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By Christopher Brito
December 18, 2020 / 11:46 AM / CBS News
Atlantic City is giving people the chance to bid on imploding President Trump s former casino in February. The Trump Plaza casino has been empty and deteriorating for the last six years.
Mr. Trump opened the casino in 1984, but it was closed in 2014 and fell into a state of disrepair. Bodnar s Auction, the auction house collecting bids for the planned implosion, labeled the experience to push the button and demolish the building as a once in a lifetime opportunity.
A seagull flies past protective netting draped on a tower illuminated at dusk as demolition continues at Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino, once one of the city s premier destinations.
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Please Blow It Up!
I know that many of us would like for something epic to happen to Trump and/or property….after all he is a billionaire (questionable claim)…..his water line, his steaks, his wine and his university were all as worthless as their founder…..but what about the now defunct casino….what to do, what to do?
I say blow the damn thing up and make room for something useful……and believe it or not they are taking bids to do just that very thing…..
Part of President Trump’s former empire is going to come crashing down next month and Atlantic City wants to use the moment to raise money for a good cause. The former Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino is being dynamited on Jan. 29, and the city is auctioning off the chance to be the person who presses the button for the implosion. “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,” says Mayor Marty Sm