{"id":283358,"date":"2023-08-01T05:33:17","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T10:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=283358"},"modified":"2023-08-01T11:15:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T16:15:39","slug":"rochester-n-h-again-considers-sportsbook-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rochester-n-h-again-considers-sportsbook-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"Rochester, New Hampshire Again Considers Sportsbook Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Rochester, New Hampshire City Council will discuss a proposed sportsbook<\/a> casino at Tuesday\u2019s meeting. If eventually approved, local residents will be able to vote on the proposal during November\u2019s election.<\/p>\n

\"Rochester,
Rochester, N.H. downtown, pictured above. The city may ask voters to approve a proposed sportsbook. (Image: City of Rochester)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tuesday’s meeting is only an initial hearing on the proposal. The City Council would have to approve the referendum in September. A public hearing also would need to take place in October before it could be placed on the November ballot. The proposed townwide referendum would be held on November 7.<\/p>\n

This week, Rochester Mayor Paul Callaghan told New Hampshire\u2019s<\/a> Foster’s Daily Democrat <\/em>that \u201cThere is a strong possibility we will decide to put this to our voters.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Even if voters approve the proposal, the New Hampshire Lottery Commission would need to approve Rochester as a gaming site.<\/p>\n

In a prior 2019 vote, Rochester residents defeated a casino\/sportsbook proposal. The close vote was 1,488 to 1,439.<\/p>\n

Local Restrictions<\/h2>\n

In June, the Rochester City Council approved an ordinance that says where such a gaming operation can be located in the community. That includes a commercial zone near routes 11 and 125, or the Granite Ridge zone. If it is located in The Ridge shopping plaza, a special permit would be needed.<\/p>\n

Any gaming floor would need to be at least 20,000 square feet, and parking requirements include spaces for buses and at least 0.75 parking spaces per gaming position.<\/p>\n

At least 2% of the parking spaces need to have electric vehicle charging stations, with a minimum of four required. There are also requirements for outdoor entertainment noise, architecture, and landscaping.<\/p>\n

In addition to the physical requirements, Callaghan said any would need to benefit the community.<\/p>\n

They all need to be associated with a charitable gaming facility, so we will look at that,\u201d<\/strong> Callaghan added. \u201cThe entire process is strictly regulated by the lottery commission, so there is very good guidance.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

City officials already have met with Charlie McIntyre, executive director of the New Hampshire Lottery Commission.<\/p>\n

Other N.H. Locations<\/h2>\n

DraftKings sportsbooks and charitable gaming casinos are in operation in other New Hampshire communities. These include Dover, Manchester, and Seabrook.<\/p>\n

DraftKings sportsbooks are located in the Brook Casino in Seabrook, the Filotomo Casino and Restaurants at the Dover Bowl, and in Manchester.<\/p>\n

The three current sportsbooks are at casinos.<\/p>\n

They are good choices because they already have the security and personnel in place to operate the facilities,\u201d<\/strong> New Hampshire Lottery spokesperson Maura McCann told Foster\u2019s Daily Democrat<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Under state law, New Hampshire can open no more than 10 sports wagering operations in charitable gaming casinos.<\/p>\n

Already, 16 towns and cities in the state applied for sports betting operations, McCann said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In June, a new charitable casino was given approval by a local planning board in Concord, New Hampshire after a lengthy review. It is to be on the east side of the state\u2019s capital. But concerns about crime and environmental impact<\/a> have led to opposition to the project.<\/p>\n

A legal appeal against the casino was filed in a local court by resident Kassey Cameron<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Rochester, N.H. City Council will discuss a proposed sportsbook casino at Tuesday\u2019s meeting. If eventually approved, local residents will be able to vote on the proposal during November\u2019s election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":283364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[86435,13592],"tags":[82373,82497,81895],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRochester, N.H. Considers Sportsbook Proposal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Rochester, N.H. City Council will discuss a proposed sportsbook at Tuesday\u2019s meeting. Eventually, it could be voted on by residents.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rochester-n-h-again-considers-sportsbook-proposal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rochester, N.H. Considers Sportsbook Proposal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Rochester, N.H. City Council will discuss a proposed sportsbook at Tuesday\u2019s meeting. Eventually, it could be voted on by residents.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rochester-n-h-again-considers-sportsbook-proposal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-08-01T10:33:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-01T16:15:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/roch.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"816\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ed Silverstein\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@casinoorgedsilv\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ed Silverstein\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rochester-n-h-again-considers-sportsbook-proposal\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rochester-n-h-again-considers-sportsbook-proposal\/\",\"name\":\"Rochester, N.H. Considers Sportsbook Proposal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rochester-n-h-again-considers-sportsbook-proposal\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rochester-n-h-again-considers-sportsbook-proposal\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/roch.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-01T10:33:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-01T16:15:39+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b3771b02527bcbda9af984b9b1ff098e\"},\"description\":\"The Rochester, N.H. City Council will discuss a proposed sportsbook at Tuesday\u2019s meeting. Eventually, it could be voted on by residents.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rochester-n-h-again-considers-sportsbook-proposal\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rochester-n-h-again-considers-sportsbook-proposal\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rochester-n-h-again-considers-sportsbook-proposal\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/roch.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/roch.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":816},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rochester-n-h-again-considers-sportsbook-proposal\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Regulation\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/regulation\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Rochester, New Hampshire Again Considers Sportsbook Proposal\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Casino.org\",\"description\":\"Latest Casino and Gaming News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b3771b02527bcbda9af984b9b1ff098e\",\"name\":\"Ed Silverstein\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png\",\"caption\":\"Ed Silverstein\"},\"description\":\"Ed Silverstein is a senior reporter covering gambling law and crime news for Casino.org. Ed is an award-winning journalist with credits ranging from the Associated Press to American Lawyer Media. Ed joined the Casino.org news team in 2019 after decades of experience in legal reporting. His past reporting and editing assignments include Cowles Business Media, Columbia University Press, the Connecticut Post, and Southern Connecticut Newspapers, Inc. Besides the law and its application to the gaming industry, Ed\u2019s areas of expertise span business, politics, education, and state and local government. Ed holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Connecticut and master\u2019s degrees from Harvard and Yale. His professional awards include recognition from the New England Press Association and New England AP News Executives. Ed currently resides in Connecticut, where he enjoys photography and bowling in his spare time. Contact Ed at ed.silverstein@casino.org.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/muckrack.com\/ed-silverstein\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/casinoorgedsilv\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/ed-silverstein\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rochester, N.H. Considers Sportsbook Proposal","description":"The Rochester, N.H. City Council will discuss a proposed sportsbook at Tuesday\u2019s meeting. Eventually, it could be voted on by residents.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rochester-n-h-again-considers-sportsbook-proposal\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rochester, N.H. Considers Sportsbook Proposal","og_description":"The Rochester, N.H. City Council will discuss a proposed sportsbook at Tuesday\u2019s meeting. Eventually, it could be voted on by residents.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rochester-n-h-again-considers-sportsbook-proposal\/","og_site_name":"Casino.org","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews","article_published_time":"2023-08-01T10:33:17+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-08-01T16:15:39+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":816,"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/roch.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ed Silverstein","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@casinoorgedsilv","twitter_site":"@Casino_Org","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ed Silverstein","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rochester-n-h-again-considers-sportsbook-proposal\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rochester-n-h-again-considers-sportsbook-proposal\/","name":"Rochester, N.H. Considers Sportsbook Proposal","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rochester-n-h-again-considers-sportsbook-proposal\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rochester-n-h-again-considers-sportsbook-proposal\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/roch.jpg","datePublished":"2023-08-01T10:33:17+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-01T16:15:39+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b3771b02527bcbda9af984b9b1ff098e"},"description":"The Rochester, N.H. City Council will discuss a proposed sportsbook at Tuesday\u2019s meeting. Eventually, it could be voted on by residents.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rochester-n-h-again-considers-sportsbook-proposal\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rochester-n-h-again-considers-sportsbook-proposal\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rochester-n-h-again-considers-sportsbook-proposal\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/roch.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/roch.jpg","width":1200,"height":816},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/rochester-n-h-again-considers-sportsbook-proposal\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Regulation","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/regulation\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Rochester, New Hampshire Again Considers Sportsbook Proposal"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/","name":"Casino.org","description":"Latest Casino and Gaming News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b3771b02527bcbda9af984b9b1ff098e","name":"Ed Silverstein","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png","caption":"Ed Silverstein"},"description":"Ed Silverstein is a senior reporter covering gambling law and crime news for Casino.org. Ed is an award-winning journalist with credits ranging from the Associated Press to American Lawyer Media. Ed joined the Casino.org news team in 2019 after decades of experience in legal reporting. His past reporting and editing assignments include Cowles Business Media, Columbia University Press, the Connecticut Post, and Southern Connecticut Newspapers, Inc. Besides the law and its application to the gaming industry, Ed\u2019s areas of expertise span business, politics, education, and state and local government. Ed holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Connecticut and master\u2019s degrees from Harvard and Yale. His professional awards include recognition from the New England Press Association and New England AP News Executives. Ed currently resides in Connecticut, where he enjoys photography and bowling in his spare time. Contact Ed at ed.silverstein@casino.org.","sameAs":["https:\/\/muckrack.com\/ed-silverstein","https:\/\/x.com\/casinoorgedsilv"],"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/ed-silverstein\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283358"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283358"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283454,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283358\/revisions\/283454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}