Virginia Senate Bill 1126 \u2013 signed into law by Gov. Ralph Northam (D) in March \u2013 authorizes commercial casinos in Bristol, Danville, Portsmouth, Richmond, and Norfolk. While the legislation legalizes five commercial gaming properties, opponents are concerned that the Pamunkeys could operate the casino as a tribal venue and potentially skirt taxes that would otherwise be levied on a commercial enterprise.<\/p>\n
\nUnlike land bought by someone IN the city, this deal gives the property to a sovereign Native American tribe where our police and local laws have no jurisdiction,” the Say No to the Norfolk Casino group stated. “This development will pay NO property taxes, NO sales and meal taxes, and NO hotel taxes.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The city would receive four percent of gross gaming revenues, or a minimum of $3 million per year.<\/p>\n
Proponents say the casino would employ 3,500, have a direct $787 million yearly economic impact for Norfolk, and bring more than 6.7 million visitors annually to the resort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Opponents to a proposed Norfolk casino have developed a new avenue to potentially block the $700 million tribal gaming project after they failed to obtain the minimum required signatures to force a public referendum vote. The “Say No to the Norfolk Casino” group fell 320 signatures short last week of forcing a public vote next […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":118548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,18456],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Norfolk Casino Opposition Finds New Avenue to Block Tribal Resort<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n