Pete Rose found home in Las Vegas before nation began to embrace sports betting
Pete Rose found a home in Las Vegas, where acceptance wasn’t a problem
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Betting on baseball got Pete Rose banned from the game, never to return while he was alive.
But, perhaps appropriately, he found a home in the nation's gambling capital — where acceptance wasn't a problem.
In choosing to live in Las Vegas, before the sport's career hits leader died Monday at 83, the man known as Charlie Hustle for his relentless play on the basepaths picked a city that embraced legalized sports betting long before most of the rest of the nation caught on.
Rose was a regular at autograph sessions throughout the Las Vegas area, engaging with those who approached him to talk about his glory days with the Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies and maybe even to commiserate about why he wasn't eligible for the Hall of Fame.
