Richmond residents will be able to voice their opinions at virtual meetings City Hall plans to hold on the prospects of becoming a casino mecca and on the six proposals for casinos an internal committee has begun reviewing.

Mayor Levar M. Stoney’s community engagement sessions begin next week, with the first sessions 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 9, and noon Wednesday, March 10.

Additional sessions are planned for later in March and in April, according to the city’s schedule.

All of the community meetings will be virtual and provided through Microsoft Teams via computer or cell phone, it has been announced. The links to the meetings will be posted on the city’s new website at www.RVA.gov/economic-development/resort-casino, officials stated.

The site also contains information on the casino legislation and the six proposals, including one-page sheets each bidder has provided to explain the offer.

Two of the companies, Bally’s Corp. and Golden Nugget, have competing proposals for the same 60-acre location, Chippenham and Powhite parkways, with access off Forest Hill Avenue.

The list of bidders also includes media company Urban One and its partners, which is seeking to build on the site of the former Philip Morris operations center at Walmsley Boulevard near Commerce Road and the Bells Road exit off Interstate 95; and the Pamunkey Indian Tribe, which is seeking to build at 5000 and 5050 Commerce Road near the Bells Road exit.

Wind Creek Hospitality also is proposing a hotel-casino complex for 1401 Commerce Road.

The only bidder proposing a site north of the James River is The Cordish Cos., which wants to put its hotel-casino complex on the Bow Tie Cinemas Movieland site at Arthur Ashe Boulevard and Leigh Street. If that site is selected, Bow Tie plans to find another Richmond site for its movie theater complex.

The consulting firm Convergence Strategy Group has been hired to assist the committee, which is to present its recommendation to City Council by June.

The council is expected to make its decision by the end of July, and if the decision is positive, get it on the ballot for the Nov. 2 election. Voters would have the final say on a casino in Richmond.