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File image: Who gets to blow up Trump’s casino will be decided through a bidding process (AP)
Locals in Atlantic City, New Jersey, will have a unique opportunity next month the chance to blow up a casino belonging to president Donald Trump. The winner will be picked through a fundraiser for a charity in the area for children and teens.
Mr Trump’s property was being used as a casino since 1984 until it shut down in 2014 and fell into a state of disrepair. The demolition work had already begun early this year but the remaining structure is set to be blown up on 29 January, just nine days after the swearing-in of the president-elect Joe Biden.
Atlantic City auctions spot to push demolish button on Trump casino
The demolition of the former Trump Plaza casino will become a fundraiser to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Atlantic City.
Credit: AP Author: WAYNE PARRY (Associated Press) Published: 9:13 AM CST December 17, 2020 Updated: 9:35 AM CST December 17, 2020
One of President Donald Trump’s former Atlantic City casinos will be blown up next month, and for the right amount of money, you could be the one to press the button that brings it down.
The demolition of the former Trump Plaza casino will become a fundraiser to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Atlantic City that the mayor hopes will raise in excess of $1 million.
Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino is scheduled for demolition on January 29
Atlantic City is auctioning off the chance to push the button that brings it down
Auction proceeds will be donated to the Boys & Girls Club of Atlantic City
The casino closed in 2014 after 30 years in business and fell into disrepair
Current owner Carl Icahn is demolishing building to prevent falling debris
Donald Trump’s Atlantic City Casino To Be Blown Up And You Can Push The Button
The right to demolish the former Trump Plaza casino is being auctioned to raise money for the Boys & Girls Club of Atlantic City. AP
12/17/2020 03:44am EST
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) One of President Donald Trump’s former Atlantic City casinos will be blown up next month, and for the right amount of money, you could be the one to press the button that brings it down.
The demolition of the former Trump Plaza casino will become a fundraiser to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Atlantic City that the mayor hopes will raise in excess of $1 million.
“Some of Atlantic City s iconic moments happened there, but on his way out, Donald Trump openly mocked Atlantic City, saying he made a lot of money and then got out,” said Mayor Marty Small. “I wanted to use the demolition of this place to raise money for charity.”
Trump, then a real-estate developer, opened the casino in a prime spot at the center of Atlantic City’s Boardwalk where the Atlantic City Expressway deposited cars entering the resort. It was the site of many high-profile boxing matches, which Trump would regularly attend. After shutting its doors years ago, the former Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino along the Atlantic City boardwalk is finally coming down. The shuttered casino has been slowly crumbling prompting calls for its demolition.