by Cindy Fertsch | Nov 27, 2024 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, Entertainment, South Jersey, What's Happening
By Chuck Darrow If there is one word that captures the gaming industry’s fundamental marketing strategy, it’s “mainstream.” Being a volume business, casinos need to appeal to the widest audience possible. That’s why gaming halls primarily host top-selling acts. But on...
by Cindy Fertsch | Nov 27, 2024 | Features, Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, South Jersey
By Chuck Darrow It would be almost criminally negligent if we allowed the 20th anniversary of one of Atlantic City’s most significant casino-era landmarks to pass without mention. In November, 2004, the ribbon was cut at The Quarter—the Havana-in-the-1950s-themed...
by Cindy Fertsch | Nov 21, 2024 | Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Features
By Chuck Darrow It seems like it was just a few weeks ago that we were getting ready for the summer season. But the sad (well, for some, anyway) fact is that it’s just a matter of weeks before we welcome the New Year. And that means it’s time for our town’s casinos to...
by Cindy Fertsch | Nov 14, 2024 | Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Features
By Chuck Darrow Gaming-industry innovation is generally found in places like the hotel check-in desk, casino floor, showroom or restaurants. But Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City is breaking ground in its Rock Spa & Salon and fitness center. The...
by Cindy Fertsch | Nov 7, 2024 | Features
By Chuck Darrow Why do we love Paul Anka? It may be because he is still a vital show business force after a career that started when he helped create the teen-pop-idol template in the late 1950s with such hits as “Diana” and the TikTok-embraced “Put Your Head On My...