ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – Poolside and restaurant gambling, skill-based slots, fantasy sports betting and hidden VIP gambling rooms are among Hard Rock International’s initial plans for their remake of the former Trump Taj Mahal casino.
A wish list the company submitted to New Jersey gambling regulators was obtained by The Associated Press. The partially blacked-out copy offers the first look at proposals the Florida-based company has for the shuttered Atlantic City casino that now-President Donald Trump built.
Hard Rock bought it in March for $50 million from billionaire investor Carl Icahn. That’s about 4 cents on the dollar from the $1.2 billion Trump spent to open it in 1990.
A summer 2018 opening is planned.
At a major casino conference last month in Atlantic City, Hard Rock chairman Jim Allen said his company had sent a letter to the state Division of Gaming Enforcement outlining plans it has for the Taj Mahal remake that it wanted to discuss with gambling regulators.