EXHIBIT 5.2


                    [LETTERHEAD OF SCHRECK BRIGNONE GODFREY]


                                January 29, 2002





Majestic Investor Holdings, LLC
Majestic Investor Capital Corp.
One Buffington Harbor Drive
Gary, Indiana  46406-3000

         Re:  Registration Statement for $152,632,000 Aggregate Principal Amount
              of 11.653% Senior Secured Notes due 2007 and Related Guarantees

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         We have acted as special Nevada counsel to Majestic Investor Holdings,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Company"), Majestic Investor
Capital Corp., a Delaware corporation ("Capital" and together with the Company,
the "Issuers") and Barden Nevada Gaming, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
(the "Nevada Guarantor"), in connection with the registration and exchange by
the Issuers of all of their outstanding 11.653% Senior Secured Notes due 2007
(the "Exchange Notes") by a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the
"Registration Statement") to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act"). The Exchange Notes will be issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of
December 6, 2001, by and between the Issuers, the Nevada Guarantor, Barden
Colorado Gaming, LLC, Barden Mississippi Gaming, LLC and The Bank of New York,
as trustee (the "Indenture"). Capitalized terms used herein without definition
have the meanings given to them in the Indenture, a copy of which will be filed
as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.

         In our capacity as your special Nevada counsel, we are familiar with
the proceedings taken and proposed to be taken by the Issuers and the Nevada
Guarantor, as applicable, in connection with the authorization and issuance of
the Exchange Notes, and for purposes of this opinion, we have assumed such
proceedings will be timely completed in the manner presently proposed and the
terms of such issuance will otherwise be in compliance with law.

         As such counsel, we have examined such matters of fact and questions of
law as we have considered appropriate for purposes of rendering the opinions
expressed herein. In our examination, we have assumed (i) the genuineness of all
signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, and
the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us
as certified, conformed, photostatic or facsimile copies; (ii) that each natural
person executing




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any document we have examined is legally competent to do so, (iii) there are no
oral or written modifications of or amendments to the documents we have
examined, and there has been no waiver of any of the provisions thereof, by
actions or conduct of the parties or otherwise; and (iv) all limited liability
company records of the Nevada Guarantor made available to us by the Issuers and
all public records we have reviewed are accurate and complete.

         We have been furnished with, and with your consent have relied upon,
certificates of officers of the Nevada Guarantor with respect to certain factual
matters. In addition, we have obtained and relied upon such certificates and
assurances from public officials as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for
purposes of this opinion.

         We are qualified to practice law in the State of Nevada. The opinions
set forth herein are expressly limited to the effect on the subject transaction
only of the internal laws of the State of Nevada and we do not purport to be
experts on, or to express any opinion with respect to the applicability thereto,
or to the effect thereon, of, the laws of any other jurisdiction or as to
matters of local law or the laws of local governmental departments or agencies
within the state. We express no opinion herein concerning, and we assume no
responsibility as to laws or judicial decisions related to, or any orders,
consents or other authorizations or approvals as may be required by, any federal
law, including any federal securities law, or any state securities or "blue sky"
laws.

         Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications and
assumptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that the execution and
delivery by the Nevada Guarantor of, and the performance by the Nevada Guarantor
of its obligations under, the Guarantee to be endorsed on the Exchange Notes by
the Nevada Guarantor have been duly authorized by the Nevada Guarantor.

         We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and the reference to this firm therein. In giving this
consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is
required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the
Commission promulgated thereunder.

                                         Very truly yours,

                                         SCHRECK BRIGNONE GODFREY