The ocean and beaches have always been a part of Atlantic City's identity: from salt water taffy to Miss America bathing beauties to the name of the place itself, the city has been marketed as a place to have fun by the sea.
FILE - A bulldozer spreads freshly dumped sand on the beach in front of the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J., Friday, May 12, 2023. The Ocean, Resorts and Hard Rock casinos want federal officials to expedite a beach replenishment project planned for 2024 so that it creates usable beaches this summer, but the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says work might not start until the fall. ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.
But under the current best-case scenario, new sand won't be hitting the beaches until late summer, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the agency that oversees such projects. He said Hard Rock is hopeful it can still rent out beach cabanas and umbrellas this summer, albeit on a smaller beach.Anything that might make people less likely to come to Atlantic City is bad news for the gambling resort, which still has not recovered from the COVID-19 outbreak. Only three of the nine casinos are winning more money from in-person gamblers than they did in 2019 before the pandemic hit.
“How do you run a beach resort without a beach?” asked Bill Callahan, Ocean's general manager. “It's a tough pill to swallow.” Of the dozen beach entrances spanning the three casinos, only two are accessible, he said. The rest just dead-end in mid-air, with treacherous drop-offs that could cause serious injury — or worse — should anyone fall from them.
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