Vinton credits revenue from Rosie’s to allow town to make much needed upgrades
Rosie’s Gaming Emporium opened in Vinton in 2019
Rosie s helps economic boom in Vinton
VINTON, VA. – Construction continues on a multi-million dollar expansion at Rosie’s in Vinton, and now, after two years in operation, the amount of money the gaming emporium is bringing into the town is becoming more clear.
The gaming machines sound off from open to close and now, outside the facility, there’s plenty of noise being made by construction equipment.
“At first we weren’t sure, you know, it’s a mountain town. By the time we opened up the doors, we started drawing in customers from West Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina,” said Rosie’s General Manager Ernie Dellaverson.
Vinton plans to borrow $4.3 million to complete water and sewer upgrades, resulting in modest rate hikes for its more than 5,000 utility customers in eastern Roanoke County.
Two large projects, one each for sewer and water, require $4 million to fund, with a third, smaller project also identified for completion in the near future, after the town council approves measures to borrow the money, said Vinton Town Manager Pete Peters.
For a bit more than $2 million, Vinton is converting its more than 4,500 residential and 525 commercial customers to remote-read water meters.
âThatâs not only the meter itself in the ground, but in some cases, meter boxes, the antennas â all the infrastructure that would actually collect that data, and then communicate it back to our office,â Peters said. âThen thereâs some software on the back end.â