BILOXI, Miss. -- They knew the day would come. Eventually, though. They didn't expect it that Monday in the middle of May. They might not have expected it this year, even, but they knew legalized sports gambling was coming.
So in the meantime, the Golden Nugget executives often walked the hotel and casino floors and wondered where they would start that chapter when the day came. Where would they put the first Biloxi Golden Nugget sportsbook?
As they walked and went through Michael Patrick's sports bar on the second floor, they could look through the windows and see the Mississippi Sound along the Gulf Coast.