Though smaller than advertised, that’s still considerably larger than city and state projections expected at the end of 2019. Experience an elevated stay in one of our 156 tastefully appointed rooms and suites in Virginia Beach. Now, the tribe is saying the Norfolk casino will be a $500 million resort and casino with a 300-plus room hotel and attached parking deck for about 2,000 cars. Welcome to your Virginia Beach hotel destination for oceanfront suites. The rise of potential competition ultimately shrank the expected size of the Pamunkey tribe’s Norfolk casino - but gave them the option to also build one in Richmond. The issue is scheduled to be on the ballot in Richmond this fall.) (Voters in Bristol, Danville and Portsmouth also approved casinos.
The casino was approved by Norfolk voters nearly 2 to 1 last November, despite two separate petition drives seeking to beat back the agreement with the city and an opposition movement targeting the referendum. Eventually, legislators worked out a deal to license casinos in five Virginia cities - Bristol, Danville, Richmond, Portsmouth and Norfolk - pending the results of a local referendum. That announcement whipped up a whirlwind in the General Assembly, prompting state lawmakers to reconsider the state’s casino ban. E-Pilot Evening Edition Home Page Close Menu
