Officials in Richmond have finally chosen a casino project for the Virginia capital city. Urban One’s One Casino + Resort is the plan that the city wants to go with this November on a voter referendum. The city decided to wait to allow voters to decide on casino gaming in Richmond and choose a plan to hopefully help move the process along.
Mayor Levar Stoney is now set to introduce the casino plans to the Richmond City Council this coming Monday. The goal is to see the partnership with Urban One approved. The media conglomerate based in Washington would like to build a casino on property that is owned by Philip Morris USA.
If Richmond, Virginia, voters approve a proposed casino in their city this fall, Silver Spring, Maryland-based Urban One will own and operate it. It would make the casino, currently named One Casino + Resort, the first majority Black-owned casino in the country.
If Richmond, Virginia, voters approve a proposed casino in their city this fall, Silver Spring, Maryland-based Urban One will own and operate it.
It would make the casino, currently named One Casino + Resort, the first majority Black-owned casino in the country.
A Richmond city selection panel chose Urban One over several other bids, including one from Baltimore-based Cordish Cos., the owner and operator of Maryland’s Live! Casino & Hotel in Arundel Mills.
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Bally’s misses out as City of Richmond cuts casino resort shortlist to two
22nd April 2021
| By Robert Fletcher
Bally’s Corporation’s bid to build a new casino resort in the City of Richmond, Virginia has failed after it missed out on the final shortlist of proposed operators for the facility.
Last month, Bally’s Richmond Casino Resort was named alongside Live! Casino & Hotel Richmond from the Cordish Companies and One Casino + Resort from Maryland-based media business Urban One as the three proposals that the City of Richmond was considering to run the casino.
However, after the City Council’s Evaluation Panel held negotiations with the three finalists, it reduced its shortlist of potential operators, with Bally’s missing out on the final cut, leaving only Live! and One Casino + Resort.
Richmond says it will not consider alternative casino resort sites Bally’s Richmond Casino Resort, Live! Casino & Hotel Richmond, and One Casino + Resort. (Source: Richmond City Government) By NBC12 Newsroom | April 14, 2021 at 9:07 PM EDT - Updated April 14 at 9:34 PM
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - The Stoney Administration says it will not consider any alternative casino resort sites in Richmond other than the ones identified in the three remaining proposals.
“The city has been consistent throughout the Resort Casino RFQ/P process in its evaluation of a single site submitted by each respondent to the RFQ/P. The operator and site go hand in hand,” said Leonard Sledge, director of the Department of Economic Development.