![]() ![]() "So when he left Atlantic City, it wasn't, 'Sorry to see you go. The Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino was the first of three casinos Donald Trump owned in New Jerseyall of which eventually filed for bankruptcy protection mult. first announced a citys desire to tear down the vacant former Trump Plaza casino during his state of the city address in January 2020. Perskie, who was New Jersey's top casino regulator in the early 1990s, told the Times. ![]() "He put a number of local contractors and suppliers out of business when he didn't pay them," Steven P. When Trump pulled out of the ownership structure of the casino in 2009, many of the local contractors who worked on the project made it clear they were not sad to see him go. Still, the demolition will mark the symbolic finale of the former president's casino empire in the seaside resort city. Atlantic City, NJ / USA - April 16, 2020: Atlantic Citys world famous boardwalk is virtually deserted in the wake of government imposed social distancing. Onlookers in cars will be charged $10 and herded into a lot most recently used as a pandemic-era food distribution site. The New York Times reports that the spectacle-likely watched worldwide online for its symbolic value-didn't mean much to those who live locally:Īn auction for the rights to detonate the dynamite to begin the implosion of Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, N.J., fizzled.įront-row seats to view Wednesday morning's planned spectacle were sold on the cheap. ![]()
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