Pittsburgh Steelers Concerned About Traffic

The Pittsburgh Steelers are still concerned that bringing in a slot machine casino is going to muck up traffic even worse than it has been. They say that the amount of traffic that they have to deal with on game days is bad enough, but if you add casino traffic to that mess it is only going to get worse.

Don Barden is planning on building his new slot machine casino very close to the Pittsburgh Steelers arena – Heinz Field - , which is also near where the Pittsburgh Pirates Play (PNC Park.) Then there is the issue of the Carnegie Science Center, which has already been impacted by the football and baseball patrons, and they believe it will be unfathomable with a slot machine casino there too.

The casino’s master plan has not been approved yet, but it goes up for vote on May 29th. Included in that plan must be a comprehensive traffic study, so that they know what they are looking at come game days. The planning commission has said they will review the data and let them know what they decide on vote day.

The Steelers have threatened to sue if the planning commission gives the go-ahead to the slot machine casino without the results of the study, and city planners are saying that there just isn’t enough time to do that kind of study before the vote. The planning commission suggested having the vote and doing the study later, but the team is not interested.

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