The Danville City Council passed a resolution asking a Circuit Court to allow a referendum to be held in the Virginia city this coming November on whether a casino should be built. City officials approved the resolution a few weeks after the Virginia Lottery Board pre-certified a proposal for the development of a casino resort in the city.
Six out of the City Council’s nine members voted in favor of the resolution during a regular meeting that took place Tuesday night. Two councilmen were absent, while one councilman attended the meeting but was not able to vote because he has not been sworn-in since his election in May.
The Danville city attorney will now send the resolution to the Danville Circuit Court where a judge must sign an order for a writ of special election by August 14 in order for a casino question to appear on the November 3 ballot.
The Danville City Council selected earlier this year Nevada-based casino giant Caesars Entertainment Inc. as its preferred casino developer. The major operator wants to build a $400 million casino resort at the site of the former Dan River Mills industrial complex.
Danville is one of five cities in Virginia approved to host new full-scale casinos under legislation passed by state lawmakers earlier this year, with Richmond, Bristol, Portsmouth, and Norfolk being the other four. The gambling venues are hoped to help these five cities improve their struggling economies.
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