The city asked that the building be demolished because it had fallen into disrepair, and debris was falling to the boardwalk below. In June, Carl Icahn - the senior lender for the Trump Plaza's mortgage - submitted plans to Atlantic for the casino's planned demolition. The Trump Plaza eventually closed in 2014 and has sat abandoned ever since.
Trump continued to operate the casino through the early 2000s, but the housing market collapse and subsequent economic recession took a huge hit on the casino business in Atlantic City. However, revenues from the casino began to decline as Trump purchased several other casinos throughout the 1990s. Opened in 1984, the Plaza was Trump's first property on the famed Atlantic City Boardwalk. Video from the event showed the implosion appeared to be successful.
The demolition of the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino’s 34-story tower took place just after 9 a.m.
Atlantic City imploded a vacant building that once housed a casino owned by former President Donald Trump on Wednesday.
