'I've spent approximately three weeks traveling around different properties that we operate, just to learn a little bit more about our culture and who we are as a company and the product that we put out there. The opening date for the permanent venue, Virginia's first casino, is projected to be mid-2023 to early 2024. In the last week of February, the redevelopment project of Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Bristol in Virginia took another step forward with unanimous approval by the Bristol Virginia Planning Commission to acquire required land, and also Allie Evangelista was appointed as the new President of the property, set to open a temporary location by the summer. Hard Rock International is in a continuous process of expansion, especially in the U.S., where it has recently opened Hard Rock Casino Nothern Indiana in Gary, and is now planning a new casino in the Meadowlands racetrack in New Jersey, and it will be opening a new New York hotel near Times Square within the next weeks, also eying future downtown casino licenses there.
