![]() ![]() ![]() Its owners, Trump Entertainment Resorts, let it deteriorate in recent years, particularly after a sale for the bargain-basement price of US$20 million to a California firm fell through last year. Unlike Revel, which opened just over two years ago and is still considered new and luxurious, or the still-profitable Showboat, shuttered by its owner in the name of reducing competition for the remaining casinos in town, the demise of Trump Plaza could be seen a long way off.ĭespite its prime location at the heart of the Boardwalk and the end of the Atlantic City Expressway (its motto has been "The Centre Of It All"), gamblers have been abandoning Trump Plaza for newer, ritzier casinos for years. And the Plaza, like many Atlantic City casinos, has seen better days.Ī downward spiral that saw it ranked dead last among the city's casinos ended yesterday with the closing of Trump Plaza, the fourth Atlantic City casino to go belly-up this year. TRUMP…once called his nowclosed Trump Plaza the finest building in Atlantic City, and possibly the nationĪTLANTIC CITY, USA (AP) - When Trump Plaza opened on May 14, 1984, Donald Trump called it the finest building in Atlantic City, and possibly the nation.īut since then, The Donald has left town and cut ties to its casinos. ![]()
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