Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville Opens Amid BP Oil Chaos
Posted on 06.11.10 12:33PM under Jimmy Buffett News
Jimmy Buffett didn’t plan on opening his new Margaritaville Beach Hotel (estimated cost at $50 million) in Pensacola Beach, Florida with oil washing up on the shores, but the musician/buisnessman still plans to open this summer. The state of Florida is demanding BP pay millions to recoup the huge sum of money the gulf region will lose in the coming months and years due to the terrible spill. Their are plans in place add a water park and Margaritaville restaurant to the resort in the future, but the luxury hotel as is includes 25 deluxe suites and Buffett-approved beach bar. The hotel site isn’t a stranger to diaster. Prior to Margaritaville, a hotel was demolished on that site by Hurricane Ivan in 2004. Buffett walked the coastline with Governor Charlie Crist and told reporters he lamented the enviromental diaster, but urged people to still come down to Gulf Coast to vacation.
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