ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) – Plans for a casino at Roanoke’s Berglund Center are on hold for this year. But the city is still planning to do something with the building. Exactly what is still up for debate.
Roanoke’s Entertainment District Focus Group—made up of city residents, business owners, and leaders from the Berglund Center and the Roanoke Railyard Dawgs—is looking for alternative ways to generate revenue from the center and its surrounding area. The venue costs the city more than $2 million a year to operate.
It was built, in large part, by destroying a historically Black community…