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CRDA OK’s $800K for Harrah’s Restaurant Upgrade

The CRDA blessed Harrah’s plan to use $800,000 in Casino Reinvestment Development Authority money to help with a restaurant upgrade complete with a celebrity chef. According to the Press of AC, $800k was left over from the Harrah’s Waterfront Conference Center project, backed by $45 million in public funding via the CRDA. CRDA’s mission is […]

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Bally’s Dennis Tower is Black Eye for Atlantic City

Downsizing from 12 to 8 casinos, virtual bankruptcy and a State takeover, Atlantic City had no choice but to wake up. Re-invention & updating it’s attractiveness to visitors is finally job #1 for Atlantic City. Unfortunately, Bally’s Casino, part of Caesars Entertainment, didn’t get the memo. To be fair, Bally’s is perfectly positioned in the

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CRDA Board Meeting Video June 20, 2017

VIDEO > The CRDA discussed the Hard Rock & Sister Jean’s Soup Kitchen. Plans are underway to move Sister Jean’s soup kitchen out of the tourism district and into new / better facilities. WATCH VIDEO BELOW > The CRDA; Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, viewed a brief presentation by The Hard Rock Casino, as they look

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CRDA Board Quietly Awards Insurance Deal With Vague Financials

CRDA director Chris Howard says the juicy insurance deal awarded to the George Norcross affiliated insurance company went to a “stronger and more thorough proposal”. Hmmmm…. Just a few things missing though. Costs and savings were not part of the review process. Amy Rosenberg from Philly.com: The infamous contract was awarded based on a Request

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Boardwalk Committee Meeting Notes – April 12, 2017 

Each month, the Boardwalk Committee meets inside Boardwalk Hall. It’s open to the public. Here are notes from the April 12, 2017 meeting. Boardwalk Hall: Committee chairman Tom Lamaine welcomed Boardwalk Hall’s new General Manager Jim Wynkoop. Ribbon-cutting for new Miss America Organization office space, inside Boardwalk Hall, scheduled for May 10 Tentative opening ceremonies for

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CRDA OK’s Updated Tourism District Master Plan in Atlantic City

Will the new Tourism District  Master Plan help attract business & development to Atlantic City? That’s the hope as the CRDA, Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, just ok’d a refreshed master plan. Why an updated master plan? First off, it’s common to do this at least once, every 10 years. Secondly, Atlantic City and the CRDA have

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Cool, Frosty Beer Garden Could Come to Atlantic City Boardwalk

Imagine a cool, frosty beer garden on the Atlantic City Boardwalk. Site plans have been submitted to the CRDA for something called the BUNGALOW BIERGARTEN. Nice. On April 6, attorneys for Dectrinity LLC requested preliminary and final site plan approval for their proposed beer garden on the Atlantic City Boardwalk. The issue will be discussed

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Hard Rock Press Conference on Atlantic City Boardwalk. VIDEO.

Atlantic City was buzzing on Wednesday, April 5 as Hard Rock International unveiled plans for the former Trump Taj Mahal Casino on the Boardwalk. Hard Rock CEO Jim Allen hosted the press conference. “The significance of this day is that we’re committed to hire 3,000 people. We are confident we can grow the market, not

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Atlantic City Tourism District MASTER PLAN Getting Update. CRDA PODCAST.

AC Primetime Radio PODCAST: Why does Atlantic City’s Tourism District need it’s own Master Plan and zoning rules? No better person to ask than Lance Landgraf, Director of Planning for the CRDA – Casino Reinvestment Development Authority. Listen to the ACprimetime Radio Podcast interview from March 17, 2017. Here are some items & questions discussed: What

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Conference Biz Helping Casinos & Marina District, But Not City?

‘Conferences & conventions will help transform Atlantic City’. That’s what local politicians & media pundits have been saying for years. Sounds good…but in practice, it’s doesn’t seem to be working….yet. The following is a MUST READ from RTforty.com….something you WON’T read about in the local newspaper. The team at RTforty are cranking out some excellent

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