Editing Atlantic City, New Jersey (section)

==Economy==
In September 2014, the greater Atlantic City area had one of the highest unemployment rates in the country at 13.8%, out of a labor force of around 141,000.<ref>Staff. [https://www.forbes.com/pictures/efkk45eehjj/no-10-highest-unemployment-atlantic-city-hammonton-n-j/ "The Cities with the Best and Worst Unemployment Rates: No. 10 (Highest Unemployment): Atlantic City-Hammonton, N.J."], ''[[Forbes]]''. Accessed November 15, 2013.</ref>

===Tourism district===
[[File:Atlantic City boardwalk looking north at Michigan Avenue.jpeg|thumb|Atlantic City boardwalk at Michigan Avenue]]
In July 2010, Governor [[Chris Christie]] announced that a state takeover of the city and local government "was imminent". Comparing regulations in Atlantic City to an "antique car", Atlantic City regulatory reform was a key piece of Governor Chris Christie's plan to reinvigorate an industry mired in a four-year slump in revenue and hammered by fresh competition from casinos in the surrounding states of [[Delaware]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[Connecticut]], and more recently, [[Maryland]]. In January 2011, Chris Christie announced the creation of the Atlantic City Tourism District, a state-run district encompassing the boardwalk casinos, the marina casinos, the [[Atlantic City Outlets]], and [[Bader Field]].<ref>Wittkowski, Donald. [http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/features5/article_95099d36-95fd-11df-965e-001cc4c002e0.html "Experts question need to reform Atlantic City's 'model' casino regulatory system"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', July 22, 2010. Accessed April 25, 2016.</ref><ref>Clark, Michael. [http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/features5/article_cf609d7a-95dc-11df-a580-001cc4c002e0.html "Gov. Christie's office releases conceptual 'maps' of Atlantic City tourism, entertainment districts"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', July 22, 2010. Accessed April 25, 2016.</ref> [[Fairleigh Dickinson University]]'s [[Fairleigh Dickinson University#PublicMind|PublicMind]] poll surveyed New Jersey voters' attitudes on the takeover. A February 2011 survey showed that 43% opposed the measure while 29% favored direct state oversight.<ref name=politicker>Pizarro, Max. [http://www.politickernj.com/44899/fdu-voters-oppose-ac-state-takeover-43-29 "FDU: voters oppose AC state takeover, 43–29%], [[Politicker Network|PolitickerNJ]], February 16, 2011. Accessed April 25, 2016.</ref> The poll also found that even South Jersey voters expressed opposition to the plan; 40% reported they opposed the measure and 37% reported they were in favor of it.<ref name=politicker/>

On April 29, 2011, the boundaries for the state-run tourism district were set. The district would include heavier police presence, as well as beautification projects and infrastructure improvements. The CRDA would oversee all functions of the district and make changes to attract new businesses and attractions. New construction has already resulted in cases of [[eminent domain]] being used to seize properties for development.<ref>Clark, Michael. [http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/casinos_tourism/state-defines-boundaries-for-atlantic-city-tourism-district-langford-casts/article_7e9a886e-6a85-11e0-91ae-001cc4c002e0.html "State defines boundaries for Atlantic City Tourism District; Langford casts lone 'no' vote"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', April 19, 2011. Accessed January 13, 2012. "The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority voted Tuesday to establish a jurisdiction zone known as the Tourism District, a vast chunk of the city targeted for rejuvenation under the supervision of the state agency."</ref><ref>Staff. [http://blog.achotelexperts.com/atlantic-city-tourism-district-bill-signed/ "Atlantic City Tourism District Bill Signed"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812134838/http://blog.achotelexperts.com/atlantic-city-tourism-district-bill-signed/ |date=August 12, 2011 }}, Hotel Experts – Atlantic City, New Jersey, February 2, 2011. Accessed April 25, 2016.</ref>

The tourism district would comprise several key areas in the city: the Marina District, [[Ducktown, Atlantic City|Ducktown]], Chelsea, South Inlet, [[Bader Field]], and Gardner's Basin. Also included are 10 roadways that lead into the district, including several in the city's northern end, or North Beach. Gardner's Basin, which is home to the Atlantic City Aquarium, was initially left out of the tourism district, while a residential neighborhood in the Chelsea section was removed from the final boundaries, owing to complaints from the city. Also, the inclusion of Bader Field in the district was controversial and received much scrutiny from mayor Lorenzo Langford, who cast the lone "no" vote on the creation of the district citing its inclusion.<ref>Staff. [http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/casinos_tourism/breakdown-of-areas-of-the-atlantic-city-tourism-district/article_e5c75b1c-6ab1-11e0-83ce-001cc4c03286.html "Breakdown of areas of the Atlantic City Tourism District"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', April 19, 2011. Accessed April 25, 2016.</ref>

===Casinos and gambling===
The history of gambling in Atlantic City traces back to [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]] and the 1920s, with racketeer [[Louis Kuehnle]] running an underground hotel and casino. [[Enoch L. Johnson|Enoch "Nucky" Johnson]] followed and furthered Atlantic City's rise through the [[Roaring Twenties]] as a destination for drinking, gambling, and nightlife.<ref name="Great.com">[https://great.com/en-us/atlantic-city-casinos-through-the-years/ Atlantic City Casinos Through the Years], Great.com. Accessed June 18, 2021.</ref> In 1974, New Jersey voters voted 60%–40% against legalizing casino gambling at four sites statewide, but two years later approved by 56%–44% a new referendum which legalized casinos, but restricted them to Atlantic City.<ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [http://209.212.22.88/data/RBR/1970-1979/1974/1974.11.06.pdf "Casino Gambling defeated by state and county voters"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130912152254/http://209.212.22.88/data/RBR/1970-1979/1974/1974.11.06.pdf |date=September 12, 2013 }}, ''[[Red Bank Register]]'', November 6, 1974. Accessed November 26, 2017.</ref><ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [http://209.212.22.88/DATA/RBR/1970-1979/1976/1976.11.03.pdf "Casino gambling OK'd"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922055120/http://209.212.22.88/DATA/RBR/1970-1979/1976/1976.11.03.pdf |date=September 22, 2013 }}, ''[[Red Bank Register]]'', November 3, 1976. Accessed November 26, 2017.</ref><ref>[http://www.nj.gov/casinorevenue/overview/ Overview], Casino Revenue Fund Advisory Commission. Accessed November 26, 2017. "In 1974 the voters of New Jersey were asked to amend the State Constitution by allowing Casino gambling to be permitted in Atlantic City and elsewhere. The referendum was defeated by 60% of voters. On November 2, 1976, the voters were again asked to decide Public Question #1, an amendment to the Constitution authorizing casino gambling in Atlantic City only."</ref> [[Resorts Atlantic City]] was the first casino to open, in May 1978, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony featuring [[Governor of New Jersey]] [[Brendan Byrne]].<ref>Clarity, James F. [https://www.nytimes.com/1978/05/27/archives/its-place-your-bets-as-easts-first-casino-opens-its-place-your-bets.html "It's 'Place Your Bets' as East's First Casino Opens"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 27, 1978. Accessed November 26, 2017. "Legalized casino gambling began officially in Atlantic City today, with eager, but smaller-than-expected, crowds of bettors moving into the Resorts International hotel gaming mom and politicians predicting that golden days were coming for this once-prosperous, now-shabby resort town by the sea."</ref> Atlantic City is considered the "Gambling Capital of the East Coast", and currently has nine large casinos. In 2011, New Jersey's then 12 casinos employed approximately 33,000 employees, had 28.5&nbsp;million visitors, made $3.3&nbsp;billion in gaming revenue, and paid $278&nbsp;million in taxes.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120704155635/http://www.americangaming.org/industry-resources/state-information/new-jersey New Jersey Commercial Casinos], [[American Gaming Association]], backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of July 4, 2012. Accessed April 25, 2016.</ref> They are regulated by the [[New Jersey Casino Control Commission]]<ref>[http://www.nj.gov/casinos/about/ About the Commission], [[New Jersey Casino Control Commission]]. Accessed August 23, 2013.</ref> and the [[New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement]].<ref name=DGE>[http://www.nj.gov/oag/ge/mission&duties.htm About the Division of Gaming Enforcement], [[New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement]]. Accessed August 23, 2013.</ref>

In the wake of the economic downturn following the [[Great Recession]] and the legalization of gambling in adjacent and nearby states (including [[Delaware]], [[Maryland]], [[New York (state)|New York]], and [[Pennsylvania]]), four casino closures took place in 2014: the Atlantic Club on January 13; the [[Showboat Atlantic City|Showboat]] on August 31;<ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [http://www.app.com/story/news/local/new-jersey/2014/08/31/showboat-closing-years-atlantic-city/14898695/ "Showboat closing after 27 years in Atlantic City"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', August 31, 2014. Accessed August 23, 2015.</ref> the [[Revel Atlantic City|Revel]], which was Atlantic City's second-newest casino, on September 2;<ref>Parry, Wayne via [[Associated Press]]. [http://www.seattletimes.com/business/24-billion-flop-atlantic-cityrsquos-revel-closes-after-2-years/ "$2.4 billion flop: Atlantic City's Revel closes after 2 years"], ''[[The Seattle Times]]'', September 1, 2014. Accessed August 23, 2015.</ref> and Trump Plaza, which originally opened in 1984, and was the poorest performing casino in the city, on September 16.<ref>Parry, Wayne via [[Associated Press]]. [https://www.thestar.com/business/2014/09/16/trump_plaza_worst_performing_casino_in_atlantic_city_goes_out_of_business.html "Trump Plaza, worst performing casino in Atlantic City, goes out of business"], ''[[Toronto Star]]'', September 16, 2014. Accessed August 23, 2014.</ref>

Executives at Trump Entertainment Resorts, whose sole remaining property at the time was the Trump Taj Mahal, said in 2013 that they were considering the option of selling the Taj and winding down and exiting the gaming and hotel business.<ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324162304578304451443668208 "Atlantic City's Trump Plaza Sold for $20 Million"], ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', February 14, 2013. Accessed October 30, 2015. "The sale leaves the company he once ran, Trump Entertainment Resorts, with just one casino, the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort. Mr. Griffin also said his company would consider selling the Trump Taj Mahal, if the price were right."</ref> Trump Taj Mahal closed October 10, 2016, after failing to come to terms with union workers.<ref>Tribune news services [http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-trump-taj-mahal-closes-20161010-story.html Trump Taj Mahal closes after 26 years; nearly 3,000 workers lose jobs]</ref>

[[Caesars Entertainment Corporation|Caesars Entertainment]] executives have been reconsidering the future of their three remaining Atlantic City properties (Bally's, Caesars and Harrah's), in the wake of a [[Chapter 11 bankruptcy]] filing by the company's casino operating unit in January 2015.<ref>via [[Reuters]]. [http://fortune.com/2015/01/15/caesars-files-chicago-bankruptcy-halted-by-delaware-judge/ "Caesars casinos files for bankruptcy"], ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]'', January 15, 2015. Accessed October 30, 2015.</ref>  In 2020, Bally's Atlantic City was acquired by [[Bally's Corporation]].<ref name="reviewjournal.com">{{Cite web|date=2020-11-18|title=Caesars closes Bally's Atlantic City sale to Rhode Island company|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/caesars-closes-ballys-atlantic-city-sale-to-rhode-island-company-2186125/|access-date=2021-02-24|website=Las Vegas Review-Journal|language=en-US}}</ref> Gross gaming revenue of the city's nine operating casinos in 2022 totaled $2.79 billion, a 9% increase from the $2.55 billion earned the previous year.<ref>[https://www.njoag.gov/new-jersey-division-of-gaming-enforcement-announces-december-2022-total-gaming-revenue-results/ "New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement Announces December 2022 Total Gaming Revenue Results"], Office of the [[New Jersey Attorney General]], January 17, 2023. "Year-to-date Casino Win for the nine casino hotel properties was $2.79 billion, reflecting growth of 9.0% compared to $2.55 billion for the prior period."</ref>

====Current casinos====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=155|Casino
!width=175|Opening date
!Casino Operator
! width="165" |Theme
!width=155|Hotel rooms<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/oag/ge/docs/Financials/QuarterlyFinRpt2019/1stQTR2019PressReleaseNarrativeandStats.pdf DGE Announces 1st Quarter 2019 Results], [[New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement]], May 22, 2019. Accessed August 8, 2019.</ref>
!width=165|Section of city
!width=165|Total Gaming Space

|-
| [[Resorts Casino Hotel|Resorts]]||May 26, 1978
|DGMB Casinos
|[[Roaring Twenties]]||942|||Uptown|||100,000 sq ft
|-
| [[Caesars Atlantic City|Caesars]]<sup>a</sup>||June 26, 1979
|[[Caesars Entertainment]]||[[Roman Empire]]||1,141||Midtown|||145,000 sq ft
|-
| [[Bally's Atlantic City|Bally's]]<sup>a</sup>||December 29, 1979
|[[Bally's Corporation]]||Modern||1,214||Midtown|||225,756 sq ft 
|-
| [[Harrah's Atlantic City|Harrah's]]||November 27, 1980
|[[Caesars Entertainment]]||Marina Waterfront||2,587||Marina|||160,000 sq ft
|-
| [[Tropicana Casino & Resort Atlantic City|Tropicana]]||November 26, 1981
|[[Caesars Entertainment]]||[[Old Havana]]||2,364||Downbeach|||125,935 sq ft
|-
| [[Golden Nugget Atlantic City|Golden Nugget]]||June 19, 1985
|[[Landry's]]||[[California Gold Rush|Gold Rush Era]]||717||Marina|||74,252 sq ft
|-
| [[Borgata]]||July 2, 2003
|[[MGM Resorts International|MGM Resorts]]||[[Tuscany]]||2,767||Marina|||161,000 sq ft
|-
| [[Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City|Hard Rock]]||June 27, 2018
|[[Hard Rock International]]||[[Rock and roll]]||2,032||Uptown|||167,000 sq ft 
|-
| [[Ocean Casino Resort|Ocean]]||June 27, 2018
|AC Beachfront, L.L.C.||Ocean||1,900||Uptown|||130,000 sq ft
|-
| Total || 
| || || 15,602 || || 1,144,943 sq ft
|-

|}

:<sup>a</sup> The Wild Wild West Casino, which opened on July 2, 1997, and has an [[American frontier|American Old West]] theme, was part of Bally's Atlantic City until 2020, when it became part of Caesars.<ref name="reviewjournal.com"/>

====Renamed casinos====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=155|Casino
!width=380|New Name

|-
| [[Atlantic Club Casino Hotel|ACH Casino Resort]] || [[Atlantic Club Casino Hotel]]
|-
| [[Golden Nugget Atlantic City|Atlantic City Hilton]] (Original) || Trump's Castle
|-
| [[Atlantic Club Casino Hotel|Atlantic City Hilton]] || [[Atlantic Club Casino Hotel|ACH Casino Resort]]
|-
| [[Atlantic Club Casino Hotel|Bally's Grand]]|| The Grand
|-
| [[Bally's Atlantic City|Bally's Park Place]] || Bally's Atlantic City
|-
| [[Sands Atlantic City|Brighton Casino]] || [[Sands Atlantic City]]
|-
| [[The Claridge Hotel (Atlantic City)|Del Webb's Claridge]] || [[The Claridge Hotel (Atlantic City)|Claridge]]
|-
| [[Atlantic Club Casino Hotel|Golden Nugget (Original)]] || Bally's Grand
|-
| [[Bally's Atlantic City|Park Place]] || Bally's Park Place
|-
| [[Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino|Harrah's at Trump Plaza]] || [[Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino|Trump Plaza]]
|-
| [[Trump World's Fair|Playboy Hotel & Casino]] || Permanent casino license denied; renamed Atlantis Casino
|-
| [[Atlantic Club Casino Hotel|The Grand]] || The Atlantic City Hilton
|-
| [[Golden Nugget Atlantic City|Trump's Castle]] || Trump Marina
|-
| [[Golden Nugget Atlantic City|Trump Marina]] || [[Golden Nugget Atlantic City|Golden Nugget]]
|-
| [[Revel Atlantic City]] || [[TEN Atlantic City|Ocean Casino Resort]]
|-
| [[Trump Taj Mahal Hotel & Casino|Trump Taj Mahal]] || [[Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City]]
|-

|}

====Closed casinos====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=155|Casino
!width=155|Opening Date
!width=155|Closing Date
!width=410|Status of Property

|-
| [[Trump Taj Mahal]]||April 2, 1990||October 10, 2016 || The casino shut down having failed to reach a deal with its union workers to restore health care and pension benefits that were taken away from them in bankruptcy court. Nearly 3,000 workers lost their jobs. Reopened in 2018 as the [[Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Atlantic City]].
|-
| [[Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino|Trump Plaza]]||May 14, 1984 || September 16, 2014 || On February 15, 2013, Trump Entertainment Resorts announced that it intended to sell Trump Plaza to the Meruelo Group for $20&nbsp;million, the lowest price ever paid for an Atlantic City casino.<ref>Wittkowski, Donald. [http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/top_three/trump-plaza-hotel-and-casino-sold-to-california-company-for/article_dcb69502-76e8-11e2-9f0a-001a4bcf887a.html "Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino sold to California company for only $20 million"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', February 15, 2013. Accessed October 30, 2015.</ref> [[Carl Icahn]], senior lender for Trump Plaza's mortgage, declined to approve the sale for the proposed price.<ref>Wittkowski, Donald. [http://m.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/top_three/carl-icahn-won-t-approve-sale-of-trump-plaza-for/article_6bf05244-abb4-11e2-97a7-0019bb2963f4.html?mode=jqm "Carl Icahn won't approve sale of Trump Plaza for $20M"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304114444/http://m.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/top_three/carl-icahn-won-t-approve-sale-of-trump-plaza-for/article_6bf05244-abb4-11e2-97a7-0019bb2963f4.html?mode=jqm |date=March 4, 2016 }}, ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', April 23, 2013. Accessed October 30, 2015.</ref> The casino was later demolished on February 17, 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Tully|first=Tracey|date=2021-02-17|title=Watch the Trump Era in Atlantic City End With 3,000 Sticks of Dynamite|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/17/nyregion/atlantic-city-trump-plaza-implosion.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/17/nyregion/atlantic-city-trump-plaza-implosion.html |archive-date=2021-12-28 |url-access=limited|access-date=2021-02-18|issn=0362-4331}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
|-
| [[Revel Atlantic City|Revel]]||April 2, 2012 || September 2, 2014 || [[Brookfield Asset Management]]'s winning bid of $110&nbsp;million on September 30, 2014, for Atlantic City's Revel Casino Hotel, and the company's intention to operate it as a casino, generated some excitement, but the company backed out of this deal on November 19, 2014.<ref>Brubaker, Harold. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150215053315/http://articles.philly.com/2014-12-12/business/56959964_1_revel-ac-inc-revel-casino-hotel-dco-energy-l-l-c "Revel abandons Brookfield deal"], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', December 12, 2014. Accessed October 30, 2015. "U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Gloria M. Burns on Wednesday scheduled a hearing for that morning to consider Revel AC Inc.'s motion to terminate its agreement to sell its property to a subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management Inc. for $110&nbsp;million."</ref> In January 2018, it was announced that the property had been sold for $200 million.<ref>Palmieri, Christopher. [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-08/atlantic-city-s-failed-revel-casino-sells-for-200-million "Atlantic City's Failed Revel Casino Sells for $200 Million"], [[Bloomberg News]], January 8, 2018. Accessed September 14, 2018.</ref> It reopened as the [[Ocean Resort Casino]] in June 2018.
|-
| [[Showboat Atlantic City|Showboat]] || April 2, 1987 || August 31, 2014|| On December 13, 2014, Stockton University purchased the property for $18&nbsp;million with the intent of turning it into an Atlantic City campus. However, a preexisting [[Covenant (law)|covenant]] required the property to operate as a casino. Stockton entered an agreement providing Glenn Straub with an option to purchase the property, which was not exercised.<ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/aug/10/judge-contract-between-stockton-straub-properly-te/ "Judge: Stockton can find another buyer for Showboat"], ''[[The Washington Times]]'', August 10, 2015. Accessed October 30, 2015.</ref> Stockton subsequently sold the property to developer Bart Blatstein in January 2016 for $23&nbsp;million.<ref name=lai>Lai, Jonathan. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160306231009/http://articles.philly.com/2016-01-17/news/69818812_1_showboat-bart-blatstein-atlantic-city "Stockton completes Showboat sale to Blatstein"], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', January 17, 2016. Accessed June 23, 2016. "The Philadelphia-based developer Bart Blatstein bought the property for $23&nbsp;million, inheriting a legal mess but clearing Stockton to move forward with other plans."</ref> The building was reopened in July 2016 as a non-casino hotel.
|-
| [[Atlantic Club Casino Hotel|Atlantic Club]]||December 12, 1980||January 13, 2014||Building and contents sold to [[Caesars Entertainment Corporation]]. Slots and tables sold to [[Tropicana Casino & Resort Atlantic City]].
|-
|[[Trump Marina]]
|June 19, 1985
|May 23, 2011
|Building sold to [[Landry's, Inc.]] in February 2011, sale approved in May and Landry's took control on May 23 of that year and renamed it the Golden Nugget Atlantic City.
|-
| [[Sands Atlantic City|Sands]] || August 31, 1980 || November 11, 2006|| Building demolished in 2007. The site is now an empty lot after a proposal estimated at up to $2&nbsp;billion by Pinnacle Entertainment for a casino on the site did not move forward.<ref>Staff. [http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/travel/hotels/2007-10-19-sands-implosion_N.htm "Sands casino in Atlantic City imploded"], ''[[USA Today]]'', October 19, 2007. Accessed October 30, 2015. "It took less than 20 seconds for the 21-story, 500-room tower where Frank Sinatra once held court to come crashing to the ground shortly after 9:30 p.m. in the first implosion of an East Coast casino. The demolition makes way for a mega-casino to be built on the Sands site by Pinnacle Entertainment at an estimated cost of $1.5&nbsp;billion to $2&nbsp;billion."</ref>
|-
| [[The Claridge Hotel (Atlantic City)|Claridge]] || July 20, 1981 || December 30, 2002 || Now operating as an independent non-casino hotel.
|-
| [[Trump World's Fair]]|| May 15, 1996 || October 3, 1999 || Building was demolished and replaced by new strip stores.<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/10/nyregion/trump-planning-to-demolish-world-s-fair-casino-in-atlantic-city.html "Trump Planning to Demolish World's Fair Casino in Atlantic City"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 10, 1999. Accessed October 30, 2015. "Donald J. Trump plans to demolish his World's Fair casino in Atlantic City around the end of the year and may build a 4,000-room, $750&nbsp;million gambling complex in its place, officials of his development company said yesterday."</ref>
|-
| [[Trump World's Fair|Atlantis Casino]]|| April 14, 1981 || July 4, 1989 || Originally opened by Playboy Enterprises, which was found unsuitable for licensure, Playboy casino closed and then reopened by Elsinor Corporation as the Atlantis. In 1989 the Casino Control Commission revoked Atlantis' license and property sold to become [[Trump World's Fair]] an extension of the Trump Plaza.
|-
|}

====Cancelled casinos====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=155|Casino
!width=410|Status of Property

|-
| [[Camelot Hotel/Casino|Camelot]] || Cancelled; currently an empty lot
|-
| [[Dunes Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City)|Dunes Atlantic City]] || Never completed; now an empty lot
|-
| [[Golden Nugget Atlantic City|Hilton (Original)]] || Casino license denied; current site of [[Golden Nugget Atlantic City]]
|-
| Le Jardin || Cancelled; currently [[Borgata]]
|-
| [[Golden Nugget Atlantic City|Margaritaville Marina Casino]] || Cancelled; current site of [[Golden Nugget Atlantic City]]
|-
| Mirage Atlantic City || Cancelled; currently [[Borgata]]
|-
| MGM Grand Atlantic City || Cancelled; currently an empty lot
|-
| [[Penthouse Boardwalk Hotel and Casino|Penthouse Casino]] || Never built; currently an empty lot
|-
| [[Trump Taj Mahal|Resorts Taj Mahal]] || Cancelled; current site of [[Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Atlantic City]]
|-
| [[Sahara Boardwalk Hotel and Casino|Sahara Atlantic City]] || Cancelled; now a parking lot
|}

===Boardwalk===
[[File:Boardwalk in Atlantic City.jpg|thumb|Boardwalk in Atlantic City]]
The Atlantic City Boardwalk opened on June 26, 1870,<ref name="June26-1870">[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jun26.html Today in History: June 26], [[Library of Congress]]. Accessed June 23, 2016. "On June 26, 1870, the first section of the Atlantic City Boardwalk opened along the New Jersey beach."</ref> a temporary structure erected for the summer season that was the first [[boardwalk (entertainment district)|boardwalk]] in the world.<ref>[http://acfpl.org/ac-history-menu/atlantic-city-faq-s Atlantic City FAQs: Where and when was the first boardwalk constructed?], Atlantic City Free Public Library. Accessed September 21, 2016. "The first boardwalk built in the United States was in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in 1870."</ref><ref>Shea, Rachel Hartigan. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121113061446/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/11/121110-superstorm-sandy-boardwalks-new-jersey-shore-science-nation/ "After Sandy: The Future of Boardwalks; In age of extreme weather, should they be rebuilt, redesigned, defended by dunes?"], ''[[National Geographic (magazine)|National Geographic]]'', November 10, 2012. Accessed September 21, 2016. "The first boardwalk built in the United States was a temporary structure. Two local businessmen, weary of sand being tracked into their establishments, convinced the city council of Atlantic City to create a boardwalk in 1870."</ref><ref name="AtlanticCityBoardwalkWorld'sLongestBusiestOldest1">{{cite web|url=https://visitnj.org/atlantic-city-boardwalk|title=Atlantic City Boardwalk|date=January 31, 2014 |publisher=State of New Jersey|access-date=August 18, 2023}}</ref> At {{Convert|5+1/2|mi|km}} long, the Atlantic City Boardwalk is also the world's longest and busiest boardwalk.<ref name="AtlanticCityBoardwalkWorld'sLongestBusiestOldest2">{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/politics/2023/08/nj-s-aging-boardwalks-to-get-a-100m-facelift.html|title=N.J.'s aging boardwalks to get a $100M facelift|author=Derek Hall|publisher=NJ Advance Media|date=August 15, 2023|access-date=August 15, 2023}}</ref>

The Boardwalk starts at Absecon Inlet in the north and runs along the beach south-west to the city limit {{cvt|4|mi}} away then continues {{cvt|1+1/2|mi}} into [[Ventnor City, New Jersey|Ventnor City]]. Casino/hotels front the boardwalk, as well as retail stores, restaurants, and amusements. Notable attractions include the [[Boardwalk Hall]], [[House of Blues]], and the [[Ripley's Believe It or Not!]] museum.

In October 2012, [[Hurricane Sandy]] destroyed the northern part of the boardwalk fronting Absecon Inlet, in the residential section called South Inlet. The oceanfront boardwalk in front of the Atlantic City casinos survived the storm with minimal damage.<ref>Brennan, John. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121103022844/http://blog.northjersey.com/meadowlandsmatters/3979/putting-the-atlantic-city-boardwalk-myth-to-bed "Putting the Atlantic City Boardwalk myth to bed"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', October 30, 2012, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of November 3, 2012. Accessed June 23, 2016. "The Atlantic City Boardwalk that was washed out by Hurricane Sandy is an area limited to the Boardwalk fronting the Absecon Inlet only. That small section of the Boardwalk is located in South Inlet, a prominent residential section of Atlantic City. It is a small stretch of Boardwalk that is being shown in video footage and photos."</ref><ref>Jaffe, Greg. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/atlantic-city-takes-stock-of-storm-damage/2012/10/30/b54e6eee-22d4-11e2-8448-81b1ce7d6978_story.html "Atlantic City takes stock of storm damage"], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', October 30, 2012. Accessed June 23, 2016. "One section of the famed boardwalk was destroyed, but most of it was intact, and on Tuesday, as white foam from the roiling Atlantic Ocean sprayed across it, the only people around were a few store owners who had come to check on their shops, some wave watchers and a few homeless men."</ref>

The first pier along the boardwalk, Applegate's Pier, opened in 1884.<ref>[http://www.phillyseaport.org/web_exhibits/what_we_saved-ephemera_exhibit/down_the_shore.html Down the Shore: Summer in Atlantic City] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624040217/http://www.phillyseaport.org/web_exhibits/what_we_saved-ephemera_exhibit/down_the_shore.html |date=June 24, 2016 }}, [[Independence Seaport Museum]]. Accessed June 23, 2016. "The first Atlantic City boardwalk was built in 1870, and twelve years later, in 1882, Ocean Pier, the world's first oceanside amusement pier was constructed."</ref> It was acquired by John L. Young in 1891, who expanded and operated it as Young's Ocean Pier, but it was mostly destroyed in a 1912 fire. The remaining part of the pier was rebuilt in 1922 as the Central Pier, which is still in operation.<ref>Keough, W. F. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AC&p_theme=ac&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAEA868E576DB20&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Central Pier Rides Again / A.C. Gets a Family Amusement Center"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', June 3, 1990. Accessed August 23, 2013. "Central Pier, vacant since the dawn of casino gaming, will re-open its doors Saturday in an $8&nbsp;million effort by its owners to re-create one of the resort's most famous pre-casino attractions – its amusement parks. Visitors who plan to test the rides later this week at the city's oldest pier will be treated to the screaming upside-down rush of a Super Loop, or the musical lure of a merry-go-round by the sea."</ref>

A [[Heinz]]-owned pier named Heinz Pier was destroyed in the [[1944 Great Atlantic hurricane]].<ref>Flynn, Ed. [http://www.northjersey.com/community/seniors/195800821_The_Heinz_Pier_in_Atlantic_Cith_a__variety__of_fun_in_Atlantic_City_a__variety__of_fun.html?page=all "The Heinz Pier in Atlantic City a 'variety' of fun"], Northjersey.com, March 7, 2013. Accessed August 23, 2013.</ref>

The most famous Atlantic City pier was [[Steel Pier]], which opened in 1898, and which once billed itself as "The Showplace of the Nation". It closed in 1978, and was mostly destroyed in a 1982 fire. It was rebuilt in the late 1980s and is now operated as an amusement pier across from the [[Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City|Hard Rock]].

Steeplechase Pier opened in 1899 and operated until 1986. It suffered significant damage in a 1988 fire, and the remnants of the pier were removed in 1996. The "Steeplechase Pier Heliport" on Steel Pier is named in its honor.<ref>[http://www.airnav.com/airport/NJ57 Steeplechase Pier Heliport]. Accessed March 10, 2012.</ref>

Captain John L. Young opened "Young's [[ACX1 Studios|Million Dollar Pier]]" in 1906, and on the seaward side "erected a marble mansion", fronted by a formal garden, with lighting and landscaping designed by Young's longtime friend [[Thomas Alva Edison]]. Million Dollar Pier once rivaled Steel Pier as Atlantic City's leading pier,<ref name="Johnson, Nelson 2010 30"/> but after suffering decades of decline, was rebuilt into a shopping mall in the 1980s, known as "Shops on Ocean One". In 2006, the Ocean One mall was bought, renovated and re-branded as "The Pier Shops at Caesars" and in 2015, it was renamed "[[Playground Pier]]". In September 2023, it was renamed "ACX1 Studios" for the film and entertainment production studios that took over the building, with a planned grand reopening containing a mixture of retail, restaurants, creative space, and production studios in summer of 2024.

[[Garden Pier]], located opposite [[Ocean Casino Resort]], once housed a movie theater, and is now home to the Atlantic City Historical Museum.<ref>[http://www.acfpl.org/component/content/article/17-front-page-articles/213-atlantic-city-experience-100-years-of-garden-pier Atlantic City Experience: 100 Years of the Garden Pier], Atlantic City Free Public Library. Accessed August 23, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.acmuseum.org/atlantic-city-experience-100-years-of-the-garden-pier.html "Atlantic City Experience: 100 Years of the Garden Pier"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722121222/http://www.acmuseum.org/atlantic-city-experience-100-years-of-the-garden-pier.html |date=July 22, 2017 }}, Atlantic City Experience. Accessed July 27, 2017. "Garden Pier stood apart from the other piers in Atlantic City. First opening on July 19, 1913, its 'uptown' location placed it away from the frenzied activity of the bustling downtown."</ref>

{{wide image|Panoramic_view_of_The_Pier_Shops_at_Caesars.jpg|900px|Panoramic view of [[Playground Pier]]}}

===Shopping===
[[File:The Quarter at Tropicana in Atlantic City.jpg|thumb|[[The Quarter at Tropicana]]]]
Atlantic City has many different shopping districts and malls, many of which are located inside or adjacent to the casino resorts. Several smaller themed retail and dining areas in casino hotels include the Borgata Shops and The Shoppes at Water Club inside Borgata, the Waterfront Shops inside of Harrah's, Spice Road inside the Trump Taj Mahal, while Resorts Casino Hotel has a small collection of stores and restaurants. Major shopping malls are also located in and around Atlantic City.

Atlantic City shops include:
* [[Playground Pier]], an underwater-themed indoor high end shopping center located on the Million Dollar Pier formerly known as "Shops on Ocean One". The four-story shopping mall contains themed floors.
* [[Tanger Outlets The Walk]], an outdoor outlet shopping center spanning several blocks. The only outlet mall in Atlantic County, The Walk opened in 2003 and is undergoing an expansion.
* [[The Quarter at Tropicana]], an old [[Havana]]-themed indoor shopping center at the Tropicana, which contains over 40 stores, restaurants, and nightclubs.

===Exhibition===
[[File:Acconvention.jpg|thumb|[[Atlantic City Convention Center]]]]
[[Boardwalk Hall]], formally known as the "Historic Atlantic City Convention Hall", is an [[arena]] in Atlantic City along the boardwalk. Boardwalk Hall was Atlantic City's primary [[convention center]] until the opening of the [[Atlantic City Convention Center]] in 1997. The Atlantic City Convention Center includes {{cvt|500000|sqft|m2}} of showroom space, 5 exhibit halls, 45 meeting rooms with {{cvt|109000|sqft|m2}} of space, a garage with 1,400 parking spaces, and an adjacent [[Sheraton Hotels and Resorts|Sheraton]] hotel. Both the Boardwalk Hall and Convention Center are operated by the Atlantic City Convention & Visitors Authority.