The temporary casino scheduled to open in Petersburg later this year will closely resemble one used to launch gambling in Danville 22 months ago, a spokesperson for the Petersburg resort says.
Crews began clearing space for the prefabricated building on March 19, the same day ground was broken for the $1.4 billion Live! Casino & Hotel Virginia off Interstate 95 and Wagner Road in southern Petersburg. Plans call for building a permanent gaming parlor and 200-room luxury hotel around the 90,000-foot temporary casino that developers The Cordish Companies and Bruce Smith Enterprise say will be up and running by the fourth quarter of 2025.
A Richmond television station reported last week that the temporary building could be the same one used by the developers of Caesars Virginia during construction of its hotel and casino on the site of the former Dan River Industries complex in Danville.
