“That would be a horrible guest experience. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)īill Callahan, the casino’s general manager, said Ocean can’t wait for the next government-funded beach replenishment project, which could take another year or two.Ĭallahan and several casino officials were on their daily coffee walk one day last fall when they looked out the window - and saw very little sand between the Boardwalk and the ocean.Ĭallahan feared there soon would be no beach.
The casino is spending up to $700,000 of its own money to rebuild the eroded beach, deciding it cannot wait another year or two for the next government-funded beach widening project scheduled for the area.
A load of sand is dumped on the beach in front of the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J., Friday, May 12, 2023. Chronic erosion near the casino has reduced the beach to just 5 to 8 feet (1.5 to 2.4 meters) wide in places. The Ocean Casino Resort began the work Wednesday, and plans to have a new 110-foot-wide beach open for Memorial Day weekend. One Atlantic City casino that takes its name from the sea doesn’t want to find out, and so it’s spending up to $700,000 of its own money to rebuild a badly eroded beach in front of it. This article was published (197 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.ĪTLANTIC CITY, N.J. Free Press 101: How we practise journalism.
