Five really bad ideas from Atlantic City’s legal gambling era
The advent of state-sanctioned casinos in Atlantic City in May 1978 was inarguably the launchpad of countless smart and beneficial ideas. Besides legal gambling itself, these include the construction of the Convention Center; the transformation of what is now called...
‘Da Vinci of stand-up’ Maniscalco in peak form at Ocean
Let’s face it: There hasn’t been very much at which to laugh during the past 10 years or so in the world at large. But it turns out that time period coincides with the rise of Sebastian Maniscalco to stand-up-comedy-universe domination. No other performer in Atlantic...
New Jersey’s cannabis industry in full bloom at AC Convention Center trade show
Last week’s New Jersey Cannabis Convention 2026 at the Atlantic City Convention Center shined a spotlight on just how far the state’s cannabis industry has come in the five short years since voters approved its legalization. Over the course of the Friday/Saturday...
Ricky Martin, Gladys Knight and Alice Cooper among those on an icon-filled fall casino schedule
The Casino File A decades-sized chunk of show business history will be on display in Atlantic City casinos this autumn as the likes of Ricky Martin, Tom Jones, Gladys Knight, the team of Steve Martin and Martin Short, and Alice Cooper are headed to town. As a result,...
