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Title: Atlantic City study
Post by: wizardofoz on September 02, 2026, 12:33:16 PM
Atlantic City looks beyond casinos as competition from NYC threatens jobs---A report says more than 5,100 jobs could be at risk by 2035 as Atlantic City faces growing casino competition and pushes for economic diversification. “Atlantic City needs to diversify away from just the casino industry,” Brian Zoubek of Zoubek Properties said. Developers and local officials are looking to redevelopment and more year-round residents as part of that effort..........t his is why NJ needs a northern casino at the Meadowlands to combat the 3 casinos opening in NYC! Why drive 2 hours to AC when you could drive 10 minutes nearby for the same gambling experience? In 2027 they MUST get the referendum on the NJ ballot once and for all! Gural is correct!
Title: Re: Atlantic City study
Post by: Grandstand Handicapper on September 02, 2026, 12:41:39 PM
Not sure if it's going to make it on the 2027 ballot. It's not an automatic/given from what I've heard. I don't know if anyone really knows the correct answer. Call Sen. Sarlo's office. I am sure they will know.
Title: Re: Atlantic City study
Post by: gurals casino on September 02, 2026, 01:12:55 PM
Atlantic City looks beyond casinos as competition from NYC threatens jobs---A report says more than 5,100 jobs could be at risk by 2035 as Atlantic City faces growing casino competition and pushes for economic diversification. “Atlantic City needs to diversify away from just the casino industry,” Brian Zoubek of Zoubek Properties said. Developers and local officials are looking to redevelopment and more year-round residents as part of that effort..........t his is why NJ needs a northern casino at the Meadowlands to combat the 3 casinos opening in NYC! Why drive 2 hours to AC when you could drive 10 minutes nearby for the same gambling experience? In 2027 they MUST get the referendum on the NJ ballot once and for all! Gural is correct!

will you please stop with this nonsense

we have been reading "reports" over the last 12 years and Gural has been trying to get a casino in that same time period--and absolutely nothing has happened other than pumping up the hopes and dreams of an unrealistic scenario

fact is--is is highly unlikely it will even make it to the Nov 2027 ballot and we should know by August that it wont
Title: Re: Atlantic City study
Post by: Kenny on September 02, 2026, 01:16:06 PM
will you please stop with this nonsense

we have been reading "reports" over the last 12 years and Gural has been trying to get a casino in that same time period--and absolutely nothing has happened other than pumping up the hopes and dreams of an unrealistic scenario

fact is--is is highly unlikely it will even make it to the Nov 2027 ballot and we should know by August that it wont

The only factor which should determine if there should be a casino at the Meadowlands is the public.  If Gural would build it and it would be successful, it should be there.
Title: Re: Atlantic City study
Post by: dougie on September 02, 2026, 01:24:22 PM
There is a lot of concern at Foxwoods Casino too! They get lots of gamblers from NYC coming up via bus or car daily there. A casino manager told me they think Foxwoods will take a 35%-40% drop in revenue when those 3 NYC casinos open.
Title: Re: Atlantic City study
Post by: Yonkers1A on September 02, 2026, 02:18:01 PM
The crazy part is NY State wants to tax slots at a 76% rate while NJ taxes slots at 9.5%.  NY may price themselves out of the market
Title: Re: Atlantic City study
Post by: gurals casino on September 02, 2026, 02:29:11 PM
The only factor which should determine if there should be a casino at the Meadowlands is the public.  If Gural would build it and it would be successful, it should be there.

Kenny-you obviously forgot about the 2016 referendum where NJ voters overwhelmingly opposed a north jersey casino by a margin of 78% against and 22% for

since it wasn't even close-it hasn't been revisited in over 10 years and hasn't been on the ballot since then

when Connecticut opened Foxwoods-they said it would crush Atlantic City

when Delaware opened casinos in the 1990s they said it would crush Atlantic City

when Pennsylvania opened casinos in the 2000s they said it would crush Atlantic City

New York hasn't even opened casinos as of yet-but everyone thinks it will crush Atlantic City

you people need to face reality for a change instead of living in the land of hopes and dreams
Title: Re: Atlantic City study
Post by: wizardofoz on September 02, 2026, 02:37:21 PM
This study though was about Atlantic City and its future decline where that lost revenue by NJ could be recouped at the Meadowlands and kept inside NJ.
Title: Re: Atlantic City study
Post by: seen2much on September 02, 2026, 02:55:55 PM
A casino at the Meadowlands makes sense. Atlantic City will get a piece of the action.
Title: Re: Atlantic City study
Post by: gurals casino on September 02, 2026, 02:59:18 PM
This study though was about Atlantic City and its future decline where that lost revenue by NJ could be recouped at the Meadowlands and kept inside NJ.

you seem to be oblivious to all the studies which have said the same thing ad nauseum about AC revenue decline for more than 30 years now

it is ok--hope is a good thing tmbz1
Title: Re: Atlantic City study
Post by: dougie on September 02, 2026, 03:26:15 PM
For some odd reason Jersey folk just don't see the benefit of a casino at the Meadowlands. More jobs. More revenue. Etc. And while it might make the ballot again, I believe that it will be defeated again too! Not sure what the logic is of the voters. But hey, it's Jersey! LOL!
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