The implosion marks the unofficial end of Trump’s presence in Atlantic City.
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Trump Plaza’s smaller tower, which fronts the Atlantic Ocean and includes a Rainforest Café plus a parking deck, will remain standing under the plans. The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City also donated $10,000 to the effort.Ī plan to auction off the right to push the button commencing the Plaza’s implosion was scrapped earlier this year over safety concerns, but Carl Icahn agreed to donate $175,000 to the Boys & Girls Club to match the highest bid that was received for the honor.Ītlantic City Mayor Marty Small says that about eight stories worth of debris will need to be cleaned up following the implosion, work that is expected to run through at least May of this year. Per the Press of Atlantic City, an auction held at the Playground Pier earlier this month that saw nearby hotels offer VIP packages netted more than $6,000 for the local Boys & Girls Club chapter. and a public viewing area for the implosion will be set up at Bader Field (parking is $10).Ītlantic City’s Facebook page will be streaming the event, which has helped generate some goodwill towards the community. The Trump Plaza implosion will see roadway and sidewalk closures within several blocks of the former hotel beginning at 6:00 a.m., which will include the Boardwalk and beach areas between Georgia and Arkansas avenues. The 39-story tower has since had its windows, exterior, and other elements removed and a formal implosion schedule was set last summer. The structure has deteriorated significantly since the lights went out it was declared a “public safety hazard” in early 2020 when chunks of the building’s concrete and stucco façade started falling onto nearby streets. The property has since been purchased by Carl Ichan and demolition of the building has been discussed since at least 2017. Issues at the casino mostly related to its debt forced the building to close in 2014 after Trump Entertainment Resorts filed for its fifth bankruptcy. The casino was opened along the Boardwalk in 1984 by former President Donald Trump and hosted a slew of high-profile boxing matches and events back in its heyday.
On February 17, the once-iconic Trump Plaza will no longer stand between Missouri and Mississippi avenues. Photo via Wikimedia.Ī former casino that has been shuttered for over half a decade will soon undergo a Las Vegas-style implosion despite the future of the oceanside property remaining somewhat uncertain. That stake was extinguished when the billionaire Carl Icahn took ownership of the company out of bankruptcy court in February 2016.Trump Plaza, Atlantic City. Trump cut most ties with Atlantic City in 2009 aside from a 10% fee for the use of his name on what were then three casinos in the city. The third casino Trump used to own here, Trump Marina, was sold to the Texas billionaire Tilman Fertitta in 2011 and is now the Golden Nugget. That property has since reopened as the Hard Rock casino. It closed in 2014, one of four Atlantic City casinos to shut down that year, followed by another former Trump casino, the Taj Mahal, in 2016. It was the site of many high-profile boxing matches, which Trump would regularly attend. Trump, then a real-estate developer, opened the casino in a prime spot at the center of Atlantic City’s Boardwalk where the Atlantic City Expressway deposited cars entering the resort. A photo of the Trump Plaza casino in October 2020.
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