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Meadows Racetrack And Casino

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Former Steelers Join Meadows Team

Franco Harris and Rocky Bleier were announced as celebrity spokesmen for The Meadows Racetrack & Casino.

Former Steelers teammates and four-time Super Bowl Champions Franco Harris and Rocky Bleier have joined The Meadows Racetrack & Casino to help with philanthropy and advertising efforts. The hall of fame duo—credited as the second pair of running backs to rush for 1,000 yards in a season—will appear in ads set to air Friday. “The Meadows (casino) is very community-minded, and this is a step further to make it more so,” Meadows Vice President and General Manager Sean Sullivan said Wednesday. “We’ve given more than $1 million in charity…most recently working with the local food bank to bring in nearly 410,000 pounds of food,” Sullivan said. “These guys are more than football players…much more than hall-of-famers—Franco and Rocky are …

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