Airports

Memphis International Airport is located in Memphis, TN, 45 miles northeast of Tunica/Robinsonville. Rental cars and shuttle services are available.

Directions from Memphis International Airport

  • From Democrat Road (site of all rental car agencies), turn right to return to the exit for Interstate-240 West.
  • Travel west on I-240 for approximately 2 miles to the intersection with Interstate 55.
  • Take the exit for I-55 south for Jackson, MS.
  • Travel south on I-55 for approximately 18 miles to Hernando, MS, and exit (Exit 280).
  • Turn right onto Mississippi Highway Highway 304.
  • Travel west on Highway 304 for approximately 15 miles to U.S. Highway 61.
  • Turn right onto Highway 61 and go approximately 1 mile and watch for the signs for the Grand Casino Complex.

Unique Travel LLC is a fully licensed shuttle service operating between Memphis Airport to the casinos in Tunica.

Enterprise Rent-a-Car
Call 662-363-9904.

Tunica County Cab Company
Twenty-four hour service.
Call toll-free 888-527-7272, or locally, 662-357-9000

The Grand Casino-Tunica

The Grand Casino-Tunica is the largest gaming resort between Las Vegas and Atlantic City. The Grand offers three luxurious hotels; a world class Convention Center; state-of-the-art event and entertainment center; the Links at Cottonwoods, an 18–hole Hale Irwin-designed golf course; Willows Sporting Clays and Hunting Center; indoor and outdoor pools; tennis courts; seven great restaurants; a full-service business center, and more.

We will be staying in the Veranda Hotel, with 568 rooms and suites; it's surrounded by the golf course and overlooks the Grand Lake, adjacent to outdoor tennis courts, and situated close to the Grand Convention Center.

For reservations, call 800-39-GRAND (800-394-7263). ACHE South Conference attendees receive a special room rate of $89* per night at the Veranda Resort Hotel. You must mention this code to receive the discounted rate: S04ACHE

Grand Casino Resort Room Reservations [click here]

Reservations must be made by March 1, 2008, to receive the group rate. Reservation requests after this date will be honored on a space-and-rate availability basis.

For general information on the Grand Casino and Hotel, call 800-WIN4WIN (800-946-4946) or visit http://www.tunicamiss.org/index.html or http://www.harrahs.com/brands/grand-casino/hotel-casinos/grandcasino-brand.shtml.

Average Temperature and What to Wear

The average high temperature in April is 72 degrees; the low, 51 degrees; and the mean, 62 degrees.  That being said, this is Mississippi so it could very well be 78 degrees or 32 degrees. April is also one of the wettest months in Mississippi.

If you join us for the Clarksdale Blues Excursion, wear comfortable shoes and casual clothes. We will be out and about after 6 p.m., so a light jacket, pullover, or sweater might ward off the chilly Delta night.

You will definitely need some type of wrap for the Tunica Queen Dinner Cruise. The wind off the Mississippi River could be crisp—bring your Chap Stick! The attire for this event is informal.

For Beale Street it’s back to comfortable shoes and informal to casual dress, depending on your plans for the night.  Again, a light wrap will probably be welcome.

As Mississippians, our best piece of advice is to dress in layers so that you can add or subtract as needed. Remember what they say: “If you don’t like the weather right now, just wait a minute.  It’ll change.”