Association Meetings: TUNICA - gambling industry in Tunica, Mississippi

America's third largest gaming destination is Tunica, MS, with nine world-class casinos and 6,100 new hotel rooms just a half-hour south of Memphis International Airport via 'Blues Alley." That's what locals call Highway 61 in the Mississippi Delta.

Combine the culture of Southern hospitality, the legacy of laid-back blues music and the heritage of delicious cooking with the casino excitement and you've described why the Tunica area is the ideal location for your next meeting or incentive trip.

Tunica is the nation's most centrally located gaming mecca and convenient for convention delegates from throughout the nation. One site inspection and you'll understand why Tunica is the South's Casino Capital.

The meeting venues offer room blocks of up to 500 and a total of more than 120,000 square feet of flexible meeting facilities. The largest theater-style seating accommodates 2,500.

It is easy to plan a meeting here. The staff of the Tunica Convention and Visitors Bureau assists meeting planners with bid presentations, coordinates site selection and offers itineraries for spouse tours and other events. It just takes one call to get the ball rolling.

Tunica's casinos offer exceptional meeting facilities and complete guest services. Need to stretch? Guests can be pampered with a sauna or workout in fully equipped exercise facilities. Casinos and hotel guest rooms offer relaxing views of the nation's biggest and most famous river: The Mississippi!

It is easier than ever to incorporate a golf tournament with your meeting. Spectacular new golf courses designed by America's top course architects are being carved from the rolling farmland just a stone's throw away from the casinos.

It is easy to get details about the choice locations in the Tunica area for meetings and conventions.