Pamunkey Indian Tribe<\/a> for a $500 million casino resort on 13.25 acres of vacant land next to the Harbor Park baseball stadium.<\/p>\nDanville<\/b>: Danville has approved Caesars Entertainment’s bid to invest $400 million to repurpose the Dan River textile complex into a casino and entertainment destination.<\/p>\n
Portsmouth<\/b>: Chicago-based Rush Street Gaming is the preferred casino operator for a $300 million resort. The property is earmarked for vacant land located at Victory and Cavalier boulevards off I-264.<\/p>\n
If all four referendums pass and the casinos come to the realization, the Virginia Joint Legislative Audit & Review Commission projects the gaming venues to generate about $260 million annually in state gaming taxes.<\/p>\n
Each casino is expected to employ at least 1,000 people, with a median average wage of $33,000 per year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Virginia voters in four cities are deciding on local referendums today that would authorize a commercial casino in their hometowns. Bristol, Danville, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Richmond all qualified to hold a local ballot referendum asking constituents whether they want to use a casino to provide an economic jolt to their communities. The gaming question came […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":154202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,13],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Virginia Voters in Four Cities Deciding on Casino Referendums<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n