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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
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
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

 

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

NJ Employees:     5,100

Hotel Rooms:        1,254
Convention Space: 50,000 Sq. Ft.
Parking Spaces:   2,743
Table Games:       112
Slot Machines:     2,332
Rooms: 1,162     Price Range: $75-$400
Suites: 92          Price Range: $315-$620
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.

 

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

Paul Henderson          President 

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
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

 

Claridge Casino Hotel
Indiana Avenue at the Boardwalk
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
Phone: (609) 340-3400 or (800) 257-8585
Fax: (609) 340-3867

Frank Bellis      President & Chief Operating Officer

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
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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