The agency that attracts and arranges group conventions and meetings in Atlantic City says that the past year was a successful one. Jim Wood of Meet AC says they booked almost $400 million in conventions and meetings in 2018, almost 372,000 hotel rooms nights.
“Another record year for us in terms of booking future meetings and conventions,” he said. Wood says, on average, a convention-goer here spends about $950 during their stay. “They are spending money on the boardwalks, spending money at the shops. Of course, they are in the casinos, hoping to make money, and they are, of course, buying tickets to entertainment and other things,” he said.