With Golden Nugget Danville celebrating a one-year anniversary over the weekend, local officials reflected on the decades to land a casino and the impact it’s had so far.

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“An enormous amount of effort went into bringing the Golden Nugget Danville to fruition, and we’re very proud of the final product,” Danville Mayor Rickey Williams Jr. said.

“We appreciate the investment that the Wilmots and Mr. (Tilman) Fertitta (with Golden Nugget) have made not only in the casino, but the many other ways they have already partnered with the community to make this an even better place to live, work, invest and play,” Williams added.