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To select RVA Entertainment Holdings, LLC, as the City's preferred casino gaming operator to operate a casino gaming establishment located at 2001 Walmsley Boulevard and 4700 Trenton Avenue and to provide for the requisite referendum thereon pursuant to Va. Code ? 58.1-4123. (8th District)
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WHEREAS, on December 28, 2020, the City issued a Request for Qualifications/Proposals for the development and operation of a resort casino within the city of Richmond pursuant to authority granted to the City by Title 58.1, Chapter 41 of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, to select one preferred casino gaming operator; and
WHEREAS, an evaluation panel of City officers and employees considered and gave substantial weight to the criteria set forth in section 58.1-4107 of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, when reviewing the six proposals received pursuant to the Request for Qualifications/Proposals, including a proposal from RVA Entertainment Holdings, LLC; and
WHEREAS, based on the evaluation panel's review, the Mayor of the City of Richmond has recommended that the City select RVA Entertainment Holdings, LLC, as the City's preferred casino gaming operator to develop and operate a resort casino located within the city of Richmond on the property known as 2001 Walmsley Boulevard and 4700 Trenton Avenue; and
WHEREAS, the Council believes that it is in the best interests of the city of Richmond that the City select the preferred casino gaming operator recommended by the Mayor and that, upon certification of approval by the independent agency responsible for the administration of the Virginia Lottery for the City to proceed to a referendum and upon execution of a Host Casino Agreement with the City's selected preferred casino gaming operator, the Council petition the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond to order the referendum required by section 58.1-4123 of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, as a prerequisite for the grant...
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