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Primed for the polls
Casino developers and city leaders kicked off a referendum campaign earlier this week aimed at promoting the Norfolk Resort and Casino to local voters. Citizens of Bristol, Danville, Portsmouth, and Norfolk head to the polls on November 3 to vote yes or no for casinos in their Virginia locales.
$500m project would help the waterfront city recover
Norfolk has chosen the Pamunkey Indian Tribe as its construction partner for the casino facility, which is set to be located near Harbor Park. At a press conference, Pamunkey Chief Robert Gray stated that the $500m project would help the waterfront city recover from “one of the greatest hits to the economy in our lifetime”.
Presenting the All In For Norfolk Casino committee, Gray said the group would be “out there” to ensure that local residents are made aware of the benefits that a casino would bring to the area.
“Millions of new dollars”
Also present at the press conference, Norfolk Mayor Kenny Alexander said the city could benefit from “millions of new dollars in new tax revenue that will be committed to public education.”
around 2,500 permanent jobs and a $754m annual economic impact
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The Norfolk Resort and casino is projected to create around 2,500 permanent jobs and a $754m annual economic impact for the southeastern Virginia city. In a tweet late August, All In For Norfolk Casino estimated annual employee earnings would hit the $100m mark:
A tale of four cities
As the November 3 referendum looms for the four Virginia cities, the casino developers and their partners are upping their promotional ante. The Pamunkey Tribe have created a media-rich standalone website featuring an almost three-minute-long promo video:
On Tuesday, 20 leading small businesses came together to form the Vote Yes for Bristol referendum committee. The group’s goal is to drum up support for the proposed Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Bristol. Backed by Hard Rock International’s owners, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the casino is expected to bring 2,000 jobs to the city.
While Portsmouth and its partner Rush Street Gaming haven’t launched an official campaign as yet for Rivers Casino Portsmouth, the project also has a standalone website that includes 3D renderings of the proposed facility. Portsmouth is located directly opposite the ‘Mermaid City’ of Norfolk on the Elizabeth River. While Chief Gray acknowledges one casino in the area could in effect forecast greater revenue, he said: “That doesn’t deter me from saying we can both exist.”
Led by former CEO Tony Rodio, the Caesars for Danville campaign launched on August 12. The proposed $400m southern Virginia casino is slated to create 1,300 ongoing jobs.
Candidate selection criteria
On March 8, the Virginia House of Delegates approved HB 4, which would permit the operation of the first-ever commercial casinos in the state. The ruling authorizes gaming, subject to the November 3 referendum, in the cities of Bristol, Danville, Portsmouth, and Norfolk, under the regulation of the Virginia Lottery Board.
Should citizens vote yes, the measure would provide a massive economic boost for some of Virginia’s most at-risk cities. When legislation was first introduced in January 2019 to allow casinos to operate in the state, the criteria for qualifying cities included an unemployment rate of four percentage points, a poverty rate of 20% of the population, and a year-on-year decrease in the population at 20% or higher.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Humboldt Steel Corporation in Portsmouth has installed Virginia skill and entertainment machines for patrons to play.
They're the first bar and restaurant to have a legal form of gambling in the city.
The establishment announced it on their Facebook page on March 21.
Chris Bowman, owner of Humboldt, told News 3's Aleah Hordges there has been more than $3,000 in winnings so far.
It's something the business hopes will draw people in to give the area a new edge and a reason to hang out in downtown Portsmouth.
'Now that we can have them here in Tidewater, there's a lot of really happy people because they love these machines and they want to come and sit and have a meal and have a couple of drinks and play the machine, and it's what they like to do,' said Bowman.
He added that they were able to get the skill and entertainment machines with a Virginia ABC license.
It took them a year to get approval with the company and for the city to install them.
'If you had a regular business and you didn't have an ABC license, you wouldn't be able to have these machines,' Bowman mentioned. 'They're sanctioned through ABC and supplied to us by Southern Amusements.'
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Virginia Skill and Entertainment machines are classified as contests of skill, which is legal in the commonwealth.
They pay out a very high percentage - up to $5,000.
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'If you have two of one symbol, you have to pick the correct third symbol in order to make three in a row, and if you do you're a winner. It's that simple,' Bowman replied.
Humboldt Steel Corporate added that it's a win-win for them and everyone who plays.
The owner said that there'll be more machines added at the Norfolk location soon.
'They put it back into the machine or they buy more pizza and they tip a bartender or waitress,' said Bowman. 'You know, it's their fun money and that's the way they spend it.'
News 3 reached out to Virginia ABC Authority for comment.
'Virginia ABC receives requests from electronic gaming companies to review their games to determine if we would place regulatory charges on alcoholic beverage licensed establishments using their games, pursuant to the prohibition on having illegal gambling on the premises. However, any determination made by ABC is limited to ABC charges, and is not binding to other agencies or local officials that may have jurisdiction in this arena. At this time, we are unable to assess whether the device at this establishment and its games are part of a previously evaluated gaming company,' said public relations manager, Dawn Eischen.