Breaking down Richmond’s revival of Urban ONE casino project Casino comeback

 

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIT) — The billboards may be gone, but the chance of a casino in the City of Richmond is not.

The majority of Richmond City Council members voted Monday night to pass one resolution and two ordinances related to the revival of the Urban ONE casino project.

The only council member to vote against the casino related items was Katherine Jordan, who also stood alone in opposition last year

Local leaders voted on Resolution 2022-R 003 to select VAR Entertainment Holdings, LAC as Richmond’s preferred casino gaming operator. This resolution includes that the casino would operate at 2001 Walleye Boulevard and 4700 Trenton Avenue. It also moves forward the process to establish a ballot referendum.

Richmond City Council votes to pursue Urban ONE casino a second time

Councilwoman Reva Trammel has spearheaded efforts to bring the referendum back on the ballot this November after the proposal failed in 2021.카지노사이트

“My people felt that they were really cheated. A lot of people felt like that,” she told 8 News on Tuesday. “The voting precinct at Hickory Hill was not opened up until a week later. The people did not realize that it was on the back of the ballot. They couldn’t find it.”

A media release sent out Monday evening from the city read, in part:

City officials are poised to put forth a new resolution to bring the One Casino to Richmond.  Empowered with the knowledge that residents want to know how the casino revenue will be spent, city staff proposes a two-cent tax rate reduction and uses the additional revenue for one-time capital improvement projects for Richmond City Public Schools and the City of Richmond. The infusion of 1500 jobs and millions of dollars in economic growth and development that will help Richmond grow is exactly what many leaders and community members desire.

Trammel said Tuesday that tax reduction for Richmond property owners was always in discussion, even when voters cast their ballots in 2021. But this information provides a set amount.

“The message wasn’t out there. I don’t think we got the message clear enough to let them know that this is what the money, the $25 million — it was not going to just be in south side or 8th District,” she said. “It’s something that would help everybody, and what would help everybody? To reduce the real estate tax.”


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