“The amount of money we’re going to have to spend to remove all those minarets and all that purple. “It’s everywhere,” Allen said of Trump’s influence on the Indian palace-themed Taj Mahal. Trump Plaza, the first casino Donald Trump ever built and a faded vestige of Atlantic City’s glamorous past. It was the opening night of Donald Trump’s new 1.1bn Atlantic City casino, and Condos was working as a cocktail waitress serving. In an interview in May, Hard Rock chairman Jim Allen said not a scrap of Indian decor - or the Trump name - will remain when the new casino resort debuts next year. Trumps Atlantic City Casino Is Demolished. T he night of 2 April 1990 is one Tina Condos will never forget.

“I feel a little bad to see it go,” he said. The Trump Plaza Casino and Hotel is closed, its windows clouded over by sea salt. Mick Frantzeskakis, a 72-year-old Atlantic City resident, said he’ll miss the Taj Mahal decor. A worker said it’s all destined “for the Dumpster.” On the lawn in front of the parking garage sat a giant metal letter “T” that had once been part of the Taj Mahal logo affixed to the building. (Wayne Parry/AP Photo)Īs he spoke, workers in hydraulic lifts labored high in the sky with mechanical saws to cut away at the rounded facade of the dozens of domes that dot the exterior of the building, which Trump opened in 1990. 3, 2017 photo shows a giant letter “T” that had been removed from the facade of the former Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, N.J.

Smith said he’s glad for the new investment in the building, adding “it really needs a new paint job.” “He said, ‘How ya doin’, painter!’ and I said, ‘OK, how ’bout you, Donald?'” recalled Smith, who lives in an apartment complex next-door. WHYY thanks our sponsors - become a WHYY sponsor

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