While what had been previously called Trump Taj Mahal is now bearing a brand new marquee, a number of their home ’s most well-known facilities is going to be restored to life when it reopens as Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City on June 28.
Both centers are owned by businessman Bob Gans. Mr. Gans said Friday that he and his whole team were happy to return and serve both new and old friends of their venues.
Scores originally opened doorways in 2013 to become Atlantic City’s first-ever strip club within a casino. Robert’s Steakhouse started later that season. Both facilities closed along with the main property in 2016.
The final was declared soon afterwards and has been blamed on a protracted workers’ strike at the property. Trump Taj Mahal’s former proprietor, New York businessman Carl Icahn, sold the land to Hard Rock International past spring. The Florida-based hospitality and gaming company then embarked on a $500-million renovation of that which had originally been owned by US President Donald Trump.
Renovation work in the casino hotel is now entering its last phases and preparations for the June 28 grand opening are in full swing. Hard Rock Atlantic City will be among two Boardwalk casino and amusement complexes slated for a late June launch, together with Ocean Resort Casino, previously Revel, being another.
Following the annulment of the long-standing federal ban on sports betting by the US Supreme Court, Ocean Resort Casino fast declared its partnership with British bookmaker William Hill for its joint operation of a sports book in the hotel ’s gaming floor. Property officials also have recently stated that the sports betting facility will be ready for operation on the very first day of the introduction of a sports betting law in New Jersey.
Other Atlantic City and New Jersey gambling and racing centers have, also, stated that they would surely participate in the state’s betting industry. However, Hard Rock has stayed comparatively silent on the situation. This silence was really not surpising, based on sports law attorney Irwin Kishner, who recently talked with information outlet The Press of Atlantic City.
Hard Rock signed in 2016 a stadium naming rights agreement with the National Football League and the Miami Dolphins, and although specifics about the deal were not disclosed, it’s believed that the contract might include a sports betting language.
The Press of Atlantic City further reported that Hard Rock’s CEO Jim Allen commented on the topic during the business ’s Could 9 casino permit hearing together with the New Jersey Casino Control Commission by stating that they have certain limitations in regard to sports betting. Still, the official pointed out that Hard Rock may nevertheless participate in New Jersey’s sports betting industry within the confines of their naming rights contract.