Of perhaps interest to Brent and some others, Pittsburgh's slots license news is in and the Penguins plan did NOT get the slots license... Bettman released a statement today saying the Pen's future in Pitt is in question now, as did anyone else involved with the Pens on any level...
Oddly enough, the slots license didn't go to the place most people thought it was going to... It went to the North Shore which is the area where Heinz Field and PNC Park both rest with a large space between... If my understanding is correct it would go between the stadiums (the irony of a gambling hall between NFL and MLB stadiums has no limits to me
) and on the water of one of the 3 rivers (Ohio River). It looks pretty in designs but to be honest this is probably as dumb a place for something as putting it across the river at STation Square, but at least traffic won't be a problem over at the N. Shore like it would've been at Station Square...
Now, the city is scrambling to emphasize that there is a "Plan B" for a new Pen's Arena and that they will do something to keep the Pens in town... That said, the othere things of note are that there are 2 billionaires from Canada who've said they're interested and guaranteed keeping it in Pittsburgh and would pay for an arena with private funds (this all just came up this week though, so not much is known on what their offer is). The other possible wild card is there's a PIttsburgh born rich guy that owns an NBA team and such, and he's wanted a PItt sports team for ages and said openly back in October that he regretted not bidding on the Pens, and he'd keep them here obviously, so he's now I would think making a move for the team...
The supposed buyer obvious backed out, I'm sure you heard about that Brent, but to be honest I think the way he backed out that he was never wanting to keep them here anyway, I dunno. Seemed fishy when the NHL told him basically he had to keep them here that he suddenly got cold feet on buying them.
Anyway, some news there... Not good either.
I still can't get over the people in the Hiill District that had the huge brass balls to say they didn't want the Penguin's casino to open in their area because it would be crime and addiction... The Hill District is the single worst neighborhood in Pittsburgh, and they fear crime from a casino would ruin their neighborhood... I am still in awe at the stupidity of the morons I saw protesting leading up to the slots decision.
Anyway, I'm bummed, and I've got a million and one other problems in my life right now too, but this really capped off a day of pure and utter ****, so I'm really pissed off.
