The number of video gaming licenses in Danville has been capped at 30 for almost two years, and there aren’t any plans to expand that list.
Mayor Rickey Williams Jr. says granting more licenses could risk the city becoming over-saturated with video gaming.
“I personally believe that we have more than enough of them already, and they are pretty well dispersed throughout the city, but we can certainly change that at any time if that were the council’s desire to do so,” he says.
The discussion Tuesday night came after the owner of Stroud Liquors on South Gilbert Street asked that the city expand the number of licenses it gives out. The owner says he has renovated the building and received state approval for a license, but he was unaware that the city had a cap on them.
Alderwoman Sherry Pickering is concerned that giving one person a license would set a precedent for everyone else, and Williams says the ordinance would have to be changed in that regard.
Only one establishment is currently on the waiting list for a video gaming license, and the mayor says that Stroud Liquors has not applied. No business has given up their license. He also says that the video gaming license for the proposed Golden Nugget casino is done through a separate process.
