Atlantic City Auctions off Chance to Virtually Implode Trump Plaza
18 Dec 2020
Atlantic City is auctioning off the chance to virtually push a button that will start the implosion of the former Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino.
“The demolition, scheduled for Jan. 29, comes after the casino at the New Jersey gambling hub shuttered in 2014 after operating for 30 years,” the
The structure is in a state of disrepair, with pieces falling onto the Atlantic City boardwalk.
A construction worker smokes during a break as demolition continues at Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, once one of the city’s premier destinations, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. President Donald Trump left the casino business in 2009. (Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images)
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Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small is auctioning off the right to blow up one of President Trump’s former casinos in the heart of the Atlantic City Boardwalk.
The demolition of the shuttered casino s remains will become a fundraiser to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Atlantic City that Mayor Small hopes will raise more than $1 million.
“Some of Atlantic City’s iconic moments happened [at Trump Plaza], but on his way out, Donald Trump openly mocked Atlantic City, saying he made a lot of money and then got out,” Mayor Marty Small told the AP. “I wanted to use the demolition of this place to raise money for charity.”
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
Opened in 1984, Trump’s former casino was closed in 2014 and has fallen into such a state of disrepair that demolition work began earlier this year. The remainder of the structure will be dynamited on Jan. 29.
The vacant shell of one of President
Donald Trump’s failed Atlantic City casinos has been an eyesore for the city’s skyline for several years, but that’s coming to an end soon. The city is going to implode the former Trump Plaza in January and they’re auctioning off the right to push the big button to make it go BOOM.
“Implode Trump Plaza for Charity!” reads the chipper headline on the Bodnar’s Auction Sales website, offering a “once in a lifetime opportunity” to bid on the right to trigger the demolition currently scheduled for January 29, 2021 just nine days after Inauguration Day. Setting off the implosion “will be done remotely and can be done anywhere in the world as well as close to the Plaza as we can safely get you there!” But you’ll have to pony up for the right to symbolically take down Trump as the current bid is more than $53,000.
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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