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Former Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino Demolished In Atlantic City Former Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino Demolished In Atlantic City Since 2016, the two-building complex has belonged to billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who was one of Trump s main Atlantic City financiers.
The casiono opened in 1984 and has undergone little to no maintenance since shuttering.
New York:
The former jewel in the crown of Donald Trump s bankrupted Atlantic City casino empire was demolished Wednesday with 3,000 sticks of dynamite.
The detonator button was pressed shortly after 9:00 am (1400 GMT), reducing the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino to a pile of rubble in just a few seconds.
Crowds cheer demolition of Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City
February 17, 2021
Spectators could pay $10 to watch the demolition, though others gave much more. Some paid hundreds of dollars for the chance to get a front-row seat at buildings with direct views of the implosion
Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino had fallen into disrepair since closing in 2014
The hotel had once hosted major celebrities like Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty, Mick Jagger, and many others
The crowds of spectators, who actually paid to view the demolition of Donald Trump’s former property on the Atlantic City Boardwalk in New Jersey, were cheering while getting their money’s worth as former Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino was destroyed in a controlled demolition on Wednesday morning.