The phrase "that we are ready to announce" made me think that there could be something coming there sooner than we thought, or it could be that whoever made the statement knows that Son of Beast fanboys would go crazy over it. I hope The Bat stays around a lot longer either way. 

It will also knock Orion out of the Top 10 tallest existing coasters

I may wait until I get back to Cincy to do a full SDC TR.  

I feel it may be one of those instances where they weren't going to tear it down unless they have plans for the area, much in the same way when they took seemingly forever to tear down the coaster pre-Banshee build. I think there's a good chance something may be happening in that area, I'd give it at least a coin flip of a chance.   Which also now makes me worried about Bat...

Similar language was used when Slingshot was removed as well. Adventure Port 2.0 confirmed 🤣