$10M for Hard Rock Bristol means $704K for localities

The Virginia Lottery reports the Bristol Casino: Future Home of Hard Rock posted $12 million in adjusted gross revenue for its first month of operation.

Consumers played the slots the most with a $10 million take during those weeks while table games at the facility on Gate City Highway saw $1.4 million in wagers.

State law calls for a portion of those tax earnings to be earmarked for the Regional Improvement Commission which will be distributed to Southwest Virginia localities. That column will bank more than $703,000 from July.

(IMAGE: Bristol Broadcasting Co News Archive)