Thirteen years ago this month, the first (and still-only demolition of an AyCee casino-hotel took place as, in a mere 20 seconds, the Sands Hotel & Casino crumbled to the ground amidst a sound-and-light extravaganza designed to rev up excitement for what was supposed to replace it: A $2 billion, ocean-and-beach themed mega-resort to be built. Workers prepare the Sands Casino building in Atlantic City for demolition. On the ground floor where the casino floor once was, these support columns will be wrapped in chain-link fencing and a.

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Date: 2007
Collection Number: H058

Scope and Content:

This collection contains 76 digital photographs in JPG compressed format, taken over the course of August, September, and October 2007. The photographs depict the demolition work at the Sands Casino in Atlantic City before its implosion on October 18, 2007. There are five photographs from the night of the implosion. The collection includes interior and exterior photographs.

System of Arrangement:
Photographs are arranged by date. An inventory of the images is below.
This is a digital collection, burned to CD-Rom in December 2007. It is also stored on the hard drive of the Heston Room computer. Reference prints are available in the Heston Room.

OTHER INFORMATION FOR USERS OF THE COLLECTION
Access Points:
Sands Casino – Atlantic City (N.J.)
Pinnacle Entertainment
Wrecking – New Jersey
Construction and demolition debris
Related Materials: The Library has many books related to the Casino industry in Atlantic City. Those interested in this topic should search the Library Catalog , using subject headings like:
Casinos – Economic aspects
Casinos – New Jersey
Casinos – Social aspects
Gambling – New Jersey – Atlantic City
Gambling – Social aspects
Within the Heston Collection, related holdings include Vertical Files on the Sands Casino and Pinnacle Entertainment, periodicals with articles relating to casino spending and management, and reports about the economic impact of gambling on Atlantic City.
A related collection of archival material is the Stan and Mary Sladek Collection of Sands Casino Memorabilia, 1980-2004 (H014).
Processing Note: The collection is processed. Finding aid written by Heather Halpin, archivist, December 2007.
Copyright Notice: The Atlantic City Free Public Library owns the collection and the copyrights. Those wishing to reproduce materials from the collection must contact the Library to obtain the proper permissions.

ITEM LIST

Finding aid published 15 January 2008.

It's a stunt President Donald Trump's critics might consider a metaphor for the end of his presidency as bidders line up to be the one to push the detonate button on the Atlantic City casino bearing his name.

The Trump Plaza casino was opened in 1984, but has gone to seed since it closed in 2014 after it was beset by financial troubles for years.

For the last four years, billionaire developer Carl Icahn has owned the property which has been deemed by local officials as a public safety hazard.

In the entrepreneurial spirit the New Jersey gambling seaside town is known for, a call has gone out for people to place their bids to implode the building for charity. As of Saturday morning, there were 15 bids which had reached $60,000.

Killing two birds with one stone, the stunt will get rid of an eyesore and help fund the youth development programs of the Boys & Girls Club of Atlantic City.

'I think it's extremely important that we do something worthwhile,' Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. told a news conference Thursday. ' And there's not a better organization than the Boys and Girls,' he added, according to CBS News.

'Not often does inner-city oceanfront land open up,' Small said. 'We have one chance to get this right.' The implosion had been scheduled for January 29 but has been delayed to February, with no set date yet.

Bodnar's Auction, the auction house is collecting bids for what it describes on liveauctioneers.com as a 'once in a lifetime opportunity.'

'For several years it has been sitting empty and now is the time to end an era and replace it with something new,' it said. 'This will be done remotely and can be done anywhere in the world as well as close to the Plaza as we can safely get you there.'

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Trump cut most ties with Atlantic City in 2009 but had once owned two other casinos in the city, the Trump Taj Mahal and Trump Marina. Both were later rebranded and operated under new management following bankruptcies.

The demolition was initially planned for January 29, nine days after Trump leaves office. However, Small said that this has been delayed until February, with a firm date yet to be finalized.

The last time a casino was imploded in Atlantic City was in October 2007 when the former Sands casino was dynamited for a new casino-hotel project that never was built, CBS reported.

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