Efforts are underway to establish one regulatory board to oversee gaming in the Commonwealth as conversations about a possible plan to construct a casino in Fairfax County re-enter the spotlight.
Despite frustration from supervisors, Sen. Scott Surovell, D-Fairfax County, who introduced the last Tysons casino bill plans to present similar legislation in the upcoming session, starting on Jan. 14.
“Fairfax County is currently facing a $130 million budget deficit, and they’re facing a deficit as far as the eye can see,” Surovell said. “They constantly ask us for additional authority to raise revenue, and this would present a huge opportunity. I think they’re being kind of overreactive about it and listening to a very small group of people who basically don’t want something in their backyard.”
