The city has already brought on Convergence Strategy Group, a New Orleans-based consulting group, to examine the potential for either a casino or historical horse racing (HHR) parlor in town. The city approved pari-mutuel betting in a referendum last month.<\/p>\n
Convergence assessed the potential for both a resort casino and a smaller casino. A resort casino with 2,500 slot machines, 10 table games, and at least 325 hotel rooms could generate as much as $363.4 million in gross gaming revenues by 2022, with nearly 2,400 jobs created. That estimate was made assuming North Carolina does not decide to pursue casino gaming in the near future.<\/p>\n
In Danville\u2019s solicitation, they expect the potential developer to invest at least $200 million in building the casino. Danville\u2019s request also stipulates that bidders can submit up to two locations for a casino, ideally with one of the sites a city-owned property. One of the sites that may be considered is an old textile plant situated on the Dan River.<\/p>\n
We anticipate multiple companies will be interested,\u201d Larking said. \u201cAs they compete to do the business here, we will be evaluating several criteria, including their experience, the number of jobs their project would create, and other amenities it would include.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Convergence will help city officials evaluate the proposal responses.<\/p>\n
About Danville<\/h2>\n
Danville is located on the North Carolina state line, roughly 175 miles from Norfolk. The town\u2019s population is 42,000. It\u2019s located in a very rural part of Virginia, and because of that, the casino\u2019s main draw may come from across the state line.<\/p>\n
Four of North Carolina\u2019s five largest cities are within 70 miles of Danville. Greensboro is 40 miles from the Virginia city, and Durham is 50 miles away. Winston-Salem is about 60 miles away, while Raleigh is 70.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
City officials in Danville, Va., have announced they\u2019re looking for proposals from businesses interested in developing and operating a casino in their town. The solicitation was released Monday, according to a news release from the city. Responses are due Jan. 13. Danville is one of five Virginia cities that would have the opportunity to seek […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":121533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,61,1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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