Slot Machines will Affect Sports Parking

With Chicago developer Don Barden getting the slot machine license for Pittsburgh, many are rather unhappy about it. They are concerned that in a city where there is already very few places for sports fans to park, by adding a slot machine casino into the mix you are making it a lot worse for everybody.

Barden on the slot machine casino over two other applicants, both of which were planning on building in other areas of Pittsburgh, but neither of those areas would have been ideal either. The new slot machine casino will be one block away from Heinz Field, home of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The slot machine casino will be roughly five blocks away from PNC Park, where the Pittsburgh Pirates play. Both areas are so congested already, that by adding in the cars that the slot machine players will be driving – an already bad situation just got worse.

Many think that the Barden proposal succeeded for just that reason – that they are going to build a slot machine casino in the area that has the least amount of traffic. The other candidates would have built their slot machine casinos in areas that are already overcrowded. They say that since the Pirates have already gotten most of their fans in the habit of parking downtown and crossing the Roberto Clemente Bridge to get to the ballpark, that the addition of more cars on the park side from the slot machine casino will not affect them greatly.

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