Pittsburgh's Rivers Casino closed after pipe bursts
8:00 TONIGHT. >> A CRACKED PIPE INSIDE RIVERS CASINO - LEADING TO - WELL - A RIVER >> THAT’S LITERALLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, LIKE A RIVER OF BUBBLES COMING ACROSS THE FLOOR. >> SAMANTHA BROWN AND OTHER CASINO GAMERS, STUNNED BY THE GREEN REFRIGERATION LIQUID - POURING FROM THE CEILING - AND FLOODING THE GAMING ROOM FLOOR >> SOMEBODY SAID THE SAME THING THANK WAS COMING THROUGH THE CEILING AND I LOVED, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS JUST THIS GREEN LIQUID ALL OVER THE PLACE. >> IT WAS JUST FULL OF WATER, IT CAP WAS HUGE, IT WENT ALL THE WAY AROUND HALF OF THE CASINO, JUST COVERED WITH WATER. >> BUT MANY - STAYED PUT AT EVERY THEIR SLOTS - UNPHASED BY THE WATER. >> PEOPLE WEREN’T PANICKING, THEY JUST KEPT LOOKING AND THINKING WHERE DID ALL THIS WATER COME FROM. >> THEY MUST’VE BEEN HITTING PRETTY GOOD, TO NOT WANT TO. >> A FAMILY - HOLDING A WEDDING REHEARSAL AT THE CASINO - TELLS ME THEY WERE ABLE TO GET MOVE PAST THE FLOODED AREAS TO THE TOP FLOOR FOR THEIR REHEARSAL MEANTIME, AS MAINTENANCE CREWS WORKED TO PUMP THE WATER OUT - A CONCERT - BY THE TRAILER PARK NINJAS IN THE CASINO’S DRUM BAR - WAS CANCELED. THE BAND SAID IT WAS DUE TO A UNPRECEDENTED MAINTENANCE EMERGENCY. >> THAT WAS ’KALEA GUNDERSON’ REPORTING. WE ASKED A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE CASINO WHAT EXACTLY THAT LIQUID WAS, WHAT CAUSED THIS LEAK, AND IF ANYONE WAS ’HARMED’ IN ANY WAY. BUT, THEY SAY THEY WILL NOT BE SHARING ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMAT
Rivers Casino was closed for several hours Friday after a cracked pipe led to a liquid spilling into a section of the gaming floor.Liquid gushes from ceiling at casino: See the video above. A spokesperson said a cracked refrigeration pipe leaked onto the gaming floor. Repairs were in the process of being made before the casino reopened at 8 p.m.“It gives a whole other meaning to the Rivers Casino because that’s literally what it looks like, like a river of bubbles coming across the floor,” Samantha Brown said.Rivers has not said what might have caused the pipe to crack.Video from the gaming floor shows what appears to be green-colored liquid pouring from the ceiling, and pooling on the ground around multiple slot machines. “It was just full of water. It was huge. It went all the way around. Half of the casino, just covered with water,” Nancy Amdrus said.Witness said many people remained seated at their slots unphased.“People weren’t panicking. They just kept looking and thinking, where did all this water come from,” Amdrus said.Eventually, the area was evacuated.A family holding a wedding rehearsal at the casino told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 they were able to move past the flooded areas to the top floor for their rehearsal.As maintenance crews worked to pump the liquid out, “Trailer Park Ninjas” in the casino’s Drum Bar, was canceled. The band said it was due to an “unprecedented maintenance emergency.”Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 asked a Rivers Casino spokesperson what exactly that liquid was, what caused this leak, and if anyone was harmed in any way. The spokesperson said they would not be sharing any additional information Friday.
PITTSBURGH —Rivers Casino was closed for several hours Friday after a cracked pipe led to a liquid spilling into a section of the gaming floor.
Liquid gushes from ceiling at casino: See the video above.
A spokesperson said a cracked refrigeration pipe leaked onto the gaming floor. Repairs were in the process of being made before the casino reopened at 8 p.m.
“It gives a whole other meaning to the Rivers Casino because that’s literally what it looks like, like a river of bubbles coming across the floor,” Samantha Brown said.
Rivers has not said what might have caused the pipe to crack.
Video from the gaming floor shows what appears to be green-colored liquid pouring from the ceiling, and pooling on the ground around multiple slot machines.
“It was just full of water. It was huge. It went all the way around. Half of the casino, just covered with water,” Nancy Amdrus said.
Witness said many people remained seated at their slots unphased.
“People weren’t panicking. They just kept looking and thinking, where did all this water come from,” Amdrus said.
Eventually, the area was evacuated.
A family holding a wedding rehearsal at the casino told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 they were able to move past the flooded areas to the top floor for their rehearsal.
As maintenance crews worked to pump the liquid out, “Trailer Park Ninjas” in the casino’s Drum Bar, was canceled. The band said it was due to an “unprecedented maintenance emergency.”
Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 asked a Rivers Casino spokesperson what exactly that liquid was, what caused this leak, and if anyone was harmed in any way. The spokesperson said they would not be sharing any additional information Friday.
