It will be more than twice the size of the current facility and is intended to provide more than twice as many jobs as the 600 that have been created by the Bristol Casino. The current casino, for clarification, is a temporary facility that was opened with the intention of providing a taste of what the eventual permanent site will bring to Bristol. This casino’s impressive early numbers will provide encouragement to the license holders at those two facilities, as well as demonstrating the proof of concept for the eventual permanent casino that will open in Bristol. The so-named Bristol Casino is the first brick-and-mortar casino to open its doors on Virginian soil, although it is set to be followed by facilities in three other cities – Danville, Norfolk and Portsmouth. This news will have made particularly sweet reading for the state treasury, which is understood to have benefited to the tune of more than $600,000 in taxes from the first week alone. The first fully-fledged casino to open in Virginia has reported brisk business through its first week of trading, with Hard Rock’s Bristol casino building on the positive vibes from its initial soft opening to take in upwards of $37.5 million in its first full week of trading. casino reports impressive opening-week numbers July 27, 2022

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