Hospitality | Tourism 2024: CHRIS ALBRECHT

Caesars Virginia operates a temporary casino in a large tentlike structure while construction continues on the permanent $750 million facility in Danville. When completed, the property will include a 320-room hotel and a casino gaming floor with about 1,400 slot machines, roughly 80 table games and 24 electronic table games. The resort will also have 2,500 seats in a multipurpose space — combining the originally planned separate live entertainment venue and meeting space — along with dining rooms, bars and lounges.

The facility is expected to open late this year. In May, Danville City Council approved changes to its agreement with Caesars Virginia that estimates employment will be between 900 and 1,300 workers, down from the previously announced 1,300.

Albrecht has been with Caesars Entertainment for 19 years, including two years in his current post. Previously, he held the same title for Caesars’ Harrah’s Philadelphia Casino and Racetrack for six years. He has also worked at Caesars properties in Indiana, Cincinnati, New Orleans and Las Vegas.

Albrecht earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.