Former Trump Plaza casino demolition

A defunct former Donald Trump casino complex in Atlantic City will be dynamited in February – removing from the skyline a structure which has become emblematic of the city’s financial woes


Trump Plaza: Operational from May 15, 1984 to Sep 16, 2014

Site of former Trump World’s Fair casino
Caesars
Bally’s
Playground Pier

Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall
National Historic Landmark


1976: New Jersey voters legalise casino gambling in Atlantic City

1984: Trump Plaza opens 

1985: Trump’s Castle opens (renamed Trump Marina in 1997)

1990: Trump Taj Mahal opens

1996: Trump Plaza expands to include Trump World’s Fair

2000: World’s Fair demolished and land sold to property developer

2013: Trump sells Marina, which is rebranded Golden Nugget

2014: Trump Plaza closes

2016: Taj Mahal closes, to be sold year later and reopened as Hard Rock

Feb 17, 2021: Trump Plaza, last vestige of Trump’s failed casinos, set to be demolished


Current Atlantic City casinos 
Former Trump Casinos
Official viewing area for demolition

1km 0.6 miles
Harrah’s
Golden Nugget (was Trump Marina)
Borgata
Ocean
Hard Rock (was Trump Taj Mahal)
Resorts
ATLANTIC CITY
Bally’s 
Caesars
Trump Plaza
Tropicana
Bader Field
Atlantic Ocean


100km 62 miles
New York
Atlantic City
Washington D.C.


2016: During presidential campaign, Donald Trump boasts of how he took “incredible” amounts of money out of Atlantic City, borrowing cash so his own wealth would not be depleted by his various businesses going bankrupt


Sources: Forbes, Philadelphia Inquirer, Guardian 
Picture: Google Earth Pro 
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