Virginia’s Petersburg Casino Resort Reaches New Heights. Here’s When It Will Open

Live! Casino & Hotel Virginia in Petersburg topped off its 12-story hotel tower on Thursday, Oct. 8, with state and local officials joining developers The Cordish Companies and Bruce Smith Enterprise to celebrate the construction milestone. Live! Casino & Hotel Virginia is a $600 million investment led by Baltimore-based Cordish, which is expanding its Mid-Atlantic footprint that already includes casinos in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Cordish and Bruce Smith, an NFL legend and Virginia native, are betting big on Central Virginia on the belief that Petersburg can become a destination roughly 25 minutes south of Richmond and 45 minutes north of…