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Not exactly. But there might be a chance that a casino resort could incorporate land from my alma mater, Atlantic City High School. From, of course, the AC Press: The city’s white-hot gambling market is attracting another player. A casino investment group headed by one of the country’s former top gaming executives is buying 11 […]

Remember Lewis the aggro cat? Well, he’s had his day in court, and he now has a new lease on life. From ABC News: A state judge spared the life of alleged neighbor-assaulter Lewis the cat on Tuesday, but ordered that he remain inside his owner’s Fairfield home at all times. “There are no exceptions.

The long hoped-for next big thing in Atlantic City is one step closer to actually happening. Morgan Stanley’s gaming subsidiary is ready to sponsor the city’s 13th casino, which will be next to the Showboat. From the Inky: The gambling subsidiary of Morgan Stanley has acquired 20 acres on the Boardwalk to develop what will

Since even before the opening of the Borgata, there has been much talk of new developments in Atlantic City. It looks like an addition to the Trump Taj Mahal is really going to happen. From the AC Press: The Planning Board granted preliminary approval Wednesday to a new 810-room hotel tower at Trump Taj Mahal

Here’s another update on that Atlantic City/Monopoly thing. All across the country, there were rallies and protests connected to immigration. Atlantic City, a city of immigrants, will be galvanized today by a rally over a board game. From the AC Press: The city that used to have a monopoly on Monopoly will host a rally

I used my Las Vegas Business Press column to talk about Second Saturday a few weeks ago, so I feel it’s only appropriate to mention First Wednesday here. But don’t go down to Fremont Street for this one–instead, head to St. James Place in Atlantic City: Restaurants, hotels and retailers around Atlantic City will come

Yesterday, I talked about an effort to keep Atlantic City on Monopoly – the Here and Now Edition. This morning, I installed Flash 8.0 and actually voted on the Hasbro site. To the extent that anyone should get worked up over a board game, here’s what I think: It’s no surprise that Las Vegas makes

I got this in my inbox and thought I would pass it on. Tomorrow, we are launching the online petition to support Atlantic City’s presence on Hasbro’s new version of Monopoly. The homepage of our website, www.atlanticcitynj.com will have a button that says: Keep AC On The Board. Click on that button and sign the

A while ago, I got an email from someone who had a site (or at least a page) dedicated to the famous Boardwalk Cats. But, like so much else, the page was writ in water–I checked my link yesterday and saw it was down. Bummer. Looking for more information on the Boardwalk Cats online, I

If you listened to Dave Berns interview me on KNPR, you heard my shocking revelation that I used to work as Mr. Peanut. Actually, it’s not that shocking, but “shocking revelation” sounds better than “talking about a past summer job.” So you can imagine my excitement at reading this article in the Atlantic City Press:

New Jersey recently banned smoking indoors–unless you’re in a casino. Proponents of the ban have said that it was a political move–they could not have gotten the measure passed with the combined clout of casinos, bars, and restaurants. So they picked off the bars and restaurants, and have now come for the casinos. From Newsday:

When I worked at the Trump Taj Mahal, I saw many Philly and New York sports stars gambling and having fun, often within a few hours after games. Anyone who works in AC probably has stories to tell. That’s why it’s strange that this made the paper. From the San Jose Mercury News: On a

For years, the Traymore was an Atlantic City institution. I wrote an article about it recently for Casino Connection. Now, the land that the Traymore once occupied has been sold. From the AC Press: Dissatisfied with its status as Atlantic City’s smallest gaming hall, the Sands Casino Hotel is buying the former Traymore Hotel site

My lecture at the architecture school as part of the Graduate Lecture Series went really well last night. I got a chance to get some feedback on my “4 stages of casino resort evolution” idea and got to talk a lot about casinos, particularly my experiences in security and surveillance. When I saw this story

You might have heard about Craig Biggio’s New Jersey-born wife chasing down a male fan who slapped her at game two of the Astros-White Sox World Series. Anyway, Michelle Malkin had this to say: Biggio told the Houston Chronicle that his wife is fine and quipped: “You don’t slap a New Jersey girl and get

If you bought a t-shirt with the names of all Atlantic City casinos back in 1985, it might have looked like this: If you like this shirt, you can bid with Vintage Pimps and maybe take it home. This shirt is cool because most of the casinos have changed names, which shows how much the