The owner of the land under Tropicana, a REIT called GLPI (Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.), is presumably helping Bally’s Corp. (which owned the operations of Tropicana) build a casino in Chicago with $2 billion in financing.
Could GLPI help pay for a proposed casino resort on the site shared by the imagined A’s ballpark in Las Vegas? Anything is possible, but the only way a resort on the Tropicana site is viable is if it’s the only thing on the Tropicana site. It’s complicated, but viability is based upon the number of hotel rooms, and the number of hotel room on this site is limited by FAA restrictions due to the proximity to the airport.
One tidbit not widely reported is the fact Bally’s Corp. effectively sold off all its real estate to fund the Chicago casino project. So, selling more isn’t an option to help pay for whatever gets built on the Trop site. We get the feeling Bally’s could swing one or the other project with some serious help, but not both. Bally’s chose Chicago. Time will tell.
I know this is mostly internet bullshit, but at least it’s fun internet bullshit.
“Caught right at the fence!” No, it wasn’t; it was caught about 10 feet from the fence, in the middle of the warning track. Usually they’re better than that, but they were calling that one with their hearts.
Benches cleared in COL-BOS, apparently after Cal Quantrill screamed “you jacked off in a parking lot, you dumb fuck!” at Reese McGuire - for which McGuire was actually charged in Dunedin in 2020.
