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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City tried Prohibition once before. It worked so well that Nucky Johnson, the legendary politician and racketeer, built a Boardwalk empire immortalized on HBO nearly a century later.

It also tried banning smoking, too. That lasted for 20 days as smokers stayed away, sending casino revenue plummeting.

But New Jersey will ban both, again, when Atlantic City’s nine casinos reopen after more than three months of coronavirus-related shutdowns.

The late-night announcements from Gov. Phil Murphy landed like a one-two punch on Atlantic City’s casino industry, already reeling from lost revenue during the pandemic, and making plans to creak back to life at the state-mandated 25% of normal capacity.

“No booze? No one’s coming,” said Bob McDevitt, president of a casino employees union. “I really don’t even think they should open. Why would they?”

Many casinos had planned to reopen Thursday, the first day the state will let them. But that was before they knew they could not let their customers smoke, drink alcohol or anything else, or eat inside the casinos.

The top-performing casino, the Borgata, almost immediately folded what it saw as a losing hand, announcing it was scrapping its reopening plans for the immediate future. Instead, it will wait until conditions are more favorable.

On Tuesday, casino executives huddled in staff meetings, looking for more information and trying to decide whether it made sense to reopen at all.

By mid-afternoon, all except the Borgata announced plans to reopen in the coming days. Resorts, Tropicana, Ocean, Golden Nugget and Hard Rock all said they will reopen Thursday. Harrah’s, Caesars and Bally’s will reopen Friday.

Borgata had no estimate of when it might reopen.

Jim Allen, president of Hard Rock International, said the company and its thousands of workers are eager to reopen and start making up for some of the losses they have experienced since March.

“People are really desperate for a job and a paycheck,” he said.

Murphy said Tuesday casinos will just have to endure a new reality until conditions improve.

“It’s not a life sentence,” he said. “We would like to be full-bore open; we’re just not there yet.”

Before the pandemic, Atlantic City had started to regain its groove, reclaiming its former spot at the nation’s No. 2 gambling market behind Nevada in terms of annual gambling revenue.

Nevada casinos reopened nearly a month earlier than those in New Jersey, with many of the same health protocols: temperatures checks for guests and workers, mandated masks after being optional for a time, and hand sanitizer stations. Smoking was still allowed.

Within minutes of Murphy’s announcements, made in a news release issued shortly before 10 p.m. Monday, social media lit up with complaints.

Some grumbled that the governor had sucked the fun out of the casino experience, even as a smaller number defended the decision on public health grounds. Some said they were scrapping long-planned trips, and others said they would take their business to Pennsylvania casinos.

Some vowed to come anyway, mixing drinks in their rooms and bringing sandwiches for dinner.

The bans will also reduce the number of laid-off workers who will return. Drink servers and indoor restaurant workers were to comprise a significant portion of the force that had been envisioned.

McDevitt said 60% of his union members had been scheduled to return to work this week. Now, as few as 30% may go back.

Casinos can offer outdoor dining, and those with beach bars, outdoor decks or Boardwalk seating still plan to offer it. And alcohol will still be sold in liquor stores and non-casino businesses. But the last thing casinos want is their patrons leaving the premises, for any reason.

Murphy said he reversed course on indoor dining because of the continuing outbreaks in parts of the country, even though New Jersey has seen a significant reduction in the number of its virus cases.

A significant portion of Atlantic City’s casino customers comes from New York, which leads the nation in total virus cases. Murphy also said crowds at popular spots at the Jersey Shore and elsewhere have not been following social distancing rules or wearing masks.

That angered many in the casino industry.

“This is like Catholic school: A handful of people misbehaves, and the entire class gets punished,” McDevitt said.

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Atlantic City Casino Closings Update

This is a list of casinos in New Jersey.

List of casinos[edit]

Current casinos[edit]

Casino	Opening Date	Theme	Hotel Rooms^[1]	Section of Atlantic City
Bally's	December 29, 1979	Modern	1,169	Midtown
Borgata	July 2, 2003	Tuscany	2,767	Marina
Caesars	June 26, 1979	Roman Empire	1,141	Midtown
Golden Nugget	June 19, 1985	Gold Rush Era	717	Marina
Hard Rock	April 2, 1990	Rock and roll	1,971	Uptown
Harrah's	November 27, 1980	Marina Waterfront	2,587	Marina
Ocean	April 2, 2012	Ocean	1,399	Uptown
Resorts	May 28, 1978	Roaring Twenties	942	Uptown
Tropicana	November 26, 1981	Old Havana	2,364	Downbeach

The Wild Wild West Casino, officially part of Bally's (1997-2020), then Caesars (2020-), is often considered by the public to be a separate casino.

Renamed casinos[edit]

Atlantic City Casino Covid Report

Casino	Name Change
ACH Casino Resort	Renamed Atlantic Club Casino Hotel
Atlantic City Hilton	Renamed ACH Casino Resort
Bally's Grand	Renamed The Grand
Brighton Casino	Renamed Sands Atlantic City
Del Webb's Claridge	Renamed Claridge
Golden Nugget (Original)	Renamed Bally's Grand
Harrah's at Trump Plaza	Renamed Trump Plaza
Playboy Hotel & Casino	Permanent casino license denied; renamed Atlantis Casino
The Grand	Renamed the Atlantic City Hilton
Trump's Castle	Renamed Trump Marina
Trump Marina	Renamed Golden Nugget
Revel Atlantic City	Renamed Ocean Casino Resort