Travel Guide:atlantic City
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After Hitting Rock Bottom in 2014, Atlantic City Expects Better Luck This Year
The Showboat Casino Hotel, left, and Revel Casino Hotel in July, a few weeks before both shut down. Few people were more eager to see the clock strike midnight on Dec. 31 than Atlantic City casino executives and the thousands of workers who still have jobs there. Four of the resort’s 12 casinos shut down during 2014 (and a fifth narrowly escaped with a last-minute financing deal just before Christmas), 8,000 workers lost their jobs and casino revenue continued its eight-year plunge.
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Atlantic City, Down But Not Out: the Real-Life Boardwalk Empire
Atlantic City has been through boom and bust as early as the Great Depression. The nation was howling toward the end of a roaring decade, that summer of 1929, and nowhere was America’s excess of gayety more indulged or profitably promoted than Atlantic City. The city fathers claimed a staggering (sometimes literally) 12 million people — one-tenth of the county’s population at the time — reveled on their beaches and strolled down their famous Boardwalk that summer, and it was the sole occupatio
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Bachelor and Bachelorette Party Destinations Worthy of Your Own Hangover Movie
As wedding season hits its peak in the summer, so too does bachelor and bachelorette party season. Here are the most searched bachelor and bachelorette party locations on Yahoo.
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Where to Eat with the High-Rollers: World's Best Casino Restaurants
From the historic glamour of Monte Carlo to the modern glitz of Las Vegas, here are the best restaurants for pulling out the stops to celebrate a big win.
