The congregation gathered early Wednesday at the Ducktown Tavern to deliver last rites for Trump Plaza, the once gilded, later decrepit former casino built by former President Donald Trump. In its final incarnation, 19 seconds of deliberate destruction, Trump Plaza took its place alongside Atlantic City’s most iconic symbols of failure, imploded during an Ash… Read more »
When Mayor Marty Small Sr. gave his first State of the City address last year, he laid out a number of robust plans for the resort. The one that got the loudest applause and a standing ovation, he said, was the eventual demolition of the former Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino, marking the end of… Read more »
Even if it were not the former Trump Plaza, with its pending implosion a tempting symbolic echo of the end of its namesake presidency, people would be interested, Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. insisted Thursday. But interest has been off the charts, he said, from all over the globe. Officials reluctantly canceled a high-profile… Read more »
The Atlantic City Convention Center ‘mega’ vaccination center is expected to open by the end of the month, state Department of Health officials said Tuesday afternoon. “An opening date for the Atlantic City has yet not been announced,” said Nancy Kearney, spokeswomen for the department. The facility was one of six sites in the state… Read more »
Atlantic City to auction chance to blow up a Trump casino ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — One of President Donald Trump’s former Atlantic City casinos will be blown up next month, and for the right amount of money, you could be the one to press the button that brings it down. The demolition of the… Read more »
Atlantic City is slated to see a new college dorm building in the coming years, after local, state and university officials broke ground on a 135,000-square-foot dorm in what’s been dubbed the city’s “Chelsea neighborhood.” The 416-bed dwelling is slated for a fall 2023 completion. Its originally-scheduled March groundbreaking was delayed as the COVID-19 pandemic… Read more »
Stockton University has approved a long-term master plan that includes the expansion of its seaside satellite campus in Atlantic City, New Jersey, where it plans at least $154 million in new construction, as well as its main location in Galloway. The university unveiled its 138-page update to its master plan this week in order to… Read more »
Stockton Deal With Showboat, Which It Once Owned, Involves Up to 400 Rooms in New Jersey To get a sense of how the pandemic is changing student housing, look no further than Atlantic City, New Jersey, America’s second-biggest gambling hot spot. Stockton University is planning to house some of its students in a hotel in… Read more »
Hotel-Casino Spends for New Lobby Bar, Face-Lift for Suites The Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, the top gambling moneymaker in Atlantic City, New Jersey, is trying to up its game, spending $14 million for improvements to spiff up its lobby and suites. The 2,000-room property at 1 Borgata Way in Atlantic City’s marina district will be adding… Read more »
Acquisition Includes 153 Units Across Three Adapted Reuse Sites in Opportunity Zone; Upgrades Planned The development arm of WinnCos. has acquired a portfolio of affordable housing properties for $17.3 million in Atlantic City, New Jersey, under the federal Opportunity Zone program. The Boston-based real estate firm bought Sencit Liberty, a scattered-site complex featuring 153 units… Read more »
