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A former Atlantic City casino built by former President Trump will be imploded on Feb. 17, and city officials announced a new auction connected to it to raise money for a youth charity. Trump Plaza is the last of the three Trump casinos in Atlantic City. The other two are now operating under new names (the former Trump Marina is now the Golden Nugget, and the Trump Taj Mahal is. Trump Taj Mahal Casino, Atlantic City: Address, Phone Number, Trump Taj Mahal Casino Reviews: 3.5/5. The demolition of the former Trump Plaza casino will become a fundraiser to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Atlantic City that the mayor hopes will raise in excess of $1 million. Opened in 1984, Trump’s former casino was closed in 2014 and has fallen into such a state of disrepair that demolition work began earlier this year.

After years of back-and-forth over the future of the former Trump Plaza Casino in Atlantic City, a date for the implosion has finally been set.

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The main tower of the hotel will be imploded on Jan. 29, Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small said. The implosion will mark the end of President Donald Trump’s presence in Atlantic City. His other two former casinos, the Trump Taj Mahal and Trump Marina, have since been rebranded into the Hard Rock and Golden Nugget, respectively.

There will still be months of clean-up work to be done after the implosion, Small said. The debris pile will be about eight stories high, Small said.

Haines & Kibblehouse will spearhead the demolition. The company previously demolished the Mayflower Hotel, which came down in the late 1980s, Small said.

Crews have already begun working, with a chunk of the hotel already ripped out earlier this week.

The other tower, which includes a Rainforest Café and a parking deck, will remain standing, Small said.

The bulk of the post-implosion clean-up is scheduled to be finished by June 10, 2021, but Small is optimistic it can be completed before Memorial Day.

“We, hopefully, expect we are over COVID by then so our city can bounce back with a vengeance,” Small said of summer next year.

Small originally called a June 2021 completion date “unacceptable” at a press conference announcing plans for demolition had been submitted. After completing the permitting process, June 2021 became a more realistic timeline, he said.

After clean-up ends at the site, the future of the land is uncertain. Billionaire Carl Ichan’s Icahn Enterprises took ownership of the casino in 2016, two years after it was closed to customers, and has not announced what it plans to do next.

“My pitch would be to anyone, although it’s not the city’s property, some type of family fun entertainment, which is something the city is sorely lacking,” Small said.

Although the next step is ultimately up to Ichan, Small is optimistic whatever is built will help bolster the city’s future. The property is located along the boardwalk, and it’s been years since there was a fresh start at an oceanfront property, he said.

“With the same aggressive energy that we took to get this building down, we’ll put even more into developing because we have to get that piece right,” Small said.

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