WSOP to Caesars in 2011?

Normally we here at RTFT don't traffic in rumors. We leave that to Rumorati Pokerati. But yesterday while covering the WSOP Circuit event at Caesars, we overheard a floor person telling a player that, for sure, the WSOP will be at Caesars next year. Who knows if he was blustering or if he had inside information.

With the Rio officially put on the auction block by Harrahs recently, it's clear where the 2011 WSOP will not be held. There has been lots of speculation that Planet Hollywood, recently acquired by Harrahs, would be a natural replacement. But the Caesars poker room (as much as it has fallen off in the last few years) is the premier Harrahs poker room on the Strip, and the Caesars convention center could theoretically be big enough for the Series. Parking...?

Two other random tidbits while I'm thinking about it: the WSOP Circuit event started with stacks of 500 BBs. This, along with excessively long late registrations periods, is a trend that needs to die.