Podcast notes: Take a look at the Absecon Island Dune Project thru the prism of no pain…no gain. Risk & reward. Cost vs benefit. Atlantic City needed some work, but Margate and Ventnor did not. We all know that to achieve greatness, you need to sacrifice. Give stuff up. Be patient. Invest. Hold back. Delayed […]
Steve Wynn built the original Golden Nugget on the Atlantic City Boardwalk back in 1978. He sold it 10 short years later in 1987. Today, that sad structure is still sitting dormant after being operated as a Hilton and The Atlantic Club. Why did Wynn bail on Atlantic City? The uber-successful casino titan said the
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A high percentage of attendees to the recent PINK beach concert in Atlantic City are not happy….and not just a little un-happy. After 3 years and multiple shows, why can’t concert promoter LIVE NATION, and show producer, CRDA, get their act together? Pink Awesome, But Live Nation and the CRDA Failed BIG-TIME with this Atlantic
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Tropicana has signed a deal to acquire The Chelsea Hotel in Atlantic City. It will connect the property to its neighboring Tropicana Atlantic City property via a skyway bridge. This will bring total Tropicana Atlantic City rooms to around 2,730. The 20-story The Chelsea Hotel will soon be called The Chelsea Tower at Tropicana. Tony Rodio, President
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VIDEO > Are the web-enabled AirBnB and short-term rentals….good or bad for the economy and quality of life in Atlantic City? Councilmen Kurtz and Shabbazz set out to get an answer to that question during a recent town hall / public hearing at City Hall Council chambers on July 5, 2017.
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The operators of AC Fan Xpo, who had a very short-lived run inside Bart Blatstein’s Showboat Hotel are taking the vulture investor to court. This is according to the ‘Due For a Win’ podcast about Atlantic City. AC Fan Xpo is all about geeks, video-games and e-sports. It was Blatstein’s shot at tapping a gamer-focused
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Is Atlantic City finally coming back? To some, it looks that way based on stabilized gaming revenues. To others, maybe we should curb our enthusiasm a bit. Crime and urban blight still plague our AC neighborhoods, just steps away from the big box casinos on the Boardwalk. https://youtu.be/wDFzMhzRju0 As Atlantic City is split in two,
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Is developer/savior, Bart Blatstein, really bad for Atlantic City? A WOND radio host certainly thinks so. Listen to Scott Cronick as he rips Bart Blatstein a new one….about his management of Playground Pier, Showboat Hotel & Garden Pier in Atlantic City. From 6.30.2017…LISTEN > [foogallery id=”34779″]
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From AC Councilman Kurtz > NJ DEP insists on a 2-to-1 acreage trade if we were to trade the Green Acres allotment designating open (non-developable) space at Gardner’s Basin over to Bader Field for a Stockton student / AC resident nature/fitness trails. Both locations have similar geography and the swap would enable Atlantic City to
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UBER, the ride-hailing app has disrupted the taxi, Jitney and limo industry in Atlantic City. Will AirBnB do the same to the local hotel and rooming industry? Can Atlantic City leverage this fast growing trend, or will the State of NJ step in and control it, much like they did with UBER. What does Atlantic
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