![]() 30.īut if either new venue is concerned about a rivalry, they aren’t showing their hands. ![]() In late June, the former Trump Taj Mahal completed its conversion from domed gaudiness to the sleek, hip Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, becoming the 12th casino property in the portfolio of the Florida Seminoles.Ī few blocks away, past the also-reopened Showboat (currently only as a hotel, though owner Bart Blatstein is reportedly looking into a gaming license) sits the ultimate resurrection in Atlantic City, Ocean Resort Casino, a $2.4 billion gleaming beauty that replaced the ill-fated Revel Casino Hotel, which shuttered in 2014 after a mere two years.īoth properties are luring regular gamblers with offers for comped rooms, lucrative free play and matching the status of players’ cards from other casinos through Sept. However, the 15th birthday of the comfortably chic gambling palace coincided with new competition - the opening (or, rather, transformation) of a pair of boardwalk casinos. It was also the first casino in Atlantic City to offer sports betting when a longtime federal ban was overturned by the U.S. The Borgata, which towers a few miles from the ocean in the Marina District, remains the front runner, taking in more than $76 million in gaming revenue in July, according to the Division of Gaming Enforcement – about $39 million more than second-place Tropicana.
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