ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — By mid-morning Wednesday, a spot on the Atlantic City Boardwalk where movie stars, athletes and rock stars used to party and a future president honed his instincts for bravado and hype will be reduced to a smoking pile of rubble. The former Trump Plaza casino is to be imploded after falling into such disrepair that chunks of the building began peeling off and crashing to the ground. And the one-time jewel of former President Donald Trump’s casino empire will be gone, clearing the way for a prime development opportunity on the middle of the Boardwalk, where the Plaza used to market itself as “Atlantic City’s centerpiece.”
Photo: This Feb. 16, 2021 photo shows the main tower of the former Trump Plaza casino in Atlantic City, N.J. on the day before it was to be imploded. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
