{"id":5204,"date":"2020-05-26T07:02:04","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T07:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casinosrealmoney.com\/news\/?p=5204"},"modified":"2020-05-26T07:02:04","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T07:02:04","slug":"hard-rocks-bristol-casino-receives-massive-support-from-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casinosrealmoney.com\/news\/hard-rocks-bristol-casino-receives-massive-support-from-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Hard Rock&#8217;s Bristol Casino Receives Massive Support from Residents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last Thursday, the Bristol, Virginia City Council held a public hearing to discuss Hard Rock&#8217;s proposed casino project. This project has been a pretty big deal for the city and the operator which makes it <strong>one of the biggest developments not just in Bristol but in Virginia as a whole.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the hearing, the City Council allowed both in-person and emailed inputs from the residents of Bristol. The vast majority of the locals who attended the meeting expressed a lot of optimism for the casino project. This saw the proposal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmond.com\/news\/virginia\/bristol-casino-to-include-large-indoor-outdoor-concert-spaces\/article_0b0ac0fc-2231-5592-a30a-75d09672d619.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"receive overwhelming support (opens in a new tab)\">receive overwhelming support<\/a> that is certainly going to have an impact on the development of the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"sights-set-on-long-term-benefits\">Sights Set on Long-Term Benefits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bristol City Council had set a May 8 deadline for the submission of applications for a casino project. By the time the deadline rolled around, Hard Rock was the only bidder that had submitted the necessary documents. This makes it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjhl.com\/news\/local\/bristol-va-officials-hard-rock-international-only-casino-to-submit-proposal-for-operation\/\">the sole bidder<\/a> which, in turn, betters its chances of getting the licenses to operate. Still, this is not the only reason why it has received so much support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hard Rock&#8217;s 317-page proposal detailed quite a number of great things that the operator has planned for the state. Perhaps the biggest takeaway is that it <strong>plans to completely modernize the 46-acre Bristol Mall<\/strong> thus turning it into a mega gaming and entertainment destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the highlights of these plans include the creation of a 750-room hotel, a spa, concert venues, a convention space, dining spaces as well as gaming facilities. All these <strong>will create close to 2,000 new employment opportunities.<\/strong> In addition to that, there will be more tax revenue going to state and city coffers. Naturally, these are things that the residents would find to be very desirable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even the members of the City Council were impressed with the\nproposal \u2013 the expectations were very realistic and all the plans were quite detailed\nmaking them very easy to understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"still-a-bit-of-a-long-way-to-go\">Still A Bit of a Long Way to Go<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While the support from the residents is certainly going to have an impact on the project, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casinosrealmoney.com\/news\/hard-rock-loses-hellinikon-casino-license-to-mohegan-gaming\/\">Hard Rock<\/a> still has a long way to go before its proposal receives full approval. The City Council will be reviewing the resolution during a May 26 meeting and, if approved, the license application will head over to the Virginia Lottery Board, the state&#8217;s gaming regulator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Virginia Lottery Board will have time to also review the\napplication and if they are also impressed by it and choose to approve it, Bristol\nwill be able to request a referendum for the November ballot. That said, the earliest\ntime that the project can be given the green light to proceed is in late 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Thursday, the Bristol, Virginia City Council held a public hearing to discuss Hard Rock&#8217;s proposed casino project. This project has been a pretty big deal for the city and the operator which makes it one of the biggest developments not just in Bristol but in Virginia as a whole. 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