il Verdi still setting the culinary bar at Tropicana
The Casino File From ownership to expansion to operational policies, Tropicana Atlantic City has undergone countless changes in its 44-year existence. But there has been one constant through the decades: il Verdi, the high-end Italian dining room that is older than...
After a decade, the Comedy Stop returns to A.C.
The Casino File Since there’s little, if anything, funny about math, it doesn’t really matter that the numbers don’t add up for the upcoming Comedy Stop celebration at Golden Nugget Atlantic City. The groundbreaking laugh lounge opened its doors in November, 1983...
Sebastian Maniscalco at Ocean: Getting older, but staying funny
The Casino File The main takeaway from uber-comic Sebastian Maniscalco’s first of eight performances at Ocean Casino Resort? The dude is getting old. That’s not an opinion. It’s straight from the horse’s mouth, as the 52-year-old, Chicago-born funnyman anchored last...
Remembering when Barry Manilow brought ‘Copacabana’ to the Boardwalk
Remembering When When pop-music titan Barry Manilow decided to bring his 1978 hit single, “Copacabana,” to life as a book musical, he certainly could have staged the show about “music and passion” at what was arguably the most-famous American nightclub of the mid-20th...
