Casino called Sun CRuz Filed BK

The parent company of a Grand Strand casino boat has filed for bankruptcy. Oceans Casino Cruises, based in the Miami area, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy Monday.
The company ran the Sun Cruz casino boat that docked in Little River.
Court documents show the company claims more than 200 creditors and over $50 million in liabilities.
Nevada Gold and Casinos, Inc., which had a contract to manage the company, has said it is negotiating to purchase some of the casino boat company's assets.
The boat attracted thousands of gamblers each week to the waterfront at Little River that's lined with bars and restaurants.
While many managers of those businesses say they feel sorry for the boat's employees, it's hard to find too many of them who are heartbroken at the loss of the Sun Cruz.
At Fibber's, a waterfront restaurant that caters mostly to retired folks, owner Rich Dobkin says his business won't suffer at all from the loss of the casino boat.
In fact, he thinks the boat was a detriment to the community.
"They never really did too much positive things for the area. They ate up parking. Parking's our biggest problem down here on the waterfront. They attracted not the type of people I'd like here on the waterfront," Dobkin said.
Dobkin says it'd be fine with him if the one remaining casino boat, The Big M, left the area, too.
He says the casino customers rarely patronize other waterfront businesses and clog the area's few parking spaces.
Down the street at Crab Catchers restaurant, manager Neil Mantor says he feels bad for the casino boat's employees, but says it was "kind of shady" the way the boat suddenly shut down and left.
"There was no rumors about the company struggling or anything like that. That's the longest running one down here, so we just kind of assumed it was stable."
Mantor says the Crab Catchers schedule didn't coincide well with the casino boat's, so the loss of the boat won't mean much to his business, either.
Dobkin says he'd like to see Horry County and Little River try harder to bring more shops and attractions to the waterfront instead of the casino boats.
"I don't think gambling's really helped the waterfront here. I know Horry County has gotten money out of it for the taxpayers but I don't know what Little River benefits by the gambling ship here, except for employment maybe for residents."
Most business people who talked to NewsChannel 15 don't expect the boat to be gone for long. They say they're already hearing rumors the Sun Cruz will get a new owner and could be back as soon as next week.
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