Contrary to what some visitors to Atlantic City may think, there is more here than "just" casinos. True, casinos draw millions here per year (usually around tied with Disney World and Las Vegas, although visitors to AC don't stay as long on average). Only a certain segment of visitors confine themselves to the slots or the table for the extent of their visit. Many others have discovered the wide array of entertainment---in and out of casinos---and the cultural and family activities in the city and nearby. As this site seems to attract a majority of readers from outside of the area, we [third person usage as a writing tool only] will attempt to provide you with "news you can use" to help you enjoy your visit(s).
will Atlantic City Casino's survive the winter
As usual, we see a silly question---posted with some sort of purpose in mind---evoke ignorant answers from people who also seem to have an ax to grind. Your own little personal surveys and observations are not relevant. Atlantic City has long since reached "critical mass," and although it may have "down" periods (just as Las Vegas does), it ain't goin' no where. So, if you lost money the last few times your were here, or you didn't get a comp or a free umbrella, why express your feelings by not returning to a particular casino instead of sounding ridiculous to thousands of other people who know better. (Tuesday | post #6)
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TO OUR READERS: THE ABOVE IS JUST A CHEESEY WAY OF PROMOTING ANOTHER WEBSITE. --ed. (Jun 7, 2008 | post #3)
top 10 things to do in New Jersey
Do you mean you are looking for things to do after you get tired of promoting your website? I guess yours is the Intenet form of guerilla marketing. (Jun 7, 2008 | post #3)
A.C. AIRPORT: Parking fees rise
Actually, if you fly in to ACY, you don't have to worry about the parking fees. But if you fly FROM ACY, you do. So, we'd better cut back our flights out---like starting with no more visits to Hazleton! (May 30, 2008 | post #2)
Oversized Dice, Skydivers Help Resorts Mark 30th Birthday
At least attempt to be accurate instead of just turning a clever phrase. While there still may be what you might call slums, there is about 70% less such area in the city than in 1976. (May 27, 2008 | post #5)
When there's smoke, there's smokers. But docsteve didn't slam smokers, only stated a fact. I smoke, but I hate too much smoke as well. Self-righteous? How can we know that? (May 26, 2008 | post #10)
Right on! (As some of used to say.) (May 26, 2008 | post #8)
WARNING ON: Recessed Lighting, Rope Light, Landscape Lighting, Outdoor Lights
This does not belong here! Complain through appropriate channels. (May 24, 2008 | post #2)
Vote for your favorite New Jersey beach
Bennies, also known as Day Bennies, are like the Shoebies/shoobies who visit the South Jersey Shore. The term comes from the practice of bringing their lunches in a shoe box, leaving some mess and not buying anything. Yes, we now have a love-hate relationship with visitors, especially daytrippers and weekenders who make up the majority of visitors. The average stay in Atlantic City is less than half that of other resorts, and most drive here, so we see more congestion on the roads leading in. (The total annual visitor count is always over 30-million, about the same as Disney World and Las Vegas.) A few years ago at a tourism conference in Asbury Park to kick off an entire Jersey Shore marketing campaign, some 400 attendees were served lunch in shoe boxes (specially printed). (May 23, 2008 | post #16)
A.C. To Mark Day Dice Started Rolling 30 Years Ago
None of which were intended to be helped directly by gaming. (May 22, 2008 | post #2)
From the casino's perspecive, yes they are here to make money; however, special taxes on the casinos of AC contribute to (1) senior citizen programs including health care and (2) a fund administered by the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority for worthy projects all over the state, some of which help with the AC infrastructure as well as low and medium-cost housing (see related story about Atlantic Ave. facelift). (May 22, 2008 | post #12)
NY to AC train service to start in '09
Why do you continue to visit the AC site if you hate AC so much? And by the way, you're wrong on most items. (May 21, 2008 | post #9)
Developer teams up with Wall Street investment bank in bid to b...
There are at least two things going on here that diminish the negative impact of the casinos' negative first quarter: (1) a down market attracts buyers who can weather the storm and (2) there are those who realize that Atlantic City has reached, or is reaching, a critical mass that, while being affected by other influences (gaming in other states, the economy, smoking ban) it will remain head and shoulders over other venues in terms of number of casinos in one place, choices, marketing clout, and spin-off growth of other attractions like the Cordish outlets, the Pier at Caesars and events (conventions and large public shows). (May 21, 2008 | post #1)
This story is about the city and how it has changed since the advent of casinos---not gaming per se or the kind of people who gamble, etc. The first commenter got everyone else off track. Anyway, as for the story: yes, there is still crime, but some of it is the natural result of more people (visitors/transien ts). And as for the people who may not be able to get jobs (or don't want to work for $8/hour), the unemployment rate in the city, itself, may not be great compared with the national average, but it's way, way better than it would have been without casinos. Unless, that is, people had continued to move out of town, skewing the stats (the population was once about 20k higher than what it is now). The pre-casino exodus was due to rotting homes and no jobs. Post-casino migration has been due to property buy-outs and the wages to allow a move to a modern home on the mainland. In Winter, the contrast between pre- and post-approval is easier to see. In the 60's and early 70's, lines at the unemployment office were literally out the door. It was simply a way of life: you worked in the Summer and went on unemployment in the Winter. Now, there are 40,000 people working---who would not be otherwise---most year-round. At one point in the 80's, my wife, son, two daughters and a sister-in-law were all working in the casinos, earning $35k+ in jobs requiring no more than high school/GED and a few weeks training. (May 20, 2008 | post #5)
Tropicana's former owners want casino license back
Just as we have seen from other comments since your posting, they do not deserve a license... and by the way, the Casino Control Commission and the Division of Gaming Enforcement are, for the most part, about the straightest straight arrows in any bureaucracy, anywhere. Yes, maybe in a close vote you could find one commissioner with his hand out, but I doubt it---especially the current five. Remember, the casinos are not run by the city. (May 18, 2008 | post #6)
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