DANVILLE, Va. (WDBJ) - A Caesars spokesperson announced during a Danville City Council Meeting Tuesday night that the opening of the new casino at the former Schoolfield Mill in Danville, originally set for December 2023, will be delayed until 2024.

Caesars spokesperson Robert Livingston pointed to supply chain shortages and labor shortages as the biggest reasons for the delay.

“These factors make the December 1, 2023 anticipated opening date we all wanted is going to be an unrealistic goal,” said Livingston

Livingston also said site-specific issues are delaying the project, as crews are having to dig up 100 years worth of concrete from the site.

“We’re addressing these issues as quickly and efficiently as we possibly can,” said Livingston.

Livingston said Caesars will share a revised target opening when they can confidently make the prediction.

The city will begin receiving subsidy payments from Caesars before the resort opens. The company will begin making quarterly payments of $5 million in September 2023.

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