“But our concern is how 50% of the traffic on Atlantic Avenue gets displaced. “We’re delighted about all that,” he said. Michael Chait, president of the Greater Atlantic City Chamber, one of numerous business organizations in the city, said his group applauds the repaved streets, additional lighting and traffic light synchronization. There are so many things happening, concerts, conventions. We thought we would reopen with a mega-resort with 800 rooms. Atlantic City casino revenue matched its all-time high of 5.2 billion last year, though only half that was from in-person gamblers. Donna DeCaprio is one of the most influential people in Atlantic City as president of Local 54 of the Unite. For the first time in 107 years, the union that represents them is now being led by a woman. In October 2019, TJM Properties of Florida sold the shuttered casino-hotel to Colosseo Atlantic City Inc. (AP) Most of the Atlantic City casino workers who clean hotel rooms, serve drinks and tidy up public areas are women. Sebastiani, who purchased the building in 2019, said his early plans were to reopen it as a mega-resort. “It doesn’t make sense” to cut the road’s capacity in half, she said. Sebastiani has owned the Atlantic Club since 2019. This road is not going to be able to handle the traffic.”ĭemi Delvalle runs a luncheonette on Atlantic Avenue, and says the road is often heavily congested, particularly in summer or when one or more large entertainment events are taking place in Atlantic City. It’s not always busy here but when it is busy, it’s really busy.

“The city needs to be designed for peak times. “At peak times during the summer, the city can’t afford to go down to one lane in each direction,” said Mark Giannantonio, the association’s president and president of Resorts Casino.

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