Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, which destroyed most riverboat casinos and their associated facilities of hotels in states along the Gulf Coast, several states changed their enabling legislation to permit such casinos to be built on land within certain geographic limits from a navigable waterway.
Several states changed their enabling legislation. This was following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. This was to permit such casinos to be built on land within certain geographic limits from a navigable waterway. Hurricane Katrina in 2005 destroyed most riverboat casinos. Hurricane Katrina in 2005 destroyed their associated facilities of hotels in states along the Gulf Coast.