Henrico neighbors struggle Roseshire Gaming Parlor’s liquor license

HANOVER, Va. (WWBT) – Dozens of Henrico County residents packed a Virginia ABC listening to room Tuesday in an effort to stop the Roseshire gaming parlor from acquiring a liquor license, marking one other chapter within the ongoing battle over the location.

The Roseshire has been working with out serving a drop of alcohol since opening on the Staples Mill Shopping Center on the finish of September.

Now, neighbors are combating to maintain it that manner, attending the ABC license listening to as one other alternative to protest a enterprise they by no means needed of their neighborhood.

Henrico Supervisor for the Brookland District, Dan Schmitt, introduced up that there’s numerous individuals within the gaming parlor, and including alcohol to that may very well be harmful.

“There are traffic concerns, there are pedestrian safety concerns, there are lighting concerns, there are security concerns,” mentioned Schmitt.

Henrico Police Chief Eric English testified that crime close to Rosie’s on Midlothian Turnpike elevated by greater than 100% after it opened there.

However, attorneys for Colonial Downs, which operates the Roseshire, argued the crime enhance can’t be instantly linked to the gaming facility.

Linda Willis, who purchased her dwelling six years in the past, pondering she was transferring to an up-and-coming space, mentioned she fears what alcohol gross sales, coupled with the gaming parlor, might deliver to her neighborhood.

“Now, all of a sudden, with this coming in that we’re just very afraid. Very worried,” Willis mentioned.

Colonial Downs’ attorneys countered that different eating places with ABC licenses already function close to Willis’ dwelling, however she mentioned the Roseshire presents completely different dangers.

“The gambling attached to it because from the way those casinos are set up, there aren’t any windows in there,” she mentioned. “You focus on that game, and you could spend all of your money there, and then you’ve got the bar right there. So I just think it’s a perfect storm,” Willis mentioned.

The underlying challenge stays that neighbors mentioned they have been by no means consulted by Colonial Downs earlier than the Roseshire moved to the realm.

It’s now making the ABC license listening to one other manner for the neighborhood to oppose the gaming facility.

Witnesses opposing the Roseshire took up most of Tuesday’s listening to time, transferring the choice to a later date.

If the choose finally grants the Roseshire its liquor license, Henrico County might nonetheless attraction that call, which means the battle over the location continues to be removed from over.

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