Harrah’s casino announces it will close in Tunica

Published March 27, 2014 1:31am ET



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 close.

Caesars Entertainment will shutter its Harrah’s casino in Tunica on June 2, laying off as many as 1,300 workers. Las Vegas-based Caesars has two other casinos in Tunica that will remain open — Horseshoe Tunica and Tunica Roadhouse Hotel and Casino.

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