by Cindy Fertsch | Oct 3, 2024 | Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Features
By Chuck Darrow The capturing and maintenance of premium customers—commonly known as “high rollers”—is among most casino’s top priorities. It is these loyal, well-heeled gamblers that generally are the ones who keep the lights on in gaming halls outside of Las Vegas...
by Cindy Fertsch | Sep 26, 2024 | Atlantic City, Features
By Chuck Darrow It was, if memory serves, breezy, crisp and clear in Atlantic City the evening of Oct. 18, 2007. What would have normally been a sparsely populated section of midtown was instead filled with people eager to watch a local landmark be reduced to a...
by Cindy Fertsch | Sep 19, 2024 | Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Entertainment, Features
By Chuck Darrow One metric of calculating the success of Atlantic City’s casino industry is the year-to-year revenue totals. This column doesn’t concern itself with such mundane matters, but we will use that chronological measuring stick to point out that this...
by Cindy Fertsch | Sep 12, 2024 | Atlantic City, Features
By Chuck Darrow It is said you can judge a person by the company they keep. If so, it’s pretty easy to take a measure of Markus Holm—at least professionally. The 52-year-old native of Dusseldorf, Germany (he was raised in the small town of Kiel near the Danish border)...
by Cindy Fertsch | Aug 29, 2024 | Atlantic City, Atlantic City Casinos, Atlantic County, Features
By Chuck Darrow For decades, certain Las Vegas gaming halls—including those that operate under the Station Casinos brand– have existed not on the business provided by visitors on vacation or attending trade shows and conventions, but on that of those who live in...