Yesterday afternoon reportedly saw stakeholders and celebrities audience onto a stage in order to engage in a mass guitar-smashing service that formally opened the new Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Atlantic City.
According to a Thursday report from local tv broadcaster NJTV, the New Jersey place opened its doors a day earlier than had been scheduled alongside its nearby rival, the 60-story Ocean Resort Casino, to bring the entire number of casinos now operating in Atlantic City to nine.
“We’re committed to this market not only because there’s a gaming chance,” Jim Allen, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for Hard Rock International, reportedly told people that had assembled for the opening service. “We believe in Atlantic City, we believe in the state of New Jersey and we truly believe Atlantic City’s best days are in front of it. ”
Citing a report from the Associated Press news service, The Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper detailed the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement had granted the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Atlantic City official consent to open on Wednesday afternoon somewhat less than three hours before bestowing similar authorization on the Ocean Resort Casino.
NJTV reported the launching service for the stone music-themed Boardwalk place, which was formerly referred to as the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort before its closure in 2016, was additionally teeming with dancing robots and massive amounts of multicolored confetti.
Alongside almost 2,000 rooms along with a plethora rock music memorabilia, the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Atlantic City comes with an 119,657 sq ft casino that offers 120 gaming tables alongside a variety of several 2,144 slots. The property also has the Hard Rock Live Mark Etess Theater, which may hold around 5,500 concert-goers, in addition to a adjoining 402-seat Hard Rock Cafe with 16 bar-top slots.
As if all of this wasn’t enough, the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Atlantic City has furthermore premiered with eleven food outlets such as a 328-seat seafood eatery as well as a buffet option with 553 chairs along with a 172-seat Asian restaurant.
Its gaming operations are now set to be run for another ten years by the HR Atlantic City subsidiary of Seminole Hard Rock Entertainment Incorporated while the 17-acre site could soon even be complemented by the opening of a Rockstop Gas and Wash franchise complete with gasoline pumps, a convenience store and a car wash.
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