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Gambling barge could get new name

Friday, Sept. 26, 2003 | 10:02 a.m.

VICKSBURG, Miss. -- Harrah's Vicksburg Hotel and Casino will become Horizon Casino if the state Gaming Commission gives its blessing to the deal next month.

Harrah's announced plans to sell its Vicksburg holdings to Kentucky-based Columbia Sussex Corporation of Fort Mitchell in July.

Terms of the deal weren't disclosed, but it is expected to be complete by November when Harrah's would have observed its 10th anniversary of operating what it opened as the state's first hotel-casino operation. The proposed sale and related matters are on the Gaming Commission's Oct. 22 agenda.

Vicksburg is currently home to four casinos, and managers say they expect new barges in the works for both Greenville and Natchez to have little impact on the local market.

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