Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville Beach Hotel in Pensacola, Florida officially opens its doors today at 4 pm, according to WINK News. The hotel hosted an open house on Sunday and reportedly had a very large turnout.

“It makes a world of difference to us,” says a nearby restaurant owner. “For this establishment to be as beautiful as it is, and open at the time it does, it’s inspirational to me and my fellow businessmen who’ve been here for years and years, that we will survive, we will make it. We’ve got confidence that some of the big wigs and big powers are with us.”

With so much of Florida’s economy based on tourism, the hotel also is a sweet song to Governor Charlie Crist.

“Jimmy Buffett’s a great Floridian, he cares a lot about our state, clearly cares a lot about our environment. But his entrepreneurial spirit cannot be put down, no matter what. And that encourages a lot of people,” Crist said.

Go to WINK News to watch a 3 minute video story on the open house. It contains some great shots of both the interior and exterior of the hotel.

Visit www.margaritavillehotel.com for more info.

The circus came to town Saturday night as Jimmy and the Reefers moved the Under The Big Top Tour to the Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, WI.

Notable additions to the set list this time included “License to Chill,” “Pencil Thin Mustache”, and “Brown Eyed Girl”. “Bama Breeze” was tonight’s final encore, dedicated to the Gulf.

View the entire set list here.

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The third leg of the Under The Big Top Tour is now over. The next show will be July 2nd in Gulf Shores. The tour will resume on August 7th in Camden, NJ. You can still get your tickets now!

Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band will wrap up the June leg of the 2010 Under The Big Top Tour tonight with a show at the Alpine Valley Music Theater in East Troy, Wisconsin.

Tune into Radio Margaritaville on the web or on Sirius XM at 7:00 pm CDT for the preshow festivities. Jimmy will take the stage shortly after 8 pm.

After tonight’s show, Buffett’s main tour is off for a month (he has the Gulf coast concert on the 1st) before hitting the road again in Camden, New Jersey on August 7th. View the full tour schedule here.

In a statement today, eBay said that they would remove all listings of tickets for the Jimmy Buffett Gulf Coast concert, and take steps to prevent them from being listed in the future.

From WKRG:

Free tickets to Jimmy Buffett’s Gulf Coast Relief Concert will be removed from eBay, according to a statement released by the company.

“While eBay in many cases allows the listing of event tickets that are initially distributed for free, we did not feel that the resale of free tickets to the Gulf Coast benefit concert was appropriate or consistent with the charitable spirit of the event,” the company said in a statement.

A spokesperson for the company said eBay is in the process of removing existing ticket listings from the website, and they have put “measures in place to try to capture new listings from going live.”

As of Wednesday afternoon a pair of concert tickets was still listed for more than $2400.

The article does not state what will happen with the tickets that were listed and then removed. If you were unable to get tickets this morning, you might continue to check TicketMaster as they may void sales that they can trace to scalpers and then make them available again.

Also, Alabama Governor Bob Riley is looking into the matter:

“Our office is asking questions about what happened because the purpose of this event is to benefit the Gulf Coast, not ticket scalpers,” said Riley spokesman Todd Stacy.

Tickets will be released this morning at 10 am central time for the July 1st Gulf Coast concert with Zac Brown, Kenny Chesney, and others.

Click here for TicketMaster direct link

There is a four-ticket limit for the free tickets, and tickets are required for entry. Organizers expect to accommodate up to 35,000 people at the event on the beach.

The concert is being organized to demonstrate support for and solidarity with residents, businesses and the culture of the Gulf Coast. Gates will open at 3 p.m., and the concert will start at 5 p.m.

A portion of the show will air live on CMT from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. ET/PT. Performances will be simulcast live on Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio and streamed live on CMT.com.