Casino Closings

[CASPERWAIT$]

Showboat this month.

Revel next month.

AC is getting destroyed.

 

[Matty]

Hasn't AC been a shithole for decades?

 

[CASPERWAIT$]

Hasn't AC been a shithole for decades?

Pretty much. It's just become even more of a shithole lately.

 

[PuckOff]

I was going to start a thread about this yesterday. I've never been to AC, but after going to Vegas for so long I doubt I would have a decent time. I heard the area around the casinos is a dump and pretty sketchy. Not that that's any different than Freemont St., but the strip is pretty tame.

I read last week that Trump has ordered his name off his property there and wants if down by September. I think his property is losing a ton of money as well.

 

[Blitty]

AC > Reno

Sad to see Revel close. That was a very nice Vegas Strip-caliber casino.

 

[Matty]

Reno sounds like a place full of ashtrays, elephant lucky charms and dried-out bingo markers.

 

[Blitty]

AC is cool because it's on a very long beach.

Imagine a smaller, slightly more ghetto version of Vegas on the beach.

Luxurious upper class neighborhoods/beaches just a mile away from the casino area.

It's a fun weekend.

The history adds to the charm.

 

[Matty]

I equate Atlantic City with the mob/criminal working-class heroes. Nothing about it seems luxurious.

 

[PuckOff]

AC is cool because it's on a very long beach.

Imagine a smaller, slightly more ghetto version of Vegas on the beach.

Luxurious upper class neighborhoods/beaches just a mile away from the casino area.

It's a fun weekend.

The history adds to the charm.

Can you swim at that beach?

 

[CASPERWAIT$]

I have been going to AC for almost 20 years and I never once felt like it was a great vacation destination.

A walk on the Boardwalk holds value for all of an hour.

The casinos are nothing spectacular.

The surrounding areas are downright dangerous.

At least Vegas has over the top scenery. AC has nothing close to that.

 

[CASPERWAIT$]

Can you swim at that beach?

You know what Puckie? I would advise against it.

 

[Matty]

Swim for 5 seconds, then go back and sit on your towel. Act glamorous. Maybe read a New York Times best-seller that uses 150pt font for the title. Win at life.

 

[PuckOff]

You know what Puckie? I would advise against it.

For what reason? Shitty water? Beach theft? I thought I read a few years ago that the water wasn't great to swim in.

 

[reno cool]

the greedy bastards will ruin Vegas casinos too. casino industry is a foking bubble

 

[Blitty]

You know what Puckie? I would advise against it.

Really? I've swam right in from of casinos which isn't so nice, but down a mile or so at Margate and Ventnor is pretty nice.

 

[RayRay]

I have been going to AC for almost 20 years and I never once felt like it was a great vacation destination.

A walk on the Boardwalk holds value for all of an hour.

The casinos are nothing spectacular.

The surrounding areas are downright dangerous.

At least Vegas has over the top scenery. AC has nothing close to that.

yup..only so many lttle shitty novelty stores you can stand...every one selling trinkets and touristy shit...i was disappointed..

i actually liked some of the casinos... there was no way Revel would stay open...entirely too much money for that joint... i got a little lost in tropicana while leaving the candy store in there and ceasars was a fun walk around

water was too cold to swim, but the beach area has too many shells/broken shells and shit for me... hard to walk on and hard to get comfy on a towel

 

[Saulty]

You can't swim in Atlantic City unless you have Italian heritage.

 

[CASPERWAIT$]

Really? I've swam right in from of casinos which isn't so nice, but down a mile or so at Margate and Ventnor is pretty nice.

Blitty a couple of miles or so down, I hear ya. I'm talking right off the boardwalk. I find the beach gross.

Ray Ray, I think that Caesars is the closest thing to Vegas in AC.