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It was the second incident involving a gunshot at the casino this year. Police said they recovered the gun used in the shooting after arresting the suspect in a parking garage. The casino shut its table games down Wednesday evening and sent home workers assigned there. Juliano said there did not appear to be a dispute between the victim and the shooter, whose identity also wasn't immediately disclosed.

'He was the loveliest human being you ever want to meet,' said Mark Juliano, CEO of Trump Entertainment Resorts, which runs the casino. The employee, whose name was not immediately released, was a shift manager who had been with the casino since the day it opened in 1990. (AP) - An employee was shot Wednesday inside the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort and died soon after, and a suspect was in custody, the casino's CEO said. It will be built next to the Showboat hotel, on land that is now a parking lot.APNewsBreak: Employee shot at NJ Taj Mahal diesīy WAYNE PARRY – 17 minutes ago (7:00 pm)ĪTLANTIC CITY, N.J. But in the summer it can be opened on the top and on both sides to let the sun and the ocean air inside. The concert arena will be called “The Dome,” and will feature a retractable roof and sides in the winter or during inclement weather, it will be totally enclosed. On Wednesday, workers were still putting the finishing touches on machines including basketball hoops Skee-Ball, miniature golf, and an array of boardwalk-style games including water gun races, claw or crane games, and oversized video games like Pac-Man. Other aspects of the plans are on a similarly ambitious schedule: he says the indoor arcade, to be named “Lucky Snake,” will open on May 15. There also will be tax breaks on construction materials used for the project.īlatstein said he hopes to break ground on the water park by the end of May.

The CRDA approved designation of the water park project as an entertainment retail district, which entitles it to an annual rebate of up to $2.5 million in sales tax generated by it for 20 years. They are separate from the $100 million water park at the site which the agency approved for a tax incentive plan last December.

Tuesday afternoon, a state agency, the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, approved indoor and outdoor entertainment plans for the Showboat.

Showboat casino atlantic city robbery shooting