Donald Trump‘s first failed Atlantic City casino is no more after a scheduled implosion to bring down the building with much fanfare in New Jersey on Wednesday morning.Three thousand sticks of dynamite were used to implode the once-glitzy Trump Plaza at 9 a.m.
Wednesday, removing what some called an “eyesore” from the cityscape.Trump opened the casino in 1984 and hosted several high-profile boxing matches at the site, before ditching it due to bankruptcy troubles in the late 2000s and early 2010s.
The site fell into disrepair after it closed in 2014, and the derelict building is now owned by billionaire Carl Icahn. Trump lashes out at McConnell after impeachment acquittal The building was gutted before the scheduled implosion Wednesday,.