THE ISLAND VIEW CASINO & HOTEL PROPERTY IN GULFPORT, MS WAS OWNED BY THE GRAND CASINO GULFPORT AND WAS CALLED "THE OASIS HOTEL". THE CASINO WAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 90 AND THE HOTEL WAS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 90 AND ADJOINED TO THE CASINO BY A CLIMATE-CONTROLLED SKYWALK. OPENED IN 1999; CLOSED BY HURRICANE KATRINA IN AUGUST 2005; REOPENED IN 2006 AS THE ISLAND VIEW CASINO & HOTEL AND NOW OWNED BY THE OWNERS OF THE HURRICANE KATRINA DESTROYED "COPA CASINO". THE COPA CASINO DID NOT REOPEN AFTER THE HURRICANE.