Trump Taj Mahal

Fresh off Atlantic City deal, Seminole Tribe now adding Hard Rock in Canada

Published on May 16, 2017 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Jim Rosica

The Seminole Tribe of Florida, which recently bought the former Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, is expanding its Hard Rock gambling and entertainment brand to Canada. A Tribe spokesman on Tuesday said that the Seminoles had won a bidding process to open a Hard Rock Casino in Ottawa, the nation’s capital. The deal with the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp., pending final approval by Canadian authorities, includes an investment by Rideau Carleton Raceway Holdings Limited, a Canadian horse racing concern. “This is a…

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Guitars oust minarets as Hard Rock redoes Taj Mahal casino

Published on April 5, 2017 in Apolitical/Top Headlines by Associated Press

Donald Trump, domes and minarets are out. Rock ‘n’ roll and guitars — lots of guitars — are in as the Hard Rock chain re-does Atlantic City’s former Trump Taj Mahal casino. The company owned by Florida’s Seminole Indian tribe on Wednesday unveiled its $375 million plan for the shuttered casino resort, which it bought last month from billionaire investor Carl Icahn, and plans to reopen by summer 2018. It will draw on the world’s largest collection of music memorabilia…

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Sale of ex-Trump Taj Mahal casino to Hard Rock is finalized

Published on April 3, 2017 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Associated Press

It’s official: Atlantic City‘s former Trump Taj Mahal casino now belongs to Hard Rock International. The sale of the shuttered casino opened in 1990 by President Donald Trump was finalized Friday. The Florida-based Hard Rock, which manages gambling and resort operations for the Seminole Indian tribe, bought the casino March 1 from billionaire investor Carl Icahn. Icahn is a close friend and adviser to the president. He acquired the Taj Mahal last year from bankruptcy court after Trump was no…

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Seminole Tribe also wants casino near NYC

Published on March 3, 2017 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Associated Press

The Seminole Tribe of Florida, now co-owner of Atlantic City’s Trump Taj Mahal casino, also wants to build a $1 billion casino in northern New Jersey just outside New York City. Jim Allen, CEO of Seminole Tribe-controlled Hard Rock International, told The Associated Press on Thursday that the company remains committed to its plan to build a casino at the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford if voters change the law to allow it. Hard Rock and two investors bought the Taj Mahal, which…

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Seminole Tribe buys former Trump Taj Mahal casino in NJ

Published on March 1, 2017 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Jim Rosica

The Seminole Tribe of Florida is expanding its gambling holdings to the Garden State. Hard Rock International, which the Tribe controls, Wednesday announced it had bought the shuttered Trump Taj Mahal casino on Atlantic City’s famed boardwalk from billionaire Carl Icahn. The deal includes two New Jersey investors. The sale comes four months after Icahn closed it amid a crippling strike. A sale price was not disclosed. The Tribe operates the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casinos in Tampa and Hollywood. “We are excited to…

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