Plans for a new casino referendum in Richmond, Va., are moving ahead, and city leaders who support the project are optimistic that voters will ultimately side with them in November.
Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney and City Council leaders began the formal process of putting a new referendum on this year’s ballot last week. Voters narrowly rejected a casino in 2021.
The city council’s Organizational Development Standing Committee is scheduled to meet today to take the first formal step in the process when it votes on a resolution to endorse the proposed $500 million casino on the city’s south side. The full city council is scheduled to vote on the measure a week later.
Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney and City Council leaders began the formal process of putting a new referendum on this year’s ballot last week. Voters narrowly rejected a casino in 2021.
The city council’s Organizational Development Standing Committee is scheduled to meet today to take the first formal step in the process when it votes on a resolution to endorse the proposed $500 million casino on the city’s south side. The full city council is scheduled to vote on the measure a week later.