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zzyzzx says

New Jersey college buys Atlantic City casino for dorm, branch campus

One of the three towers will remain a hotel holding some 479 rooms opening sometime in the spring of 2015. I assume Bourbon Tower

The college said dorm rooms could be used as hotel rooms during summer months, when demand is high and most students are away from campus.

Appropriate considering what a gamble getting a college degree is in today's economy.

Interesting!

I will most likely stay at Bally's or the Trop just the same. Closing casinos hasn't seemed to affected off season rates (when I go) anyway. Never stayed at any of the closed ones except ShowBoat. This article does remind me to stop by the Taj before it closes.

Call it Crazy says

zzyzzx says

Sure gambling revenues are down in AC, but people are still going and staying in hotel rooms and eating.

But it's the gambling revenues that keeps the hotels going. Giving away FREE rooms and comps for food doesn't make them money.

They say Atlantic City cannot compete with all the Indian Casinos popping up. There are Indian Casinos popping up in so. Cal. and other areas too where Las Vegas gets its gamblers. So why is Las Vegas thriving, but Atlantic City shutting down?
My guess, Atlantic City is for gamblers only. While Las Vegas is attracting non gamblers too. Visitors are willing to bring their families to see shows, expensive buffets, and tourist sites, besides gambling. Atlantic City does not have anything but gambling because its a high crime city run by dumb politicians.

Strategist says

Atlantic City is for gamblers only. While Las Vegas is attracting non gamblers too.

AC is a shithole. Very, very little of the casino revenue went into the city. I worked on the steel pier renovation in 75/76 before resorts opened. The entire city was a ghetto. We pretty much had to bring everything, including our vehicles, inside the pier and keep them in sight while we worked. Now there are the casino's and the rest of the city is still a ghetto. No one spends a dime outside of the casino's.

Ppl, the tribal Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods in CT are full fledged entertainment venues with gaming, food, drinking, sporting events, shows, clubs, etc. And they're both safe 'burbs so after getting drunk, one doesn't have to worry about getting mugged off some boardwalk. How can AC, without being a safe nice beach town w/ legalized prostitution, compete against that? Everyone knows that AC is a slum and for well over a generation, no one did anything about it.

bob2356 says

No one spends a dime outside of the casino's.

People do go to the shopping district and White House Subs.

zzyzzx says

bob2356 says

No one spends a dime outside of the casino's.

People do go to the shopping district and White House Subs.

They did, but both of them got mugged so they stopped.

Strategist says

Atlantic City is for gamblers only.

As long as you are going to ignore the beach, boardwalk, bars, cats, and nightlife, I guess so!

I'm not disputing that the immediate surrounding area is filled with filthy black people, that are basically feral, I just don't understand why that matters since they don't go to the tourist areas.

zzyzzx says

I'm not disputing that the immediate surrounding area is filled with filthy black people, that are basically feral, I just don't understand why that matters since they don't go to the tourist areas.

AC has been a failure. You would think its beach front location, proximity to NY City and the millions of foreign tourists that can be tapped would have been a recipe for success. They could have added lots of shopping outlets, family entertainment, cruise ship destination and what not. But they screwed up because of the very very dumb politicians who failed to control the crime there. No one in their right minds would want to visit high crime neighborhoods.

bob2356 says

Strategist says

Atlantic City is for gamblers only. While Las Vegas is attracting non gamblers too.

AC is a shithole. Very, very little of the casino revenue went into the city. I worked on the steel pier renovation in 75/76 before resorts opened. The entire city was a ghetto. We pretty much had to bring everything, including our vehicles, inside the pier and keep them in sight while we worked. Now there are the casino's and the rest of the city is still a ghetto. No one spends a dime outside of the casino's.

Where did all the gambling taxes go? If AC is the same dump it always was, what did the local politicians do with all the money? I'm willing to bet they are as corrupt as Illinois politicians.

Las Vegas is the triumph of Postmodernism.

There are really only TWO successful casino cities (gambling comes before all else) in the world: Las Vegas and Macau.

Peter P says

There are really only TWO successful casino cities (gambling comes before all else) in the world: Las Vegas and Macau.

Monaco is up there too.

Strategist says

Peter P says

There are really only TWO successful casino cities (gambling comes before all else) in the world: Las Vegas and Macau.

Monaco is up there too.

It is not a casino city. More like a city-state with casinos. Being low tax and all, it makes money from people and companies residing there. More like a seaside Liechtenstein with good weather.

Singapore is another successful city with big casinos. But it is not a casino city. Take away the casinos it will do just fine.

Peter P says

Singapore is another successful city with big casinos. But it is not a casino city. Take away the casinos it will do just fine.

And don't forget, seeing esc*rts in Singapore is legal and thus, it's a great place for an ex-pat :-)!

How is the food in Singapore? I am hearing conflicting accounts.

Peter P says

How is the food in Singapore? I am hearing conflicting accounts.

I'd say the Malay/Indonesian stuff is the best, then followed by mainstream Chinese, and finally South Indian.

As for western stuff, it's kinda ordinary. But why would anyone go there to have a burger or a NY Sirloin anyways?

On the other note, a program manager took my team out to a Beijing/Peking duck place and it blew away everything that I'd had in New England and New York. So it's a spectrum of quality.

All reasonable societies have legalized prostitution.

Peter P says

How is the food in Singapore

How about the chicken fried steak or BBQ?

P N Dr Lo R says

chicken fried steak o

No clue

P N Dr Lo R says

BBQ

Korean or Mongolian [ really Taiwanese ] BBQ, yes, American Southern stuff nope.

P N Dr Lo R says

Peter P says

How is the food in Singapore

How about the chicken fried steak or BBQ?

I think they are known for a poached chicken dish.

Chicken fried steak has no chicken! But I do crave some occasionally.

Some people get a rush from dangerous activities, like jumping out of an airplane. I rather eat unhealthy food.

Rin says

Korean or Mongolian [ really Taiwanese ] BBQ, yes, American Southern stuff nope.

I wonder what Kublai Khan has to say about that.

Peter P says

Rin says

Korean or Mongolian [ really Taiwanese ] BBQ, yes, American Southern stuff nope.

I wonder what Kublai Khan has to say about that.

I think true Mongolian BBQ would be some dried meat on some skewers, very gritty and basic, not a fancy Benihana stir fry.

I remember seeing those skewers in mainland China outside of Beijing some years back.

Benihana is Teppanyaki though. It is supposedly Japanese but it was heavily influenced by western cooking.

Rin says

I remember seeing those skewers in mainland China outside of Beijing some years back.

Yep. They have it in the Bay Area. Covered in cumin.

Peter P says

Benihana is Teppanyaki though. It is supposedly Japanese but it was heavily influenced by western cooking.

Benihanna in the sense that it's a big flat grill with a lot of fixings. That's Taiwanese "Mongolian" BBQ.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongolian_barbecue

I am hungry.

Rin says

so after getting drunk, one doesn't have to worry about getting mugged off some boardwalk.

I've never worried about getting mugged on the back from the bar back to my hotel room. They are in the same building!

Strategist says

what did the local politicians do with all the money?

The money largely left the locality.

Looks like the Golden Nugget is the biggest winner here.

http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2014/12/12/atlantic-city-casino-win-down-103-percent-last-month-but-revenue-up-for-current/

By far the biggest gainer was the Golden Nugget, whose overall November revenue was up more than 78 percent compared to a year ago, to $17.8 million. The Tropicana was up 24.5 percent to $23.1 million.

The Borgata and Golden Nugget each have added about 250 more workers than they had a year ago, and the Tropicana has 120 more.

APOCALYPSEFUCKisShostikovitch says

Mike stopped to entreaty the ladies that his love was true. I got out and slapped my dick off of the fender and shouted, "FUCKING WHOREFUCKS! Who WANTS IT? You got $100, you can blow ME!" The biggest one came over and stuffed a 100 dollar bill in my pants waist and started pulling on my dick. I barphed. She didn't miss a stroke. The cops showed up just as she knelt and I started fucking her face. I almost got soft when I saw the lights surrounding us. So I started bucking harder. She grunted in complaint when I got into her throat but was clearly into it, the insanity of sucking off a guy covered in barph in the pouring rain.

This is what America is all about.

Wow. You're having a lot of fun. Next time take me with you.

sbh says

Strategist says

Wow. You're having a lot of fun. Next time take me with you.

What happened to your delicate nature regarding vulgarity?

Strategist says

Nevertheless, my condemnation of gutter language applies to all. It's a turn off no matter who says it.

You really believed that crap?

I was just in Atlantic city two weeks ago. They closed down a few shit holes, and the joints that remain soaked up their business

Looked and smelled like the same old Atlantic city to me

Strategist says

They could have added lots of shopping outlets, family entertainment, cruise ship destination and what not.

They are getting the cruise ship and already have shopping and entertainment.

Atlantic city is suffering for one reason, and one reason only

Because Pennsylvania decided to cater to the millions of degenerates that enjoy losing their money to the slots. Much more convenient to feed the addiction closer to home, the ride home full of disgust is much shorter

APOCALYPSEFUCKisShostikovitch says

This is what America is all about.

I started howling and bucking straight into the whore's throat. The cops
pulled their guns and ordered me and the whore to stand down. "SHOOT! SHOOT!
SHOOT!, ASSHOLES!!!!," I howled. Mike pulled out his duty card and raised it
over the roof as I blew my wad into the whore's throat and I pounded the roof
and drove it into the car carbin. The warm rain and blood poured down my ass and
legs. The whore's finger nails tore my flesh in the heat of the moment.

I got back in Mike's shitbox Mustang as shots rang out and the Atlantic City
cops shot the whore and threw her lifeless body over the cop car trunk ass up
and raped her corpse. Local cops reported in the AP Press the next day that a
terrorist laundering money for Al Qaeda was killed in a shoot out with them.

It's true talent like this that keeps me subscribing to showtime/tmc!

zzyzzx says

Strategist says

They could have added lots of shopping outlets, family entertainment, cruise ship destination and what not.

They are getting the cruise ship and already have shopping and entertainment.

IF I was on that cruise ship, I would not bother getting off.
A few boring casinos. The ship has a better casino with free food.
An Ocean. More ocean when the ship sails.
Crime. No thanks, my ass stays on the ship.

Cruise ship casinos are always tiny.

In a real casino I can get free cocktails just by playing the penny slot.

Peter P says

Cruise ship casinos are always tiny.

In a real casino I can get free cocktails just by playing the penny slot.

Every time I get a free Heineken playing Blackjack, I give a dollar tip. Heineken costs $0.90 at Costco.

Strategist says

IF I was on that cruise ship, I would not bother getting off.

A few boring casinos.

The cruise ships would dock in the Marina District. home of Borgata, Harrah's, and Golden Nuggets. It's supposed to be a nice part of town with the best casinos.