In 2005, Hurricane Katrina would deliver a fatal blow, with its winds of 120 mph and 27-foot tidal surge. A small glimmer of optimism emerged when Gulf Coast Investment Developers expressed interest in utilizing the original Tivoli as part of a larger residential complex. In 2003, the Mississippi Heritage Trust identified the Tivoli Hotel as one of the ten most endangered historical landmarks in Mississippi. Developers are proposing a $700 million casino and a convention center of the site of the hotel that was destroyed during Hurricane Katrina.
Biloxi’s Tivoli Hotel joined other large hotels opening in in 1927.
