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Inside Gaming: New Jersey Residents Not Favoring Casino Expansion; Revel Rebranded as TEN
- Updated: September 23, 2016
This week’s installment of Inside Gaming shares recent poll results indicating New Jersey voters may not be favoring a November referendum to allow casinos outside of Atlantic City, tells of one closed AC casino’s plans to reopen under new ownership and with a new name, reports on a big recent acquisition by a Nevada-based gaming company, and previews next week’s Global Gaming Expo.
New Poll Shows New Jersey Residents Oppose Casino Expansion
Among the several industry-related stories emanating from New Jersey over the last couple of years has been growing momentum toward the state allowing casinos to be built outside of Atlantic City.
It’s a possibility viewed with trepidation by many along the boardwalk where the closure of the Trump Taj Mahal — now scheduled for October 10 — will mark the fifth hotel casino (of 12) to shut its doors within the last three years. Meanwhile some of the state’s lawmakers as well as Governor Chris Christie are in support of allowing casinos to be built in northern New Jersey, believing it will provide both significant revenue and thousands of new jobs to the state.
New Jersey voters will get to weigh in on the question in November with their response to a ballot referendum asking them whether or not they support amending the state’s constitution to allow casino gambling in two counties in the state located at least 72 miles away from Atlantic City. However, the results from a poll on the matter released this week suggest they aren’t so enthusiastic about the possibility of casinos going up in Jersey City and the Meadowlands in East Rutherford where proposals for new casinos have been made. (The image above is an artist’s rendering of a proposed casino in Jersey City called Liberty Rising.)
Rutgers University’s Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling this week released results from its latest poll covering questions regarding Christie’s performance, the approval/favorability of other legislators, and the overall direction of the state. Among the questions asked were a couple specifically addressing the November casino referendum.
When more than 800 residents were asked if casino gambling should be allowed in areas of the state outside of Atlantic City, only 40 percent of respondents said that it should, with 50 percent saying it should be limited to Atlantic City only.
A second question asking more specifically about the amendment found only 35 percent indicating they would approve it and 58 percent saying they would not.
The Rutgers-Eagleton report includes past poll results on similar questions about New Jersey casino expansion, revealing a relatively long history of opposition to the idea among the …
