ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – A fourth Atlantic City casino is going out of business.
Trump Plaza will shut its doors at 6 a.m. Tuesday.
The casino at the centre of the Boardwalk and the end of the Atlantic City Expressway has been declining for years, performing worse than any of the city’s other casinos.
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It joins the Atlantic Club, the Showboat and Revel, each of which has closed this year.
And the contraction might not yet be over: Trump Plaza’s parent company is threatening to close its sister casino, the Trump Taj Mahal, in November.
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The closings are mainly due to growing competition in nearby states in the saturated northeastern U.S. gambling market.
Atlantic City began the year with 12 casinos; by breakfast time Tuesday, it will have eight.
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