May 21, 2021, 9:56 am ·
The $600 million ONE Casino + Resort project promoted by media company Urban One and Colonial Downs has been recommended by a special casino advisory panel to move forward for consideration by the Richmond City Council and residents of the Virginia city, news emerged Thursday.
If city leaders approve the proposal, it will then need to be approved by voters in a citywide referendum in November. If it gains a majority of yes votes, the hotel and casino resort will be the first black-owned gambling complex in the country.
Based in Maryland, Urban One is a media conglomerate focused on urban content. The company owns and operates 55 radio stations around the US and the TV One cable network.
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Live! Casino’s sports viewing area on their opening day at the Westmoreland Mall in Greensburg on Nov. 24, 2020.
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Live! Casino’s sports viewing area on their opening day at the Westmoreland Mall in Greensburg on Nov. 24, 2020.
Loves Furniture’s two stores on Main Street, Mt. Pleasant, have closed. on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. Robert Levin of Levin Furniture has bought the stores from Loves Furniture of Warren, Mich., and plans to have them reopened as Levin stores, possibly in February.
Warehouse employees cheer as Levin Furniture owner Robert Levin returns from a two year hiatus, at the company headquarters in Fitz Henry South Huntingdon Township on Friday, March 6, 2020.