Dave Portnoy, a Boston native who currently resides in New York will once again enter enemy territory, as he makes the move to Philadelphia.

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The founder and president of Barstool Sports rarely speaks fondly of Philly, but a $450 million partnership with Pennsylvania-based Penn National will help change the narrative. With plans of soon launching the Barstool Betting App, Portnoy is heading to Philly to grow the Penn National Sportsbook.

In addition to the betting app, the Barstool brand will be featured on all Penn National mobile platforms and brick-and-mortar sportsbook locations throughout the country. The largest retail casino operator in the U.S., Penn National purchased a 36% stake in Barstool earlier this year.

Is Portnoy actually moving to Philly, or is he just adding another residence to his repertoire? Either way Portnoy will be spending a lot more time in the City of Brotherly Love, and so will other Barstool contributors. “Really hope @BarstoolBigCat was consulted on this decision” someone joked on Twitter, referring to Big Cat’s disapproval of Portnoy interviewing President Trump last month. But not only is Big Cat aware of Portnoy’s move to Philly, he’ll apparently be joining his boss in PA.

Sports betting is legal in Pennsylvania, Penn National headquarters is located near Philadelphia, their sportsbook app in conjunction with Barstool is on its way, and football is about to kickoff. Even if Portnoy doesn’t love the city, expanding Barstool’s footprint with more Philly based content makes plenty of sense.

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If you live in or near Detroit, Boston, or Denver – towns in states where their part-owner, Penn National Gaming, plans to launch soon its mobile Barstool sports betting app, Dave Portnoy and the Stoolie gang might have a job for you.

A city in New Jersey, while not named, would also make sense since NJ is on their horizon, though the Garden State lacks a sports hub town.

Penn National wants Barstool launched ASAP in Michigan

Barstool could launch in Michigan later this month. The Michigan Gaming Control Board meets on Tuesday, Dec. 8, according to our sister publication, PlayMichigan.

Penn National’s leader Jay Snowden wants the Barstool app live in Michigan as soon as it is approved. So far, the app is only live in PA, the regional gambling company’s home state.

They got a late start in the Pennsylvania sports betting market, but that would not be the case in the Wolverine State.

Looking for city social media site runners

Under the headline We Want You, and an illustration of Portnoy dressed as Uncle Sam, the irreverent Barstool site yesterday posted:

In our never ending conquest to get to the moon Barstool Sports is expanding its network and launching social media accounts in every major city across the country. Think Barstool Boston, Barstool Detroit, Barstool Denver, etc. and we are looking for social media managers to run these accounts centered around these cities.

The post pointed to their Twitter site @BarstoolPhilly.

The listing cited Twitter, but other social media sites such as Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok platforms are also mentioned.

Barstool has a qualifications list

Listed qualifications include:

• This person should eat, sleep, and shit the internet.
• We want a creative person who is highly motivated on their own.
• This person should have a good feel for what Barstool Sports is and how social media platforms operate.
• This person should know everything and anything that goes on in their respective city (sports, funny news, viral videos, etc.)
• Any 18+ guy or girl in any major city across the country

Barstool already has a “Campus Viceroy network” at some major sports-oriented universities, and the city formats will be similar, according to the notice.

Not for everyone

There were many retweets, comments, and likes.

But not everyone hailed the news.

For instance, responded: “If barstool wasn’t literally the scum of sports media, people might actually be interested.”

And one tweeted response questioned the salary, which is unstated.

The listing states positions are paid and include an incentive program.

A spokesperson for Barstool did not immediately respond to a request for further comment.

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