Funding for riverfront development, city sewer upgrades, construction of an addition to the Boys and Girls Club and paying down city fire and police pensions: Those will all benefit as a result of the opening of Danville’s Golden Nugget Casino.
Planning for some of the projects is underway, while others, like the start of the pension paydown, are ongoing endeavors.
In just casino tax alone, Danville has received $1.332 million from the Golden Nugget.
Mayor Rickey Williams Jr. said the city budgeted about $2 million in that category. The casino, however, didn’t open until late May, and it wasn’t fully staffed until about a month later.
