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In this city by the sea, around the bridges and sitting on sand, the boardwalk at Atlantic City has held the public's interest for greater than 100 years. The casinos have come and gone, the gamblers, the ramblers, the con men and the women of the evening have had their time, and while the Atlantic ocean breezes blow harsh, the citiy's casinos need occasional upkeep to shine their veneers. Today, it is the Tropicana that's getting a facelift, and thank goodness.
I happen to love the Trop, and know several people who worked there for years. They do not anymore. I also know several players who loved the valuables and played there regularly. They do not anymore. Don't blame the Trop, blame Atlantic City. Blame the brand new casinos in Pennsylvania. Blame storms, blame the economy, blame me for noting the city's struggles. And, if you are within the area, throw a couple of dollars their way when you get a possibility. They'll spend $35 million sprucing up and designing a gentle show and new views of the beach and boardwalk from FIN's restaurant, and that's the reason just what Atlantic City should celebrate: the beach and the boardwalk.
The town, as beaten and scary because it was within the 1970's, was all about restaurants and the beach. Work on that and perhaps gamblers becomes loyal again. The town's dozen casinos were King of the East within the 1980's, but how do you compete with new gaming areas and new casinos? How do you compete with 200+ casinos in Nevada, or 100 (alright, 99 to be exact) in Oklahoma for goodness sake? Even Arizona, where the elements is wonderful and the sun shines everyday has twice as many decisions (again, 26 to be exact) because the fading, faltering little old lady by the sea!
Can the casinos of Atlantic City be saved? No, not if you need what once was. Certainly a resort just like the Borgata will always shine, but some of the others, well, they are able to only exist, dictated to by simple economics. When the Trop announces a $35 million refurbishing you need to hear, but hard to get excited about, mostly for the reason that dollars being spent are about 1/3rd of what the Revel down the block lost in it's first year, only a drop within the bucket to the biggest casinos within the US. Too bad, but that is what happens when there is a casino on every corner. Good luck Trop, see you at the flip-side.
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