Atlantic City’s top casino had its best month ever even as the soon-to-close Trump Taj Mahal casino faltered amid a month-long strike that helped prompt its billionaire owner to decide to shut it down. The Borgata won nearly $85 million
Gaming revenue at the city’s eight brick–and-mortar casino was up for the first time in three months, despite the threat of the closure of the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort, according to state figures from July released Friday afternoon. Revenues
Bart Blatstein has managed to open the Showboat Hotel at the height of the summer season, a great development for a city that needs good news. His Tower Investments Inc.’s quick and rather quiet opening – underpromising and overdelivering –
Matthew Mason and Melissa Mould are 33 and 31 years old, which makes them an extremely attractive couple to the modern casino industry. Gaming executives are worried about how to draw people like Mason and Mould, who are part of
Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa’s summer is about to get a lot cooler … literally. The Atlantic City market leader will once again reinvest in its megaresort by offering three new additions this summer: the Borgata Beer Garden, Outdoor Pool
The city’s casino industry continued to grow moderately through the first four months of 2016, generating 4.4 percent more gambling revenue than during the same stretch last year, state regulators reported Thursday. The eight casino operators and their online affiliates
Atlantic City’s casinos are providing more proof that their improving fortunes after a rash of competitors shut down may not be a fluke. The city’s eight surviving casinos saw their collective revenue increase by 8.1 percent to $215 million in
As the Association that represents the casinos and its over 20,000 employees, we think it is imperative that the State Assembly act immediately and enact a legislative package (whatever format that may be) to avoid material negative consequences for the
The 2014 shuttering of four of Atlantic City’s twelve casinos should have surprised no one and yet managed to shock everyone. Triggered by new gaming competition in surrounding states, the closings killed 8,000 jobs. Tax revenue, which had started falling
Atlantic City’s newest conference center is only six months old, but it’s already gaining traction in terms of future meetings booked and attendees expected — filling a void in the Shore town’s market. Caesars Entertainment’s $125.8 million Harrah’s Waterfront Conference
Atlantic City’s newest conference center is only six months old, but it’s already gaining traction in terms of future meetings booked and attendees expected — filling a void in the Shore town’s market. Caesars Entertainment’s $125.8 million Harrah’s Waterfront Conference
Every city casino turned an operating profit in 2015, according to figures released Thursday by state regulators. And collectively, the eight casinos saw operating profit increase 40 percent last year, the state Division of Gaming Enforcement said. The eight gambling
Every city casino turned an operating profit in 2015, according to figures released Thursday by state regulators. And collectively, the eight casinos saw operating profit increase 40 percent last year, the state Division of Gaming Enforcement said. The eight gambling
It takes something really special to get Gary and Kirsten Lucas to arrange for a babysitter and drive to Atlantic City from their home in New Britain, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. For the Lucases, both 34, a big-name electronic dance music
As one casino after another went belly up during an agonizing 2014 in Atlantic City, casino industry executives predicted the culling of the herd eventually would benefit the survivors. Statistics released Thursday by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement