Biloxi is home to eight casino resort hotels, with 24-hour gambling, concert entertainment shows, and several restaurants. Some of the current casino resorts include (dates reflect business status after Hurricane Katrina):[23]
2010 saw the grand opening of the new Frank Gehry designed .[33]
Biloxi is the setting of 's play and film Biloxi Blues, which starred Mathew Broderick. Biloxi Blues is the story of army recruits during World War II training at Keesler Field, the present-day Keesler Air Force Base.
Neil Simon
Biloxi is the setting of several novels, including The Runaway Jury (1996), The Partner (1997), and The Boys from Biloxi (2022).
John Grisham
A substantial portion of 's novel Fay is set in Biloxi.
Larry Brown
American singer-songwriter wrote and recorded a song called "Biloxi", for which he was inspired by a few images he saw of the city. The song was recorded by country rock singer Iain Matthews for his 1974 album Some Days You Eat the Bear.
Jesse Winchester
On his largest-selling regular album, (1977), Jimmy Buffett included a cover of "Biloxi" (see above); also, a compilation album of his digitally remastered greatest hits was released in 1995 called Biloxi.
Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
The song "Louisiana", by , is about the rebuilding of the hurricane ravaged areas on the Gulf Coast. Louisiana, Biloxi, and Alabama are specifically used by name.
The Loved Ones
From 1990 to 1994, Biloxi served as home to the .
Miss Teen USA Pageant
American journalist and novelist mentions Biloxi and the Edgewater Plaza mall in her collection of essays, The White Album.[34]
Joan Didion
since 1924.
Order of Mithras Carnival Association
The tradition of the , going back to 1929, takes place every year in late May/early June before the shrimp seasons to usher in a safe and prosperous season for each boat. The event is connected with the Shrimp festival as well as the ceremonial dropping of a wreath in remembrance of fishermen who have died.[35]
The Coast Transit Authority provides bus service to the region with fixed-route and paratransit services.
Biloxi's main highway is U.S. Highway 90 (Beach Boulevard), which runs along the beach and by the casinos. It connects the city to Gulfport and points westward and to Ocean Springs and Pascagoula to the east. The Biloxi Bay Bridge, connecting Biloxi and Ocean Springs, was rebuilt after Hurricane Katrina, and was fully reopened in April 2008.
Interstate 10 passes through the northern sections of the city, leading west 85 miles (137 km) to New Orleans and east 60 miles (97 km) to Mobile, Alabama. Interstate 110 splits off from I-10 at D'Iberville and heads south across the Back Bay of Biloxi to U.S. 90 near Beau Rivage, providing the city with an important hurricane evacuation route.
North–south highways serving the area include:
model and actress, lived in Biloxi while her father was stationed at Keesler Air Force Base
