New Jersey Closes its fifth casino

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  • jjgold
    SBR Aristocracy
    • 07-20-05
    • 388179

    #1
    New Jersey Closes its fifth casino
    The Taj Mahal
  • Booya711
    BARRELED IN @ SBR!
    • 12-20-11
    • 27329

    #2
    I guess it couldn't compete with the one in India
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    • triplecrown333
      SBR MVP
      • 07-13-14
      • 1524

      #3
      atlantic city is a shithole without the casinos , in 10 years it will be like baltimore..my favorite place in the 90s...
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      • DiggityDaggityDo
        SBR Aristocracy
        • 11-30-08
        • 81450

        #4
        Was it a nice casino?

        Never been to Jersey.
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        • vinndy
          SBR Wise Guy
          • 03-17-12
          • 536

          #5
          The Borgata is the only nice one now but in their heyday they were all kind of nice. However, as others have said, the city is in shambles now though.
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          • triplecrown333
            SBR MVP
            • 07-13-14
            • 1524

            #6
            yeah it was nice, first ones to make casinos catering all sorts of venues ...
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            • Booya711
              BARRELED IN @ SBR!
              • 12-20-11
              • 27329

              #7
              Originally posted by DiggityDaggityDo
              Was it a nice casino?

              Never been to Jersey.
              nice casino and Jersey can't be in the same sentence diggity...
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              • reigle9
                SBR Posting Legend
                • 10-25-07
                • 17879

                #8
                No surprise. Place was a dump when I was 21 almost 15 years ago.

                Fewer the better anyway, outside of the whole huge empty building thing. Borgata, harrahs, caesars, and the trop are just fine.

                Nugget too cause of the marina.
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                • USCPHILLYGUY
                  SBR Posting Legend
                  • 12-15-12
                  • 21746

                  #9
                  fukin city completely mismanaged by democrats in the 80's and 90's doomed the casinos...only shot was sports betting

                  shame....was a fun place to go at one time
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                  • triplecrown333
                    SBR MVP
                    • 07-13-14
                    • 1524

                    #10
                    indian casinos started the downfall of atlantic city, couldve been a nice place to go if they did it right, had a decent beach and boardwalk...
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                    • Fire in da hole
                      SBR Hall of Famer
                      • 09-29-10
                      • 6262

                      #11
                      Originally posted by triplecrown333
                      atlantic city is a shithole without the casinos , in 10 years it will be like baltimore..my favorite place in the 90s...
                      One could make the argument its now a shithole even with the few casinos it has left.
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                      • reigle9
                        SBR Posting Legend
                        • 10-25-07
                        • 17879

                        #12
                        Ac has always been a dump, this isn't new. My pap took my friend and I when we were 18 and told us not to leave the boardwalk. But of course we had to for booze.

                        Honestly it's probably better now. The outlets take up most of the area around the casinos.
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                        • pavyracer
                          SBR Aristocracy
                          • 04-12-07
                          • 82839

                          #13
                          Another place destroyed by Donald Trump. Go ahead vote him president. He will make America great again!
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                          • KVB
                            SBR Aristocracy
                            • 05-29-14
                            • 74817

                            #14
                            Sure it's part of a broader New Jersey problem but Icahn had to do what he had to do.

                            They wanted this to work but the labor union just wouldn't concede. I think plenty of the 3000 workers recognized the situation and were willing to concede in hopes of saving things.

                            The union as a whole not so much. Icahn was losing hundreds of millions and had a plan to avoid another 100 million dollar loss. They said no to the deal and now everyone walks.

                            He's a billionaire for a reason,I don't know the whole deal but I believe he did what he could in a tough situation, he had to get out.
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                            • USCPHILLYGUY
                              SBR Posting Legend
                              • 12-15-12
                              • 21746

                              #15
                              Originally posted by pavyracer
                              Another place destroyed by Donald Trump. Go ahead vote him president. He will make America great again!


                              really hope that was a stab at humor...cant imagine you are remotely serious
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                              • jjgold
                                SBR Aristocracy
                                • 07-20-05
                                • 388179

                                #16
                                Will eventually be 2 in 3 years

                                Only NJ fails at everything
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                                • temple2010
                                  SBR MVP
                                  • 03-16-10
                                  • 1369

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by triplecrown333
                                  atlantic city is a shithole without the casinos , in 10 years it will be like baltimore..my favorite place in the 90s...
                                  that place was a shithole before the casinos and after. 1 block off the boardwalk is like camden, nj and has never changed; unless you mean prior to like 1960 or something.
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                                  • triplecrown333
                                    SBR MVP
                                    • 07-13-14
                                    • 1524

                                    #18
                                    very true, shit gets scary the further you walk away from the casinos...
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                                    • DiggityDaggityDo
                                      SBR Aristocracy
                                      • 11-30-08
                                      • 81450

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by Booya711
                                      nice casino and Jersey can't be in the same sentence diggity...
                                      Booya! It was two different sentences.

                                      I've always thought that Jersey would be a shithole, but like I said, I've never been.
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                                      • triplecrown333
                                        SBR MVP
                                        • 07-13-14
                                        • 1524

                                        #20
                                        jersey is for people that cant afford nyc...
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                                        • USCPHILLYGUY
                                          SBR Posting Legend
                                          • 12-15-12
                                          • 21746

                                          #21
                                          AC such a shithole yet yet 5th most gambling revenue in the world
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                                          • triplecrown333
                                            SBR MVP
                                            • 07-13-14
                                            • 1524

                                            #22
                                            80 percent Asian degenerates ,fact...
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                                            • Louisvillekid1
                                              SBR Aristocracy
                                              • 10-17-07
                                              • 52143

                                              #23
                                              My home!

                                              Lived there for 4 years

                                              prob 2500 + nights spent with

                                              so sad

                                              taj was heart of city
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                                              • pavyracer
                                                SBR Aristocracy
                                                • 04-12-07
                                                • 82839

                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by USCPHILLYGUY
                                                AC such a shithole yet yet 5th most gambling revenue in the world
                                                5th was before the casinos started folding. They won't even be top 20 soon.
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                                                • jjgold
                                                  SBR Aristocracy
                                                  • 07-20-05
                                                  • 388179

                                                  #25
                                                  It's all over for Atlantic City the ghetto areas ruined it
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                                                  • Bluehorseshoe
                                                    SBR Posting Legend
                                                    • 07-13-06
                                                    • 15003

                                                    #26
                                                    Because the corporations overcharge you on every little thing now. Who wants to drive there to get nickel and dimed to death? I went with a friend on a Monday night and they didn't even comp the room. $150 for a room when there was no one in the place after we played for 5 hours.
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                                                    • klemopixx
                                                      SBR MVP
                                                      • 10-02-14
                                                      • 3807

                                                      #27
                                                      Originally posted by Bluehorseshoe
                                                      Because the corporations overcharge you on every little thing now. Who wants to drive there to get nickel and dimed to death? I went with a friend on a Monday night and they didn't even comp the room. $150 for a room when there was no one in the place after we played for 5 hours.
                                                      That's where it really went downhill. 10 or 15 years ago anyone could go play 7 or 8 hours and get a cheap room. I'd get half a dozen offers for free rooms every month thru Total Rewards, I could even get weekends. Just for playing 1/2 Hold em eight hours a week, maybe splash the craps table once in a while. Tons of fish at the card tables, get to a poker room around midnight and just wait for idiots to push with ace-high. Tournaments on Saturday night were over 120 guys, you'd see all the regulars every weekend. The Taj was a shithole but that poker room always had action. Once Philly opened their casinos along with Delaware, that was the first shot. If they legalized sports gambling it might have made a difference but it was probably too little too late anyway.
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                                                      • alling
                                                        SBR MVP
                                                        • 05-13-10
                                                        • 1405

                                                        #28
                                                        AC was always a shithole at least during their casino days. Casinos ran their place like they were herding cattle treating the gamblers like shit. Surprised more casinos havent closed down.
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                                                        • jjgold
                                                          SBR Aristocracy
                                                          • 07-20-05
                                                          • 388179

                                                          #29
                                                          Hopefully it's going to go bankrupt in five years or the ocean will wash it away
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                                                          • pavyracer
                                                            SBR Aristocracy
                                                            • 04-12-07
                                                            • 82839

                                                            #30
                                                            Originally posted by jjgold
                                                            Hopefully it's going to go bankrupt in five years or the ocean will wash it away
                                                            Coach are you a marine scientist? How will the ocean wash away the city?
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                                                            • jjgold
                                                              SBR Aristocracy
                                                              • 07-20-05
                                                              • 388179

                                                              #31
                                                              Lol

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