![]() “The whole time I was in Louisiana, I was watching this place, watching, watching, watching,” she said. Hendricks took a job at the Golden Nugget in Lake Charles, Louisiana, all the while pining for Atlantic City. He sold to Colorado developer Bruce Deifik in January, who quickly began preparing for its rebirth. Florida investor Glenn Straub bought Revel from bankruptcy court, but failed to reopen it over three years. We all thought it would be a short time till there was another buyer.” “We cleaned things up, made sure the paperwork was in order, walked outside and said to one another, ‘We’ll see each other in a couple weeks. “These are very tough, resilient workers, and it’s indicative of the kind of workers they are that these casinos want them back,” he said.Įileen Hendricks, who was Revel’s marketing manager, recalls the day it shut its doors. Together, they are restoring more than 6,000 lost jobs.īob McDevitt, president of the main Atlantic City casino workers’ union, said about a third of those who lost their jobs in the shutdowns retired, another third took jobs with casinos in other states or in other industries and the remaining third got jobs with other Atlantic City casinos. Three hours later, Revel will reopen its doors as the Ocean Resort Casino. ![]() On June 28, the Taj Mahal will reopen at noon as the Hard Rock casino. WHYY thanks our sponsors - become a WHYY sponsor
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