Virginia’s Bristol On line casino Shutters Resulting from Gear Failure
The Bristol On line casino quickly shut down Friday night after crews needed to make gear repairs. No official phrase on when it would reopen.
The Bristol On line casino, pictured above. The Virginia gaming property was compelled to quickly shut Friday night time. (Picture: WDBJ)
The Bristol, Va. property was evacuated as a result of state of affairs. The transfer is required beneath Virginia Lottery guidelines.
We stay up for reopening and welcoming our friends again as quickly as potential, and we apologize for the inconvenience,” the on line casino posted on Fb.
The on line casino is situated close to the Virginia–Tennessee state line. Exhausting Rock Worldwide, owned and operated by the Seminole Tribe of Florida, is renovating the previous mall right into a Exhausting Rock on line casino.
Social Media Combined Experiences
Posters on social media supplied some extra particulars.
We have been pulling within the parking zone once we have been rotated [and] instructed we needed to go away that that they had electrical points and the lights have been out,” a poster recognized as Dianecurtis Starnes mentioned.
It may very well be a few hours earlier than the on line casino reopens, Starnes added, primarily based on unofficial statements he heard from the on line casino firm.
I heard from a number they not gonna open again tonight. Possibly … [Saturday] and even Sunday,” One other poster, Chris Turner, mentioned. “However I’ve heard quite a lot of diff tales however that’s the newest information I’ve gotten.”
Poster Zachary Wheeler mentioned a number instructed him, “they will’t reopen till VA lottery offers them the inexperienced mild.”
Different posters mentioned they have been inconvenienced by the sudden closing.
Participant Misplaced Cash
Social media posters additionally sounded off in regards to the cash they misplaced due to the incident.
“What in regards to the cash I needed to go away within the machine trigger that they had shut down the machines and was instructed I needed to go away together with everyone else,” Karen Montgomery mentioned. “Even left my card within the machine. I hope they make it proper or I might be performed going again.”
Jaydon MacLeod mentioned he was at a restaurant on the on line casino complicated on Friday night.
“Went to eat at Mr. Fortunate’s. After I went again in they was carding everybody. Needed to scan our license. 10 minutes later was requested to go away. Whereas hanging round to see what was taking place, 4 cleansing crew with mop buckets went into on line casino. Solely 3 got here out. Minutes later was instructed to evacuate the property.”
Poster Mollie Tipton had a easy request on Friday night time for Bristol On line casino:
“May you all give us an concept once you may reopen so folks aren’t simply questioning if it is going to be quickly or not till tomorrow? Giving ZERO concept when the problem might be fastened is extraordinarily unprofessional and costing you all A LOT of enterprise.”
