Resorts Casino Hotel plans massive expansion at one of its most popular non-gaming facilities, seeks permission from New Jersey authorities
Atlantic City’s Resorts Casino Hotel is seeking permission to upgrade one of its most popular amenities, local news outlet The Press of Atlantic City reports.
It has emerged that the oldest Boardwalk casino resort has submitted a land use application to the New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development Authority (CRDA) to expand the Landshark Bar & Grill due to the “overwhelming success” of the popular beach bar and restaurant.
Located at the entrance of the iconic Atlantic City Boardwalk, the facility is the city’s only year-round beach bar. Once its planned expansion is complete, the Landshark Bar & Grill will feature “an all new Boardwalk deck and a large-capacity bar that will provide much-needed outdoor seating,” Resorts President Mark Giannantonio has said.
Resorts submitted its application with the CRDA back in November. The hotel and casino resort seeks three variance approvals from the agency that is responsible for zoning and land use matters in Atlantic City’s Tourism District.
In the first place, Resorts asks for relief from a CRDA-adopted regulation that requires a bar to feature more indoor seats than outdoors ones. At present, the Landshark has 376 seats. If the CRDA grants Resorts the requested relief, the bar will feature 230 inside seats and 290 outside ones. Of those outside seats, 116 will be protected permanently from the elements.
Additional Parking
Resorts’ second request involves authorization of seven additional parking spaces at the Landshark. The final request is a minor variance for a Boardwalk-facing roof-mounted sign. The addition of such a sign is currently prohibited.
Under its expansion plan, the casino resort will convert 2,600 square feet of retail space in the Landshark into dining space. This will make room for 18 restaurant and 32 bar seats at the facility. An additional deck spreading over 2,300 square feet of space and featuring 94 dining seats will also be part of the planned upgrade of the beach bar and restaurant. Resorts has revealed that the new deck would not be connected to the Boardwalk.
Originally launched four decades ago, Resorts is Atlantic City’s oldest operational hotel and casino resort. The property underwent a massive renovation back in 2010 to unveil a glamorous Roaring 20s theme. In 2012, Connecticut-based tribal gaming and hospitality operator Mohegan Sun took over the hotel and casino operations of Resorts.
The resort celebrated an important milestone this past summer as it launched in-person and digital sports betting following the mid-May SCOTUS ruling that struck down a federal wagering ban and the subsequent legalization of the practice in New Jersey. Resorts has partnered DraftKings and SBTech to operate sports betting both at its gaming floor and online.
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