Associated PressFebruary 17, 2021
8min736
Atlantic City landmark to become cloud of dust.
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Associated PressFebruary 17, 2021
Guest AuthorOctober 30, 2018
6min316
The Florida Chamber of Commerce has long advocated for restraint in amending Florida’s Constitution. We believe our constitution should only be amended in rare and extraordinary circumstances. Amendment 3, which would require voter approval of future gambling expansion, meets that threshold. Keep in mind, Florida is creating 1 out of 11 new jobs in America. […]
Jim RosicaMay 16, 2017
4min569
The Seminole Tribe of Florida, which recently bought the former Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, is expanding its Hard Rock gambling and entertainment brand to Canada. A Tribe spokesman on Tuesday said that the Seminoles had won a bidding process to open a Hard Rock Casino in Ottawa, the nation’s capital. The deal with the Ontario […]
Associated PressApril 3, 2017
3min271
It’s official: Atlantic City‘s former Trump Taj Mahal casino now belongs to Hard Rock International. The sale of the shuttered casino opened in 1990 by President Donald Trump was finalized Friday. The Florida-based Hard Rock, which manages gambling and resort operations for the Seminole Indian tribe, bought the casino March 1 from billionaire investor Carl […]
Guest AuthorMarch 6, 2017
5min530
There are two things we can count on in Florida. In any given body of water, eventually the alligators will show up. And in any given meeting of the Florida Legislature, the same applies to gambling lobbyists. Feed either and they only become more insatiable. With regard to the gambling interests, unfortunately, the Florida Senate […]
Associated PressMarch 3, 20173min820
The Seminole Tribe of Florida, now co-owner of Atlantic City’s Trump Taj Mahal casino, also wants to build a $1 billion casino in northern New Jersey just outside New York City. Jim Allen, CEO of Seminole Tribe-controlled Hard Rock International, told The Associated Press on Thursday that the company remains committed to its plan to build a casino […]
Jim RosicaMarch 1, 20174min1250
The Seminole Tribe of Florida is expanding its gambling holdings to the Garden State. Hard Rock International, which the Tribe controls, Wednesday announced it had bought the shuttered Trump Taj Mahal casino on Atlantic City’s famed boardwalk from billionaire Carl Icahn. The deal includes two New Jersey investors. The sale comes four months after Icahn closed it amid […]
Paul SeagoSeptember 27, 2016
7min254
Outside of those in Nevada, the people of New Jersey have the most experience with casino gambling. They have seen it rise on the Atlantic City Boardwalk. And they have seen it crumble. So their attitude about gambling expansion is relevant to the ongoing discussion about expanded gambling in Florida. After all, who knows the […]
Guest AuthorAugust 13, 2016
6min359
Trump has established himself as the King of Bankruptcies. It is public record that in the late 1980s, Trump hid the facts from banks and the public about his severely failing casino companies, and convinced the banks to lend him additional billions of dollars. Shortly after, these Trump companies defaulted on their debts, failed the […]
Phil AmmannMarch 2, 20165min215
Gambling interests have lined up in the Capitol to lobby for their long-held dream of remaking Florida in the image of Las Vegas and Atlantic City. As the Legislature considers their requests for more and bigger casinos, I would caution the following: Not so fast. Any action the Legislature may take to expand gambling – […]