Together, the new casinos will restore as many as 6,500 of the 11,000 jobs Atlantic City lost when five of its 12 casinos went out of business since 2014.
The casino is set to reopen on June 28 - the same day as another shuttered Boardwalk casino, the former Revel property, that will open as the Ocean Resort Casino. It is reopening the former Trump Taj Mahal. The Casino Control Commission granted a license to Hard Rock, the worldwide hotel, gambling and entertainment company owned by Florida's Seminole Indian tribe. Hard Rock had an easy time with New Jersey gambling regulators on Wednesday, gaining a license to reopen a casino and begin Atlantic City's recovery from a string of gambling hall closures on a property that President Donald Trump once hailed as 'the eighth wonder of the world.'
