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Advance to Go, again: Atlantic City could be primed for comeback, but hurdles are numerous

January 11, 2025 · 11:57am ET | 8:57am PT
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  • John Brennan, Casino Reports

The Atlantic City Aquarium, which closed during the COVID-19 crisis in 2020, initially was scheduled to reopen in the fall of 2023. Then in mid-2024. Then in December. Now, “early in 2025” is the projected relaunch.

A new version of the Spinning Wild Mouse rollercoaster at the venerable Steel Pier was promised to open in 2023, only to be delayed by a year — and still had not launched as of the end of 2024.

A repaving and reconfiguration of Atlantic Avenue — the city’s main travel artery — began in 2023 but has not yet been completed.

Two key developers seeking to open condominiums along Pacific Avenue near some of the city’s casinos have expressed frustration over what they say have been unreasonable delays in permitting approvals.