{"id":152324,"date":"2026-01-27T23:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T23:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/152324\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T23:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T23:15:07","slug":"long-beach-casino-development-saga-continues-as-parrishs-restaurant-owner-sues-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/152324\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach casino development saga continues as Parrish\u2019s Restaurant owner sues city"},"content":{"rendered":"

LONG BEACH, Miss. (WLOX) – On Tuesday, a lawsuit filed by Long Beach Harbor Resort against the city accuses Mayor Tim Pierce and others of breach of contract related to a proposed casino development.<\/p>\n

The suit was filed in Chancery Court by developer Jim Parrish, who owns Parrish\u2019s Restaurant in the Long Beach Harbor. The fight centers on Parrish\u2019s 2010 lease for the restaurant and a 2024 lease that would have covered a casino project.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Casino developer now wants to build resort in Long Beach Harbor; Board of Aldermen schedules special meeting<\/a><\/p>\n

On February 11, 2010, Parrish signed a lease with Long Beach referred to in court documents as the \u201cOld Lease.\u201d The lawsuit states that this lease provided both an initial term of 25 years and a secondary term for another 25 years; this lease also granted Parrish the option to lease the land in both the primary and secondary terms for five-year periods within each term.<\/p>\n

On November 19, 2024, Parrish and Long Beach amended and restated the lease, referred to in documents as the \u201cNew Lease,\u201d which canceled the terms of the old lease. This new lease carried an initial term of 40 years and two more optional terms of 25 years each if Parrish wished. <\/p>\n

However, the new lease stated that Parrish must acquire land referred to as the \u201cWeigel Property\u201d by March 31, 2025. If he failed to do so, then the terms of the new lease would revert to the old lease. Parrish failed to do this, and in the lawsuit, his party claims it was because Mayor Pierce told at least one casino and a real estate developer based in Orlando, Fla., that his lease had already been terminated.<\/p>\n

RELATED: State Supreme Court sides with Long Beach casino developer in Tidelands dispute (Aug. 25, 2022)<\/a><\/p>\n

Parrish\u2019s party also accuses Mayor Pierce of defiling both the old and new leases by telling Parrish that because he didn\u2019t give a \u201ctimely notice of renewal of the Old Lease,\u201d it was terminated without the possibility of negotiating. However, Parrish outlines that because of the terms in both leases, he wasn\u2019t required to give any notice until December 2030 at the earliest.<\/p>\n

Parrish and Long Beach Harbor Resort want the judge to stop the mayor and city officials from saying the lease is terminated while putting in writing that the old lease is still valid. They\u2019re also seeking an injunction to put a halt to interference.<\/p>\n

WLOX News reached out to both Mayor Pierce and Jim Parrish for Comment. Both of them declined.<\/p>\n

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