The owner of Atlantic City’s Showboat property has unveiled plans for an expansion that will create New Jersey’s largest arcade, a sports bar, and other offerings at the former casino. Bart Blatstein, CEO of Philadelphia-based Tower Investments Inc., is eyeing a May 15 opening for what he calls Lucky Snake at Showboat. Along with the… Read more »
Ocean Casino Resort doubles down on recent success with a reinvestment of $15 million into the resort, team members, and surrounding North Beach community. “Ocean’s interest in our people, product, and community is a testament to the progressive direction our property is moving toward as we enter into the summer months,” said Terry Glebocki, Chief Executive Officer for Ocean Casino Resort. “As… Read more »
In its first acquisition in New Jersey, the affordable-housing arm of Standard Cos. has purchased and will renovate Baltic Plaza Apartments, a 169-unit senior housing development in Atlantic City, in a $38 million deal. Standard Communities, part of New York City-based Standard Cos., bought 1313 Baltic Ave. in partnership with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and… Read more »
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 »
