and many were eager to try their luck and see the new casino for themselves. The temporary casino officially opened at 10 a.m. There needs to be more police on the streets.RELATED: 'You forget you're in Danville:' Councilman highlights upcoming temporary casino opening

“We need to see some funding from the state and some real planning from the city. “I get tired of hearing ‘Atlantic City’s going to be great again’ without details,” he said. Lupo said specific, concrete plans need to be made to advance some efforts already under way in the city. People are still going to want to come down to the shore.” “We have something special here in Atlantic City,” said Jacqueline Grace, senior vice president of the Tropicana, speaking of the ocean and the Boardwalk. Participants in Friday’s panel said Atlantic City has certain advantages that a casino in Manhattan or elsewhere in the city cannot match. “Clean and safe, clean and safe, clean and safe: That just has to be the mantra,” said Paul Juliano, senior vice president of Bally’s Corp. Look at what is right in front of you: cleanliness and safety issues.”Ītlantic City Mayor Marty Small made a clean-and-safe initiative a big part of his plans for this year during his state of the city speech last month.

“Make Atlantic City as great as it can be in the next two or three years. “If we could wake up and Atlantic City was this perfect seaside community, we would weather those threats,” said Mark Giannantonio, president of Resorts. The executives said it is essential that Atlantic City carry out a sustained “clean-and-safe” initiative. Many of the major gambling and hospitality companies have also expressed interest in building a New York casino. Jim Allen, Hard Rock’s global chairperson, said last month he expects the actual selection process to begin in late summer or early fall, assuming the necessary legislation to authorize as many as three casinos is enacted by then. If Atlantic City, its casinos, and state officials can work together to address those concerns, the impact from one or more New York casinos may be much less than it otherwise would, the executives said. Student shot in drive-by near Newark school after reported gas leak forced evacuation

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