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N.J. State Senate panel OKs
Sports-Betting Bill
Trenton, NJ -
February 22, 2010 - A state Senate committee that put
in charge of researching the possibility of Sports Betting in NJ
offered its support Monday for consideration of an amendment to
the state Constitution that would allow betting on professional
and college sports at Atlantic City casinos and the state’s
racetracks. This is the first step of many and the best news on
this subject in a long time!
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Another AC Project Bites the Dust!
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ -
February 11, 2010 - Pinnacle Entertainment
officially announced that it will not build it's dream casino in
Atlantic City, in fact, they are throwing in the towel and
preparing to sell their 191 acre Oceanfront property in the
location of the former Sands casino. This may open the
door for another Casino Company to decide they want to build in
AC.
Read the story here.
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New Jersey Transit Adding Hub to Atlantic
City Line
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ATLANTIC CITY, NJ -
September 17, 2009 - Today
NJ Transit signed a contract that will
result in direct linking of two southern New Jersey rail
services. Acting as a hub, the New Pennsauken Transit Center will
link the "River Line" light rail system with the "Atlantic City"
Rail Line. The River Lines runs between Camden and Trenton and
the Atlantic City line runs between Atlantic City and
Philadelphia. This simple connection point in Pennsauken will
make train travel easier for employees and visitors.
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Revel Casino Signs Deal with Chinese Builder
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ATLANTIC CITY, NJ -
September 12, 2009 - Revel Entertainment announced today
that it has reached an agreement with China State Engineering
Corp to assist in completing the 57 Story Oceanfront Casino
Project. CSEC is one of the largest construction co's in
the world and has completed projects Disneyland China and many
others, they will team with the current contractor Tishman
Construction to complete the $2.5 Billion Mega Resort, it is
said that they pay $99 Million as a part of the deal for a small
stake in the casino.
More Info!
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Atlantic City #1 Boardwalk in America -
ForbesTraveler.com !
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ -
August 17, 2009 -
The recent article released by Forbes Traveler division
listed Atlantic City as America's Favorite Boardwalk City.
Other top choices were Wildwood NJ, Bethany Beach DE, Coney
Island NY, Santa Cruz Ca etc
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WestJet Airlines Announces Air Service from
Toronto to ACY!
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ -
July 15, 2009 -
WestJet is a Canadian based discounted Airline that will
begin flying direct flights from Toronto to Atlantic City in the
fall of 2009. The direct flights will start at $79 each
way and take 1 hour 36 minutes one way. This is more good
news following the addition of AirTran into ACY earlier this
year.
More here!
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New Nightclub "Dusk" Opening at Caesars!
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ -
June 26, 2009 -
A nightclub experience like no other in Atlantic City or the
east coast for that matter is how you describe Dusk, said Tony
Penza a promoter for the new club. The owners say that Dusk will
surpass Mixx and Mur.Mur as the top nightclub in town. Grande
Opening will be July 4th, 2009.
More details here!
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Deal to Buy Trump Marina Off!
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ -
June 2, 2009 -
The deal that would have brought a Margaretville Casino to
Atlantic City is now off, both party's involved verified the
deal was dead on June 2nd. 2009. Both Coastal Marina, a
privately held New York company and Trump Entertainment spoke to
the media.
More details here!
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Atlantic 10 Basketball Championship Extended
3 years!
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ -
March 25, 2009 -
The very success
A -10 Conference Men's Basketball Championships will stay in
Atlantic City through 2012. Bernadette V. McGlade the A -
10 commissioner made this announcement today. Temple University
has won the last 2 Championships.
A - 10 Atlantic City Details!
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AirTran will fly to Atlantic City from
Orlando and Atlanta!
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ -
March 23, 2009 -
AirTran Airways announced today it will launch daily
non-stop flights between Atlanta and Atlantic City, NJ, starting
in June, 2009. Beginning June 11, AirTran will offer two daily
round-trip flights between from its hub at Hartsfield-Jackson
Atlanta International Airport and the Jersey shore.
A day later, Air Tran announced it would also connect
Atlantic City and Orlando to compete with Spirit Air for that
popular Florida destination. "This is great news, any new air
service into Atlantic City is very positive" said John Jackson
owner of AC Hotel Experts
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NYC to Atlantic City Express Train (Live
February 6, 2009)
FINALLY, it's ready
to roll, the much anticipated Express Train from NYC to Atlantic
City - ACES, will begin taking reservations on January 15th,
2009 and will make it's inaugural run on February 6th, 2009.
Introductory
ticket prices will start at $50 for one-way coach seat and $75
for one-way first class seat. The upscale train will feature a
lounge with full beverage service and live entertainment on your
trip. Upon arrival in Atlantic City, a complimentary
shuttle service will be provided for passengers to the following
- Caesars Atlantic City, Harrah's Resort Atlantic City and
Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa.
Read the latest details!
Atlantic City News
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Smoking Ban Removed - it's Ok to smoke again
in Atlantic City!
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ -
October 28,
2008 -
The smoking ban was officially removed by Atlantic City
City's Council last night, this is big news in the wake of
slumping casino revenues. The casinos will revert to the
previous arrangement which requires that only 25% of the casino
floor be used by smokers. It is known fact that gamblers
also enjoy smoking, to eliminate smoking is like taking a golf
club out of a golfers hand. This is great news and should help
stimulate hotel and casino revenues in Atlantic City for 2009.
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Sale of Tropicana Casino Getting Closer!
Sept 2008
ATLANTIC CITY - A
Baltimore developer, Cordish Co. emerged Tuesday as a leading
bidder for the
Tropicana Casino Resort in Atlantic City. They are in talks
with the state appointed conservator who has been overseeing
Tropicana's sale. Under the terms, Cordish would acquire
the Tropicana and virtually all other assets of its former
operator, Adamar of New Jersey Inc., for $700 million in cash
and stock, according to the state Casino Control Commission.
Cordish Co.'s bid for Tropicana reflects the company's desire to
add casinos to its real estate empire.
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The Chelsea Atlantic City Opens it's Doors?
July 2008
On July 9th, 2008 a new generation of Luxury
opened it's doors in Atlantic City.
The Chelsea is an upscale boutique style hotel offering the
finest of what hotels have to offer. From world class
concierges, to rooftop pools with private cabana's to 5 star
dining and service. It's a really unique getaway
experience for the discriminating traveler seeking the best of
everything in a resort stay. The fifth floor is amazing
and includes many entertainment options including the "Oval
Bar", outdoor "Terrace Patio", Chelsea Prime Steakhouse and
ocean view bar, game room and much more!
Read more online now!
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Margaritaville Casino Coming to Atlantic City?
May 2008
Off the wire today:
Coastal Marina LLC, an affiliate of Coastal Development LLC,
said Thursday it is buying the Trump Marina casino from Trump
Entertainment Resorts Inc. The New York based company will work
with Jimmy Buffet's team to create a Resort Destination Casino
called Margaritaville Casino Atlantic City.
Read more
online here!
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Another New AC Casino Project in the Works!?
April 2008
A casino group is planning a
Multibillion Dollar Mega Casino Resort that will also become
Atlantic City's tallest building! The location of the
proposed site is at the entrance to town off Albany ave / Route
40 near the Hilton Casino on the site of the never completed
Dunes Casino. The new proposed casino mega resort has a
preliminary name of Atlantic Beach Resort and Casino. The
developers could spend between $1.5 - 2 billion dollars.
The development group is called AC Gateway LLC and is headed by
Curtis Bashaw and Wallace Barr.
Find out the latest from the Press here!
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Caesars Atlantic City renovates 1080 rooms
and suites?
Feb 2008
The total renovation of 2 major
hotel towers, the Temple Tower and Centurion Tower will cost
over $75 Million. All renovations will complete before summer of
2008. Caesars has also completed a renovation of their Circus
Maximus Theatre and has increased table limits for all table
games. Caesars is getting closer to being the high end
casino it strives to be.
Read the complete story by Scott Cronick here!
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Caesars Atlantic City adding Qua Baths and
Spa?
January 2008
The new Qua Baths and Spa will
open this June 2008 and will feature a new pool and outdoor
deck. The Las Vegas version of this Spa is continually rated in
the Top 10 Spas in America. Qua Baths & Spa at Caesars
will rejuvenate the mind, body and spirit with its emphasis on
"aqua" and ancient spa rituals. Qua (which is Italian for
“here”) evokes a lavish Romanesque ambiance while offering
several luxurious aromatherapy treatments. Qua will feature 14
Treatment rooms, a Roman Bath area that will have 3 pools with
varying temperatures, including wet and couples rooms along with
a mineral pool. The new pool will feature outdoor
jacuzzi's. A special unique traetment room will also be created
that is one of a kind! 1/17/2008 Scott Cronick AC Press
Read more about "Qua" from the Press of Atlantic City
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Revel Entertainment Casino Atlantic City
(Update)?
Nov 2007
Has received approval from the
city of Atlantic City for it's new boardwalk casino plan.
The plan includes 2 towers with 1,900 rooms in each for grand
total of 3,800 rooms and suites. Large casino space
of 150,000 square feet and a giant retail experience with
restaurants and shopping covering 500,000 square feet.
Reed more about this new casinos plan here!
Revel Casino Atlantic City. Take a look at the
proposed layout and design.
Pictures / Renderings 11/10/2007 Press Release
Read more from the 11/08/2007 Press of Atlantic City
Revel Casino Atlantic City, NJ
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City Center East - Atlantic City by MGM
Mirage in 2011?
Oct 2007
MGM Mirage has announced a
plan to build a City Center East between the Borgata and
Harrah's Atlantic City in the cities H tract. The
estimated $4.5 billion to $5.5 billion project would mimic the
company's huge $7.4 billion CityCenter project under
construction on the Las Vegas Strip, although on a smaller
scale, according to people familiar with the plans.
MGM envisions a casino complex featuring three hotel towers of
1,000 rooms each and high-end retail on par with the acclaimed
Forum Shops at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. In addition to its
mammoth size, what would distinguish the MGM project from other
Atlantic City casinos are plans for posh condos that would start
at $1 million and top out between $5 million and $6 million,
officials said.
Read More Here - Press of Atlantic City 10/4/2007
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Hilton Atlantic City Plans 1 Billion Renewal!
The
Hilton Casino Atlantic City recently revealed plans to
Transform itself into a Mega resort. They will add a 1,000
room hotel tower and double the the size of its gaming space.
The Hilton will also add Retail shops, restaurants and a 3,500
seat show room and entertainment complex along with a 3,000
space parking garage. This project will convert the Hilton
from the smallest casino in town to the middle of the pack in
Atlantic City.
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MGM Mirage and Foxwoods in Atlantic City?
The managing tribe of Foxwoods
Casino in Ledyard, CT and MGM Mirage are considering building a
casino in Atlantic City on land owned by MGM next to the
Trump Marina Casino. The Mashantucket Pequot's
Tribal Nation manages Foxwoods and could be the first Indian
owned casino at the Jersey Shore. The relationship is
preliminary but Gordon Ashner thinks the these two companies
working together with very string brand names is very
intriguing. We'll keep you posted. This proposal
didn't work out, however, Mirage plans to build on their parcel
of ground between Harrah's and Borgata casino. See City
Centre East article above
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Steve Wynn and Donald Trump Partners?
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Casino mogul Steve Wynn wants to bring Las Vegas-style glitz and
glamour to Atlantic City
by teaming up with his former archrival
Donald Trump for a $3 billion Mega Resort that could dominate
the heart of the Boardwalk. “Steve and I are talking about
something very exciting and very interesting,” Trump said in an
interview Wednesday. “It would be great for the state of New
Jersey and Atlantic City, but it's very preliminary.”
Trump declined to disclose details, but people familiar with the
plans said the aging Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino would be
demolished to make way for a gigantic development project. It
would encompass as many as four blocks of Boardwalk property
from Missouri to Texas avenues and stretch out to Atlantic
Avenue on the land side, at the foot of the Atlantic City
Expressway. The Trump-Wynn casino project also would include a
hotel tower rising 50 stories over the beachfront and perhaps an
entertainment pier jutting far into the ocean. A new tunnel
underneath Pacific Avenue would be considered as one of the
roadway improvements needed to accommodate casino
construction. Wynn, who is renowned for transforming the Las
Vegas market with mega Casinos such as Bellagio, Mirage and most
recently the $2.7 billion Wynn Las Vegas, wants to make a
spectacular return to Atlantic City. He left in 1987 after
selling the Golden Nugget, now known as the
Atlantic City Hilton
Casino Resort.
The
Trump Plaza
Casino site would put Wynn in the middle of the
Boardwalk and give him a prime spot off the expressway corridor,
the main entrance into the city. Earlier, Wynn met with Gov. Jon
S. Corzine to discuss the possibility of redeveloping the city's
former Bader Field airport, but was told that site would take
too long and prove too costly to convert for a casino. Press
of Atlantic City
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Sands Casino to Close November 10, 2006
ATLANTIC CITY — A Las Vegas
gaming company announced Tuesday it is buying the Sands Casino
Hotel and will tear it down to build a billion-dollar-plus
resort.
Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. has agreed to pay $250 million, plus
$20 million for tax benefits and real estate assets, for
Atlantic Coast Entertainment, the company that owns the
26-year-old Sands and the adjacent site of the former Traymore
Hotel.
Pinnacle Chairman and CEO Daniel R. Lee said the company — which
owns casinos in Nevada, Louisiana and Indiana — is looking to
build a megaresort - style casino rivaling the Borgata Hotel
Casino & Spa on the 18-acre parcel.
Press of Atlantic City 9/6/2006
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NYC to Atlantic City Express Train (Fall of
2008)
Latest information about the ACES Train NY to Atlantic City!
New Train Service New York City to Atlantic City
Planned - Atlantic City's casinos, already betting on the
enticing effects of fancy shopping and high-end restaurants,
will try to woo more customers by offering direct train
service to and from New York City. The 2 1/2-hour
Atlantic City Express Service will run from Fridays to
Sundays between Atlantic City and Penn Station starting late
next year. The board of New Jersey Transit approved a three-year
trial of the service Monday. The casinos are going after New
York City gamblers who don't have cars, part of a market that
falls between high rollers who arrive in limousines and the
lower-stakes bettors who take buses. Prices and schedules for
the service will be determined over the next year, said George
Warrington, NJ Transit's executive director. Atlantic
City-bound travelers coming from New York by train must now ride
the Northeast Corridor line to Trenton, take a local train to
Philadelphia and then transfer to the Atlantic City rail line.
The new service would not stop in Philadelphia. It would have a
limited number of stops, including one or more in New Jersey,
which will be determined by the casino industry in consultation
with NJ Transit. Three trains would run on Fridays, eight on
Saturdays and seven on Sundays, Warrington said.
The new train service is coming at a time when casinos are
investing millions in Atlantic City. Source = AP writer
Janet Frankston June 19 2006.
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Borgata Expansion (Summer of 2006)
Now open!
Borgata
Hotel Casino & Spa will bring a lot
more Vegas flair when it opens the $200 million first phase of
its $560 million expansion
this summer
(2006). While
we know that there will be more casino space, a new Ultralounge
/ Night Club, retail space and great new restaurants IE:
Bobby Flay opens his first steakhouse,
Bobby Flay Steak, Wolfgang Puck and Michael Mina make their
east coast debuts with Wolfgang Puck American Grille and Seablue
by Michael Mina. With the addition of these three nationally
heralded chefs, Borgata stakes its claim as a premier resort and
dining destination. These exciting new properties are designed
by David Rockwell, Tony Chi and Adam Tihany respectively, each
offering a sophisticated and unparalleled experience in Atlantic
City.
Stay
tuned for more information about the exciting developments at
Borgata.
(Info from Scott Cronick and Borgata Press Release)
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The Pier at Caesar's (Summer of 2006)
The
Pier at Caesars will
transform Atlantic City's historic boardwalk into one of the
most recognizable international shopping and entertainment
landmarks in America. $175 Million project including 100 Retail
Shops, 9 Restaurants, Connected to Caesars Atlantic City
by a skybridge, The Pier's four floors will be home to a
world-class roster of elite retailers, including Tiffany, Gucci, Hugo
Boss, Louis Vuitton, Tommy Bahama's Vilebrequin, Armani A/X,
Bebe and Burberry. Also included will be nine exceptional
restaurants, including Philadelphia restaurateur Stephen Starr's
Buddakan, Jeffrey Chodorow of Las Vegas' Rum Jungle along with
Continental, as well as Phillips Seafood of Baltimore. (Info
from CityAtlantic.com and Pier At Caesar's Press release)
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The Walk - AC Outlets Expansion (2006)
Atlantic City Outlets - The Walk, recently completed an
expansion that included Jay Z's 40 / 40 club, Ruby Tuesday,
Ruth's Chris Steak House and much more. Currently over
320,000 square feet of shopping with 300,000 more planned for
2007.
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Harrah's Atlantic City Room Expansion (2007-
2008)
Harrah's Atlantic City is expected to begin a
$456-million expansion in September 2006. The project, which
will feature 800 new hotel rooms and 255,000 square feet of
retail, dining and entertainment space, will create more than
800 permanent jobs.
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Trump Taj Mahal Expansion (2008)
Trump Entertainment Resorts is expected to
begin construction later in 2006 on a 45 Story, 800 room hotel
tower at the
Trump Taj Mahal hotel casino. New restaurants, nightclubs
and retail attractions also are planned for all three Trump
gaming properties in Atlantic City. The construction is
estimated to cost $250 Million and will be the tallest structure
in Atlantic City. Jim Perry, CEO of Trump Entertainment
Resorts Inc also said they are looking to do something with the
Steel Pier site located on the Atlantic Ocean side of the Trump Taj Mahal. They will begin Steel Pier planning this
summer and the fate will depend on the success of the Pier at
Caesar's and other factors. (original source - Press of Atlantic
City March 8, 2006)
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Resorts Atlantic City
Now open!
Show-time Tabou Bistro
& Nightclub.
Resorts Casino Atlantic City is expected to
open July 28th 2006 the
"Showtime Tabou - Bistro & Nightclub". which originated
with two locations in Quebec, Canada, will blend
entertainment with a restaurant and nightclub, but this
concept has a twist: the people serving you all night will be
the ones performing, too.
Located in the former Camelot restaurant, the 150-seat
"Showtime Tabou" will begin each evening by serving its guests
mid-priced American cuisine with a French Canadian flair from 5
to 10 p.m. The entertainment for the dining hours will feature
live music and vocal performances, including crooners. "We'll
have a piano player and someone singing Frank Sinatra and dinner
music," says founder Stephan Genest. "It will be a
relaxed atmosphere for the dinner hours." After 10 p.m., and
going to 4 a.m., "Showtime Tabou" will transform to a nightclub
that will cater to the younger set, including performances that
include classic rock and alternative rock and dance favorites
provided by a DJ. There will also be specialty acts performing
"Cirque-style" routines. The nightclub will offer a cool vibe
since a DJ will constantly provide dance music. However, every
half hour, three different performers will leave their posts as
bartenders, servers and other tasks to take the stage to offer
the crowd a truly unique experience. The variety of
entertainment is impressive. We bring in dancers,
percussionists, singers, rock bands, crooners, disco, whatever
we can to attract a diverse crowd. It's the kind of place that a
group of people with different tastes can come and enjoy. By the
time the night is over, everyone will hear or see something that
they will enjoy. "Original source -Press of AC June 22nd 2006"
Atlantic Cape Community College - Atlantic.EDU
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