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Atlantic City, New Jersey
Skyline of Atlantic City
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CountryUnited States
StateNew Jersey
CountyAtlantic
IncorporatedMay 1, 1854
Government
 • MayorBob Levy
Area
 • Total17.4 sq mi (44.9 km2)
 • Land11.4 sq mi (38.9 km2)
 • Water6.0 sq mi (15.5 km2)
Population
 (2006)[1]
 • Total39,958
 • Density3,569.8/sq mi (1,378.3/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Websitehttp://www.cityofatlanticcity.org
"Atlantic City" redirects here. For other uses, see Atlantic City (disambiguation).

Atlantic City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, USA. Famous for its boardwalk and casino gambling, it is 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.

On May 1, 1854 Atlantic City was incorporated by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature. The new city contained portions of Egg Harbor Township and Galloway Township.[2]

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 (also known as Back Maryland), 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

In 1870, the first boardwalk was built 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 is 4.12 miles (6.63 kilometers) long and 60 feet (20 meters) wide, reinforced with steel and concrete. The combined length of the Atlantic City and Ventnor boardwalks 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.[3] 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.)

Atlantic Ocean Shore, Atlantic City, NJ

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 Breakers had snob appeal, for only the highest class of person roomed there and enjoyed its roof top garden lounge. 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 one thousand rooms. By 1930, the Claridge, the city's last large hotel, opened its doors. The 400-room Claridge was built by a partnership that included renowned Philadelphia contractor John McShain. Nearly twenty-four 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 in a landslide 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 become 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 and 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 thirteen 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. [4] Drug-infested tenements in poor condition stand directly beside multi-billion dollar casino hotels along the ocean in some locations. 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% smoking ban imposed by Atlantic City's City Council went into effect on April 15, 2007, limiting smoking to no more than 25% 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.[5]

Atlantic City is home to New Jersey's first wind farm. The Jersey-Atlantic Wind Farm consists of five 1.5 MW turbine towers, each almost 400 feet (120 meters) high.

Gambling was stopped 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 Governor Jon Corzine. 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%) in average home value in the United States.[6]

Geography

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According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 44.9 km² (17.4 mi²). 29.4 km² (11.4 mi²) of it is land and 15.5 km² (6.0 mi²) of it (34.58%) is water.

Climate

Atlantic City has a humid continental climate, but it is almost on the borderline of the humid continental/subtropical climate zones. In the winter, the city does not get as much snowfall as northern New Jersey or inland areas because it is 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 [7]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1860867—
18701,04320.3%
18805,477425.1%
189013,055138.4%
190027,838113.2%
191046,15065.8%
192050,7079.9%
193066,19830.6%
194064,094−3.2%
195061,657−3.8%
196059,544−3.4%
197047,859−19.6%
198040,199−16.0%
199037,986−5.5%
200040,5176.7%
2005 (est.)39,958[1]
sources:[8][9]

As of the censusTemplate:GR of 2000, there were 40,517 people, 15,848 households, and 8,700 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,378.3/km² (3,569.8/mi²). There were 20,219 housing units at an average density of 687.8/km² (1,781.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 26.68% White, 44.16% Black or African American, 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.

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 of Atlantic City is Bob Levy.

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.[10]

As of 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.[13]

For the 118th United States Congress, New Jersey's 2nd congressional district is represented by Jeff Van Drew (R, Dennis Township).[14] New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker (Newark, term ends 2027)[15] and Bob Menendez (Englewood Cliffs, term ends 2025).[16][17]

For the 2024-2025 session, the 2nd legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the New Jersey Senate by Vincent J. Polistina (R, Egg Harbor Township) and in the General Assembly by Don Guardian (R, Atlantic City) and Claire Swift (R, Margate City).[18] Template:NJ Governor

Template:NJ Atlantic County Freeholders

Education

The Atlantic City School District serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grades. Schools in the district are eight elementary schools — Chelsea Heights School, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School Complex, New Jersey Avenue School, New York Avenue School, Richmond Avenue School, Sovereign Avenue School, Texas Avenue School and Uptown School Complex — Atlantic City High School for grades 9–12, along with Venice Park School 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.[19]

Casino resorts

The Borgata
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Caesars & Trump Plaza
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Inside 'The Quarter' at Tropicana
Name Address Ownership
Bally's Atlantic City 1 Park Place and the Boardwalk Harrah's Entertainment
The Borgata One Borgata Way (Also known as 1501 MGM Mirage Boulevard) Marina District Development Corporation
Caesars Atlantic City Pacific Avenue and the Boardwalk Harrah's Entertainment
Harrah's Marina Atlantic City 777 Harrah's Boulevard Harrah's Entertainment
Hilton (New) Boston Avenue and the Boardwalk Colony Capital
Resorts Atlantic City North Carolina Avenue and the Boardwalk Colony Capital
Showboat South States Avenue and the Boardwalk Harrah's Entertainment
Tropicana Brighton Avenue and the Boardwalk Columbia Sussex
Trump Marina Huron Avenue and Brigantine Boulevard Trump Entertainment Resorts
Trump Plaza Mississippi Avenue and the Boardwalk Trump Entertainment Resorts
Trump Taj Mahal Virginia Avenue and the Boardwalk Trump Entertainment Resorts
1 Claridge Tower and the Wild West Casino are considered part of Bally's.

Planned casino/resorts

  • CityCenter East – In March 2006, MGM Mirage announced that it has begun pre-development and design work for a new casino/resort, tentatively called "CityCenter East", patterned after the company's CityCenter project in Las Vegas. If built, CityCenter East would be located on 55 acres of land situated between The Borgata and Harrah's Atlantic City.[20]
  • Pinnacle Gaming purchased the Sands Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City's smallest casino, and permanently closed it on November 11, 2006 at 6:00 AM. Pinnacle plans to demolish the building and 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 another 1 billion dollar-plus resort casino.[21] Revel Entertainnment has been named as developer and has announced that it has begun pre-development and design work.[22]
  • A company headed by former Caesars CEO Wallace Barr and former New Jersey Casino Redevelopment Authority Executive Director Curtis Bashaw recently purchased land south of the Atlantic City Hilton, owned by its parent 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 currently zoned for casino space.
  • The parent company of Tropicana Casino and Resort, Columbia Sussex, is seeking a partner to develop a boutique casino and/or condominium complex on a square city block of boardwalk property north of the Ritz Carlton Condominium Building.
  • As reported by the Press of Atlantic City (4/19/07), The Atlantic City Hilton is planning a $1 Billion (USD) expansion of its physical plant, including a parking garage, 1000 hotel room tower and doubling the casino floor 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 Planned but not developed
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 to be demolished
The Grand Renamed the Atlantic City Hilton Casino/Hotel
Tropicana Casino and Resort 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

Club Sport League Venue
Atlantic City Diablos Soccer NPSL St. Augustine Prep School
Atlantic City Surf Baseball Can-Am League Bernie Robbins Stadium

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

Media outlets without a link do not currently have a website.

Newspapers

Radio stations

Atlantic City's radio market is ranked #139 in the nation.

Television stations

See also: Television stations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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.

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.[23]

The Atlantic City Bus Terminal is the home to local, intra-state 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.

There are also many buses owned and operated by Chinese immigrants from Chinatown New York to Atlantic City Resorts, many of them will reimburse the cost of the trip upon arrival as a way to attract tourists and gamblers.

Highways and taxicabs

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 will be torn down for mixed development use.

Shopping

Atlantic City is home to two malls, Pier Shops at Caesars and Atlantic City Outlets The Walk. Two nearby regional malls include the Shore Mall in Egg Harbor Township and the Hamilton Mall in Mays Landing.

Popular culture references

The Boardwalk in Atlantic City, outside the Trump Taj Mahal

Λ==Notable residents== Notable current and former residents of Atlantic City include:

References

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  5. ^ Wittkowski, Donald. "Trump says Atlantic City smoking ban forcing gamblers to flee 'in droves"", The Press of Atlantic City, August 17, 2007. Accessed August 25, 2007. "...Trump said of a decline in casino business that has sent Atlantic City gaming revenue tumbling 3.7 percent for the first seven months this year."
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  14. ^ Directory of Representatives: New Jersey, United States House of Representatives. Accessed January 3, 2019.
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  18. ^ Legislative Roster for District 2, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 12, 2024.
  19. ^ Atlantic City High School 2006 Report Card, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 14, 2007. "Atlantic City High School is a unique, comprehensive state-of-the-art facility that serves a diverse student population from Atlantic City, Brigantine, Longport, Margate and Ventnor."
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  32. ^ Assembly Member James 'Jim' Whelan, Project Vote Smart. Accessed August 8, 2007.

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