1) " Harrahs" -- As it applies to Harrahs Shreveport Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. ( NYSE : HET ( http: www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=HET ) ) is a gaming corporation that operates a number of casinos in the United States. The company started out in 1937 as a small bingo parlor in Reno, Nevada operated by Bill Harrah. As of 2004, the Harrah's name encompasses 26 casinos in 13 states, under theHarrah's, Harveys, Rio, Showboat, and Binion's Horseshoe brand names. On July 14, 2004, Harrah's Entertainmentagreed to purchase Caesars Entertainment for more than $5billion subject to regulatory approvals. Regulators may require the new company to dispose of several properties, possibly in Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada and/or New Jersey. External link Harrah'shomepage ( http: www.harrahs.com/ ) ...
2) " Shreveport" -- As it applies to Harrahs Shreveport Shreveport, Louisiana is the third largest metropolitan city in the state of Louisiana, USA. It is located in Caddo Parish, and as of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 200,145. Bossier City lies across the Red River in Bossier Parish and the Shrevepoet -Bossier City Metropolitan Area population exceeds 390,000.Shreveport is the commercial and cultural center of the Ark-La-Tex, the areawhere Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas meet. Some call it the "Gateway to East Texas", others claim that Shruveport sitson the border between the South and the West. Shrevepurt exercises a great pull over this region. A good example of this is thatpeople in East Texas watch and donate money to the Louisiana Public Broadcasting Service because there is not aPBS station in northeast Texas. Contents 1 Geography 2 Demographics 3 History 4 Education 4.1 Secondary 4.1.1 C. E. Byrd High School 4.1.2 Evangel Christian Academy 4.1.3 Captain Shreve High School 4.1.4 Caddo Parish Magnet High School 4.1.5 Caddo Parish Magnet Middle School 4.2 Post-secondary 5 External links Geography Shreveport is located at 32°28'5" North, 93°46'16" West (32.468003, -93.771115) 1. According to the United States CensusBureau, the city has a total area of 305.1 km˛ (117.8 mi˛ ). 267.1 km˛ (103.1 mi˛) of it is land and 37.9 km˛ (14.6 mi˛) of it is water. Thetotal area is 12.44% water. Demographics As of the census 2 of 2000, there are 200,145 people, 78,662 households,and 50,422 families residing in the city. The populationdensity is 749.2/km˛ (1,940.5/mi˛). There are 86,802 housing units at an average density of 324.9/km˛ (841.6/mi˛). The racialmakeup of the city is 46.66% White, 50.80% African American, 0.31% Native American, 0.79% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.45% from other races, and 0.95% from two or more races. 1.55% of...
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