ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Phil Juliano was looking at Bally’s casino through rose-colored glass. Or more accurately, rose-colored glass flecked with jarringly out-of-place blue squares. Walking along the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, he looked up at the glass-encased tower of what once was the hottest and most successful casino in […]
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New owners try to get Bally’s Atlantic City back in the game
This Oct. 1, 2020 photo shows the exterior of Bally’s casino in Atlantic City N.J. The new owners of Bally’s Atlantic City are attempting to revive a comatose casino in perhaps the most cutthroat gambling market in America. Rhode Island-based Bally’s Corporation is spending at least $90 million on the […]
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Deaths on Construction Sites – The Atlantic
Photographs by Daniel Shea In 2014, at age 19, Eric Mendoza left his farming village outside Mexico City and crossed the Rio Grande. Once in the United States, he worked construction jobs to pay his way across the country. From Texas, Mendoza traveled to rural North Carolina, where he built […]
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Trump era in Atlantic City to end with a blast Wednesday in implosion of Trump Plaza
ATLANTIC CITY – Just before the former Trump Plaza is about to be demolished might seem like a good time to assess the legacy of the casino-hotel’s onetime operator. Only someone’s already done that, enthusiastically praising Donald Trump’s role in the gaming industry: “The Trump Organization enjoyed tremendous success in […]
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38-hour shutdown coming for Bally’s casino in Atlantic City
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Bally’s casino in Atlantic City will temporarily close for 38 hours next week to perform a technology overhaul. The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement told The Associated Press on Thursday that the closure will only affect the casino floor, not the associated hotel. It […]
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30-hour shutdown coming for Bally’s casino in Atlantic City
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Bally’s casino in Atlantic City will temporarily close for 30 hours next week to perform a technology overhaul. The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement told The Associated Press Thursday that the closure will take beginning on Feb. 16. It will only affect the casino […]
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Trump’s Market-Shaking Tweet – The Atlantic
Of course, the president gets a peek in advance, through a briefing the day before. But they traditionally say nothing until the data becomes public; there’s even a federal rule barring employees of the executive branch from commenting on leading economic indicators, including the monthly jobs report, until an hour […]
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Jupiter’s Glow-in-the-Dark Moon – The Atlantic
Read: A flurry of tiny moons around Jupiter Scientists will get a chance to look for the real thing in this decade. NASA is currently developing a robotic mission to Europa, named Clipper, set to launch in the mid-2020s. Clipper is designed to orbit Jupiter, but it will also carry […]
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N.J. agency backs new operator for Atlantic City’s ailing Bally’s
This Oct. 1, 2020, photo shows the exterior of Bally’s casino in Atlantic City, N.J. The online sports betting company FanDuel will open an in-person sports book at Bally’s casino in Atlantic City once the casino’s sale to a Rhode Island company is finalized. FanDuel told The Associated Press on […]
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Is Texas Turning Blue? – The Atlantic
“Donald Trump is a turnout and motivation machine for both Republicans and Democrats,” Henson said. “I think we saw that in 2018, and we’re seeing that now.” Democrats have been hoping for Texas to become purple for decades—the state’s demographics are similar to California’s, but its white population is much […]
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The Pandemic DIY Boom – The Atlantic
But in April, she realized that she had the opposite problem: Orders had started pouring in. Schauffler told me the company’s sales are up 400 percent over last year, and her best sellers—sheets of peel-and-stick white subway “tiles” and metallic mosaics—had completely sold out twice already. “Everyone was at home, […]