Studio A is the entertainment venue at the casino resort, hosting some of the biggest names in the world. Now the IP Casino Resort and Spa houses many wonderful amenities from fine dining and spa treatments to exciting and exhilarating nightlife and entertainment. Due to the catastrophic Hurricane Katrina, the resort had to shut down for renovations and was later called the IP Hotel and Casino. The resort was first known as the Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino Biloxi. The IP Casino Resort and Spa is a resort in Biloxi, Mississippi that opened in 1997.