Rendering courtesy the city of Portsmouth and Rush Street Gaming.
Rush Street Gaming, the developer and gaming operator for the upcoming $300 million Rivers Casino Portsmouth, announced Friday it has chosen a joint venture between Virginia Beach-based S.B. Ballard Construction Co. and Philadelphia, Mississippi-based Yates Construction as the resort casino’s general contractor.
Ballard and Yates will construct the 400,000-square-foot casino, which will include a hotel, indoor and outdoor concert venues, conference space and multiple restaurants. Rush Street Gaming in July 2020 revealed the initial renderings for the project, which will also include parking garage and surface parking.
S.B. Ballard was founded in 1978 and has constructed more than $1 billion and nearly 10 million square feet worth of projects in Hampton Roads. Yates Construction has built more than 250 hospitality and gaming-related projects, specializing in casinos, resorts, hotels, condos and sport venues.
