| Bally's Atlantic City | |
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| View of Bally's from the beach | |
| Location | Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| Address | Park Place and the Boardwalk |
| Opening date | December 29, 1979 |
| Theme | Modern Cosmopolitan |
| No. of rooms | 1,753 |
| Total gaming space | 225,756 sq ft (20,973.4 m2)[1] |
| Notable restaurants | The Reserve Taste of the Shore |
| Casino type | Land-Based |
| Owner | Caesars Entertainment |
| Operating license holder | Bally's Park Place, Inc. |
| Previous names | Bally's Park Place |
| Years renovated | 1983, 1994, 2005, 2009 |
| Website | www.ballysac.com |
Bally's Atlantic City is a luxury hotel and casino on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey that opened in 1979. It is one of the largest casinos on the boardwalk with nearly 2,000 rooms. Bally's is unique in that two of its four hotel towers are at least 80 years old. The Claridge Tower was opened in 1930 and the Dennis Tower was opened in 1921. The casino is famous for being situated at Park Place and the Boardwalk, an address popularized by the board game Monopoly, which is based on the streets in Atlantic City.
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In 1977 Reese Palley bought the Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel and planned to preserve the Blenheim half of the hotel, along with adjacent Dennis Hotel for his Park Place Casino. Palley was successful in getting the Blenheim part of the hotel placed on the National Register of Historic Buildings, while planning to raze the Marlborough to make way for a new modern hotel. However, he stepped aside after the Bally's Manufacturing Corporation purchased a controlling interest in the project. After Bally's took control, they announced plans to raze the Marlborough, Blenheim, and the adjacent Dennis Hotel, despite protests, to make way for the new "Bally's Park Place Casino and Hotel". However, in an effort to offset costs and get the casino opened as fast as they could they chose to keep the Dennis Hotel, which would serve as the temporary hotel for Bally's until a new tower was built.
In November 1978 Bally's demolished the Marlborough-Blenheim, and quickly cleared the land to begin building the Bally's Park Place Casino. On December 30, 1979 the casino opened with the newly renovated Dennis serving as the hotel. In 1989 Bally's constructed a 750-room hotel tower in a modern style, with an exterior of light pink glass. On July 2, 1997, The Wild Wild West Casino at Bally's opened as the second casino at Bally's.
In 2000, Bally's Park Place changed names and became Bally's Atlantic City. The adjacent Claridge Hotel and Casino was purchased and incorporated into Bally's in 2003, being renamed the Claridge Tower. After this purchase, the Wild Wild West Casino at Bally's began to be marketed as and considered a separate casino, with Bally's being dropped from the casino name in 2005. The boardwalk side of the Bally's casino was renovated in 2009, with a row of unsightly shops being demolished, opening up the Dennis Tower onto the boardwalk, and a concrete wall being redone into a decorative facade.
The two casinos at Bally's have over 220,000 sq ft (20,000 m2). of gaming space with over 5000 slot machines[2], Keno, simulcast, and many table games, among other features.
Bally's Casino offers slots and video poker, plus a poker room and baccarat room, called Baccarat Palace.
The Ridge casino, stylized as theRIDGE, is the casino in the Claridge Tower. The casino was renovated in 2008 from a standard casino floor to an upscale lounge-casino.
Taste of the Shore is a food court featuring famous Atlantic City Boardwalk establishments:
Bally's Atlantic City contains the Spa at Bally's, the Bellezza salon, the Claridge Fitness Center, an indoor pool, and the Family Fun Center.
There are a few stores in the complex:
There are two bars in Bally's, the Lobby Bar and Harry's Oyster Bar, along with one nightclub, Blue Martini.
Bally's has four hotel towers:
Bally's Tower is the largest and is the main tower.
Claridge Tower was built in 1930 and incorporated into the complex in 2003.
Dennis Tower was built in 1921 and was the original hotel at Bally's.
Garden Tower was built in the late 1980s and is located on top of the bus center.
| Preceded by The Claridge |
Tallest Building in Atlantic City 1989—1990 375 ft |
Succeeded by Trump Taj Mahal |
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