Want to blow up a former Trump casino? For the right price, you can
Updated Dec 18, 2020;
Posted Dec 18, 2020
Atlantic City is auctioning off the rights to be the person who pushes the demolition button that will implode Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino.AP
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President Donald Trump’s former casino in Atlantic City closed in 2014 and has sat vacant along the boardwalk for about six years now.
Demolition work began earlier this year and in 2021, the remaining structure will be blown up. Now, the city is looking for the person who gets to push the button and finish the job.
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Trump Plaza Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey is slated to come crumbling down on Jan. 29, 2021, and if you are willing to ante up for charity, you could be the one to push the demolition button.
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.”
City auctioning off demolition of former Trump casino
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Dec. 18 (UPI) The mayor of Atlantic City, N.J., announced the city is auctioning off the opportunity to virtually push the button that will cause the demolition of a shuttered casino formerly owned by President Donald Trump.
Mayor Marty Small Sr. announced Thursday that the winner of the auction will be invited to virtually push the button to implode the former Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, which closed permanently in 2014.
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Proceeds from the auction will be donated to the Boys & Girls Club of Atlantic City. Personally, I m a pretty ambitious guy. I want to raise at least a million dollars, Small said in a news conference that was livestreamed on Facebook.
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