It will employ 290 people, Guardian says, 'so that's real good for the city as well.'
The state's Casino Reinvestment Development Authority chipped in land and $12 million for the project. Across from the shuttered Trump Plaza, Mayor Don Guardian proudly shows off what will be a Bass Pro outdoor goods store occupying a whole city block. Chris Christie said Thursday that the first order of business is to 'stop the bleeding.' So city and state officials are trying to reposition Atlantic City by literally building it up.įor a city with lots of closed shops and casinos, there's also a fair amount of new construction here. By year's end, the city that once had an East Coast monopoly on gaming may lose its fifth casino. But that hasn't been the case in Atlantic City this year. In gambling, they say, the house always wins.
