Trump Plaza implosion: Hundreds gather to watch piece of Atlantic City history come down
Updated Feb 17, 2021;
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In just a matter of seconds, 30 years of history along the Atlantic City boardwalk was reduced to a pile of rubble and a billowing cloud of dust during the implosion of the Trump Plaza.
There was a stillness in the air outside OneAtlantic, the pier overlooking the long-shuttered hotel, as the countdown began. Birds scattered as a rolling, thunderous boom overtook the air and the 39-story building crumbled to the ground, falling away like it was made of water.
Hundreds of people drove to Atlantic City on the blistery cold Wednesday morning for a spectacle the resort town hadn’t seen in 13 years.
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Trump Plaza implosion marks the end of an Atlantic City empire
Updated Feb 15, 2021;
Posted Feb 14, 2021
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Glass, brass, and class. A centerpiece of a fledgling empire. An absolute delight to developers.
The Trump Plaza of the 1980s is a far cry from the nameless building of today, dismantled into a skeleton, awaiting the day it will soon be reduced to rubble.
The Wednesday implosion of the casino, which comes nearly seven years after the last slot-machine levers were pulled, is the final destruction of former President Donald Trump’s mark on Atlantic City.
Trump Plaza was the tenth casino to open in Atlantic City when it welcomed gamblers in May of 1984, seven years after the legalization of gambling in 1977. Trump, then in the early stages of his real estate career, pinned the city’s success on his building, which was his first foray into casinos.