Even as demolition felled the former Trump Plaza, local and state officials were keeping a keen eye on the potential of redeveloping the site of the former Atlantic City casino.
The state-run Casino Reinvestment Development Authority in conjunction with the City of Atlantic City wanted to create a development corridor connecting the Atlantic City Convention Center and a new retail space to the city’s boardwalk and beaches.
Now, however, the idea of development will have to be put on hold, as a public information officer noted that “there is no redevelopment plan at this time.”
In 2021, just months after the former casino was imploded, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) awarded Atlantic City a $50,000 planning grant to repurpose the property where the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino once stood.
