Blue Chip Norfolk

By Kate Andrews
9/10/2024
Virginia Business

Norfolk will have a temporary casino open by next November and a permanent resort in 2027 if all goes to plan, as the Pamunkey Indian Tribe and casino giant Boyd Gaming, its new corporate partner, received a fresh start on the long-delayed project from Norfolk City Council on Tuesday.

City Council members and the mayor voted 7-1 Tuesday to approve a development agreement between the city, the Pamunkey Indian Tribe and Boyd Gaming, which replaces Tennessee investor Jon Yarbrough as the King William County tribe’s corporate partner. In paperwork filed with the city, the partners have scrapped the casino’s old name, HeadWaters Resort & Casino, and provided a timeline to start construction of a temporary casino and a permanent structure within a few weeks of each other in early 2025.

By Emily Harrison
9/12/2024
13NewsNow

In a project more than four years in the making, the Norfolk Casino is one step closer to actually becoming a reality.

On Tuesday, Norfolk City Council approved an updated agreement with the Pamunkey Indian Tribe about the purchase and development of the casino on a site near Harbor Park.

One day later, the two new partners sat down with 13News Now in a united front to discuss their shared vision for the future.

By Brendan Ponton
9/11/2024
WTKR

Pamunkey Indian Tribe Chief Robert Gray has "absolute confidence" their proposed resort and casino will one day come to the city of Norfolk.

"We feel very comfortable and we're just excited to be able to bring the project to fruition for the city and the Commonwealth and the Tribe," Gray told News 3 on Wednesday.

The City Council has now signed off on the Tribe partnering with Boyd Gaming Corporation to build and manage a casino.

By Trevor Metcalfe
9/12/2024
The Virginian Pilot

A long-planned Norfolk casino project is closer than ever to beginning construction, as the Pamunkey Indian Tribe and Boyd Gaming are moving through the city’s regulatory process.

The advancements include some major changes. Development leaders said they have dropped a former financial backer and confirmed plans to install a temporary casino at the site to meet a deadline.

Pamunkey Indian Tribe Chief Robert Gray and Boyd Gaming Executive Vice President Uri Clinton discussed the changes in an interview Wednesday.

David Strow, Boyd Gaming Corporation