{"id":29436,"date":"2015-08-13T22:20:57","date_gmt":"2015-08-13T22:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acprimetime.wpengine.com\/?p=29436"},"modified":"2015-08-13T22:34:02","modified_gmt":"2015-08-13T22:34:02","slug":"atlantic-city-hotel-casino-history-timeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acprimetime.com\/atlantic-city-hotel-casino-history-timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlantic City Hotel \/ Casino History Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_29438\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29438\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29438 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/acprimetime.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1910-Atlantic-City-Boardwalk-Shelburne-Dennis-Blenheim-Marlborough-and-Brighton-Hotels-Photo.jpg\" alt=\"1910 Atlantic City Boardwalk Shelburne, Dennis, Blenheim, Marlborough and Brighton Hotels Photo\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acprimetime.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1910-Atlantic-City-Boardwalk-Shelburne-Dennis-Blenheim-Marlborough-and-Brighton-Hotels-Photo.jpg 900w, https:\/\/acprimetime.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1910-Atlantic-City-Boardwalk-Shelburne-Dennis-Blenheim-Marlborough-and-Brighton-Hotels-Photo-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1910 Atlantic City<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Atlantic City hotel \/ casino timeline &amp; pivotal dates in the city\u2019s past. As seen in the soon-to-be published\u00a0<a title=\"Boardwalk Playground\" href=\"http:\/\/www.boardwalkplayground.com\/\">Boardwalk Playground<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1854: Atlantic City founded; Chalkey Leeds elected first mayor<\/li>\n<li>1854: United States Hotel opens<\/li>\n<li>1860: Dennis Cottage opens<\/li>\n<li>1869: Shelburne opens<\/li>\n<li>1870: First Boardwalk built<\/li>\n<li>1876: Brighton Cottage opens<\/li>\n<li>1879: Traymore opens<\/li>\n<li>1880: Second Boardwalk built<\/li>\n<li>1884: Third Boardwalk built<\/li>\n<li>1884: Applegate\u2019s Pier opens (today Central Pier)<\/li>\n<li>1890: Fourth Boardwalk built<\/li>\n<li>1892: Dennis Hotel expands to 250 rooms<\/li>\n<li>1896: Fifth Boardwalk built<\/li>\n<li>1898: United States Hotel closes<\/li>\n<li>1898: Traymore enlarged to 450 rooms<\/li>\n<li>1898: Steel Pier opens<\/li>\n<li>1902: Marlborough House opens<\/li>\n<li>1906: Blenheim opens<\/li>\n<li>1906: Million Dollar Pier opens<\/li>\n<li>1911: Dennis Hotel is 450 rooms<\/li>\n<li>1913: Garden Pier opens<\/li>\n<li>1915: Concrete Traymore opens<\/li>\n<li>1927: Knife and Fork restaurant opens<\/li>\n<li>1929: Convention (Boardwalk) Hall opens<\/li>\n<li>1930: Claridge opens<\/li>\n<li>1935: Club Harlem opens<\/li>\n<li>1936: 500 Club opens<\/li>\n<li>1940: Captain Starn\u2019s restaurant opens<\/li>\n<li>1946: White House Subs opens<\/li>\n<li>1973: 500 Club burns, is never reopened<\/li>\n<li>Nov 5, 1974: First NJ casino legalization referendum defeated<\/li>\n<li>1976: Ram\u2019s Head Inn opens<\/li>\n<li>Nov 2, 1976: Second NJ casino legalization referendum approved<\/li>\n<li>1978: Shelburne Hotel closes<\/li>\n<li>May 26, 1978: Resorts International opens<\/li>\n<li>1979: Captain Starn\u2019s closes<\/li>\n<li>June 26, 1979: Caesars Boardwalk Regency opens<\/li>\n<li>Dec 27, 1979: Bally\u2019s Park Place (Atlantic City) opens<\/li>\n<li>Aug 13, 1980: Brighton (Sands) opens<\/li>\n<li>Nov 23, 1980: Harrah\u2019s Marina (Atlantic City) opens<\/li>\n<li>Dec 12, 1980: Golden Nugget (Bally\u2019s Grand, AC Hilton, Atlantic Club) opens<\/li>\n<li>April 14, 1981: Elsinore\u2019s Playboy (Atlantis, Trump Regency\/World\u2019s Fair) opens<\/li>\n<li>July 23, 1981: Claridge opens<\/li>\n<li>Nov 26, 1981: Tropicana opens<\/li>\n<li>May 26, 1984: Harrah\u2019s at Trump Plaza opens<\/li>\n<li>June 19, 1985: Trump Castle (Trump Marina, Golden Nugget) opens<\/li>\n<li>1986: Club Harlem closes<\/li>\n<li>April 2, 1987: Showboat opens<\/li>\n<li>May 22, 1989: Elsinore\u2019s Atlantis closes<\/li>\n<li>April 4, 1990: Trump Taj Mahal opens<\/li>\n<li>May 5, 1996: Trump World\u2019s Fair opens in former Regency\/Atlantis<\/li>\n<li>July 2, 1997: Bally\u2019s Wild Wild West Casino opens<\/li>\n<li>1998; Harrah\u2019s Entertainment purchases the Showboat<\/li>\n<li>October 3, 1999: Trump World\u2019s Fair closes<\/li>\n<li>May 31, 2001: Park Place Entertainment buys Claridge, merges with Bally\u2019s<\/li>\n<li>July 3, 2003: Borgata opens<\/li>\n<li>April 26, 2005: Caesars Entertainment sells AC Hilton to Colony Capital, LLC<\/li>\n<li>June 13, 2005: Harrah\u2019s Ent. buys Caesars Ent., (Bally\u2019s, Caesars, Showboat)<\/li>\n<li>November 11, 2006: Sands closes<\/li>\n<li>February 7, 2012: Claridge casino closed<\/li>\n<li>April 2, 2012: Revel opens<\/li>\n<li>Feb 24, 2014: TJM Properties buys Claridge from Caesars, creates non-gaming hotel<\/li>\n<li>Jan 13, 2014: Atlantic Club closes<\/li>\n<li>Aug 31, 2014: Showboat closes<\/li>\n<li>September 2, 2014: Revel closes<\/li>\n<li>September 16, 2014: Trump Plaza closes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atlantic City hotel \/ casino timeline &amp; pivotal dates in the city\u2019s past. As seen in the soon-to-be published\u00a0Boardwalk Playground. 1854: Atlantic City founded; Chalkey Leeds elected first mayor 1854: United States Hotel opens 1860: Dennis Cottage opens 1869: Shelburne opens 1870: First Boardwalk built 1876: Brighton Cottage opens 1879: Traymore opens 1880: Second Boardwalk [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29437,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - 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