Virginia: Crews begin site work at Rivers Casino Portsmouth, small business can still get involved

Virginia: Crews begin site work at Rivers Casino Portsmouth, small business can still get involved

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  • Alex Littlehales, WVEC
August 4, 2021 6:37 PM
  • Alex Littlehales, WVEC

The site of a Hampton Roads Casino has a new look, as crews prepare for the upcoming construction of Rivers Casino Portsmouth.

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“Over the next couple of weeks, you’ll start seeing some major landscape changes, all the trees and shrubbery on site will all be gone,” Justin Ballard of S.B. Ballard Construction Company said.

National contractor Yates Construction partnered with locally based S.B. Ballard Construction as the general contractors on the project. Driving by Victory Boulevard in Portsmouth, crews can now be seen clearing the plot of land the casino will be built on.

“All sort of setting the stage, developer Rush Street Gaming allowed us to get started on some preliminary site work. Once the Virginia Lottery board approves the license we’re already sort of at a running pace,” Ballard said.