi River rising just shy of record ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The long decline of what was once the nation’s third-largest casino market was underlined Wednesday when the largest casino in Mississippi’s Tunica County announced it would ...

It’s not every day a casino goes out of business. But that’s what happened with Sam’s Town Casino in Tunica, Mississippi, which closed after 31 years. This closure is a big moment in Tunica’s casino ...

TUNICA, Miss. - Horseshoe Tunica announces the opening of Guy Fieri’s Tunica Kitchen + Bar the food celebrity's and restaurateur's first one in Mississippi. Open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner; the ...

Sam’s Town Hotel and Gambling Hall in Tunica has permanently closed. The property, which opened in 1994, ended operations on Sunday, November 9, 2025, marking the end of an era for northern ...