I remember 1988 in Atlantic City. It was boom times. I was very young and working at an Atlantic City radio station, living in Ocean City, and I spent pretty much every weekend doing something in A.C.
It was the heyday. The rebirth was alive and well and Donald Trump was all over town. It was the summer Tyson fought Spinks and knocked him out in 91 seconds. Casino gambling on the East Coast? We pretty much owned it.
Now there’s competition everywhere. New York and Pennsylvania have taken share away. Many other states have casino gambling now that didn’t when New Jersey legalized it in the 70s.
