Assemblymen Mazzeo (Vince) and Armato (John) are sponsoring a bill requiring hotels with at least 25 rooms to provide portable emergency contact devices or “panic buttons” to employees (i.e. housekeeping) to protect against inappropriate conduct by guests that make work conditions unsafe.
Small Businesses Collaborating, Innovating In County Still Mesmerized By Gaming
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Atlantic County isn’t known for its small businesses or entrepreneurs. But in between the casinos, small business owners are working together to create new services and products.
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Another Development In Wings For Atlantic City’s Tennessee Ave Beach Block
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An Atlantic City beach block between St James Place and Tennessee Avenue should see a third development begin this summer from long-time city businessmen Abraham and Robert Schiff.
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Atlantic City Council Votes Yes For Expanded Outdoor Drinking
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Atlantic City Council on Wednesday night voted in favor of allowing open containers in certain parts of the city’s Tourism District. The city by itself has no power to permit local bars and restaurants sell take-out drinks. But the council’s move was an important step to show the state that the city wants the law changed, officials in favor of the legislation said.
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The PolerCoaster Is Behind Schedule
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This time last year, everyone was abuzz with the next hot thing to save Atlantic City: a massive, vertical, Boardwalk-fronting amusement-park ride known as the PolerCoaster.
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Greens & Grains Co-Owner Offers Tips To Local Entrepreneurs
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“Even above opening five places in two years, the fact that there’s even one successful vegan restaurant in South Jersey – that’s huge.” Read more from Greens & Grains founder and LAN Restaurant Group co-owner Nicole Jacoby Psounos.
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Caesars, Bally’s And Harrah’s Already Expect To Be Hard Rock Losers
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Caesars Entertainment, which operates the Caesars, Bally’s and Harrah’s casinos in Atlantic City, is already expecting to lose customers when the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino opens next year.
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Will Resorts Have Better Prospects For AC Job Seekers?
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Steak house Gallagher’s and its neighboring burger bar in Resorts could see a boost when Hard Rock Hotel & Casino opens because that property does not have enough restaurant space, according to the owner of Gallagher’s.
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Revel Alert: More Documents Filed
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Denver-based developer Bruce Deifik took two more steps toward buying the former Revel casino last month. Deifik registered a new company as a “casino hotel resort” in New Jersey and, through that new company, agreed to a mortgage on the former Revel property with the investment bank JPMorgan Chase.
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Talking Tipping, Minimum Wages, Hospitality Fees and Atlantic City
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Amid regulatory changes and a plan to hike the minimum wage, could the Atlantic City restaurant experience be about to change?
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Jingoli Energy Co Gets Contract For Atlantic City Study
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DCO Energy, a company controlled by the Jingoli family, won a six-month contract to report on the feasibility of establishing a “microgrid” to support Atlantic City facilities in the event of a regional electrical grid failure.