Grand Casino Coushatta Restaurants

/ Comments off
  1. Coushatta Casino Resort, Kinder, LA. 245,066 likes 2,511 talking about this 294,954 were here. Coushatta is the largest casino resort in Louisiana with thousands of slots, over 65 table games.
  2. For specific updates on hours and services, please visit a restaurant listed below. Whether you're looking for a flavorful steak dinner, a juicy burger, a sweet treat or a good drink, you're in luck. Once you are done playing games at the casino or a round of golf on the course, sit back, relax and enjoy quality food.

A casino, a nightclub, and a terrace are also featured at the business-friendly The Grand Hotel at Coushatta Resort (Adults Only). Self parking and valet parking are free. Smoking is allowed in designated areas at this 3.5-star Kinder resort.

Grand Casinos Inc.
IndustryGaming
FateAcquired
SuccessorPark Place Entertainment
Founded1990
Defunct1998; 22 years ago
Headquarters,
Lyle Berman and Dave Anderson

Grand Casinos (NYSE: GND) was a casino operator, co-founded by poker player Lyle Berman and Dave Anderson, Founder of Famous Dave's BBQ Restaurants, that started out managing several casinos in Minnesota in 1990.[1][2]

The company ceased to exist when it was purchased by Hilton Hotels which then merged it with its other gaming properties to form Park Place Entertainment in 1998.[3]

Grand Casino Coushatta Hotel Deals

History[edit]

Grand Casinos owned a total of 8 casinos in 1995.

On December 19, 1995, made a major equity investment in The Stratosphere.[4]

In connection with AirTran Airways, Grand Casinos began offering vacation packages on AirTran August 8, 2005.[5]

Enterprises owned[edit]

  • Biloxi Star Theater

Casinos operated[edit]

  • Grand Casino Avoyelles[6][7]
  • Grand Casino Coushatta[8][9][10]

References[edit]

  1. ^'Lyle Berman'. Forbes. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
  2. ^'Lyle Berman'. World Poker Tour. Archived from the original on 2014-03-22. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
  3. ^Andrew Pollack (1998-06-30). 'Hilton Gambling Split-Off Seen, Then Merger With Grand Casinos'. New York Times. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
  4. ^'Vegas' Lyle Berman: You Gotta Know When To Hold 'Em'. Bloomberg Businessweek. 1996-09-08. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
  5. ^'AirTran Airways encourages Gulf Coast Rebuilding with Added Flight Schedule'. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
  6. ^'Lakes Entertainment, Inc. - Grand Casino Avoyelles'. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
  7. ^'Paragon Casino Resort celebrates 25 years in Avoyelles Parish'. KALB. 2019-06-03. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
  8. ^'Lakes Entertainment, Inc. - Grand Casino Coushatta'. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
  9. ^'Coushatta Casino Resort celebrates 20th anniversary'. The Town Talk. 2015-01-15. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
  10. ^'Langley v. Edwards, 872 F. Supp. 1531 (W.D. La. 1995)'. Justia US Law. 1995-01-03. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grand_Casinos&oldid=984736370'
(Redirected from Grand Casino Avoyelles)
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana
Total population
910[1]
Regions with significant populations
United States (Louisiana)
Languages
English, Koasati
Religion
Traditional tribal religion, Protestant Christianity[2]
Related ethnic groups
Other Koasati people

The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana is one of three federally recognized tribes of Koasati people. They are is located in Allen and Jefferson Davis Parishes, Louisiana. The tribe hosts an annual pow wow during the second weekend in June.[3]

Reservation[edit]

The Coushatta Indian Reservation is located on 154-acres in Allen Parish, Louisiana. Approximately 400 people lived on the reservation in the 1990s.[2] The reservation has a tribal police department, fire department, and court house. There is also a tribal medical facility, fitness center, and event center.

Language[edit]

The Koasati language is part of the Apalachee-Alabama-Koasati branch of the Muskogean languages. An estimated 200 people spoke the language in 2000, most of whom lived in Louisiana.[4] Historically, the language was spoken exclusively among tribal members and was never written down.[5] In 2007, along with McNeese State University, the tribe received a NSF documenting endangered language (DEL) grant that provided necessary resources to document and preserve the Koasati language.[6]

Restaurants

Government[edit]

The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana is headquartered in Elton, Louisiana. The tribe is a sovereign nation and is governed by a democratically elected five-member council. The current administration is as follows:

  • Chairman: David Sickey
  • Vice–Chairmam: Kevin Sickey
  • Secretary Treasurer: Loretta Williams
  • Council Member: Crystal Williams
  • Council Member: Jonathan Cernek.[7]

International Relations[edit]

Grand Casino Coushatta Restaurants

On November 17, 2008, the Sovereign Nation of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana became the first Native American tribe to recognize, honor and welcome official representatives of the State of Israel.[8]

Economic development[edit]

The tribe owns and operates the Coushatta Casino Resort in Kinder, Louisiana. The casino is home to the Koasati Pines golf course. The casino operates 8 restaurants and 4 hotels, and is the largest casino in the state. The casino employs over 2500 local residents, and it is one of the top five largest private employer in Southwest Louisiana.[9] ],[2][10]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^'Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana.'Archived 24 March 2005 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  2. ^ abcPritzker 364
  3. ^Coushatta Powwow. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  4. ^'Koasati.'Ethnologue. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  5. ^'The Koasati Indians of Southwest Louisiana.'
  6. ^'Koasati Language Project.' Retrieved 11 December 2018
  7. ^'Tribal Government.'Archived 4 July 2013 at Archive.todayCoushatta Tribe of Louisiana. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  8. ^'Coushatta signs friendship treaty with Israel.' Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  9. ^'Major employers of Southwest Louisiana.'
  10. ^'Coushatta Casino Resort.'500 Nations. Retrieved 27 May 2013.

References[edit]

  • McCrocklin, Claude (1990). 'The Red River Coushatta Indian Villages of Northwest Louisiana, 1790-1835'. Louisiana Archaeology. No. 12.
  • Pritzker, Barry M. A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN978-0-19-513877-1

Grand Casino Coushatta Restaurants Menu

External links[edit]

Grand Casino Coushatta Restaurants Buffet

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Koasati.

Grand Casino Coushatta Restaurants Map

  • Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, official website

Grand Casino Coushatta Restaurants &

Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Coushatta_Tribe_of_Louisiana&oldid=970186289'