The New Slidell Casino Will Come With Some Awesome Amenities
Residents and the casino resort developers gathered in the Slidell Municipal Auditorium for a “show-and-tell” of what’s to be included with the $250 million casino resort. St. Tammany Parish will be the home of the future casino resort that will be located on 120-acres close to the Interstate 10 twin spans in Slidell.
The casino resort’s amenities will include a lazy river, water slide, resort pool, a 6,000-seat outdoor amphitheater, an indoor entertainment area with 1,500 fixed seats and a stage and a crab leg buffet. The Blind Tiger will also be included in the development in a new location close to the marina and boat slips.
P2E, a Los Angeles-based developer, purchased the land for just under $14 million. This same developer owned DiamondJacks in Bossier City which closed down after COVID-19 restrictions were lifted. The Bossier City casino was the lowest-performing casino in the saturated Shreveport/Bossier City market,
Concerned residents and businesses were not present at the meeting but they have been sharing their concerns relayed Slidell City Councilman at Large Glynn Pichon. There is a chance that the site plan will change but as of now, the site plan shows the casino located farther away from subdivisions than originally planned.
“My only concern is that the company has closed a casino in Bossier City,” said Deb Horrocks, who lives in Eden Isles, not far from the site. “What’s going to happen to the property if they decide to do the same thing?”
