GALLERY: Look back at Trump Plaza
A look back at the Trump Plaza, in Atlantic City, through the years by photographers at the Press of Atlantic City.
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Donald Trump watches the topping-off ceremony for Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino on March 20, 1987. At left is then-Mayor James Usry and at right is Stephen Hyde, president of the Plaza.
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DONALD TRUMP (LEFT), AND GOV. TOM KEAN (RIGHT) AT THE HARRAH'S TRUMP PLAZA OPENING MAY 27, 1984
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The new Fifth Avenue Slots at Trump Plaza.
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Former Press of Atlantic City reporter Rick Murray, center, reacts to seeing JAck Nicholson and Kirk Douglas up close as they shake hands during a pre-fight party for the Mike Tyson VS Larry Holmes boxing match at Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, January 1988
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Trump Plaza Hotel Casino outdoor rooftop activities, Lois Greco and Donna Chaloupka of Bethpage Long Island play shuffleboard.
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Trump Plaza Hotel Casino outdoor rooftop activities: sunbathing.
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Taylor Dayne comes to Resorts on Dec. 31.
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hall&oates Fri. 9/4/98 Darryl Hall and John Oates perform at Trump Plaza. Darryl Hall
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Vera Coking gives the victory sign outside her home on Columbia Ave., in Atlantic City, adjacent to the Trump Plaza, after winning her legal battle with Donald Trump Monday 7/20/98, allowing her to save her home.
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Vanessa Williams perform Friday night Nov 13, 1998 at Trump Plaza in Atlantic City
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Trump Plaza sign read Season Greeting to the people walking along Atlantic Ave in Atlantic City Thursday Dec, 24 1998 Christmas Eve
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Today Show host, Katie Couric, reaches through the rail to greet fans in front of Trump Plaza. Thurs. 7/15/99
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The crowd that was on the boardwalk in front of Trump Plaza to watch the Today Show goes nuts with waves and signs during the broadcast Thurs. 7/15/99
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Cheryl Dawson and Andrew Jusino, both casino workers from Atlantic City, shout to cars as they stand with other members of Local 54 in front of Trump Plaza, on Pacific Avenue, in Atlantic City, Thursday afternoon, 9/16/99, despite windy, rainy conditions of Hurricane Floyd. These twenty-some members were some of the only pickets visible Thursday.
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Miguelina Lopez and Luis Matos, both of Atlantic City, wheel two television sets out of the lobby of the former Trump WorldÕs Fair at Trump Plaza, in Atlantic City, during the liquidation sale Thursday 10/14/99. TVÕs sold for $160 and were one of the hotter items for sale for the hundreds that turned out for the first day of the month-long sale.
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Hundreds of people who stood in line walk through items for sale at the former Trump WorldÕs Fair at Trump Plaza, in Atlantic City, during the liquidation sale Thursday 10/14/99, buying everything from curtains and tvÕs to the kitchen sinks and beds.
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Olivia Reynolds, 37 of Atlantic City show she have what it takes to be a Baywatch girl during The Baywatch Search competition on the beach at Trump Plaza, in Atlantic City. The winners will appear on "Baywatch Hawaii."
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Demolition begins at the Trump WorldÕs Fair hotel and casino, Monday 12/13/99. Trump Plaza is seen at left.
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Trump Plaza nickel slot lounge in the casino's East Tower: Thursday, July 6, 2000 A large "Nickel Slots" sign hanging over the escalators entering the slot lounge.
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Security guard Doreen Evans work on the casino floor at Trump Plaza Friday, Sept, 1, 2000. Story about people who have gotten their jobs through the Atlantic city first job Readiness Program.
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Joe Scuccimarri, of Williamstown, talks with Jocinda Witherspoon, of Pleasantville, both extras in the movie, as they wait for their scene for the movie OceanÕs 11, being filmed at the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, in Atlantic City Tuesday morning, 2/13/01.
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Harkness Matt Harkness, new chief operating officer of Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, Thursday, Mar. 22, 2001. — Matthew Harkness
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The Nasty Angel, top, gets Fantasia in a hold during one of the wrestling matches held on the beach in front of Trump Plaza for BeachFest. Sat. 6/16/01
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Cartoon star Bugs Bunny is dismantled at the recently closed Warner Bros. Studio Store at Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, Thursday 11/1/01, and will be returned to the company's studio. Officials announced that all company-owned stores nationwide will be closed as part of a belt-tightening effort following the $106 billion merger between AOL and Time Warner last January. Bugs, and Daffy Duck, were cut apart and brought down in sections.
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Mon. 12/10/01 Extras used in the film ÒOcean's 11Ó -- Lou Marchisani (left) and Anthony Martinelli, a pit boss at the Trump Plaza. Martinelli was lucky enough to survive the cutting room floor and made it onto the big screen.
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Exterior of Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City, for stock Tuesday 2/26/02.
SNOW
The horse and buggy statues near the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino parking garage, off the snow covered Pacific Avenue, in Atlantic City, Tuesday 2/18/03.
BUSTRIP
Pete Gaspero, of Margate, and Ann Scavetti, of Ventnor, walk through the pedestrian walkway heading for the casino at Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, in Atlantic City, while on a casino bus trip that left from Ventnor earlier that day, Tuesday 10/15/02, for story about a group of people in Ventnor who pile into a bus and take a long excursion to Atlantic City. These people are all locals who take the bus to the casino rather than drive. Lifestyle enterprise story.
ACTHEME
The new marketing theme for Atlantic City, "Always Turned On," is displayed on the large video sign at Trump Plaza Hotel and Resort, off Atlantic Avenue, in Atlantic City, after it was unveiled at a press conference at the Atlantic City Convention Center, Thursday 10/16/03.
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Miss Alaska Christina Reasner drives by Trump Plaza during the Miss America Parade in Atlantic City, Friday, Sep. 17, 2004. (Michael Ein, Press of Atlantic City)
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Tues. 4/5/05 Exterior of Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino for file and for story on the end of the Trump bankruptcy process. (Press of Atlantic City/Ben Fogletto)
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Trump Plaza is trying to acquire Sabatini's restaurant and the adjacent cash-for-gold shop Golden Island for a casino expansion project Tuesday, Oct 11, 2005. ( Photo by Edward Lea / The Press of Atlantic City )
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Beach Boys perform at Trump Plaza Beach Bar in Atlantic City, Friday, May 26, 2006. ( Photo by Edward Lea / The Press of Atlantic City )
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Jeff 'Full Tilt' Tilton performs jumps for the crowd. Sat. 8/4/06 Motorcross stunt riders perform on the beach in front of Trump Plaza Atlantic City. (The Press of Atlantic City / Ben Fogletto )
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Jackie Ceresini (R) 19 of Hammonton NJ behind the counter of the Oxygen Bar located in the Beach Bar at Trump Plaza in Atlantic City NJ on Saturday August 5, 2006.
Cotillion
On November 23, 2007 The National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc. Iona Chapter held their 54th Annual Debutante Cotillion at the Trump Plaza Imperial Ballroom. Debutante Lisa Green, of Pleasantville, performs in one of the choreographed dances of the evening.
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Contestants competing at the free Black Jack tournament held on the casino floor at Trump Plaza Hotel Casino in Atlantic City on Wednesday Jan 16, 2008.
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Brian Smallwood of Smithville (right) clowns during the contest. Sunday August 17 2008 Annual Hot Dog Eating Contest at the Trump Plaza Beach Bar in Atlantic City. (The Press of Atlantic City / Ben Fogletto)
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Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, in Atlantic City. Casino Control Commission votes on a restucturing plan that will allow the three Trump casinos to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy under new ownership. .Wednesday, July, 14, 2010 ( Press of Atlantic City / Danny Drake)
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Mark Juliano, Trump Entertainment resort chief executive speak to the media during a press conference in front of Trump Plaza casino on the boardwalk Friday, July 16, 2010. Follow up to no air conditioning in two casinos and the pier will look at the customers' discomfort and inconvenience, the financial impact on the affected properties and the technical work being done to address the problem.
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An empty casino floor at Trump Plaza in Atlantic City as Trump Plaza remains closed do to no air conditioning. Trump Plaza ,Caesars Casino Hotel the Pier at Caesars and Boardwalk Hall are without air conditioning due to a water main break. . . Saturday July, 17 2010.
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An empty casino floor at Trump Plaza in Atlantic City as Trump Plaza remains closed do to no air conditioning. Trump Plaza ,Caesars Casino Hotel the Pier at Caesars and Boardwalk Hall are without air conditioning due to a water main break. . . Saturday July, 17 2010.
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As of 3:00 PM, the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, in Atlantic City, was boarded up, sand bagged at the entrances and closed for business. Area residents prepare for Hurricane Sandy. Sunday October, 28, 2012( Press of Atlantic City/ Danny Drake)
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Dealer Cynthia Consalvo, of Margate, right, watches players Brandon Austin, of Newark, DE, left, and John Caffrey, of Bedminster, NJ, play at the new lower limit roulette table,Tuesday Oct. 18, 2011, at Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, where the minimum buy in was $5, with 50 cent incremental bets. (The Press of Atlantic City/Staff Photo by Michael Ein)
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Monday August 25 2014 Atlantic City casino scheduled for closing — Trump Plaza. (The Press of Atlantic City / Ben Fogletto)
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The Coking home (left) sits alone in the center of casino property. Monday September 23 2013 The home Vera Coking refused to sell to Donald Trump adjacent from the Trump Plaza in Atlantic City is up for sale at a drastic reduction from its $5 million asking price in 2011. Now it's $995,000. (The Press of Atlantic City / Ben Fogletto)
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Trump Plaza Casino Hotel, in Atlantic City, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014
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A security manager prepares to post closed signs on the entrance at Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, Tuesday Sept. 16, 2014, in Atlantic City.
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Exterior view of Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, Tuesday Sept. 16, 2014, in Atlantic City. The business is now closed.
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a casino floor view at Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, Monday Sept. 16, 2014, in Atlantic City. The business will close at 6am Tuesday.
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A security manager posts a closed sign on the entrance at Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, Tuesday Sept. 16, 2014, in Atlantic City.
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Signage at Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino indicating a closed section is pictured, Tuesday Sept. 16, 2014, in Atlantic City.
Trump Letters
From left, Steven Nordaby, of Mays Landing, removes the letters from the Trump Plaza sign off the Boardwalk, in Atlantic City, Monday, Oct. 6, 2014.
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From left, Steven Nordaby, of Mays Landing, Tony Demidio, of Galloway, and Jim Willimas, of Frianklinville, remove the letters from the Trump Plaza sign off Atlantic Avenue, in Atlantic Cit,, Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. Williams helped attach the letters to the sign in 1993.
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Jim Williams, of Frianklinville removes the letters from the Trump Plaza sign off the Boardwalk, in Atlantic City, Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. Williams helped attach the letters to the sign in 1993.
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Slot machines are removed from the Trump Plaza and lined up near the entrance to the closed casino, in Atlantic City, Monday, Oct. 6, 2014.
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Carl Icahn’s companies have open tax appeals on both the former Trump Plaza and Trump Taj Mahal properties for tax years 2014 through 2017. He also has appealed Tropicana Atlantic City’s assessment for 2015 and 2016.
Coking House
A few walls and rubble are all that remain following the demolition of the boarding house once owned by Vera Coking, Thursday Nov. 20, 2014, adjacent to the former Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City. Coking, an elderly widow, made headlines for decades in her legendary fight to keep Bob Guccione and then Donald Trump from snatching her property at 127 S. Columbia Place for their casino projects.
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Demolition of the boarding house once owned by Vera Coking begins, Thursday Nov. 20, 2014, adjacent to the former Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City. Coking, an elderly widow, made headlines for decades in her legendary fight to keep Bob Guccione and then Donald Trump from snatching her property at 127 S. Columbia Place for their casino projects.
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People pass the closed Trump Plaza casino on the Atlantic City Boardwalk. Monday April 20 2015 (The Press of Atlantic City / Ben Fogletto)
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Workers applied coverings over the outline of the Trump Plaza sign on the former Atlantic City casino, Thursday July 14. 2016, reportedly after Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump complained. Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton campaigned on the Boardwalk where the sign's outline was visible last week. (Michael Ein/Staff Photographer)
Trump Plaza to be razed
Tearing down Trump Plaza would be expensive, but experts
say maintaining it also requires money to avoid structural issues.
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The shuttered Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, pictured Monday Feb. 27, 2017, is expected to be torn down over the next couple of years.
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Trump Plaza to be razed
The shuttered Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, pictured Monday Feb. 27, 2017, is expected to be torn down over the next couple of years.
Trump Plaza to be razed
The shuttered Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, pictured Monday Feb. 27, 2017, is expected to be torn down over the next couple of years.
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Set tables remain at EVO restaurant inside the shuttered Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, pictured Monday Feb. 27, 2017. The former casino hotel is expected to be torn down over the next couple of years.
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Set tables remain at EVO restaurant inside the shuttered Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, pictured Monday Feb. 27, 2017. The former casino hotel is expected to be torn down over the next couple of years.
Plaza damage
Close-up looks at the damage to the exterior of the former Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino from Friday's nor'easter storm.
ATLANTIC CITY — Trump Plaza is expected to be torn down by the end of this year or by February at the latest.
ATLANTIC CITY — Citing concerns about public safety, city officials are seeking a court order to have the former Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino demolished immediately.
ATLANTIC CITY — Mayor Marty Small Sr. and Casino Reinvestment Development Authority Executive Director Matt Doherty presented their respective goals for 2020 on Thursday — including a desire to tear down the vacant former Trump Plaza casino.
ATLANTIC CITY — Bob Smith finds himself at a loss for words when trying to explain to tourists what is happening with the Boardwalk’s two biggest vacancies.
ATLANTIC CITY — Former employees of the closed Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino are finally getting what has been contractually owed to them for nearly four years.
ATLANTIC CITY — Another year has passed without any progress toward removing one of the resort’s largest and most recognizable eyesores, a failing some experts believe is stifling growth and contributing to a negative perception of the city from visitors.
ATLANTIC CITY — Billionaire hedge-fund manager Carl Icahn has removed a potential hurdle for selling his lone remaining holding in the resort, Trump Plaza, by purchasing the deed to the property and terminating a complicated lease agreement signed by President Donald Trump in the early 1980s.