Closing for six days last fall for Superstorm Sandy didn't help, either. Its bankruptcy filing read like a laundry list of mistakes and misfortunes that caused the much-heralded resort to struggle sine the day it opened last April.Īmong the missteps cited by Dennis Stogsdill, Revel's chief restructuring officer, were a $100 million cost overrun it blamed on a contractor the casino's failure to connect with day-trippers too-expensive food and drinks, and the lack of a players' club.
(AP) - When the smoke clears from Revel's bankruptcy - there will be smoke.Ītlantic City's only smoke-free casino will soon allow patrons to light up on the gambling floor as part of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing it made late Monday night.Īllowing patrons to smoke is only one of several big changes the $2.4 billion resort is planning.