A new beach casino by Big Play? Biloxi OKs lease but state disagrees.

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A new beach casino by Big Play? Biloxi OKs lease but state disagrees.
RW Development may have found a way to build a newest casinos along U.S. 90 at Veterans Avenue after all.On Tuesday, the Biloxi Council gave unanimous approval for an option to lease waterfront land to the developer. The lease would require the company to build a public municipal pier at the end of Veterans Avenue.

It also could be what RW Development, owned by Ray Wooldridge, needs to get site approval from the Mississippi Gaming Commission, which already denied the site three times because the company doesn’t control property to the water’s edge.

The most recent denial in March 2017 is on appeal and awaiting a decision by Circuit Court Judge Chris Schmidt.Michael Cavanaugh, attorney for RW, attended Tuesday’s Biloxi Council meeting but declined to comment.The lease says RW proposes building “a first-class, multi-use public municipal pier with connecting pedestrian walkways.”

It’s clear from the lease that a casino may still be a consideration. The lease mentions “no gaming shall be allowed on the public municipal pier nor on any vessels docked or berthed at the pier.”The lease would give RW non-exclusive rights to the pier, so that it could be used by RW customers and the public.