“We’re really going to get rolling on recruiting and hiring in the new year,” he said.
The temporary Danville facility has about 430 employees, Albrecht said, and over twice that many will be needed for the permanent resort. The $650 million project will also offer 40,000 square feet of meeting and convention space, an entertainment venue that will be able to host 2,500 people, and restaurants and bars. The casino floor in the resort will be about 90,000 square feet, over twice the size of the current 40,000-square-foot temporary facility, with about 1,400 slot machines and table games. When completed, it will be the tallest hotel in Danville and offer more rooms than any other lodging option. “There will be some suite products on the top floor of the casino, and you’ll have some fantastic views of Danville with floor-to-ceiling windows.” “We’ll have 30 rooms per floor for 10 floors and then 20 rooms on the top floor,” he said. Eleven out of 12 floors of the hotel tower have now been built at the Caesars Virginia construction site, and everything is still on schedule for a later 2024 opening, Albrecht said.
