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Casino-Hotels |
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The
Atlantic City Hilton Casino Resort |
| Boston
& The BoardwalkThe
Atlantic City Hilton Casino Resort |
| Atlantic
City, NJ 08401 |
| Phone:
(609) 347-7111 |
| Fax:
(609) 340-4858 |
| Web
Site: http://www.achilton.com |
| Leonard
DeAngelo
President |
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| NJ
Employees:
3,700 |
| Hotel Rooms:
804 |
| Convention
Space: 20,000 Sq. Ft. |
| Parking
Spaces: 2,125 |
| Table
Games:
94 |
| Slot
Machines: 1,904 |
| Rooms:
675 Price
Range: $175-$275 |
| Suites:
54
Price Range: $220-$600 |
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| Casino-hotel
now owned by PARK PLACE
ENTERTAINMENT, independent company created Hilton Hotels
Corp.> Hotel under Hilton ownership since 1996 following
acquisition by Hilton of Bally’s Entertainment (formerly Bally’s
Manufacturing), casino-hotel previously named Bally’s Grand until
Hilton acquisition> Originally constructed as Golden Nugget by
group headed by Steven Wynn, acquired by Bally 1987 in successful
effort to block hostile takeover of Bally
by DONALD TRUMP by
increasing number of Bally-owned hotels to two, thus forcing Trump
to dispose of one NJ casino property due to then-existing NJ law
limiting single owner to three hotels> Substantial profit from
Golden Nugget sale assisted Wynn in financing construction of new
Mirage hotel in Las Vegas, also initiated long-standing rivalry with
Trump now continuing in Trump challenge of new Atlantic City
mega-resort project proposed by Wynn>
Opened October 1997 new tower with 300 additional guest
rooms, additional meeting, banquet and restaurant space, expansion
project included adjacent landscaped park with waterfall> Spa
facilities with indoor pool> 2,000-seat entertainment theater>
Voted ‘Best Hotel’ and ‘Best Rooms’ in 1999 Chance magazine
survey> Golf available at Atlantic City Country Club owned by PARK
PLACE ENTERTAINMENT, exclusive privileges for guests of THE
ATLANTIC CITY HILTON, BALLY'S PARK PLACE, and CAESARS ATLANTIC CITY.
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| Bally's
Park Place |
| Park
Place & Boardwalk |
| Atlantic
City, NJ 08401 |
| Phone:(609)
340-2000 or (800) 225-5977 |
| Fax:
(609) 340-4713 |
| Web
Site: http://www.ballysac.com |
| Ken
Condon
President |
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NJ
Employees:
5,100
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Hotel
Rooms:
1,254
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Convention
Space: 50,000 Sq. Ft.
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Parking
Spaces: 2,743
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Table
Games:
112
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Slot
Machines: 2,332
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Rooms:
1,162 Price
Range: $75-$400
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Suites:
92
Price Range: $315-$620
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Original
Atlantic City casino-hotel developed as Bally’s Park Place by
Bally Manufacturing, acquired by Hilton Hotels Corp. in 1996
acquisition of Bally, now owned by PARK
PLACE ENTERTAINMENT> Developed on site of former
Marlborough, Blenheim and Dennis Hotels> Features Wild Wild
West Casino, Atlantic City’s first themed casino designed as
Western frontier town with animated mountain, waterfalls,
robotic figures, themed restaurants
and retail shops> Constructing $25 million expansion project
completed September 2000 to link Wild West Casino to CAESARS
ATLANTIC CITY> Voted ‘Best Casino Hotel Rooms’ by ATLANTIC
CITY magazine 1999; ‘Best Poker’ by Casino Player
magazine 1999; $28 million health spa voted ‘Best Health
Spa’ by both ‘Casino Player’ and ‘Chance’ magazines in
1999; pool voted ‘Best Pool’ in Atlantic City 1999 by Casino
Player magazine; ‘Best Poker’ 1999 Casino Player magazine;
‘Best Video Poker” 2000 Chance magazine> Golf available
at Atlantic City Country Club owned by PARK PLACE ENTERTAINMENT, exclusive privileges for guests of THE
ATLANTIC CITY HILTON, BALLY'S PARK PLACE, and CAESARS
ATLANTIC CITY> Extensive convention, meeting business
with on-site exibit space> ‘Legends in Concert’ casino
revue show voted Atlantic City’s ‘Best Revue’ in 1999
Atlantic City magazine survey> Ranked no. 5 in 1992 gross
gaming revenue ($279.8 million) and market share (9.94%) of all
Atlantic City casino-hotels.
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| Caesars
Atlantic City |
| 2100
Pacific Avenue |
| Atlantic
City, NJ 08401 |
| Phone:
(609) 348-4411 or (8
00) 443-0104 |
| Fax:
(609) 348-8830 |
| Web
Site: http://www.caesarsac.com |
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Paul
Henderson
President |
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| NJ
Employees:
3,343 |
| Hotel
Rooms:
1,174 |
| Convention
Space: 34,800 Sq. Ft. |
| Parking
Spaces:
2,461 |
| Table
Games:
135 |
| Slot
Machines:
2,436 |
| Rooms:
1,479
Price Range: $110-$275 |
| Suites:
198
Price Range: $175-$1,000 |
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| Atlantic
City casino-hotel first opened June 26, 1979, built on former Howard
Johnson hotel site> Markets itself as ‘Rome on the Jersey
Shore’> Acquired January 1998 by Starwood Realty Trust through
its acquisition of ITT Corp., subsequently sold effective December
30, 1999 with other Caesars casino properties in Las Vegas, Lake
Tahoe, for $3 billion to PARK
PLACE ENTERTAINMENT, company created by Hilton Hotels in
spin-off of its gaming properties>
Caesar’s casino-hotels, proposing major new casino projects
in Chicago, New Orleans> Casino-hotels known for marketing focus
on high-rollers, lavish suites, entertainment> Voted ‘Best
Luxury Rooms’ 2000 Chance magazine;
Primavera restaurant voted 'Best Italian’ 2000 Chance
magazine> Planet Hollywood restaurant located in hotel; health
spa; outdoor pool; rooftop tennis> Completed 1999 $280 million,
26-story Centurion Tower,
first of two phases of construction, added 620 guest rooms,
six-story Temple Lobby entered through two-story curved wall
replicating Roman Coliseum, decorated 17-ton marble statue of Caesar
and 60-foot-high ceiling; Palladium Ballroom holds up to 2,000
people for shows, banquets and events> $25
million expansion project completed September 2000 provides
interior connection to Wild West Casino located in
BALLY’S PARK PLACE> Completed $280 million expansion 1998,
adding rooms,
100,000 square feet of casino space, also features $33
million transportation center> Golf available at Atlantic City
Country Club owned by PARK
PLACE ENTERTAINMENT, exclusive privileges for guests of THE
ATLANTIC CITY HILTON, BALLY'S PARK PLACE, and CAESARS
ATLANTIC CITY
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| Claridge
Casino Hotel |
| Indiana
Avenue at the Boardwalk |
| Atlantic
City, NJ 08401 |
| Phone:
(609) 340-3400 or (800) 257-8585 |
| Fax:
(609) 340-3867 |
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Frank
Bellis
President & Chief Operating Officer |
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| NJ
Employees:
2,336 |
| Hotel
Rooms:
507 |
| Convention
Space: 2,595 Sq. Ft. |
| Parking Spaces:
1,197 |
| Table
Games:
64 |
| Slot Machines:
1,751 |
| Rooms: 449
Price Range: $130-$180 |
| Suites: 53
Price Range: $390-$495 |
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| Opened
July 1981, owned until 1988 by Del Webb Corp., which sold hotel
to concentrate on other non-casino real estate development,
owned by parent The Claridge Hotel and Casino Corporation,
through its subsidiary, The Claridge at Park Place, Inc.,
until acquired June 2001 by Park Place Entertainment
for $65
million as part of Claridge bankruptcy
reorganization>
Casino hotel opened July 1981, housed in building constructed
1929, expanded and remodeled prior to opening> Also completed
renovation 1994 which expanded casino space, updated common
areas, guest rooms, but hampered by site providing few options
for major expansion> CEO Robert Renneisen resigned 1999
following bankruptcy filing, accepted position as CEO of Miss
America Pageant> 1997 negotiations for purchase by HILTON
HOTELS CORP. terminated
following filing of involuntary bankruptcy petition by hotel
creditors> Atlantic City's smallest casino, low number of
table games limits gambling revenue, but stresses personal
customer service through marketing campaign ‘Smaller,
Friendlier, and So Much More’>
Health spa, indoor pool, 500-seat theater> Ranked last
of all Atlantic City casinos in gross revenue. |
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