The effort to build Virginia’s fifth and final retail casino in Tysons is dead for now. A bill before the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations that would have allowed Fairfax County’s Board of Supervisors to put the question to voters on an upcoming ballot failed to emerge from committee. Still, despite the latest speedbump, the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Dave Marsden, said he’ll continue his push for a new casino.
In early 2024, the senate committee voted overwhelmingly to push Senate Bill 675 to the Virginia General Assembly’s 2025 legislative session, which begins on Jan. 8. However, a Senate clerk confirmed to Bonus on Wednesday that the committee failed to rehear the bill by the Nov. 18 deadline, effectively killing the proposed legislation.
