“With recent gains in the stock market and a stabilization of inflation, consumer confidence may be improving, which could lead to increased spending on travel and entertainment.” “There are several reasons for optimism in looking ahead to 2024,” she said. Jane Bokunewicz, director of the Lloyd Levenson Institute at Stockton University, which studies the Atlantic City gambling and tourism market, believes 2024 could see a return to more normal patterns after pandemic-related disruptions. Michael Beschloss, a presidential historian, tweeted on Wednesday: “Metaphor alert: next to the bankrupt Trump Plaza and Casino, just imploded this morning, remains the Atlantic City convention hall where LBJ accepted Democratic nomination in 1964 and touted the Great Society.And the physical casinos will be watching closely to see whether gamblers continue to more widely embrace internet gambling and sports betting at the expense of doing it in person inside the casinos.

The Trump Taj Mahal has been renamed as the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino while the Trump Marina is now called the Golden Nugget Atlantic City. It was the final casino in Atlantic City to bear Trump’s name. Some of it could be used by environmentalists interested in building an artificial fishing reef off the coast of Atlantic City. Small estimated the remaining pile of rubble was about eight stories high and would be removed by 10 June. Marty Small, the city mayor who had described the abandoned building as an eyesore, told the Associated Press: “I got chills. There were cheers from a viewing party of people who had paid $10 to watch from their cars.

The building imploded and a huge cloud of dust consumed the beach and famed Atlantic City boardwalk. The Plaza’s end came at around 9am with a series of explosions. A year later, Trump announced his world-changing run for US president, often citing Atlantic City as proof of his business acumen. But after a string of bankruptcy filings, the New York property tycoon and reality TV host cut ties with it in 2009.īy the time it finally closed its doors in 2014, Trump Plaza was the worst-performing casino in Atlantic City, taking in as much money from gamblers in eight and a half months as the Borgata casino did every two weeks. It hosted parties for countless Hollywood actors, rock stars and sportspeople. The casino opened in 1984 during a decade of excess for Trump and other kings of capitalism.

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