Atlantic City is hurting. I was in the Taj Mahal last night, and the place was practically empty. I know it’s a week night in the winter, but it was eerie. Revel, which is building a fancy new casino just north of the Showboat, announced yesterday it is laying off 400 construction workers. No, they’re [...]
There’s a recession on, and casinos are hurting for customers. But you’d never know it with a couple of experiences I had last weekend in Atlantic City. A group of friends and I decided to have a late lunch at the Harrah’s buffet. It wasn’t that busy, at least there were no lines to get [...]
Atlantic City, January 20, 2009 – With the crowning of Danish poker pro Peter Eastgate in November 2008, and a first place prize of over $9 million, the excitement surrounding elite poker events has never been more evident. In an effort to meet the demand the high-stakes action of the World Series of Poker, the [...]
Is one Atlantic City casino about to become smoke-free? That looks like a possiblity as Harrah’s Entertainment is sending out surveys to its customers asking what their reaction would be if the Showboat banned smoking entirely. Would they come more often? Would they come less? Would it make no difference? The questionnaires were embedded with [...]
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ – January 15, 2009 – Resorts Atlantic City Casino Hotel announced that five lucky players will win a pair of tickets to a VIP event featuring four former cast members of the legendary HBO series, The Sopranos. The festivities, to be held in the Ballroom at Resorts Atlantic City Casino Hotel on [...]
Atlantic City, NJ – December 10, 2008 – Who wants to be the next Millionaire?! Resorts Atlantic City Casino Hotel announced it will offer new and existing members of the Resorts Destination Casino Club a chance to win thousands in prizes and cash, including a grand prize of $1 million through its new Million Dollar [...]
Atlantic City, NJ – November 24, 2008 – When the weather outside is frightful…the dance floor at Boogie Nights is heating up! Resorts Casino Hotel announced its Winter special events calendar for Boogie Nights, which has been praised as “the grooviest nightery in A.C.” (NY Daily News), “too hip to resist” (South Jersey Magazine), and [...]
The economy took its toll on Atlantic City in 2008. The Casino Control Commission released its final report, showing revenues dropped by 7.6% over 2007, and December was down 18.7% over December ’07. Gamblers are apparently staying home in droves as they worry about keeping their jobs and their houses. Only Harrah’s showed gains for [...]
It’s seven weeks away, but I’m drooling already! The first Atlantic City Restaurant week will be held March 1 to 7, and almost all of the finest restaurants in and around town will be part of it. As a way of getting new customers to try their culinary creations, the restaurants are offering fixed-price lunch [...]
One thing I did New Year’s Day was to close out my 2008 gambling spreadsheet. I didn’t like what I saw. I won’t go into the nitty-gritty details, but I had an unlucky year, playing mostly full-pay video poker in Atlantic City. But what hurt more was that my cashback and bounce-back cash went WAY [...]