5,000 to lose jobs as 2 casinos shut
Closures seen as necessary to save rest in Atlantic City
Posted: August 31, 2014 at 5:23 a.m.
Atlantic City’s Revel Casino Hotel (background) and the Showboat Casino Hotel (foreground) will both close this week.
A time few could imagine during the not-too-distant glory days of casino gambling has arrived in Atlantic City, where two casinos will close this weekend and a third will shut down in two weeks.
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