It’s a busy day for me, because this morning I was live on KNPR’s State of Nevada. You can click that link for a link directly to the show, and I think you can even listen. I’m part of the panel in the first segment. It was a lively talk about pro sports potentially coming to Las Vegas, and I hope I did my little bit to keep it lively by name-dropping both the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Nathan Detroit.
Not too much in the news today, even though there’s been a quick back-track from the Pequots on a potential Atlantic City project. Part of me thinks this is just them playing it safe until they’re on the ground in Philly, but that’s just a hunch.
Some other news out of AC, from the Asbury Park Press:
A new casino envisioned for this gambling resort could become New Jersey’s tallest building if the city eases height restrictions on skyscrapers.
Now that Bader Field has closed, the City Council is set to vote next to raise the limit from 485 feet to 800 feet on a plot of land just north of the Showboat Casino Hotel.
A building that high would be the tallest in New Jersey, topping the 781-foot Goldman Sachs office in Jersey City. But Kevin DeSanctis, chairman and CEO of Revel Entertainment, the likely developer, said the building probably won’t reach 800 feet.
Wow. I can’t imagine something a legit 80 stories high in Atlantic City. Of course, there’s nothing from stopping casinos from just going from lobby to mezzanine to the 50th floor and saying that their hotel is 80 stories. Seriously, that’s what they did in the Taj–the elevator will take you from C to CF to 14. CF elevators–now that brings back some memories from my security days….you had to be there, I guess.
One final clarification–no one is depressed about the subjunctive 80-story tower, but the headline makes sense if you are into Cole Porter.