A revised version of the Fairfax County casino bill passed the Virginia Senate Friday, introducing significant new oversight mechanisms, specific regional financial structures, and temporary licensing processes.
One of the key changes is the authority for a temporary casino to operate for up to five years if it is approved by the state’s Major Employment and Investment Project Approval Commission.
The substitute also reinstates language that was stripped out earlier in the legislative session and reaffirms that the proposed casino would be built in Tysons and not at a comparable site elsewhere in Fairfax County.
On Friday night, Chair Jeff McKay (D) and the other eight Democrats on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors sent a signed letter by email to the Virginia House of Delegates, asking the Northern Virginia delegation to reject the revisied bill.
