Summer sizzles in Bethlehem, PA. Philadelphia Eagles Training Camp draws thousands each day. Musik (with a k) Fest brings more than 500,000 visitors over its two week run. The Sands Casino regularly sets patronage and wagering records.
Now there is a "new for 2010" reason to visit the Christmas City. Pro wrestling's "WWE Smackdown Tour" is coming to Stabler Arena on 28 August. Why stand under the broiling sun at Eagles Camp watching 300 pound men beat on each other, when you can see the same action seated in air conditioned comfort at Stabler? (And some of the wrestlers wear cool masks). Why bake under a tent at Musik (with a k) Fest watching tattooed local amateurs do the Chicken Dance when you can witness superior choreography performed by tattooed professionals in tights? Why grapple with fellow gamblers for access to the "Wheel of Fortune" slot machine when you can trample fellow patrons in Section 101 to retrieve a wristband tossed into the crowd by WWE Superstar John Cena?
Best of all, the 28 August Smackdown features a Steel Cage Death Match between "The World's Largest Athlete", 7'2" tall, 500 lb The Big Show and "The All-American American" Jack Swagger with Special Guest Referee Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat. Only one man will leave the Steel Cage! The match must end in pin, fall, or submission (or possibly dismemberment). Try duplicating that excitement at a pre-season football camp, a music festival, or a casino!
Sorry to steal your thunder, Eagles, Fest and Sands. If I'm going to Bethlehem this summer, it is for the 'rasslin'.
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