Janine Wilkerson, who lives near the casinos in a high-rise apartment building that lost power in th

REUTERS Hurricane Sandy has silenced the thousands of slot machines and high-rollers who normally crowd the black jack and roulette tables of Atlantic City, but the resort s casino companies wager they could be back in business within days.
Thompson said workers were tallying significant damage to the upper floors of some of the casinos. He said crews might be able to patch up facilities with the goal of resuming business soon after the state of New Jersey lifts its emergency declaration.
Business was booming at Ducktown Tavern and Liquors, on Atlantic Avenue at the corner of Georgia Avenue, about one block from the closed Tropicana casino. Two bars inside were jammed by mid-afternoon.
four seasons hotel costa rica Janine Wilkerson, who lives near the casinos in a high-rise apartment building that lost power in the storm, walked down to the street from her 15th floor apartment. She said she lived in Atlantic City for 30 years and was stunned to see such a huge amount of debris including pieces of the boardwalk washed inland and onto the streets surrounding the casinos.
In 2010, Atlantic City s casinos registered $116 million in net income four seasons hotel costa rica following a nearly $937 million four seasons hotel costa rica loss the previous year, according to state figures. Even with the turnaround, the industry is still slumping. In 2004, 6.6 million gamblers boarded buses for Atlantic City. That figure dwindled to only 3.3 million in 2010.
Christie Setliff, an account representative with a company that buses gamblers to Atlantic City from Virginia Beach, Va., was optimistic Sandy s impact would be fleeting four seasons hotel costa rica and tourists would be back in the casinos by the weekend.
And as climate change scientists debated whether Sandy was more evidence of strange weather patterns to come, the Ravel casino and hotel website was hopeful the crowds would be back for a concert on November 23.
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