Biloxipictures.com has an artist rendering of the Margaritaville Casino and Resort that is currently under construction in Biloxi, Mississippi:

The casino is expected to open in late 2010. Learn more about Buffett’s business empire here.

Jimmy Buffett’s Landshark Lager is giving away a trip for two to the grand opening of Jimmy Buffett’s At The Beachcomber in Honolulu, Hawaii, where Jimmy will play a private show!

Winners will receive airfare for two, four night at the Ohana Waikki Beachcomber Hotel, and tickets to the private Buffett concert. Exact date of the show is not yet known, but it is expected to be in February, March, or April 2009. You may enter once a week… See the official rules here. Sweepstakes ends January 31st, 2009.

Click here to enter!

(hat tip to mcloughl for passing this along!)

Update – Several readers have pointed out that California residents are ineligible. No word on why Landshark is excluding Californians.

On Saturday afternoon, Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band played an intimate show in front of 500-600 people at the Mohegan Sun Casino for the opening of the newest Margaritaville Cafe.

View the set list from the show here.

Did you attend the show? Post your comments on our forum.

Update – LiveDaily has a review of the show here.

Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band will perform a private show for about 600 people today at the new Margaritaville Cafe at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut. The guests include parrotheads, local VIP guests, and 40 radio winners.

The doors open at 4:00 pm ET and the show starts at 5:00 pm ET.

Radio Margaritaville will broadcast the show live on Sirius 31 and on the web at www.radiomargaritaville.com. Carson Cooper will be on with the pre-show at 3:30 pm ET.

The Condé Nast Portfolio has an article on Jimmy Buffett’s recession strategy:

Buffett, the king of easy living, is set to do well in this recession. He’s the first to tell you he sells escapism, allowing his audiences to forget their job insecurity, slumping home values, the market, and instead parachute into paradise for a little while.

I caught up with Buffett last week at Bette Midler’s annual Hulaween Ball. Donning a smoking jacket and pencil-thin mustache as the lady-lovin’ Continental made famous by Christopher Walken on Saturday Night Live, Buffett mused on the economy. In down times like these, with companies laying people off, it’s important for people to find and focus on their niche, he said.

Read the entire article here.