Cutbacks Growing in AC

You didn't happen to get the digits from the two hotties in the picture did you?

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You didn't happen to get the digits from the two hotties in the picture did you?

I was wondering about that. Basic rule of promotional photos is you use attractive people even if you have to rent them. The photographer must have been running late to a big lunch engagement.



The same for these photos of Boardwalk Empire cutouts.



Потёмкинские деревни Potemkin Villages, are actually a semi true historical myth, as Grigory Potemkin was a real person from the 18th century.

Lucky man is lucky.

Maybe it's a promotional flyer found at a BBW bar?

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Maybe it's a promotional flyer found at a BBW bar?

I think this is the kind of woman you see a promotional flyer for a BBW bar.


Rough BBW action

The cutbacks apparently include security. The Taj Mahal garage seems to have an inordinate number of severe problems, and they don't seem willing or able to do much about them. Eight o'clock in the morning isn't such an unusual time, even at a casino. ON a 24-hour schedule, that is typically when the dayside arrives.

"ATLANTIC CITY — One man was shot to death and a woman was wounded during an apparent carjacking that authorities believe began inside the parking garage of an Atlantic City casino early Sunday.

Atlantic County Prosecutor Ted Housel says three “people of interest” were being sought in the incident, which occurred around 8 a.m. in the area of the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort. They apparently fled the scene on foot after the shooting occurred. Police responding to 911 calls soon found the victims inside their vehicle, which was in an alley not far from the casino.

Twenty-eight-year-old Sunil Rattu of Old Bridge was killed in the incident, while 24-year-old Radha Ghetia of Parlin was being treated at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center’s City Campus."--acpress

ATLANTIC CITY - The Pier Shops at Caesars will be auctioned Oct. 28, 5½ years after the four-level dining and high-end retail complex opened on the Boardwalk.

Owner Taubman Centers Inc. now owes lenders $149.7 million on the property, but previously estimated its worth at $52 million - less than half its $115 million assessment. Starting bids for the property, which is unaffiliated with Caesars Atlantic City, have not been determined.

Taubman representatives declined comment Wednesday. But a court order issued Tuesday states Taubman will continue running the property until the sale, which is scheduled to start at 11 a.m., a legal notice to be published Thursday states. The sale will cap off a process that began more than two years ago, when Taubman announced it no longer could pay its mortgage on The Pier. . . .

About half of retail spaces on the two floors below are empty, [a retailing consultant] estimated. "It's so dark in there," he said. "You get to a point where you're like, ‘What are you going to go there for.'"acpress

Trump Plaza Introduces New Lower Minimums For Roulette and Craps
Oct.20, 2011 in Atlantic City Gambling, Atlantic City restaurants, Blackjack, Casino Promotions, Trump Plaza

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ – October 19, 2011- Trump Plaza announced that it is now offering $3 craps with 10 times odds, and the option for roulette players to play “inside” wagers at 50 cents. No additional fees apply with either game. There will be at least one $3 craps table and one 50-cent roulette game available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. acg

ATLANTIC CITY - Casino revenue fell 7 percent in January, depriving the Atlantic City gaming industry of its first back-to-back monthly increase since late 2006. Altogether, the 11 casino hotels posted $236.9 million in revenue from their slot machines and table games compared to $255.4 million a year ago, according to figures released today by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement.--acpress

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ATLANTIC CITY - Casino revenue fell 7 percent in January, depriving the Atlantic City gaming industry of its first back-to-back monthly increase since late 2006. Altogether, the 11 casino hotels posted $236.9 million in revenue from their slot machines and table games compared to $255.4 million a year ago, according to figures released today by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement.--acpress

Resorts AC is sure trying to get my business. They are offering me tons of rooms for free, promotions nearly every day, comp tickets to C-grade shows. It's sad with the nicer winter we've had this year that AC can't get its act together.

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ATLANTIC CITY - Casino revenue fell 7 percent in January, depriving the Atlantic City gaming industry of its first back-to-back monthly increase since late 2006. Altogether, the 11 casino hotels posted $236.9 million in revenue from their slot machines and table games compared to $255.4 million a year ago, according to figures released today by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement.--acpress

Resorts AC is sure trying to get my business. They are offering me tons of rooms for free, promotions nearly every day, comp tickets to C-grade shows. It's sad with the nicer winter we've had this year that AC can't get its act together.

I'm getting the same offers from Golden Nugget and Resorts. I'll be sure to take them up on it for the grand opening of Revel.

Just about Arthur Goldberg's last vestige is closing, the buffet in his (at that time) innovative Wild Wild West. The lone activity remaining is the railroad bar and a handful of slots at the Boardwalk.

Posted: Friday, June 1, 2012 1:45 am | Updated: 10:35 am, Fri Jun 1, 2012.

By DONALD WITTKOWSKI Staff Writer |

Atlantic City’s culinary scene is changing faster than a bus boy can clean dinner tables. Celebrity chefs and gourmet restaurants have begun to overshadow the low-cost buffets as casinos continue to add glitzier new attractions aimed at more upscale customers.

Most recent casualty of this trend is the Virginia City Buffet at Bally’s Wild Wild West Casino. Caesars Entertainment Corp., parent company of Bally’s, said Thursday that Virginia City will close this month as part of the previously announced redevelopment of the Wild Wild West, the frontier town-themed casino.

“We have been in negotiations with several large, mixed-use developers and the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority to re-purpose the Wild Wild West space. Our goal is to transform the space into an entertainment destination featuring well-known brands and popular attractions,” said Don Marrandino, Eastern Division president of Caesars Entertainment.

Marrandino added that the company is not yet ready to announce any names while it preps the Wild Wild West for a mix of nationally known retailers and entertainment outlets to complement the gambling action.
“As we look to partner with these developers, Virginia City Buffet will close in mid-June in a move to right-size the operations at the Wild Wild West,” he said. . . .

“It’s a different customer that the casinos are playing for now. If you look at Borgata and Revel, I would say that the customer is a little more upscale and is more entertainment-oriented,” Cory Morowitz, a casino analyst and chairman of Morowitz Gaming Advisors LLC, explained of the shift to more high-end dining.

Morowitz noted that buffets were more important when Atlantic City heavily relied on low-rolling slot players who would grab some cheap food while spending a few hours in town. Now that many of those daytrippers have been lured away by the Pennsylvania casinos, Atlantic City has begun targeting more affluent overnight guests who don’t mind paying for gourmet food. . . . acpress

I'm not sure that I agree with Morowitz's assumption that buffets aren't important to the Atlantic City crowd. I agree that buffets are not as important as the USED to be, but gamblers want cheap and plentiful options as quick as possible. High-end restaurants are great if the clientele supports them but I don't think the Bally's/WWW customer is looking for that. Yes, Caesars is next door, and it sounds like the plan is to absorb the space into Caesars, but that's going to be pretty complicated and require a major redo.

CET doesn't really have the money to try to reinvent itself again. The Pier Shoppes haven't garnered the crowds they should, so I'm not sure how this is going to be any different. If this space is such a problem, they should just shutter it and create a better walkway between Bally's and Caesars. Otherwise, sell off Bally's and be done with it.

Wow. Journalism classes should use that AC Press article as an example of Spin Doctoring at it's best.

Here is an update on the prospects for selling Pinnacle's old Sands site:

'When the sale began in 2010, a Jones Lang LaSalle executive acknowledged that Pinnacle would likely have to accept just 30 percent of the $270 million that it paid for the land. Local real estate experts have predicted the property will sell at a much lower price. The land is assessed by the city at $65 million." acpress