A New Jersey state assemblyman said that the struggling gaming industry in Atlantic City faces another blow as the Trump Plaza casino prepares to tell workers it may close in September, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday. Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc. lawyers said on Friday that the property may shutter as soon as Sept. 16, said Assemblyman Vincent Mazzeo, a Democrat who represents Atlantic City in the state legislature. Notices will be sent to 1,000-plus workers as soon as this week warning them of the possible closure, he said. Trump Plaza would join a roster of Atlantic City casinos buckling under as the resort community has yet to rebound from the worst U.S. recession since World War II. The Atlantic Club casino closed in January, Caesars Entertainment Corp. announced it will shut down its Showboat property on the city’s boardwalk Aug. 31, and Revel, a $2.4 billion mirrored-glass casino that was supposed to usher in an era of opulence and resurgence for the city, is searching for a buyer in bankruptcy.
