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Revel — which tried to be a casino that wasn't really a casino by banning smoking and focusing on entertainment that didn't involve slots — is for sale. While the building is certainly gorgeous, it's also been a dismal failure. It opened in 2012 and filed for bankruptcy 10 months later. If it sells, that selling price will be an indication of Atlantic City's gambling market, which right now is about as healthy as smokers chained to slot machines at Revel right now. (They dropped the non-smoking policy in 2013, natch.) The Atlantic Club, formerly the Atlantic City Hilton, sold for a paltry $23.4 million to a Caesars/Tropicana partnership (in comparison: the Sands sold for $250 million in 2006). The Atlantic Club is no longer operating, and just last week Caesars, which is the dominant casino company in Atlantic City, said it might start shutting down properties. So don't expect the Revel number to be a blockbuster.
City Life

Atlantic Club Closes; Hard Rock Could Buy Revel

AP reports Atlantic City’s Atlantic Club casino “will be stripped for parts and sold to two larger competitors, neither of which has any interest in […]

Property

Morning Headlines: Pennsylvanians Go to Barneys in New York!

“Left unsaid was an ever-so-slight inferiority complex: The Keystone State is grand, but the Empire State, grander.” This is an actual sentence penned by the […]

City Life

Atlantic City Worries About Online Gaming

The arrival of online gaming in New Jersey was supposed to help save the industry there—and it may, but the Inquirer today reports that Atlantic […]

City Life

United Airlines to Fly Out of Atlantic City

Right now, Atlantic City International Airport isn’t doing much international business. It’s got one carrier, Spirit Airlines, which mostly shuttles oldheads between the Shore and […]

America’s Best Cities for Hipsters. Tired of all these goddamn evil hipsters, defined as anyone who has interests or wears glasses*, ruining every aspect of your existence? Then you’ll be pleased to know Philly does not appear on this 20-city list. Which you probably haven't heard of. * Source: Internet comment sections
City Life

Are Hipsters Now an Ethnic Group?

This was supposed to be a post about how Don Guardian won—again—the office of Atlantic City mayor during a Tuesday recount of the votes. (And […]

City Life

HEADS UP: Brittany Lynn Will Be on “Snooki & JWOWW” Tonight

I know, you’ve had more than enough of Snooki and JWOWW, but tonight, on their MTV reality show, Snooki & JWOWW, a special guest from Philly […]

Property

Morning Headlines: About Franklin Flea, Frankford, Lower Merion, and General Fun

More about: Franklin Flea Market (or Brooklyn Flea Philly 2.0) will be at the former Strawbridges on Market Street “Chinatowns on the East Coast are […]

City Life

Atlantic City Mayor Refuses to Concede Defeat

Incumbent Atlantic City mayor Lorenzo Langford technically lost his race to Republican Don Guardian (great name) yesterday. But he’s not ready to concede defeat just […]

City Life

Pro Bar in Atlantic City Closes [UPDATED]

Atlantic City made LGBT headlines today when it elected out mayor Don Guardian, but later in the evening the town became a little less gay […]

City Life

Gay Republican Don Guardian Elected Mayor of Atlantic City

There were lots of exciting election LGBT-centric results all across the country last night: ally and gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe eked by with a win in […]

City Life

Atlantic City Spent $400K on Miss America

Philadelphia Business Journal reports: “Atlantic City paid a pretty penny to host the Miss America pageant — and much of that went to city workers. […]

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Property

Historic Atlantic City Hotel Sold At Auction for $4 Million Is Now Back on the Market

In May, Florida investor Eli Hadad purchased the 121,000-square-foot Madison House Hotel at auction for $4 million. It wasn’t a competitive auction; Hadad was the […]

Restaurants

Boardwalk Rodeo (And BBQ Competition) Hitting A.C. This Weekend

BBQ has become such a THING, hasn’t it? Not that there’s anything wrong with it. I mean, who doesn’t love meat slathered in spicy sweet […]

City Life

Atlantic City Officer Accused of Brutality, Using Dog to Torture Suspect

NBC 10 reports that David Castellani Jr. was kicked out of an Atlantic City casino for being underage—when he exchanged words with police on the […]

City Life

No, There Probably Weren’t 200,000 People at the Miss America Parade

The most widely-touted estimate put the size of the crowd at this year’s Miss America Parade–back in A.C, baby!–at 225,000. One Jersey statistician says the […]