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‘Hair hanger’ Miranda Menzies brings locks of thrills to ‘The Hook’

by Chuck Darrow | May 22, 2025 | Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Features, South Jersey

The Casino File If you attend a performance of the current edition of “The Hook” at Caesars Atlantic City, you will see Miranda Menzies hanging around. Literally. The 34-year-old Edinburgh, Scotland native who recently joined the cast of the R-rated variety show,...

Remembering when AC was the ‘American Monte Carlo’

by Chuck Darrow | May 22, 2025 | Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Features, History, South Jersey

Remembering When In four days, Resorts Casino-Hotel will mark its 47th anniversary as the first legal casino to open outside of Nevada. The stories of that epochal day—about entertainer Steve Lawrence rolling the dice after making the first-ever state-sanctioned bet...

The unique beginnings of two Boardwalk hotel/casinos

by Bruce Klauber | May 22, 2025 | Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Features, History, South Jersey

Two Atlantic City hotel/casinos – one still standing, the other no longer with us – had rather unusual beginnings. The Brighton Hotel & Casino is barely remembered today, although it was actually the fourth hotel/casino to open in Atlantic City, and the resort’s...

Hard Rock Atlantic City Announces Action-Packed Summer Including A-List Entertainment, Anniversary Celebrations, New Dining Venue and More!

by shorelocalnews | May 16, 2025 | Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Events & Happenings, Features, South Jersey, Wahoo

Ahead of the highly anticipated summer season, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City announces its plans for a jam-packed summer offering A-list entertainment, exciting anniversary promotions, a new Indian dining venue, along with luxury beach amenities, and...

As Alice Cooper heads to Ocean, a look at why he’s so important

by Michael | May 15, 2025 | Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Features, South Jersey, Wahoo

The Casino FileBy Chuck Darrow Over the course of his nearly-60-year career, 1970s “shock-rock” icon Alice Cooper has sold some 50 million albums and remains a popular live attraction (if not the arena-filling sensation he once was). And he’s enshrined in the Rock...

Resorts Casino Hotel’s 11th Annual Boardwalk Beach Ball Drop with Special Guest Kelsey Grammer Kicks Off Summer 2025

by shorelocalnews | May 14, 2025 | Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, Events & Happenings, Features, South Jersey, Wahoo

Resorts Casino Hotel announced its official summer launch party will take place on Friday, May 23. Summer officially begins when 5,000 beach balls rain down on the Atlantic City Boardwalk in front of Resorts during the 11th Annual Beach Ball Drop! ...