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The New York Times reports: It will not be the biggest or the best implosion ever. An auction for the rights to detonate the dynamite to begin the implosion of Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, N.J., fizzled. Front-row seats to view Wednesday morning’s planned spectacle were sold on the cheap. Onlookers in cars will be charged $10 …

Philadelphia’s ABC News affiliate reports: The crumbling former Trump Plaza Casino in Atlantic City is coming down on Wednesday morning. The implosion is scheduled to happen at 9 a.m. Trump Plaza opened in 1984, and was the site of numerous high-profile boxing matches that Trump, then a real estate developer, attended. The implosion of the once lavish casino and hotel, …

Philadelphia’s CBS News affiliate reports: Atlantic City has set a new date for the implosion of the former Trump Plaza hotel and casino. It will come down on Feb. 17 at 9 a.m. Mayor Marty Small made the announcement Thursday. Monday’s date was scrapped after the building owner, billionaire investor Carl Icahn, opposed a charity auction for the right to …

The New York Daily News reports: The New Jersey seaside town’s mayor announced Wednesday that a fundraiser benefiting The Boys and Girls Club of Atlantic City was being launched, with the highest bidder winning the right to press the button that will start the implosion of the failed casino Trump built in 1984. On Thursday, a GoFundMe account was started …

Philadelphia’s NBC News affiliate reports: One of President Donald Trump’s former Atlantic City casinos will be blown up next month, and for the right amount of money, you could be the one to press the button that brings it down. The demolition of the former Trump Plaza casino will become a fundraiser to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of …

The New Jersey Advance reports: Plans to demolish the former Trump Plaza Casino in Atlantic City have been submitted, Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small said in a press conference Thursday afternoon. Icahn Enterprises, which now owns the building, submitted plans to demolish the entire plaza by implosion, Small said. The company had previously planned on keeping the section of the …

ABC News reports: Cara Mund is not worried that she may begin her year-long reign as Miss America by starting a Twitter war with the nation’s Tweeter-In-Chief. The 23-year-old Miss North Dakota won the crown Sunday night in Atlantic City after saying in an onstage interview that President Donald Trump was wrong to pull the United States out of the …

The Associated Press reports: Donald Trump wrote “The Art Of The Deal,” but it was Florida’s Seminole Indians who made a truly amazing deal to buy the opulent casino built by the man who is now president. The Trump Taj Mahal, the Atlantic City casino that the real estate mogul built for $1.2 billion in 1990, went for 4 cents …

USA Today reports: The Trump Taj Mahal, an iconic casino hotel on the Atlantic City boardwalk, ceased operations Monday after hemorrhaging losses for years and negotiations with employees’ union broke down, according to its owner, billionaire investor Carl Icahn. The shutdown, which leaves 3,000 employees out of work, was widely expected after its management announced the planned closure in August. …

From the Atlantic City Press: Trump Taj Mahal is set to close its doors after Labor Day weekend, according to a Wednesday statement from Tony Rodio, President and Chief Executive Officer of Tropicana Entertainment. Rodio said the ongoing Unite Here Local 54 strike played a role in making the decision. “Currently the Taj is losing multi-millions a month, and now …

Trump Entertainment files for bankruptcy again: http://t.co/3Urfu5F6LK pic.twitter.com/UL0vZN7pKt— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) September 9, 2014

Openly gay Republican Don Guardian has been elected mayor of Atlantic City. “It’s very humbling,” said Guardian, who admitted he worried down to the last few districts as the numbers came in for the tight race. “Sometimes David beats Goliath,” the mayor-elect told supporters who crowded into the Tun Tavern to hear him claim victory. He joked about writing three …

Lady Gaga’s marriage equality benefit in Atlantic City tomorrow night has been postponed due to illness. Via press release from LGBT activist group The Power: Due to exhaustion and dehydration, Lady Gaga collapsed and passed out before her show last night in West Lafayette, IN. Her doctor has urged her to take a few days off to rest. We wish …

This Saturday, January 16th, Lady Gaga will host Hands Up For Marriage Equality in Atlantic City’s House Of Blues at the Harrah’s Showboat casino. In addition to the famed pop star, fans and supporters can take to the dance floor as DJ’s Micheal DeCero and Vito Fun will rock the decks at Club Worship. Admission is a minimum donation of …