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Originally Posted by Go Get It
These are going to get hurt due to the bridge aren't they?
Which sucks for both the tourny and cash players.
And I still don't know how they don't have a plo, but weee for the horse.
We will soon find out. Thinking the impact will be minimal on the regular events. WSOP is here only once a year, so few seroius players will be deterred by an extra hour on the trip. More casual players might decide the inconvenience isn't worth it. The weekday 7:00 events may very well see the most noticeable impact since the increased travel time and hassle factor will be much greater than at the noon events.
FWIW, from a local paper today...
NEW ALBANY — Another set of federal, state and local officials took to the Sherman Minton Bridge on Wednesday to get a look at the Interstate 64 span that has been closed since Sept. 9.
Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind., said the inspection process that is taking place — following the discovery of a critical crack on a load-bearing support on the bridge — should be complete early next week. And following a briefing with Indiana transportation officials on the bridge that connects New Albany with Louisville, he added that the bridge may be opened sooner than expected.
“I’m encouraged, [I] just have a sense, it won’t take as long as we thought initially in order to get this repaired and back up and running,” Coats said.
How soon the bridge could be reopened remains unknown.
Kathy Eaton-McKalip, Seymour district deputy commissioner for Indiana Department of Education, said the inspection process, which was expected to take three weeks, has been delayed slightly by inclement weather. She reiterated that the inspection and plan to repair the bridge is due early next week.
Eaton-McKalip said to her knowledge there have been no other cracks found during the inspection process like the one that shut down the bridge.
Last week, Gary Panariello, senior principal with Thornton Tomasetti — which is serving as the lead adviser on the Sherman Minton Bridge project — said the company had found some less significant cracks on the bridge and various imperfections in the welds of the bridge. Those would not have been critical enough to close the bridge.
Officials have said that the 2 1/2 inch crack that dated back to the bridge's construction and caused the closure of the span has already been repaired. Coats also pledged that state and federal officials are working together to get the bridge reopened as quickly as possible.