Evening light illuminates the Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino earlier this year in Atlantic City, N.J. The city s mayor, Marty Small, says that the right bid will buy one lucky person the right to activate the casino s planned implosion next month. Mark Makela / Getty Images
For about six years, the ghost of the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino has haunted the boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., its lingering vastness vacant of life.
But not for long: The skyline highlight-cum-eyesore is scheduled for demolition late next month, and the city is offering
you the opportunity to bring it down with your own bare hands sort of.
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For the Right Bid, You Can Push the Button to Blow Up Trump Plaza
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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.”
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.
Atlantic City to Auction Off the Chance to Blow Up Former Trump Casino December 17, 2020, 9:42 am ·
As the planned implosion of Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City approaches, city officials are offering people the chance to push the button that would demolish the building on January 29.
Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small said on Wednesday that they would auction off the chance to push the button that will demolish the Trump Plaza building. The plan is to donate money from the auction to the Boys & Girls Club of Atlantic City.
Mayor Small is set to shed more details on the pending demolition of Trump Plaza at a news conference that will be held at 11 am local time on Thursday. Atlantic City’s top official said that they hope the auction could