Non-casino industries in Atlantic City include services, retail trade, real estate development, distilling, and deep sea fishing. In addition, the Atlantic City Cape Community College features a Casino Career Institute, which has trained more than 46,000 students for employment in the gaming industry.Īlthough much of Atlantic City's economic development centers around the casinos, the local government has been pursuing its goal to diversify the economy through the development of themed restaurants, retail shopping, night clubs, museums, theaters, minor league baseball and other recreational attractions. A tax on casino gross revenue provides $300 million annually for state programs for seniors and the disabled. Since 1975, the casinos have funneled $7 billion back into the city's economy in addition to creating some 55,000 jobs. Coupled with its famous beaches and boardwalk, Atlantic City's superb hotel accommodations annually draw nearly 5,000 conventions, trade shows, and meetings. Now one of the nation's top tourist attractions, the city boasts 13 gambling casino/hotels, which attracted 33 million visitors in 2004.

The convention and tourism industry rebuilt Atlantic City's economy in the late 1980s and through the 1990s.

52-minute drive to Wildwoods by the SeaAtlantic City: Economy Major Industries and Commercial Activity.

20-minute drive to Atlantic City Airport.

17-minute drive to Brigantine Golf Links.

7-minute drive to Borgata Resort, Casino & Spa.

6-minute drive or 18-minute walk to Boardwalk Hall.

5-minute drive or 15-minute walk to the Trump Plaza.

5-minute drive to the New Jersey Transit train station and Atlantic City Convention Center.

4-minute drive or 11-minute walk to Absecon Lighthouse.

Within walking distance are a number of casino-hotels like Trump Taj Mahal, Bally’s, Caesar’s Palace, Trump Plaza and Tropicana - all of which contain shopping and dining choices as well. The hotel is on the north side of the four-mile boardwalk, near Steel Pier, which now operates as an amusement park. Resorts was the first casino in Atlantic City and areas of the hotel - like the Ocean Tower - hold historical significance. Atlantic City is the gambling capital of the East Coast.

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