{"id":11316,"date":"2018-08-03T17:30:42","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T17:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=11316"},"modified":"2018-08-04T16:38:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-04T16:38:00","slug":"wsop-denies-rumor-of-move-away-from-rio-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/wsop-denies-rumor-of-move-away-from-rio-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"WSOP Denies Rumor Of Move Away From Rio In 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
Late Thursday night, Vital Vegas<\/strong> tweeted a rumor<\/a> that the World Series of Poker<\/strong> will move from its home at the Rio to the new Caesars Forum\u00a0Convention Center<\/strong> when it opens on the Strip in 2020. The reason? According to Vital Vegas, a sale of the Rio is progressing.<\/p>\n You know those persistent rumors of Rio sale? Next level chatter happening, Caesars seriously shopping this fixer-upper.<\/p>\n \u2014 Vital Vegas (@VitalVegas) August 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n However, a Caesars<\/strong> spokesperson flatly denied the rumor<\/strong>\u00a0about the WSOP this morning.<\/p>\n In an email to USPoker<\/em>, the spokesperson wrote:<\/p>\n \u201cWe have had no discussions to move the WSOP. We consider the Rio its home for the foreseeable future.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n For its part, Vital Vegas stuck to its guns in subsequent tweets<\/a>. The website has accurately predicted events in the past, but the concrete denial from Caesars casts this particular prediction in doubt.<\/p>\n However, it got us thinking about the possibility of such a move.<\/p>\n\n
The pros of a WSOP move away from Rio<\/span><\/h2>\n