Robinsonville, also known as Tunica Resorts, is an unincorporated improve and census-designated place (CDP) in northern Tunica County, Mississippi, north of the governmental center of county of Tunica.
Robinsonville is the site of nine casino resorts, and at one time generated the third biggest gambling revenues in the nation, after Las Vegas, Nevada and Atlantic City, New Jersey, but competition has increased in other locations, including properties owned by Native American tribes and directed on their reservations.
The use of the name "Tunica" by the resorts led to the alternate name of Tunica Resorts to make it easier for tourists to find the destination.
After 1995, gambling casinos and resorts were advanced in the unincorporated improve of Robinsonville, north of the governmental center of county of Tunica.
In a nod to riverboat gambling, to comply with state law, the casinos are assembled on floating platforms in the Mississippi River.
Lacking the structure of an organized town/city or town, Robinsonville consists mainly of casinos and cotton fields, with several permanent inhabitants living in the community.
In the second decade of the 21st century, due to increased legalization of gambling in other states, including on Native American reservations, Tunica places sixth in gaming revenue, after the Las Vegas Strip, Atlantic City, Chicago, Connecticut, and Detroit. The 2011 Mississippi River floods damaged casino resort buildings and transit framework in this community.
Some of the hotels had primary flooding on the lower floors, including the Harrah's Casino Tunica, which was under nearly six feet of water. Fitzgeralds Casino & Hotel Tunica Horseshoe Casino Tunica Resorts Casino Tunica Tunica Roadhouse Casino & Hotel (formerly Sheraton Hotel and Casino) Treasure Bay Casino closed, and the Isle of Capri (originally the first of three Harrah's locations in the area) was bought by the neighboring Sam's Town resort; it is used only for its hotel fortress and parking garage. Businesses other than the casinos include a small number of motels, convenience stores and fast food restaurants, along with an outlet-style shopping center, and the community's earliest business, the Hollywood Cafe, a blues club immortalized in the prominent song, "Walking in Memphis," by Marc Cohn in 1991.
Robinsonville is protected by the North Tunica County Fire Protection District, a longterm position fire department that was created in 1997.
Beginning in 2007, some Robinsonville inhabitants have tried to incorporate their improve into a separate town government, clean water exist under the jurisdiction of Tunica County or move toward annexation into the town of Tunica.
If Robinsonville incorporates, the new town government would be a direct beneficiary of casino tax revenue, enabling assembly of municipal government offices.
Zoned schools include Robinsonville Elementary School, Tunica Middle School, and Rosa Fort High School.
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