Beau Rivage Resort & Casino

A $550-million renovation following Hurricane Katrina has earned Beau Rivage Resort & Casino the prestigious AAA Four Diamond Award. Here, on Mississippi’s Gold Coast, the resort combines stylish amenities with world-famous Southern hospitality to create the perfect setting for a meeting or incentive retreat.

Beau Rivage’s sophisticated meeting venues make an indelible impression on business travelers, from the elegant 17,000-square-foot Magnolia Ballroom to the fully equipped indoor conference center to the picturesque marina deck for outdoor gatherings. A total of 50,000 square feet of function space can accommodate as many as 1,800 people without diminishing the level of personalized attention for which the resort is known. A team of professional planners stays on hand around-the-clock to ensure a smooth event.

Between meetings, guests enjoy a variety of resort activities. Some play golf on the 18-hole Fallen Oak course—a Tom Fazio masterpiece. Others browse through the exclusive boutiques that line the on-site shopping Promenade, or head to the salon and spa for a relaxing treatment. A full-service casino also entertains business travelers, along with a 1,550-seat theater, 11 restaurants, and four nightclubs and bars. Guests happily retire to 1,740 recently renovated rooms and suites, each boasting spacious living areas, writing desks with data port-equipped telephones, and flat-screen TVs. There are no packages available at this time. There are no hot dates at this time. Posted Oct 8, 2008 by maureenw
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Among First-Time Courses; 29th Overall

BILOXI, Miss. - The list of honors that Fallen Oak has earned for its beauty, playability and overall experience just increased with the golf course's debut inclusion in the prestigious GOLF Magazine "Top-100 Courses You Can Play" list.

The Tom Fazio-designed MGM MIRAGE course checked in at No. 29 on the biennial list of elite courses that don't require a country club membership to play.

"The feedback from our course evaluators about Fallen Oak is that it's the Southern equivalent of Shadow Creek," said Joe Passov, GOLF Magazine's Architecture and Course Rankings Editor. "It's just such an extra-special property, with gorgeous landscaping and unusually rolling terrain for that part of the country. It's basically tantamount to a first-class, private-club experience that is open to guests of the resort. It's obviously something special. To crack the Top-30 courses you can play in its very first year of eligibility means it has an awful lot going for it."

Fallen Oak was one of 11 courses making its debut on the prestigious list. Of the 11, only highly acclaimed Chambers Bay in Washington and Erin Hills in Wisconsin were ranked ahead of Fallen Oak. It is one of three courses in Mississippi on the Top 100 list and the second-highest casino course on the list, behind big sister Shadow Creek in North Las Vegas, which was No. 13.

"While Shadow Creek was hewn from an absolutely barren landscape, this 7,487-yard layout flaunts its natural attributes, from the rolling terrain to its streams, lakes and wetlands," Passov writes in GOLF. "The Southern mansion clubhouse adds greatly to the Gone With the Wind ambience, but it's the individual holes that lift Fallen Oak from merely 'pretty' to 'pretty great.'"

Passov, who oversees the list, is one of the most recognized golf and travel writers in the country. Besides GOLF Magazine, he handles ratings for Zagat's and has written for numerous publications, including the Robb Report.

"With Fazio's design, the natural beauty of the terrain and MGM MIRAGE's commitment to service, we knew Fallen Oak would be a special place," said George P. Corchis, Jr., president and chief operating officer of MGM MIRAGE's Mississippi resorts, which includes Beau Rivage in Biloxi and the Gold Strike Casino Resort in Tunica. "To be recognized as one of the nation's top courses so soon after opening is quite an honor. We are both proud and pleased, because we know the course will only continue to improve as it matures."

The award marked the third time in the last four months Fallen Oak has received recognition from golfers and the golf media.

In January, Golf Digest selected Fallen Oak as the No. 2 Best New Public Course $75 and Over. In March, Golf Digest recognized Fallen Oak's lounge with a panoramic view of the 18th hole as one of the "Top 19th Holes in Golf."

Last year, Golfweek Magazine selected Fallen Oak as No. 2 among its prestigious 25-course list of Best Casino Courses for 2007.

Fallen Oak was also mentioned as one of the must-play golf resorts in the 2007 Robb Report's "Best of the Best" issue and has been featured or prominently mentioned in such publications as Golf Digest, Golfweek, LINKS, T+ L Golf, US Airways Magazine, Golf for Women Magazine, GolfSouth Magazine and Golf Vacations Magazine.

And from the moment it opened on Nov. 6, 2006, Fallen Oak has impressed players and writers alike with its dramatic elevation changes - unheard of for a Gulf Coast course - and more than 4,000 stately oaks, magnolias, pines and other hardwood trees, interspersed with ponds, streams and wetlands.

Aside from those elevation changes, remarkably true-rolling greens and Fazio's dynamic design tactics of using the DeSoto National Forest and all its inherent natural elements as a template, the multi-million dollar course features undulating terrain and pecan orchards amid the oaks, pines and magnolias.

The clubhouse and practice facilities alone put Fallen Oak among the top courses in the region. Built to resemble an Acadian-style Southern mansion, the 12,000-square foot clubhouse houses a 1,000-square foot pro shop and locker facilities. The 70-seat lounge and restaurant features top-level dining and a panoramic view of the 18th hole, as well as the majestic live oak that gives Fallen Oak its name.

From the moment guests enter the lush and picturesque course through the gated front entrance, they know they are someplace special. With a personal greeting upon arrival, swing tips on the practice facility, exceptional caddy service, on-course food and beverage and chilled scented towels, Beau Rivage guests find a round at Fallen Oak that delivers an experience that is memorable and unrivaled in the region.

Stretching to a hearty 7,487 yards from the back tees, Fallen Oak offers golfers five sets of tees and strategic play options as each hole winds through ever-changing terrain and environments.

Fallen Oak is available exclusively for guests of Beau Rivage. Greens fees for this elite MGM MIRAGE golf experience are $200- $300. To make reservations, call (877) 805-4657 or visit [url]www.beaurivage.com[/url].


For More Information:
Mary Cracchiolo-Spain, Beau Rivage
[email]mcracchiolo@beaurivage.com[/email]
(228) 386-7134 Posted Oct 7, 2008 by Elite Concierge
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Beau Rivage Employees Donate $309, 400 to 94 Charitable Organizations in Mississippi

BILOXI, Miss. " Beau Rivage employees have raised $309,400 for 94 charitable organizations in Mississippi through the employee-funded, nonprofit MGM MIRAGE Voice Foundation. Since the Voice Foundation launched its first employee giving campaign in 2002, more than $1 million has been raised by Beau Rivage employees for charitable programs in Mississippi.

The MGM MIRAGE Voice Foundation serves as an outlet for our employees to get involved in shaping and supporting our community by making financial contributions to the charities that are near and dear to their hearts, said George P. Corchis, Jr., president and chief operating officer of MGM MIRAGEs Mississippi resorts, which includes Beau Rivage in Biloxi and the Gold Strike Casino Resort in Tunica, Miss. Even in these challenging economic times, our employees set a new record and donated 33 percent more than last year.

The MGM MIRAGE Voice Foundation provides employees the opportunity to make direct contributions or divert a portion of their paycheck to charitable organizations. Employees have options for their donation including: 1.) selecting a charity of their choice, providing it operates where the employee lives; 2.) an Employee Emergency Relief Fund, which helps fellow employees facing unexpected emergencies; 3.) the United Way; or 4.) the Voice Foundation Community Fund, which provides grants to charitable organizations selected by a group of MGM MIRAGE employees who are members of the Community Voice Council (CVC).

The agencies to receive the most employee donations in 2008 include St. Judes Children Research Hospital, Humane Society of South Mississippi, American Cancer Society, American Red Cross, Gulf Coast Womens Center for Non Violence, Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse, and the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Mississippi.

The 2008 Voice Foundation Community Fund will award $93,459 in grants to the following recipients: American Red Cross ($10,000), Back Bay Mission ($10,000), Boys & Girls Clubs of the Gulf Coast ($10,000), de lEpee Deaf Center ($10,000), Hope Haven of Hancock County ($10,000), Make-A-Wish ($10,000), Memorial Hospital ($5,000), Mental Health Association of Mississippi ($10,000), Points of Light/Hands on Network ($10,000) and Visions of Hope ($8,459). CVC members are selected to serve based on their level of community involvement and workplace experience. Members attend monthly meetings, review grant applications, recommend amounts and agencies to be funded and conduct follow-up visits with local organizations to ensure that donations are used wisely.

Beau Rivages parent company, MGM MIRAGE, absorbs all administrative costs for operating and managing the Voice Foundation including the creation and dissemination of the request for proposals for the grant funds and the actual distribution of the monies. As a result, 100 percent of every dollar pledged by employees goes directly to the charitable organization. In order to qualify for funds, organizations must have an IRS nonprofit status and cannot be political in nature.