Everything about Atlantic City New Jersey totally explained
Atlantic City is a
city in
Atlantic County,
New Jersey,
USA. Famous for its
boardwalk,
casino gambling, sandy beaches, and the inspiration for the board game
Monopoly, it's a resort community located on
Absecon Island on the coast of the
Atlantic Ocean. As of the
United States 2000 Census, population was 40,517 in the city, and 271,015 in the combined metropolitan area. Other municipalities on the island are
Ventnor City,
Margate City, and
Longport. The main routes into Atlantic City are the
Black Horse Pike (
US 322/
40), White Horse Pike (
US 30) and the
Atlantic City Expressway. Atlantic City borders other cities such as Absecon, Brigantine, Pleasantville, and others.
Atlantic City was incorporated on
May 1,
1854 by an act of the
New Jersey Legislature. The new city contained portions of
Egg Harbor Township and
Galloway Township.
Like all major cities, Atlantic City contains distinct
neighborhoods or districts. The communities are known as: The North Inlet, The South Inlet, Bungalow Park, the Marina District, Venice Park, Downtown (Midtown),
Ducktown, Chelsea, and Chelsea Heights.
History
Atlantic City has always been a resort town. Its location in
South Jersey, hugging the Atlantic Ocean between marshlands and islands, presented itself as prime real estate for developers. The city was incorporated in 1854, the same year in which train service began, linking this remote parcel of land with
Philadelphia. Atlantic City became a popular
beach destination because of its proximity to Philadelphia.
Boardwalk
The first boardwalk was built in 1870, along a portion of the beach to help hotel owners keep sand out of their lobbies. The idea caught on, and the boardwalk was expanded and modified several times in the following years. The historic length of the boardwalk, before the
1944 hurricane, was about 7 miles (11.2 kilometers) and it extended from Atlantic City to Longport, through Ventnor and Margate. Today, it's 4.12 miles (6.63 kilometers) long and 60 feet (18 meters) wide, reinforced with steel and concrete. The combined length of the Atlantic City and Ventnor boardwalks--the boardwalk now ends at the Ventor/Margate border--is approximately 5.75 miles (9.25 kilometers), currently the world's longest boardwalk.
Piers
Ocean Pier, the world's first oceanside amusement pier, was built in Atlantic City in 1882. Other famous piers included the Steel Pier, now used as an amusement pier (opened 1898) and the Million Dollar Pier (opened 1906), now the site of a shopping mall. (The oldest cast-iron pier in the world was built at
Gravesend,
Kent,
England, in 1814.)
Historic hotels
During the early part of the 20th century, Atlantic City went through a radical building boom. Many of the modest boarding houses that dotted the boardwalk were replaced with large hotels. Two of the city’s most distinctive hotels were the Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel and the
Traymore Hotel.
In 1903, Josiah White III bought a parcel of land near Ohio Avenue and the boardwalk and built the Queen Anne style Marlborough House. The hotel was a hit and, in 1905–06, he chose to expand the hotel and bought another parcel of land next door to his Marlborough House. In an effort to make his new hotel a source of conversation, White hired the architectural firm of Price and McLanahan. The firm decided to make use of
reinforced concrete, a new building material invented by Jean-Louis Lambot in 1848 (Joseph Monier received the patent in 1867). The hotel’s Spanish and Moorish theme capped off with its signature dome and chimneys represented a step forward from other hotels that had a classically designed influence. White named the new hotel the Blenheim and merged the two hotels into the Marlborough-Blenheim.
Bally's Atlantic City was later constructed close to this same location.
The Traymore Hotel was located at the corner of Illinois Avenue and the boardwalk. Begun in 1879 as a small boarding house, the hotel grew through a series of uncoordinated expansions. By 1914, the hotel’s owner, Daniel White, taking a hint from the Marlborough-Blenheim, commissioned the firm of Price and McLanahan to build an even bigger hotel. Sixteen stories high, the tan brick and gold-capped hotel would become one of the city’s best-known landmarks. The hotel made use of ocean-facing hotel rooms by jutting its wings farther from the main portion of the hotel along Pacific Avenue.
One by one, additional large hotels were constructed along the boardwalk, including the Brighton, Chelsea, Shelburne, Ambassador, Ritz Carlton, Mayflower, Madison House, and the Breakers. The Quaker-owned Chalfonte House and Haddon Hall opened in the 1890s, would by the twenties merge into the
Chalfonte-Haddon Hall Hotel and would become the city's largest hotel with nearly 1,000 rooms. By 1930, the Claridge, the city's last large hotel before the casinos, opened its doors. The 400-room Claridge was built by a partnership that included renowned Philadelphia contractor
John McShain. At 24 stories, it would become known as the "Skyscraper By The Sea."
1964 Democratic National Convention
The city hosted the
1964 Democratic National Convention which nominated
Lyndon Johnson for President and
Hubert Humphrey as Vice President. The ticket won easily that November. The convention and the press coverage it generated, however, cast a harsh light on Atlantic City, which by then was in the midst of a long period of economic decline. Many felt that the friendship between Johnson and the
Governor of New Jersey at that time,
Richard J. Hughes, led Atlantic City to host the Democratic Convention.
Demise and rebirth
Like many older east coast cities after
World War II, Atlantic City became plagued with
poverty,
crime, and
disinvestment by the
middle class in the mid to late 20th century. The neighborhood known as the "Inlet" became particularly impoverished. The reasons for the resort's decline were multi-layered. The automobile became available to many Americans after the war. Atlantic City had initially relied upon visitors coming by train and staying for a couple of weeks. The car would allow people to come and go as they pleased, and many people would spend only a few days, rather than weeks. Also, the advent of suburbia played a huge role. With many families moving to their own private houses, luxuries such as home air conditioning and swimming pools diminished the necessity for people to flock to the beach during the hot summer. Perhaps the biggest factor in the decline in Atlantic City's popularity came from cheap, fast jet service to other premiere resorts. Places such as
Miami Beach and
Nassau, Bahamas superseded Atlantic City as favored vacation spots.
By the late 1960s, the typical Atlantic City tourist was invariably poor, elderly, or both. Many of the resort's great hotels, which were suffering from embarrassing vacancy rates, were either closed, converted to cheap apartments, or converted to nursing home facilities. Prior to and during the advent of legalized gambling, many of these hotels would be demolished. The Breakers, the Chelsea, the Brighton, the Shelburne, the Mayflower, the Traymore, and the Marlborough Blenheim were demolished in the 1970s and 1980s. Of all the pre-casino resorts that bordered the boardwalk, only the Claridge, the Dennis (now part of Bally's Park Place), the Ritz Carlton, and the
Chalfonte-Haddon Hall Hotel survive to this day. The steel frame work of the old Ambassodor Hotel was used for the Tropicana Hotel and Casino, although its distinctive brick facade was removed and replaced with a more modern one. Smaller hotels off the boardwalk, such as the Madison House, also survive.
In an effort at revitalizing the city,
New Jersey voters in 1976 approved
casino gambling for Atlantic City; this came after a 1974 referendum on legalized gambling failed to pass. The Chalfonte-Haddon Hall Hotel became Resorts International; it was the first legal casino in the eastern
United States when it opened on
May 26,
1978. Other casinos were soon added along the Boardwalk and later in the marina district for a total of 11 today. The introduction of gambling did not, however, quickly eliminate many of the urban problems that plagued Atlantic City. Many have argued that it only served to magnify those problems, as evidenced in the stark contrast between tourism-intensive areas and the adjacent impoverished working-class neighborhoods. In addition, Atlantic City has played second-fiddle to
Las Vegas, Nevada, as a gambling mecca in the United States, although in the late 1970s and 1980s, when Las Vegas was experiencing a massive drop in tourism due to crime, particularly the
Mafia's role, and other economic factors, Atlantic City was favored over Las Vegas. The rise of
Mike Tyson in boxing, having most of his fights in Atlantic City in the '80s, also helped Atlantic City's popularity. On
July 3,
2003, Atlantic City's newest casino,
The Borgata, opened with much success. Another major attraction is the oldest remaining
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditorium in the world.
A 75 percent smoking ban imposed by Atlantic City's City Council went into effect on
April 15,
2007, limiting smoking to no more than 25 percent of the casino floor. Casino operators, especially
Donald Trump have claimed that the ban places Atlantic City casinos at a competitive disadvantage with casinos in neighboring states and is leading to a revenue decline.
Atlantic City is home to
New Jersey's first
wind farm. The
Jersey-Atlantic Wind Farm consists of five 1.5 megawatt turbine towers, each almost 400 feet (120 meters) high.
Gambling halted for the first time since 1978 at 8:00 a.m. on
July 5,
2006, during the
2006 New Jersey State Government Shutdown mandated by the state constitution when the legislature failed to present a budget. The casinos generally remained open for entertainment and hotel services, but ceased gambling functions due to the absence of state regulators. The casinos resumed gambling functions at 7:00 p.m. on
July 8,
2006.
From 2005 to 2006, Atlantic City had the highest percentage increase (25.9 percent) in average home value in the United States.
Geography
Atlantic City is located at (39.364966, -74.439034).
Atlantic City is located on 8.1-mile long
Absecon Island, along with
Ventnor City,
Margate City and
Longport to the southeast.
The city has a total area, according to the
United States Census Bureau,of 17.4 square miles (44.9 km²), of which, 11.4 square miles (29.4 km²) of it's land and 6.0 square miles (15.5 km²) of it (34.58%) is water.
Climate
Atlantic City has a
humid subtropical climate. In the winter, the city doesn't get as much snowfall as northern New Jersey or inland areas because it's moderated by the ocean. In the summer, Atlantic City gets a sea breeze off the ocean that makes temperatures stay cooler than inland areas.
| Monthly Normal and Record High and Low Temperatures |
| Month |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
| Rec High °F | 78 |
75 |
87 |
94 |
99 |
106 |
104 |
103 |
99 |
90 |
84 |
77
|
| Norm High °F | 41.4 |
43.9 |
51.9 |
61.3 |
71.1 |
80 |
85.1 |
83.3 |
76.6 |
66.3 |
56 |
46.4
|
| Norm Low °F | 22.8 |
24.5 |
31.7 |
39.8 |
49.8 |
59.3 |
65.4 |
63.7 |
56 |
43.9 |
35.7 |
27.1
|
| Rec Low °F | -10 |
-11 |
5 |
12 |
25 |
37 |
42 |
40 |
32 |
20 |
10 |
-7
|
| Precip (in) | 3.6 |
2.85 |
4.06 |
3.45 |
3.38 |
2.66 |
3.86 |
4.32 |
3.14 |
2.86 |
3.26 |
3.15
|
| Source: USTravelWeather.com |
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 40,517 people, 15,848 households, and 8,700 families residing in the city. The
population density was 3,569.8 people per square mile (1,378.3/km²). There were 20,219 housing units at an average density of 1,781.4/sq mi (687.8/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 44.16%
Black or
African American, 26.68%
White, 0.48%
Native American, 10.40%
Asian, 0.06%
Pacific Islander, 13.76% from
other races, and 4.47% from two or more races. 24.95% of the population were
Hispanic or
Latino of any race. 19.44% of the population were non-Hispanic whites.
There were 15,848 households out of which 27.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 24.8% were
married couples living together, 23.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.1% were non-families. 37.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 3.26.
In the city the population was spread out with 25.7% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 96.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.2 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $26,969, and the median income for a family was $31,997. Males had a median income of $25,471 versus $23,863 for females. The
per capita income for the city was $15,402. About 19.1% of families and 23.6% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 29.1% of those under age 18 and 18.9% of those age 65 or over.
Government
Local government
Atlantic City is governed under the
Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council) system of municipal government. The current
Mayor is
Scott Evans.
The City Council is the governing body of Atlantic City. Members of Council are elected to serve for a term of four years. There are nine Councilmembers, one from each of six wards and three serving at-large. The City Council exercises the legislative power of the municipality for the purpose of holding Council meetings to introduce ordinances and resolutions to regulate City government. In addition, Councilmembers review budgets submitted by the Mayor; provide for an annual audit of the City’s accounts and financial transactions; organize standing committees and hold public hearings to address important issues which impact Atlantic City.
On
September 26,
2007 the City Council reported that Mayor
Bob Levy was AWOL (Absent without Leave) not informing the council that he was leaving or where he was going, following his disappearance city Business Administrator Domenic Cappella declared himself the defacto Acting Mayor claiming that Levy had personally asked to take over in his absence – a claim City Council disputed. On
October 5,
2007, City Councilman Bruce Ward asked the
New Jersey Superior Court to declare the Mayor's office vacated so that City Council President William Marsh could assume the office of Mayor.
On
October 10,
2007 Bob Levy tendered his resignation. William "Speedy" Marsh was officially sworn as Interim Mayor following Levy's resignation. Six weeks later, on
November 21,
2007, Scott Evans was selected by City Council to serve the remaining unexpired term of former Mayor Bob Levy.
As of 8 October 2007, members of the Atlantic City Council are:
Federal, state and county representation
Atlantic City is in the Second Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 2nd Legislative District.
Education
The
Atlantic City School District serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grades. Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the
National Center for Education Statistics) are
Brighton Avenue School
for preschool (72 students),
eight K-8 elementary schools —
Chelsea Heights School (383),
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School Complex (613),
New Jersey Avenue School (403),
New York Avenue School (587),
Richmond Avenue School (378),
Sovereign Avenue School (792),
Texas Avenue School (411) and
Uptown School Complex (732) —
Atlantic City High School for grades 9-12 (2,574), along with
Venice Park School (35) and
Viking Academy.
Students from
Brigantine,
Longport,
Margate City and
Ventnor City attend Atlantic City High School as part of
sending/receiving relationships with the respective school districts.
Casino resorts
Planned casino/resorts
MGM Grand Atlantic City – In October 2007 MGM Mirage board approved the MGM Grand Atlantic City which will sit on 60 of 72 acres it owns adjacent to Borgata. The project nicknamed City Center East, will be the biggest and tallest in Atlantic City, featuring three separate towers that will total more than 3,000 rooms and suites, each with a different guest experience. In addition, it'll feature a 1,500-seat theater, a convention center, a spa, a variety of restaurants, nightclub and entertainment opportunities, as well as a retail center. It would also have the largest casino floor in the state, with 5,000 slot machines, 200 table games and a poker room. It is expected to break ground in 2008 with a completion date in 2012. 12 acres will be put aside for future development such as a possible residential tower.
Pinnacle Entertainment purchased the Sands Atlantic City, at the time Atlantic City's smallest casino, and permanently closed it on November 11, 2006 at 6:00 AM. The resort was demolished in a dramatic, Las-Vegas styled implosion which took place on Thursday, October 18, 2007. The company intends to replace it with a $1.5 - 2 billion casino resort on 18 contiguous oceanfront acres, to open by 2011.
Morgan Stanley has purchased 20 acres directly north of the Showboat Hotel and Casino and plans to build a $1 billion-plus resort casino. Revel Entertainment Group has been named as developer and has broken ground on construction and announced that its design work.
AC Gateway LLC, a development group headed by former Caesars CEO Wallace Barr and former New Jersey Casino Redevelopment Authority Executive Director Curtis Bashaw, is planning to build a US$1.5 to $2 billion casino, hotel and entertainment complex to be known as Atlantic Beach Resort & Casino. The complex would be constructed on land south of the Atlantic City Hilton that was recently purchased from Hilton's parent company, Colony Capital. The tract includes the site of the former Atlantic City High School and the planned but failed Dunes casino. Only the former Dunes site is presently zoned for casino space.
Former, closed and never opened casino/resorts
| Name |
Reason For Closure/Not Opening |
| Atlantis |
License revoked on July 4, 1989; sold and renamed Trump Regency (non-casino) |
| Bally's Park Place |
Renamed Bally's Atlantic City |
| Bally's Grand |
Renamed The Grand |
| Boardwalk Regency |
Renamed Caesars Boardwalk Regency |
| Brighton |
Renamed Sands Atlantic City |
| Caesars Boardwalk Regency |
Renamed Caesars Atlantic City |
| Claridge |
Renamed Claridge Tower at Bally's |
| Del Webb's Claridge Hotel and Hi-Ho Casino |
Renamed Del Webb's Claridge |
| Del Webb's Claridge |
Renamed Claridge |
| Dunes |
Never completed, land sold; currently a parking lot |
| Golden Nugget |
Sold and Renamed Bally's Grand |
| Harrah's Marina |
Renamed Harrah's Atlantic City |
| Harrah's at Trump Plaza |
Sold to Trump Casinos & Resorts, renamed Trump Plaza |
| Hilton (Original) |
Casino licensure denied, sold and renamed Trump's Castle Hotel/Casino |
| Le Jardin |
Project scrapped due to Mirage Resorts-MGM Grand merger |
| Merv Griffin's Resorts |
Sold and renamed Resorts International |
| Mirage Atlantic City |
Renamed The Borgata before construction was completed |
| MGM Grand Atlantic City |
Pervious plans were not developed; MGM is going to develop– See MGM Grand Atlantic City |
| Park Place |
Renamed Bally's Park Place |
| Penthouse International |
Never completed, developer ran out of money; property sold |
| Playboy Hotel & Casino |
Sold and renamed Atlantis |
| Resorts International |
Renamed Resorts Atlantic City |
| Sahara Atlantic City |
Planned but not developed; land sold to Golden Nugget |
| Sands |
Closed 11/11/06 at 6:00 AM; building demolished |
| The Grand |
Renamed the Atlantic City Hilton Casino/Hotel |
| Tropicana (Old) |
Renamed TropWorld |
| TropWorld |
Name reverted back to Tropicana Casino and Resort |
| Trump's Castle |
Renamed Trump Marina |
| Trump Regency |
Reopened as Trump World's Fair at Trump Plaza |
| Trump World's Fair at Trump Plaza |
Closed, building demolished; currently an empty lot |
Sports
On November 16, 2006, Hal Handel, CEO of Greenwood Racing, announced that the Atlantic City Race Course would increase live racing dates from four days per year, to up to 20 days per year. www.saveacrc.com has been actively involved in expanding racing at the Atlantic City Race Course and created the movement to bring full time racing back to ACRC in 2005.
Media outlets
Newspapers and magazines
» See also: Newspapers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Press of Atlantic City (official website)
Atlantic City Weekly (official website)
Su Voz (official website}
La Estrella De Atlantic County
Casino Connection (official website)
Dan Klein's South Jersey Insider (official website)
Radio stations
Atlantic City's radio market is ranked #139 in the nation.
WAYV 95.1 FM - Top 40
WTTH 96.1 FM - Urban AC (The Touch)
WFPG 96.9 FM - AC (Lite Rock 96.9)
WXKW 97.3 FM - News/Talk
WTKU 98.3 FM - Oldies (Kool 98.3)
WZBZ 99.3 FM - Urban/Hip Hop (The Buzz)
WZXL 100.7 FM - Rock (The Rock Station)
WJSE 102.7 FM - Alternative (The Ace)
WMGM 103.7 FM - Classic Rock (The Shark)
WSJO 104.9 FM - Hot AC (Sojo 104.9)
WPUR 107.3 FM - Country (Cat Country 107.3)
WMID 1340 AM - Oldies
WOND 1400 AM - News/Talk, Hosts: Don Williams; Barbara Altman; Pinky Kravitz
WENJ 1450 AM - ESPN Radio/Sports (The Mike Gill Show - Local 4-7pm)
WTAA 1490 AM - Air America Radio, Atlantic City, Host: Virginia McCabe
Television stations
WQAV-LP Channel 34 Atlantic City (AsiaVision/Independent)
WMGM-TV Channel 40 Atlantic City (NBC)
WMCN-TV Channel 53 Atlantic City (ShopNBC)
W60CX Channel 60 Atlantic City (TBN)
WWSI-TV Channel 62 Atlantic City (Telemundo)
Transportation
Rail and Bus
Atlantic City is connected to other cities in several ways. New Jersey Transit's Atlantic City Line runs from Philadelphia and several smaller South Jersey communities directly to the Atlantic City Rail Terminal at the Atlantic City Convention Center. Within the city, public transportation is provided by New Jersey Transit along seven routes, and by the Atlantic City Jitney Association (ACJA) on another four fixed-route lines and on shuttles to-and from the rail terminal.
On June 20, 2006, the board of New Jersey Transit approved a three-year trial of express train service between New York Penn Station and the Atlantic City Rail Terminal. The estimated travel time will be 2½ hours with a few stops along the way and is part of the Casinos' multi-million dollar investments in Atlantic City. Most of the funding for the new transit line will be provided by Harrah's Entertainment (owners of both Harrah's Atlantic City and Caesars Atlantic City) and the Borgata. The line is expected to be in service by the end of 2007, but details on the line's operation are scant.
The Atlantic City Bus Terminal is the home to local, intrastate and interstate bus companies including New Jersey Transit and Greyhound bus lines. The Greyhound Lucky Streak Express offers service to Atlantic City from New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C..
Highways
Access to Atlantic City by car is available via the 44 mile (70 km) Atlantic City Expressway, US 30 (commonly known as the White Horse Pike), and US 40/322 (commonly known as the Black Horse Pike). Atlantic City has an abundance of taxi cabs and a local Jitney providing continuous service to and from the casinos and the rest of the city.
Airline service
Commercial airlines serve Atlantic City via Atlantic City International Airport, located 9 miles (14 km) northwest of the city in Egg Harbor Township. Many travelers also choose to fly into Philadelphia International Airport or Newark Liberty International Airport, where there are wider selections of carriers from which to choose. The historic downtown Bader Field airport is now permanently closed and plans are in the works to redevelop the land; most likely it'll be torn down for mixed development or rezoned for Casino.
Shopping
Atlantic City is home to three large malls specifically geared towards tourists:
Pier Shops at Caesars, a shopping center on a pier across from Caesars Atlantic City.
The Quarter at Tropicana, an old Havana-themed indoor restaurant/shopping center.
Atlantic City Outlets, also called "The Walk", which is an outdoor outlet shopping center.
Two nearby regional malls include the Shore Mall in Egg Harbor Township and the Hamilton Mall in Mays Landing.
Popular culture references
Atlantic City has been a rather frequent subject in popular culture. The eccentric 1972 Bob Rafelson film The King of Marvin Gardens with Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, and Ellen Burstyn was shot on location there and strongly conveys a feel for the pre-casino/post-glory-days limbo the city was mired in at the time. The powerful Oscar-nominated 1981 movie, Atlantic City, by French director Louis Malle, starring Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon, reflects the city at the dawn of its casino-driven "rebirth". Atlantic City is cited as the Sundance Kid's birthplace in the 1969 classic western film, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. A popular Bruce Springsteen song, "Atlantic City", depicting a young couple's escape to the city, appears on Springsteen's 1982 album Nebraska.
Several episodes of Donald Trump's television show The Apprentice have been based and filmed in Atlantic City.
In the Peter George novel Red Alert (which was the basis for the movie Dr. Strangelove), Atlantic City is proposed as the target for nuclear attack by the Soviet Union.
In Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow, the family escapes to Atlantic City in the midst of the Colehouse Walker debacle. It is a song feature in Ragtime: The Musical. Two musicals by John Kander and Fred Ebb are set in Atlantic City: 1984's The Rink, which starred Chita Rivera and Liza Minnelli and deals with a decaying roller rink by the seashore, and 1997's Steel Pier, about a dance marathon during the Great Depression.
It was the home of the Miss America pageant from 1921 to 2005. In August 2005, it was announced that the pageant would no longer be held in Atlantic City. On January 21, 2006, the first pageant to occur outside Atlantic City took place in Las Vegas, at the Aladdin Casino and Resort.
The streets of Atlantic City were used in the original American version of the board game Monopoly, although Marven Gardens is misspelled (as "Marvin Gardens").
The sticky confection salt water taffy is closely associated with the Boardwalk, and some have claimed that it was invented here after a flood.
Episode 5.3 of Sex and the City was set primarily in the Taj Mahal casino.
A Disney Vacation Club (DVC) resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Disney's BoardWalk Villas, is based on Atlantic City in the 1930s.
The Simpsons visited Atlantic City in Catch 'Em if You Can, with Homer making a derogatory remark towards the New Jersey state flag by pointing out that it has a fat man kissing a woman on it. In reality it does not.
The opening scene of Ocean's 11 features Danny Ocean heading to Atlantic City shortly after being released from prison.
In the opening scenes of Empire Records, Lucas visits Atlantic City in an attempt to raise enough money to save the record store he works in. He ends up losing $9,000 which sets the scene for the rest of the movie.
Seinfeld makes frequent references to driving down to Atlantic City.
Atlantic City is a place frequented by New Jersey based mob drama The Sopranos.
One of the deceased ex-husbands of Nancy Travis' character in the film So I Married an Axe Murderer hailed from Atlantic City. She possesses an oversized poster of the city in her San Francisco apartment, which Mike Myers' character draws attention to.
In the Chevy Chase-headlined movie Nothing But Trouble, he and his associates plan to head from Manhattan to Atlantic City before being sidetracked in rural New Jersey.
Edward Norton and Matt Damon take a trip to the Taj Mahal casino to play poker in Rounders. They also meet John Turturro there while playing. Several times "The Taj" is mentioned in the film.
Nicholas Cage plays an Atlantic City detective in the movie Snake Eyes (film). The real mayor of Atlantic City, Jim Whelan, mayor from 1990-2001, plays the mayor in the movie.
On the hit CBS tv show How I Met Your Mother, the characters head to Atlantic City, for two characters to get hitched. While there, the city is referred to as "Always declining, but never hitting Rock Bottom."
The Sands Atlantic City, demolished on October 18, 2007 was the last casino in the United States to bear the Sands moniker and the first in New Jersey to be imploded. The casino was imploded the less than 24 hours after the last surviving member of Rat Pack, Joey Bishop, died at age 89.
One episode of The Nanny (Fran Drescher), A Decent Proposal, took place in Atlantic City where Maxwell Sheffield was to meet Chevy Chase.
Many of the significant events of the crime noir comic book series 100 Bullets take place in Atlantic City.
WrestleManias IV (1988) and V (1989) took place in Atlantic City, at Boardwalk Hall. It is the only time in WrestleMania's history that the event has taken place at the same venue two years in a row.
Notable residents
Notable current and former residents of Atlantic City include:
Jack Abramoff, a former American political lobbyist who was embroiled in high-profile political scandals. Abramoff was born in Atlantic City and lived there until the age of ten.
Rosalind Cash (1938-1995), actress nominated for an Emmy Award for her work on the Public Broadcasting Service production of Go Tell It on the Mountain.
John J. Gardner (1845–1921) represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district from 1885 to 1893, and was mayor of Atlantic City for most of 1868-1875.
Milton W. Glenn (1903-1967), represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district from 1957-1965.
Paul Goldberg (Born 1959) professional studio / touring drummer) used to reside in A.C. where he played many casino shows. (This was before the casinos ended their entertainment promise to the city.) Paul relocated to Los Angeles in 1987, and continues to record on many top TV & Film soundtracks, and works with several recording artists.
William Green, running back who currently is a free agent of the NFL.
Pete Hunter, Cornerback for the NFL's Seattle Seahawks. A fifth-round pick in 2002.
Candy Jones (1925-1990), fashion model, writer and radio talk show host.
John P. O'Neill, FBI Terrorist Specialist, Director of Security World Trade Center, died in the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks
Chris Pallies, American professional wrestler known widely by his stage name King Kong Bundy was born in Atlantic City November 7th 1957.
Rex David "Dave" Thomas, founder of Wendy's fast-food restaurant, was born in Atlantic City.
Jim Whelan (1948), member of the General Assembly who represents the 2nd legislative district. Whelan was Mayor of Atlantic City from 1990-2001.Further Information
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