City decides to scrap baseball stadium construction contract
BILOXI — The Biloxi City Council has canceled its project management contract with Yates Construction for a $36 million minor-league baseball stadium. It had been planning on bidding by phases but now...
View ArticleConstruction could start on minor league baseball stadium in July
BILOXI — Architects have told the Biloxi City Council site work for the city’s minor league baseball stadium will be done and a general contractor could start building July 21. “That’s making it work...
View ArticleSupreme Court to hear arguments in cities’ annexation squabble
BILOXI and GULFPORT — An annexation case pitting Gulfport against Biloxi is headed to oral arguments July 22 before the Mississippi Supreme Court. Biloxi and Gulfport have been battling over the same...
View ArticleGulfport wants to dismiss appeal in fight with Biloxi over annexation
GULFPORT and BILOXI — The fight between the cities of Gulfport and Biloxi over a contested piece of land along the Mississippi Highway 605 corridor may be a step closer toward resolution. Gulfport has...
View ArticleCourt grants Gulfport’s request to drop annexation lawsuit
GULFPORT — The Mississippi Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of an annexation lawsuit between the cities of Gulfport and Biloxi over a contested piece of land along the Mississippi Highway 605...
View ArticleWasted away — Margaritaville in Biloxi to close by Sept. 19
Just a little more than two years after it opened, Margaritaville Casino in Biloxi will close its doors on or before, Sept. 19, the casino said today in a memo to its employees. “MVB Holding, LLC has...
View ArticleBiloxi council approves $29M contract for baseball stadium construction
BILOXI — The city of Biloxi has entered into a $29-million contract to build a no-frills minor league baseball stadium. Yesterday, the city council voted to give the contract to W.G. Yates & Sons....
View ArticleBiloxi mayor vetoes proposed budget; city council to take up issue
BILOXI — Mayor A.J. Holloway says he vetoed the fiscal year 2014-15 budget adopted by the Biloxi City Council because it provides a spending reserve of only $56,000. Holloway said yesterday that such a...
View ArticleCouncil okays money for more seats at minor league baseball stadium
BILOXI — The Biloxi City Council has authorized spending $418,000 for about 2,000 seats initially removed from plans for a new minor league baseball park. The additional cost puts the ballpark project...
View ArticleBiloxi minor league baseball team to be named
BILOXI — The city of Biloxi’s new Double-A baseball team will announce its name on Nov. 24. The franchise is currently operating as the Huntsville (Alabama) Stars of the Southern League. It is to move...
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