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They were purchased at $450m……
Yeah, but now the entire growth of Penn Gaming is because of Portnoy increasing their value by taking bites of pizza and touring a sparsely decorated office space.

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They are opening their 1st sports bar this weekend. Looks like Big Cat was also brought into town.





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Chicago may be a shithole but it does have something Arkansas doesn’t. A kickass sports bar. VIVA!

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Chicago may be a shithole but it does have something Arkansas doesn’t. A kickass sports bar. VIVA!

I'll let Chicago take this rare dub.

I still wouldn't trade my only $3,000 property tax bill for this :lol:

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Chicago may be a shithole but it does have something Arkansas doesn’t. A kickass sports bar. VIVA!

I'll let Chicago take this rare dub.

I still wouldn't trade my only $3,000 property tax bill for this :lol:


A true Stoolie would pay any price to knock back some Pink Whitneys with Rico and Marty Mush. Fake fan like you read about.

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Chicago may be a shithole but it does have something Arkansas doesn’t. A kickass sports bar. VIVA!

I'll let Chicago take this rare dub.

I still wouldn't trade my only $3,000 property tax bill for this :lol:


A true Stoolie would pay any price to knock back some Pink Whitneys with Rico and Marty Mush. Fake fan like you read about.

I've never been a Ryder

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Chief is getting dragged on Twitter this morning.

Pat Boyle just had him on WMVP's weekly hockey show and was sure to ask him about this.




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Ogie Oglethorpe wrote:
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Chicago may be a shithole but it does have something Arkansas doesn’t. A kickass sports bar. VIVA!

I'll let Chicago take this rare dub.

I still wouldn't trade my only $3,000 property tax bill for this :lol:


A true Stoolie would pay any price to knock back some Pink Whitneys with Rico and Marty Mush. Fake fan like you read about.

I've never been a Ryder


You know I meant Red Ed and WSD!

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I get you like Barstool and all, but maybe highlight some funny or entertaining content they're part of instead and it'd make more sense.


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It reminds me of rap fans who, like, brag about Jay-Z's business investments. Okay, cool?

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I get you like Barstool and all, but maybe highlight some funny or entertaining content they're part of instead and it'd make more sense.


Not a very Viva! post buddy.

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It reminds me of rap fans who, like, brag about Jay-Z's business investments. Okay, cool?

It's sort of an extension of Schadenfreude for me. There's a subset of people like the DiCaro, Bernstein, Fels, etc. folks who I don't like and wish to see fail. Well related to that is my desire to see something they despise succeed. Even without that, I'd be a fan of Barstool, but it's just an extra cherry on top of the whole experience of being a Stoolie.

White SoxDave captured the sentiment well. It fits in with Barstool's mojo as Portnoy has often joked that so much of the company has been built out of spite for those who wish for them to fail.


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Ogie Oglethorpe wrote:
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It reminds me of rap fans who, like, brag about Jay-Z's business investments. Okay, cool?

It's sort of an extension of Schadenfreude for me. There's a subset of people like the DiCaro, Bernstein, Fels, etc. folks who I don't like and wish to see fail. Well related to that is my desire to see something they despise succeed. Even without that, I'd be a fan of Barstool, but it's just an extra cherry on top of the whole experience of being a Stoolie.

White SoxDave captured the sentiment well. It fits in with Barstool's mojo as Portnoy has often joked that so much of the company has been built out of spite for those who wish for them to fail.


Well said.

I view it as an extension of the “MaKe YoUr OwN…” argument.

Only in this case, people were able to make their own before a few tech firms colluded with Dems to shut them down.

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Viva la fuckin Stool!

Will be @ing July from the Barstool Bar with a selfie of me in my Cancel Cancel Culture hoodie while double fisting some New Amsterdam and Red Bulls. Guaranteed to get a RT from El Pres! :D

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Viva la fuckin Stool!

Will be @ing July from the Barstool Bar with a selfie of me in my Cancel Cancel Culture hoodie while double fisting some New Amsterdam and Red Bulls. Guaranteed to get a RT from El Pres! :D

I just love how familiar you are with Barstools sponsor partners and some of their merch on the store.

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Is that the old Mother Hubbard's location?

I wish them well as good sports talk content is a good thing for listeners and they have a local component.

It just seems that their business is scattered. How does a sports bar make you better at podcasting?

I'll probably give it a try sometime when its warmer and I can make the walk without jack frost nipping at my 'nads. It seems like an odd location. You may be able to get the one drink after work crowd but most of the successful bars around there turn into clubs, which seems antithetical to what I see of Barstool consumers. This would have played better in Wrigleyville, as they might have been the unicorn in the neighborhood that actually gets people into their bars during the off season. If it were me, I would have bought a building, had the ground floor sports bar and the upper floor Barstool Chicago home. Put a little studio in the bar.

This seems to me like a resteraunteur told them he'd like to start a bar with them, using their name and making them appear, kind of like Ditka did with his restaurants.

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Is that the old Mother Hubbard's location?

I wish them well as good sports talk content is a good thing for listeners and they have a local component.

It just seems that their business is scattered. How does a sports bar make you better at podcasting?

I'll probably give it a try sometime when its warmer and I can make the walk without jack frost nipping at my 'nads. It seems like an odd location. You may be able to get the one drink after work crowd but most of the successful bars around there turn into clubs, which seems antithetical to what I see of Barstool consumers. This would have played better in Wrigleyville, as they might have been the unicorn in the neighborhood that actually gets people into their bars during the off season. If it were me, I would have bought a building, had the ground floor sports bar and the upper floor Barstool Chicago home. Put a little studio in the bar.

This seems to me like a resteraunteur told them he'd like to start a bar with them, using their name and making them appear, kind of like Ditka did with his restaurants.

It's a fair question on what does a bar do for a company's media content. This bar is just the first one of five that are planned at this time in Chicago and Philly. If they are successful, it will roll out in other cities as well. I believe their other Chicago location is going to be in Wrigleyville, which is also where their office is.

But, again, what does that have to do with content? Here's what it does. It gives the company another stream of revenue that cannot be threatened by advertiser boycotts which allows their personalities to be themselves and try to make jokes in today's environment where it seems everyone else in media is too worried about offending someone with a joke that doesn't land the right way.

They still have a good advertiser base and despite Business Insider trying to bully advertisers away, not a single one left after the BI piece that ended up getting torn apart. However, Barstool can't always expect that to happen so they need to make sure they have other streams as a security fallback so they can continue as they are.

I know it seems weird for me to be rooting for stuff of their brand outside of the content, but there is a reason for it. It's what gives them the ability to be who they are and not be pressured into becoming something they are not as it seems most other media has become. Look no further than Dan Bernstein. I'd bet his metamorphosis was driven more by being marketable to advertisers than his own personal beliefs. He pretty much admitted as much on Twitter a few months ago to one of the guys here when asked about it. I wish I could remember who he was replying to so I could pull that Tweet up.

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Barstool sports is so good at being a media company that they feel the need to try and be the next Buffalo Wild Wings.

It's just a nonsensical argument. Barstool creates a brand that people get insanely devoted to and then they try and monetize them by selling shirts, pizza, and now bars that are similar to every other option out there.

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Barstool sports is so good at being a media company that they feel the need to try and be the next Buffalo Wild Wings.

It's just a nonsensical argument. Barstool creates a brand that people get insanely devoted to and then they try and monetize them by selling shirts, pizza, and now bars that are similar to every other option out there.

I'd say Deadspin should try it, but then again I don't think a sports bar concept works for a readership that is made to feel guilty for liking sports.

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Looks like Ryder Rico is in a bit of hot water atm. :lol:

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Looks like Ryder Rico is in a bit of hot water atm. :lol:

Yep, Rico being a psycho has always been sort of fun, but that's because you partly are hoping it's an act.

It's not an act with him. :lol: :lol: :lol:

It's fun to watch Pres and Big Cat toy with him because they are in on it and joking. Rico is never in on it and he is never joking.

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Seems like the best case scenario for the bar is it ends up being WWF New York and losing millions of dollars.

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Yak with the postgame Rico vs. Big T blow-up was great.

Hahn needs to sign Rico to a tryout as he might be a good bullpen option with that arm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdGwnWV-PjA

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The nicknames bother me.

If I'm one of the talent, I'd be concerned I have no marketable name outside of being associated with Barstool. Maybe that's what the company wants.

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good dolphin wrote:
Is that the old Mother Hubbard's location?

I wish them well as good sports talk content is a good thing for listeners and they have a local component.

It just seems that their business is scattered. How does a sports bar make you better at podcasting?

I'll probably give it a try sometime when its warmer and I can make the walk without jack frost nipping at my 'nads. It seems like an odd location. You may be able to get the one drink after work crowd but most of the successful bars around there turn into clubs, which seems antithetical to what I see of Barstool consumers. This would have played better in Wrigleyville, as they might have been the unicorn in the neighborhood that actually gets people into their bars during the off season. If it were me, I would have bought a building, had the ground floor sports bar and the upper floor Barstool Chicago home. Put a little studio in the bar.

This seems to me like a resteraunteur told them he'd like to start a bar with them, using their name and making them appear, kind of like Ditka did with his restaurants.

It's a fair question on what does a bar do for a company's media content. This bar is just the first one of five that are planned at this time in Chicago and Philly. If they are successful, it will roll out in other cities as well. I believe their other Chicago location is going to be in Wrigleyville, which is also where their office is.

But, again, what does that have to do with content? Here's what it does. It gives the company another stream of revenue that cannot be threatened by advertiser boycotts which allows their personalities to be themselves and try to make jokes in today's environment where it seems everyone else in media is too worried about offending someone with a joke that doesn't land the right way.

They still have a good advertiser base and despite Business Insider trying to bully advertisers away, not a single one left after the BI piece that ended up getting torn apart. However, Barstool can't always expect that to happen so they need to make sure they have other streams as a security fallback so they can continue as they are.

I know it seems weird for me to be rooting for stuff of their brand outside of the content, but there is a reason for it. It's what gives them the ability to be who they are and not be pressured into becoming something they are not as it seems most other media has become. Look no further than Dan Bernstein. I'd bet his metamorphosis was driven more by being marketable to advertisers than his own personal beliefs. He pretty much admitted as much on Twitter a few months ago to one of the guys here when asked about it. I wish I could remember who he was replying to so I could pull that Tweet up.


It's an interesting take, kind of like Tesla fueling Musk's desire to colonize Mars.

Didn't they get sold for hundreds of millions of dollars?

More power to them if they can pull it off. I always thought North missed the boat by not opening another hot dog stand when he was at the height of his popularity, entirely run by his family and people. It does have the feel of a money grab, like Rush Limbaugh selling his excellence in radio chachkis.

My guess is, like I said before, the structure is that this is THE BARSTOOL BAR...owned and operated by the Levy Brothers (or some entertainment group). Barstool is putting up nothing. It is lending its name and appearances/promotion in exchange for a fee. Those concepts work when you have a guy like Ditka who actually is into it and the product is good. The opposite was McMahon's places where the food was mediocre and Jim was disinterested. So, this probably requires whoever are their Chicago people to be in there regularly and the big names of Barstool to be there at least monthly. That takes a lot of work.

In the end, this is probably like the pop up bar trend that is popular right now. Some entrepeneur is renting space on the cheap and throwing something together to ride a short term trend. There are a few places in wrigleyville that become a christmas bar, then an irish bar around st. pats, then a sports bar when the season starts, then a halloween bar, etc. The concept seems to work and it is interesting.

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