Choctaws cut 570 jobs, partial shutdown of casino

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Choctaws cut 570 jobs, partial shutdown of casino

01-10-2009, 03:03 PM

By Timothy R. Brown
Jackson, Mississippi (AP)

The Mississippi Band of Choctaw says it will operate its Golden Moon Hotel and Casino only three days a week and is eliminating 570 non-tribal staff positions as part of a broad restructuring plan intended to save money.

Paul Harvey, president and chief executive of Pearl River Resort, the Choctaw enterprise that manages Silver Star Hotel and Casino and Golden Moon, announced the plan earlier this month.

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