The Cordish Companies

Mar 19, 2025

Developers break ground on $1.4B Petersburg casino

Baltimore-based The Cordish Cos. and Virginia Beach developer Bruce Smith Enterprise broke ground Wednesday on the much-anticipated $1.4 billion Live! Casino & Hotel Resort in Petersburg. The mixed-use development’s backers say it will create about 1,400 permanent jobs, increase tourism and generate billions in economic benefit for Virginia. In November 2024, more than 80% of […]

Feb 27, 2025

Petersburg City Council grants zoning approval for $1.4B casino resort

Petersburg City Council and Planning Commission unanimously gave final approval Tuesday for the zoning permits for Live! Casino Resort — paving the way for site development work to start in preparation for the construction of the multi-phase project. The $1.4 billion casino resort, which will be built on an undeveloped 100-acre site at the intersection […]

Oct 19, 2022

Petersburg approves Cordish Cos. for possible casino

Petersburg City Council is taking a gamble on Maryland-based The Cordish Cos. to develop a casino there — even though Petersburg doesn’t yet have permission to build a casino, according to state law. Council members voted unanimously Tuesday in favor of Cordish,, a commercial real estate company that has developed casinos across the mid-Atlantic and […]

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