Island View Casino Resort and Emeril Lagasse Host Press Conference

Island View Casino Resort and Emeril Lagasse Host Press Conference

Media Alert/Press Conference Invitation

WHAT:
Press Conference: Island View Casino Resort and Emeril Lagasse, an
internationally recognized award-winning chef, restaurateur, author and
television personality, will announce the opening of a new fine-dining
restaurant at the casino's Mississippi Gulf Coast location.

WHEN:
Monday, November 20, 2006, 2 p.m., Central

WHERE:
Island View Casino Resort
3300 West Beach Boulevard, Gulfport, Miss.
7th floor, hospitality room, next to the elevators.

EDITOR'S NOTE:
Downloadable hi-res photographs from the event will be available online
at 6 p.m. on Monday, November 20 at www.bbwagency.com/islandview.

Satellite feed featuring a Q&A with Lagasse and supporting B-roll will
be available at:

DATE = MONDAY...11/20/06
TIME = 7:00-7:20PM CST
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TRANSPONDER = 12 A
D.L. FREQUENCY = 11925.000
POLARIZATION = V
AUDIO = 6.2-6.8
FEC 3/4
DATA RATE 5.5
SYMBOL RATE 3.9787

An online press kit will be available at 2 p.m. on Monday, November 20 at
www.bbwagency.com/islandview/emeril.

About Island View Casino Resort

Island View Casino Resort opened on Sept. 18 as the only casino in Gulfport, Miss. The land-based casino, located on 40 acres of waterfront property, currently offers a 30,000-square-foot casino with 15 table games and 1,033 slots. Island View has 562 hotel rooms and a 350-seat buffet. Upon final build out, which is expected to be in the spring of 2007, Island View will feature a 520,000-square-foot-resort with 80,000-square feet of casino space including 2,400 slots and 50 table games, as well as a fine dining restaurant and a 24-hour steak house, coffee shop, lounges, sand-beach pool and covered parking. Island View Casino Resort is privately held by Rick Carter and Terry Green, two Gulfport natives and longtime casino executives committed to the post-Hurricane Katrina rebuilding efforts of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

For further information, please contact:
Lori Hutzler Eckert
Island View Casino Resort Media Relations
850-855-0055
lori@eckert.com

PRNewswire -- Nov. 20

Source: Island View Casino Resort

Web site: http://www.islandviewcasino.com/

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