#Harbor Park

Changes Announced for Temporary Casino Facility in Norfolk. The temporary facility will be located in a parking lot to the east of the stadium rather than inside the park. Construction on the temporary gaming facility could begin as early as March of 2023. The permanent casino will eventually be built in the same spot. It will generate immediate revenue for the City.

The HeadWaters Resort & Casino announced plans this week to build a temporary casino facility on the parking lot of its future permanent facility with an estimated opening date of Spring 2023. The Pamunkey Indian Tribe has a development agreement with Norfolk to develop a $500-million resort casino. Voters approved in 2020 that the casino should be located east of Harbor Park at 200 Park Avenue. Cordish Companies is appealing a judge's decision to toss out its lawsuit over the Pam unkey proposal. It is challenging the right to development a casino in the city first.

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Bristol held the grand opening for its temporary casino space on Friday. The temporary space is expected to create 600 jobs. A permanent, 90,000-square-foot resort is set to open in July 2024. Three other casinos are preparing to be opened in Portsmouth, Norfolk and Danville. Rivers Casino Portsmouth started construction in December 2021. Caesars Entertainment’s Danvila resort casino is scheduled to finish in late 2023. HeadWaters Resort & casino in Norfolk is on schedule to opened next to Harbor Park in 2024, but the city council needs to approve it.

Portsmouth's new casino is scheduled to open in February. The new one in Norfolk will open there in 2024. Both were teed up by a JLARC study required by the legislation. The study predicts that in 2025 the Norfolk casino would produce about $150 million in revenue and the Portsmouth site $130 million. However, the two sites are seven miles apart. Rivers Casino Portsmouth is not on a river. It is being built at I-264 and Victory Blvd next to Tidewater Community College. There is master-planned for hotel. If it is built, it will have a great view of the community college and parking lots.

The Pamunkey Indian Tribe wants to build a temporary casino in Harbor Park for the home of the Norfolk Tides. The city's Planning Commission approved the proposal. It's not a done deal, but the tribe has applied for a two-year conditional use permit for it. HeadWaters Resort and Casino is set to open in two years. There will be 625 slot machines and an upgraded restaurant. Dining patrons will have views of Harbor park, though they will need to leave the casino to get to the ballpark gates.

Va. Lottery Board issues first casino license to Hard Rock Bristol. The temporary casino will open on July 8. A permanent casino is planned for July 2024. Three other casinos are also in the process of opening in Norfolk, Portsmouth and Danville. Developers of the HeadWaters Resort & Casino in Virginia are planning a temporary casinos. The Norfolk Planning Commission will review the proposal at a public hearing Thursday. It would operate at Harbor Park, where Norfolk’s minor league baseball team plays. Headwaters is planning to build a 31, 572 square-foot casino.

The ceremonial event for Rivers Casino Portsmouth will be held on Tuesday, December 7. The casino will take place on 57 acres of land.

Rush Street Gaming of Chicago will invest $300 million to build the Rivers Casino Portsmouth on 57 acres just south of Interstate 264 between McClean Street and Victory Boulevard.

Caesars Entertainment revealed renderings for its planned $500 million casino and hotel in Danville, Virginia. The hotel will contain 500 rooms, a pool, spa, and a fitness center. There will be a 25 table, WSOP-branded poker room. Construction is expected to start in December and be completed in 2023.

Evaluation Period Begins for Virginia Casino Projects. The Virginia Lottery Board is ready to accept applications for a gaming license in Bristol, Norfolk, Danville and Portsmouth.