Caesars Entertainment has officially opened its new casino in Danville, Virginia, which includes a stylish 21-table, WSOP-branded poker room to serve the area's players (as illustrated in the above - somewhat surreal - AI image taken from the new room's website). The new Caesars Virginia casino, located in south-central Virginia just a few miles north of the state's border with North Carolina, opened to large crowds on Wednesday according to area news outlets.
The casino complex includes a 320-room hotel, 12 restaurants and bars, and other amenities. Including the new poker room, the casino offers 100,000 square feet of gaming space, which also includes a standalone sports book, 1,500 slots and 79 table games.
Wednesday's official opening fulfills Caesars' promise that the Danville location would open in 2024. Construction on the casino began in August of 2022. The project carried a $650 million price tag and was built in partnership with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, which also works as Caesars' gaming-license partner in neighboring North Carolina
Tournaments at Danville await launch
The WSOP room at Caesars Virginia is already open for cash-game play, but the room will likely need a few weeks to build enough traffic and market its planned tournament offerings. The casino's dedicated poker-room landing page does not yet offer any information about scheduled tourney offerings.
