Oh? This was about revitalising Atlantic City!
LOL
Let me tell yuh. Go to Vegas, then go to Atlantic City.
Underwhelmed doesn’t aptly describe the feeling of disappointment and I went to every single place in the 90’s.
It wuz so .....Yawn. The height of the ceilings was weird and so not Vegas.
Did I mention the humidity? Blech!
Don’t get me wrong. If I’m on the East Coast, I might go to AC. Just can’t think of why I’d go. Maybe a show but then what? AC is still boring or dangerous if you leave the concalves of the casinos.
Love the signs as you leave AC that flash “Stay Alert...Stay Awake...Stay Alive!”
If I make to the 95 I should be fine....
That is another great point. Go to Las Vegas, you fly into McCarran Airport direct from most major cities, and at subsidized fares. As your plane lands you are literally looking into the strip hotel windows. You are $20 maximum (unless the cabbie cheats you by taking the tunnel/freeway) to any strip hotel. As low as $12 to get to some of the closer ones. And that includes the apx $4 charge to just to pull the meter lever.
(driving can be perilous though).
It is about 15 miles from the Atlantic City airport to, say, the Taj Mahal. Not the same experience.
I’m not saying this is a huge issue, but, there is something “cool” about literally landing on the Las Vegas Strip. Flying in and out of there is fast and easy. Leave the hotel 1 hour before your flight and you are OK to make almost any flight. It adds to the idea that you can do Las Vegas impulsively - which many people do. I’m sure they do the same to Atlantic City, but, it isn’t the same especially wrt flying in.
Perhaps NJ should fund a bullet train to get people there from NYC and Philly fast and east.