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ISLANDVIEW CASINO AND RESORT FEATURES 561 AND IS LOCATEDAPPROXIMATELY FIVE AND ONE HALF MILES FROM GULFPORT ANDBILOXI REGIONAL AIRPORT. LOCAL ATTRACTIONS INCLUDE NEWORLEANS APPROXIMATELY 80 MILES AWAY AND THE MISSISSIPPICOAST COLISEUM AND CONVENTION CENTER APPROXIMATELY 10 MILESAWAY. HOTEL AMENITIES INCLUDE A FULL CASINO WITH OVER 1 000SLOT MACHINES AND 14 TABLE GAMES A BUFFET THAT OFFERS LIVEACTION FOOD STATIONS AND A DESSERT BAR COMPLIMENTARY VALETBELL SERVICES COMPLIMENTARY SELF PARKING AND 24 HOUR ROOMSERVICE.GUEST ROOMS FEATURE PILLOW TOP MATTRESSES HAIRDRYERS INROOM COFFEE FLAT SCREEN TELEVISIONS COMPLIMENTARY WIRELESSINTERNET ACCESS MULTI JET SHOWERS IRONS AND IRONINGBOARDS AND GILCHREST AND SOAMES BATH AMENITIES.

Property Location
A stay at Harrahs New Orleans Casino & Hotel places you in the heart of New Orleans, walking distance from Riverwalk Marketplace and Spanish Plaza. This 4-star hotel is within close proximity of Battle of Liberty Place Monument and Audubon Insectarium.

Rooms
Make yourself at home in one of the 450 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and iPod docking stations. Your room comes with a pillowtop bed. LCD televisions with premium TV channels are provided for your entertainment, with wired and wireless Internet access available for a surcharge. Private bathrooms with separate bathtubs and showers feature makeup/shaving mirrors and complimentary toiletries.

Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities
Try your luck at the casino and enjoy other recreational amenities including a nightclub and a fitness facility. Additional amenities include wireless Internet access (surcharge), an arcade/game room, and gift shops/newsstands.

Dining
Enjoy a meal at one of the hotel's dining establishments, which include 9 restaurants and a coffee shop/café. From your room, you can also access 24-hour room service. Breakfast is available for a fee.

Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include high-speed (wired) Internet access (surcharge), a 24-hour business center, and audiovisual equipment. Planning an event in New Orleans? This hotel has 30000 square feet (2787 square meters) of space consisting of a ballroom, banquet facilities, and exhibit space. Parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.

With its imposing, slate-gray façade, the 170-year-old U.S. Custom House may be the last building in which you’d expect to hear the delighted squeals of children. But behind the steely columns, the building erupts into 23,000 square feet of colorful displays and fluttering, scuttling insects, courtesy of the Audubon Society and Insectarium. In the Asian garden, hundreds of butterflies dodge shafts of sunlight to alight on tropical ferns and the shoulders of young visitors. And at the Insects of New Orleans gallery, visitors can ogle the pink katydids, cockroaches, and lovebugs that contribute to the city’s heritage.

These bug-filled displays are all part of the insectarium’s mission to conserve Louisiana’s indigenous species and inspire stewardship in its visitors. While adults can sate their curiosity with the vast array of exotic species, curators gear many displays toward young guests by making them lighthearted and interactive: the Field Camp’s entomologist answers questions about how to collect bugs or break up flea-circus strikes, and at Bug Appétit, chefs dole out insect-filled delicacies to adventurous palates.

Though its name implies a quick chug or hurried meal, most customers tend to linger at Down the Hatch. That’s because the bar and grill offers scads of activities and creative Cajun-inspired bites to keep loungers happy long into the night. Most evenings here start at a dining room table, where alligator po-boys, smoky pulled pork, and Angus beef burgers are some of the menu’s biggest crowd-pleasers. As the food disappears from plates and more drinks get ordered, crowds diverge onto the brick patio or linger around the bar or jukebox. Amid the festive groups, there are even folks getting work done courtesy of the free Wi-Fi and the belief that the best writers are inspired by whiskey.

As chefs simmer authentic New Orleans shrimp étouffée and watch gulf shrimp blacken, chicken and andouille-sausage gumbo bubbles in a pot nearby, filling the kitchen with a spicy aroma. Marigny Brasserie’s menu earned a "good to very good rating" across the board from Zagat, thanks in part to its menu of creole favorites and its wine list. Diners at the bar can peer over at a stained-glass inset of the Marigny Triangle, while those who choose to eat outside can catch a glimpse of Frenchmen Street in person. On some nights, guests can taste spicy shrimp while listening to musicians tune guitars and fill their maracas with fresh bees.

Friendly bartenders have been serving up pints of Guinness to sports enthusiasts since Tracey's Original Irish Channel Bar first opened its doors in 1949. Decades of Irish paraphernalia line the exposed brick walls, which envelop guests as they sip brews at the lengthy wooden bar or bite into seafood-studded poboys and corned-beef sandwiches in vinyl booths. While 20 televisions document the progress of the day’s sporting events, diners can snag chalk from the pool table to prep their cues for a game of eight ball or to draw a mournful outline around an empty basket of fried okra.