Sambora is now about to be a Philadelphian - PhillyBlog

Hospitalitygirl · #1 (**permalink**) 03-09-2008, 11:44 PM

http://www.philly.com/philly/enterta...ladelphia.html

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Inqlings: Sambora loves life in Philadelphia

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By Michael Klein
Inquirer Columnist
Rock-and-rollers live the high life, all right. Take Richie Sambora of Bon Jovi, who soon will settle on his $3.58 million condo on the 52d floor of Two Liberty Place.
Why Philly? "I love Philadelphia," Sambora said in a sit-down last week. He lived on Buttonwood Street in the mid-1980s while Bon Jovi recorded 7800° Fahrenheit at the Warehouse. "Living here is like coming home. At the end of the day, let's face it: I'm an East Coast kid. I'm a neighborhood kid. Philly's a neighborhood town."
Sweeping his hand - and his southern view takes in the stadium complex - he adds: "This is just a nicer neighborhood."
For now, his 2,600-square-foot apartment contains model furniture in its three bedrooms, 31/2 baths. The fridge has only Coke and water.
Sambora, who has a home in California and his mother's place in New Jersey, said he expected to move in around August, as the band's tour ends, and stay a total of a couple of months a year. He's excited about the building's concierge service. "I want to be catered to," he said. "I'm spoiled. I want room service. I want to press 9. When I'm home, I want the same kind of things I get on the road."
Sambora's choice of lodging seems curious. He and Jon Bon Jovi are partners in the Philadelphia Soul arena football team with Craig Spencer, who is developing a competing condo project, the Residences at the Ritz-Carlton, a block away.
Sambora said he had worked before with Two Liberty's developer, the Falcone Group. "I said, 'Hey, let me take a look at this.' We're friends. It was a shoo-in."
Sambora, describing himself as a single dad (his daughter, Ava, with ex-wife Heather Locklear, is 10), said he planned to take it easy here. "Oh, yeah. Naked broads all over," he said. "I don't think so. I'm a family guy now. I did all that - and I lived. . . . Everybody's grown up now. We've all got wives and kids. That's what this is going to be. A family place."

Cat Astrophe · #2 (**permalink**) 03-09-2008, 11:58 PM

He gives love a bad name.

OK, so I've had a few drinks tonight...

Hospitalitygirl · #3 (**permalink**) 03-10-2008, 12:04 AM

Yes, that may be the case, but I don't have to love him, and he can pay some taxes! And eat in some restaurants, and shop in some shops.

Cat Astrophe · #4 (**permalink**) 03-10-2008, 12:10 AM

Hahahaha! Now ads for Bon Jovi ringtones are showing up on the thread!

You can probably catch him at Alma de Cuba. Everyone loves Alma de Cuba.