A Resort Built Around the Bend in the River
How a single riverboat landing on the Delta grew into a full four-dining-room, six-amenity resort — and why we still run it the same way we did in 2006.
From a Riverboat Landing to a Full Resort
Royal Crown opened its doors on Casino Center Drive in 2006, built by a family already running a smaller gaming hall further down the Casino Strip. The idea was simple: build the kind of resort that gave guests a reason to stay two or three nights instead of driving back to Memphis the same evening they arrived.
That meant investing early in the parts most Delta properties treated as an afterthought — a real spa wing, a pool terrace that actually faced the river, and dining rooms that could stand on their own even for guests who never touched a gaming table.
Twenty Years On the Delta
Today the property carries 188 river-view and courtyard rooms, a 34,000-square-foot gaming floor, four distinct dining rooms, and a spa wing that books out most weekends a month in advance. Ownership has stayed with the same family since 2006, and a good share of our front desk and floor staff have been here more than a decade.
We still answer the reservations line with a real person, still confirm every booking by phone or email, and still treat the Wheelhouse Lounge's Saturday blues night as the unofficial center of the property.
Three Things We Don't Compromise On
A Room You'd Book Again
Every room on the property is cleaned and inspected to the same standard, whether it's a Delta View Room or the Sovereign Suite. We'd rather turn a room over an hour late than send a guest up to something that isn't ready.
Dining That Stands Alone
Cotton Row Chophouse and Delta Smoke & Barrel are built to compete with standalone restaurants in Memphis, not just to feed hotel guests. A fair share of our dinner reservations come from locals who aren't staying the night.
A Gaming Floor, Not the Whole Trip
The gaming floor runs 24 hours and stays central to the property, but it's one amenity among six. We built the spa, pool, and dining rooms to be worth the trip on their own.
Part of the Delta, Not Apart From It
Tunica County has a longer history than its casino strip suggests — cotton country, the Blues Trail, and a river that's shaped every part of life here for two centuries. We lean into that rather than around it: our smokehouse sources from Delta growers where we can, the Wheelhouse Lounge books touring blues acts most weekends, and our concierge desk sends more guests to the Tunica RiverPark & Museum than to anywhere else off-property.
Come See the Resort for Yourself
Twenty years of running this property the same way — the best way to understand it is to book a stay.