'At the first demolition meeting, I said that I wanted to do something for charity for the Atlantic City youth,' he said.

The idea of detonating the property was proposed by Icahn Enterprises, the company that, in 2018, gained control of the land on which Trump Plaza sits.īut the choice to turn detonation into an auction to raise money for the Boys and Girls Club of Atlantic City? That was all thanks to Small.

'As mayor, ultimately, I'm responsible for the health, safety and welfare of all people in the city,' Small told Day 6 host Brent Bambury. about the auction to detonate the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino building, and he'll tell you flatly: It's not about politics, it's about fulfilling a promise he made to the people of Atlantic City. The strike, composed of more than 1,000 resort workers, is one of the longest strikes in Atlantic City’s 38-year casino history.Ask Atlantic City, N.J., mayor Marty Small Sr. Icahn Enterprises, owned by investor Carl Icahn, bought the casino-including the 10 percent stake owned by Trump-after it emerged from bankruptcy in February. Trump resigned as chairman following the company’s bankruptcy in 2009, though he maintained a 10 percent interest in the casino because it retained the name “Trump Taj Mahal.” The casino was built by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, then-Trump Entertainment Resorts chairman, in 1990. A federal judge permitted the casino to eliminate those benefits in 2014, when Trump Entertainment Resorts filed for bankruptcy. The strike by Unite Here Local 54, a union representing hospitality workers in Atlantic City, began in July in protest of the casino’s lack of health insurance and pension benefits. “Currently the Taj is losing multi-millions a month, and now with this strike we see no path to profitability,” Tony Rodio, president of Tropicana Entertainment, which manages the casino, said in the statement Wednesday. NEWS BRIEF The Trump Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, will close after Labor Day weekend following one month of union strikes, the Press of Atlantic City reports.

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