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Virginia Beach developer Bruce Smith is partnering with The Cordish Companies which redeveloped Waterside District in Norfolk, to pitch a casino plan for Petersburg, Virginia. Cordish was unsuccessful in its pursuit to secure gaming rights for a casino in Norfolk.
As Norfolk slogs through negotiations with a developer over plans for a future casino next to Harbor Park, a legal battle brought by another city business partner over casino development rights is still being waged in court. Cordish Companies, the Baltimore-based developer that revamped Waterside, sued the city in 2021, arguing Norfolk was in breach of its contract and had actively sought to .
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Cordish Companies, the Baltimore-based developer that revamped Waterside, sued the city in 2021, arguing Norfolk was in breach of its contract and had actively sought to exclude the location from ever being the site of a casino. A Richmond judge dismissed the lawsuit last year. But Cordish appealed, and the case was recently argued in the Court of Appeals of Virginia.